London Gaming Journal · Est. 2016
Where every legend gets a proper post-mortem
Deep RPG breakdowns, tournament-grade strategy, and honest hardware verdicts — written by players who log the hours so your next campaign starts stronger.
About the desk
A small Shoreditch team obsessed with getting games right
Battle Kingdom Legends started in a Rivington Street flat as a shared spreadsheet of boss timings. Ten years on we're a five-person editorial team publishing three long-form pieces a week, each fact-checked against actual playthroughs rather than press kits.
We cover the whole board: sprawling RPGs, competitive strategy, overlooked indies, and the hardware that runs them. No affiliate fog, no rushed launch-day scores — just considered writing for people who read to the last line.
1,400+
Reviews published
62k
Monthly readers
10 yrs
On the beat
What we cover
Four beats, covered properly
RPG Deep-Dives
Full-playthrough breakdowns of every quest line, build path, and hidden ending — usually 4,000+ words, dropped within two weeks of launch once we've actually finished the game.
New feature every Tuesday · from our 80-hour test runs
Strategy & Meta Guides
Tier lists, patch analysis, and ranked-climb routes tested by our two former semi-pro contributors. Updated within 48 hours of every major balance patch, no exceptions.
Patch-day updates · verified ladder data
Indie Discoveries
A weekly column spotlighting three under-500-review games worth your evening. We interview the developers where we can, so you get the story behind the screenshot.
Fridays · three picks, zero hype
Hardware Verdicts
Handhelds, keyboards, and GPUs run through the same 21-day bench routine, benchmarked in real games rather than synthetic loops. Every score comes with a plain-English "buy it if" verdict.
21-day testing · no vendor edits
From the archive
Recent features worth a click
Reader letters
What the community says
“The Ashen Reign guide saved my second playthrough — I'd have missed the true ending completely. No other site bothered to map the whole branch.”
Marcus T. · Camden, London
RPG reader since 2019
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