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Dicebreaker Answers: Your questions about miniatures, painting tips and Warhammer 40,000

Brush up on your knowledge.

Call of Cthulhu studio opens up Basic Roleplaying System to other tabletop RPG creators

Back to Basic.

Dominion creator's Spiel des Jahres-winning board game Kingdom Builder gets a sequel, Winter Kingdom

Insert obligatory Game of Thrones reference.

Feature: “It was the beginning of a gaming revolution”: Games Workshop co-founder Ian Livingstone talks fantasy, bringing D&D to the UK and the birth of Warhammer

The way is full of peril.

Between Two Castles’ digital edition is free to download and keep on PC this weekend

From March 26th to 30th.

Scythe designer's legacy board game Charterstone arrives on PC, mobile and Switch

Build a village for the Forever King on PC, Switch and mobile.

Wingspan and Taverns of Tiefenthal win big at the 2020 American Tabletop Awards

Beating board games such as Pax Pamir and Cthulhu: Death May Die.

Zombicide makers’ co-op board game XenoShyft released as free print-and-play to download at home

Don’t Burke at the price.

14 best digital board games to play on PC and mobile

The best digital board games on PC and mobile to let you play wherever you are.

Tabletop RPG Harlem Unbound 2E includes a crash course on addressing race in games

A R’lyeh different perspective.

Magic: The Gathering’s Friday Night Magic event goes online amid COVID-19 lockdown

Players can claim local store rewards via MTG Arena.

Arkham Horror: The Card Game Starter Decks provide an instant entry point for new players

Your ticket to terror.

Scythe designer releases new board game Nine Worlds, free to download now

Pure Euphoria.

Fantasy RPG Pathfinder 2E is getting a new beginner box

Believe in your ‘elf.

Marvel Champions: The Card Game now has rookie and heroic difficulty modes

Will your endgame be easier or harder?

Ask Dicebreaker: Your big questions about miniatures, from Warhammer to painting tips

FAQ the Emperor.

Play Legend of the Five Rings LCG in 20 minutes with the new Skirmish format

Rokugan in 60 Seconds.

Tokaido digital is free to download on Android and iOS

Take an all expenses-paid trip to Japan.

Cosmic Encounter and Dune creators’ new board game Decipher is Hangman meets Mastermind

Word up.

Gloomhaven sequel Frosthaven delays Kickstarter launch as result of COVID-19

New Gloomhaven scenario on the way.

Reavers of Midgard designer reveals next board game Gates of Mara

Out this summer.

How to play board games online with friends

The best ways to play board games online with friends when you can’t be together in person, from voice chat to digital tabletops.

You can play an adventure from the new Critical Role Dungeons & Dragons 5E book for free on Roll20

Mercer me.

Miremarsh board game review - darkly comic goblin adventure makes failure fun

So long and thanks for all the fish.

Forbidden Stars and Set a Watch creators’ next board game Lawyer Up brings courtroom drama to the tabletop

A take-that game.

Foil a Krabby Patty theft in SpongeBob Squarepants co-op board game Plankton Rising

Latest pop culture hit to get Rising treatment after Avengers, Harry Potter and Star Wars.

Wingspan’s digital version is coming to Nintendo Switch this spring

Birdo watching.

UK’s biggest tabletop gaming convention, UK Games Expo, delayed due to COVID-19

National and government bodies move to ban large events in wake of Coronavirus.

What’s happening with Dicebreaker?

Things are changing, but staying (mostly) the same.

Feature: Magic: The Gathering and Keyforge creator Richard Garfield on 35 years of making the games he wants to play

And the connection between poisonous mushrooms and Magic.

Wizards of the Coast adjusts MTG Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths pre-release restrictions amid COVID-19 pandemic

Magic: The Gathering events worldwide cancelled and/or rescheduled.

Read subliminal messages with special glasses in the upcoming board game adaptation of cult classic film They Live

Obey! Consume! Conform!

Bargain Quest board game review - flashy fun in a fantasy world that struggles for depth

Dungeons & Dealers.

Build Paris from the ground up in the next board game from Tikal, Azul and 6 nimmt! creators

The City of Delight.

Outwit Jason with the first Friday the 13th official board game

Voorhees a jolly good fellow.

Sci-fi miniatures game Infinity is getting a beginner friendly series titled CodeOne

Operation: Kaldstrøm coming soon.

Step into the ring again with the second edition of tabletop RPG World Wide Wrestling

Ready to roleplay.

Search for hidden treasure on the seabed in upcoming board game Lost Atlantis

Such wonderful things surround you.

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle expansion Charms and Potions adds an extra player and Ginny Weasley

Ron appetit.

Dicebreaker Answers: Which party board games should you invite to your next big bash?

BYO board games.

Quests of Yore, the tabletop RPG from Pixar movie Onward, is now a real game

Be your-elf.

Maul Peak is a standalone sequel to giant-fighting board game Skulk Hollow

The ursine of things to come.

Feature: The authors of Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre were roleplaying long before Dungeons & Dragons

My one dream, my only dungeon master.

Twilight Struggle is getting a two-player, lunchtime-sized spin-off board game called Red Sea

Cold Phwoar.

Alien RPG, Pathfinder 2E and Star Crossed lead 2020 Origin Awards nominations

Parks and Tonari nominated for best board game.

Travel the world and solve crimes in Tintin inspired RPG The Troubleshooters

International roleplayers of mystery.

Dungeons & Dragons 5E ranger class explained

Hunting for answers to what a ranger can do, how to create one and develop the ranger class further in Dungeons & Dragons 5E.

Citadels and Subnautica creators team up for Vendetta, the next Vampire: The Masquerade board game

Catch me if you clan.

One of the best board games about war illustrates its futility

What is it good for? Money!

Love Letter heads to the Avengers universe in Marvel spin-off Infinity Gauntlet

You can’t romance Thanos, unfortunately.

Train board game Whistle Stop takes to the skies in upcoming sequel Whistle Mountain

Off the rails.

Dinosaur Island creators’ next game, Ctrl, has players building a colourful 3D cube from plastic blocks

Del your opponents.

Arkham Horror 3E’s first big expansion doubles number of scenarios, introduces series' first trans investigator

Stella Clark joins seven existing Arkham Horror Files characters.

Robot Fight Club is basically Robot Wars: The Board Game

Roboteers, stand by.

Dungeons & Dragons 5E fighter class explained

Give yourself a fighting chance in D&D with our guide to what the fighter class can do, how you can create one and develop it further.

7 Wonders Duel’s next expansion is Agora - first gameplay details and release date

Just Senate.

Tales from the Loop studio becomes new publisher for Lord of the Rings RPGs The One Ring and Adventures in Middle-earth

Free League announces new editions of both Middle-earth tabletop RPGs.

10 best Pokémon TCG cards, from shiny Charizard to Surfing Pikachu

Quite the catch.

Ask Dicebreaker: Need something to start the celebration? We’re here to recommend the best party board games

Board game boogie.

Feature: Scythe, Pandemic Legacy and Yogi creators on the unending, essential process of playtesting board games to perfection

“It’s a confirmation that all your good ideas aren’t that good.”

Gears of War is getting a card game from the team behind the Dark Souls board game

Board mode.

Call of Cthulhu studio halts work on upcoming sci-fi RPG, Harlem Unbound creator takes full control

Afro-Judeo setting Kadimah in development for 18 months.

Space Cadets designer’s Super-Skill Pinball 4-Cade turns the arcade classic into a roll-and-write board game - exclusive preview

There has to be a twist.

Keyforge lead developer and Legend of the Five Rings co-designer leaves Fantasy Flight Games

Follows departure of studio head last month.

Feature: Dungeons & Dragons 5E: Eberron - Rising From the Last War lead designer takes us on a magic-powered airship ride through divided lands and the remnants of war

Full steam ahead.

D&D series Critical Role is getting its own board games, starting with Munchkin

Mighty Fine.

Feature: From Star Wars to Stranger Things, tabletop RPGs are letting fans explore and expand the pop culture worlds they love

Fan power.

9 best Disney board games for House of Mouse fans

When going to Disneyland isn’t an option.

Magic: The Gathering releases Secret Lair Drop card set for International Women’s Day

Five of MTG’s most iconic ladies take centre stage.

Here’s an exclusive first look at character creation, abilities, Lifepaths and the new Medtech role in the Cyberpunk Red tabletop RPG

Over the edge.

10 best Dungeons & Dragons 5E subclasses you should play in your next campaign

Follow the Path of the Totem Warrior, become an Arcane Trickster and make a pact with The Fiend.

Crime-solving board game Detective is getting a quicker, stripped-down spin-off

Speedy sleuthing.

The upcoming Dune RPG gets a name and first gameplay details

The spice of life.

Birdy board game Wingspan has almost sold more copies than Scythe in one year

Stonemaier Games predicts 2019 ‘Game of the Year’ will overtake strategy hit “soon”.

Dungeons & Dragons 5E key terms explained

Learning the lingo.

Fend off zombies as young Scouts in Kids on Bikes-powered tabletop RPG Junior Braves Survival Guide to the Apocalypse

A breath of flesh air.

Bonfire, the next board game from Castles of Burgundy creator Stefan Feld, has first details and artwork revealed

It's lit.

Saving Throw: How Dungeons & Dragons helped me combat my social anxiety

Helping handbook.

Plaid Hat announces Summoner Wars 2E, new game from Mice and Mystics designer and possible revival of Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn

Founder confirms ‘no current plans’ to use Kickstarter.

Stranger Things-ish sci-fi tabletop RPG Tales from the Loop has a new starter set on the way

Strange days.

Exclusive: Cyberpunk Red tabletop RPG core rulebook cover art revealed

Tickled punk.

Dungeons & Dragons 5E rogue class explained

Rogues mean shifty business.

Take on Doctor Octopus, Mysterio and the Sinister Six in the next expansion for Marvel United

The joy of Six.

Lords of Vegas co-designer announces reprint, Underworld expansion release and 10th anniversary edition

After picking up the publishing rights.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures board game review - is the Shadows of the Past reboot worth shelling out for?

Cowabunga or ready for the Shredder?

Place secret bets on deadly arena gladiator fights in Kickstarter board game Gladius

Are you not entertained?

New Dungeons & Dragons campaign book, Mythic Odysseys of Theros, draws from Magic: The Gathering

Centaur of attention.

Dead of Winter is now owned by Fantasy Flight, as Pandemic creator Z-Man acquires Mice and Mystics

Following previous publisher Plaid Hat’s independence.

Feature: How ambitious music-mixing card game DropMix escaped obscurity to become a modern cult classic

Harmonixed.

Mice and Mystics publisher Plaid Hat goes independent, Dead of Winter co-creator departs

Gives up rights to Stuffed Fables, Aftermath and more.

Watch the Dungeonbreaker party try to escape the arena in episode three of our Dungeons & Dragons 5E actual play series

Prisonbreaker.

Cards Against Humanity is a terrible party game because it laughs at the expense of others

Party pooper.

Ticket to Ride, Pandemic and Keyforge maker wants to turn its board games into video games

Codeboard.

Here’s the first trailer for Amazon’s Tales from the Loop series, set in the world of the sci-fi tabletop RPG

Out of the Loop.

Feature: Magic: The Gathering’s Unsanctioned Un-set is a surreal smackdown that breaks all the rules - and it’s perfect for beginners

Un-real.

Locke & Key: Shadow of a Doubt is an upcoming card game based on the comic book turned Netflix series

Hell to play.

The Search for Planet X is the next board game from Between Two Cities designers

Finders Keplers.

Forgotten Waters, the next Crossroads board game from Dead of Winter creators, gets a full reveal and gameplay trailer

A pirate’s life for thee.

How to play Warhammer: Age of Sigmar - and what to buy first

How to play Age of Sigmar, what to buy first and how to get going on a budget.

Raiders of Scythia, the spiritual successor to Raiders of the North Sea, is landing this year

Neigh quarter.