Gen Con’s day-one crowd left attendees and online onlookers worried despite safety guidelines
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Clank! is a risk/reward board game that laughs at your plans, and I love it
Goofs with a great big lizard.
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Nigerian board game company Nibcard has won the Diana Jones 2021 award
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Gen Con’s day-one crowd left attendees and online onlookers worried despite safety guidelines
The board game and TTRPG convention proved unable to enforce vaccination cards, relying on masks and best safety practices.
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Fawlty Towers inspired RPG Flabbergasted invites players into the ridiculous world of high society
Prepared to be Flabbergasted.
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One Deck Dungeon goes to space in the board game series’ latest venture
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Clank! is a risk/reward board game that laughs at your plans, and I love it
Goofs with a great big lizard.
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“I need to slow down, but it's not happening.”
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Blades in the Dark’s TV series could blow away the D&D film
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