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The Mandalorian-inspired solo RPG Notorious explores the edges of a war-torn galaxy in Outsiders expansion

Once more into a life of scum and villainy.

WarBarbie challenges Warhammer 40,000 players to mix dolls with miniatures in monstrous creations

She is become Death.

Pokémon’s latest promo card turns Pikachu into Van Gogh - and it’s already ridiculously popular

Follows Edvard Munch-inspired cards released in 2018.

Star Wars Unlimited’s prerelease sets and starter kits cleave close to MTG’s well-trodden ground

Organised play for Fantasy Flight and Disney’s upcoming TCG looks mighty familiar.

“I wanted players to say ‘screw you’ and break the game”: Deathmatch Island creator on bringing something fresh to battle royales - and why Fortnite can’t match a TRPG

“Friendly competition is so common to other games we play - board games, video games, sports - but it’s kind of taboo in tabletop RPGs.”

Starfinder Enhanced’s new species will let you play as an ewok-like rodent, AI hologram or tiny sentient star

An exclusive look at the new and returning species in the sci-fi RPG's upcoming rules revision.

Five new Halloween tabletop RPGs inspired by horror cinema come collected in their own trick-or-treat bag

Game night just became fright night.

Pictionary VS AI has players drawing for an artificial intelligence

Who needs other humans?

This D&D 5E book wants to give your characters A Life Well Lived away from dungeons and dragons

Upcoming supplement lets you generate lifepaths, allies and activities in downtime between adventures - as well as eventually retiring your hero.

Dimension 20 is returning to Fantasy High for a third season in Junior Year

The D&D 5E series heads back to school in January.

The best reprints in the Yu-Gi-Oh! 25th Anniversary: Dueling Heroes Mega Tin

Along with the three new World Premiere cards.

Feature: How Yu-Gi-Oh! took its iconic Egyptian God cards from their legendary anime appearance to the TCG

A decades-long journey via limited availability, counterfeits and tournament absence.

Ravnica Remastered cards show what a Magic: The Gathering anime could look like

Follows anime treatments and trailers for Kamigawa and Wilds of Eldraine.

Magic: The Gathering’s Jurassic World cards will let you fight a dinosaur with commander Jeff Goldblum

Ian Malcolm can face off against Indominus Rex in upcoming set Lost Caverns of Ixalan.

Magic: The Gathering is getting Evil Dead, Princess Bride and Doctor Who Weeping Angel cards in a spooky Secret Lair

Along with a Creepshow crossover and pixel lands.

Don’t be a bore in MTG Commander: build your next deck to win with weirdness

Winning with something unexpected is far more satisfying that just copying the latest meta.

Grim brings the fast and furious fragging of first-person shooters like Quake to a tabletop RPG

Unreal.

Here’s your chance to win a copy of Yu-Gi-Oh!’s 25th Anniversary Tin, including some of the TCG’s most iconic cards!

Plus a brand new Quarter Century Secret Rare card.

Dark fantasy board game Tainted Grail is being made into a tabletop RPG

Based on the Shadows of Esteren system.

Pax Pamir and John Company studio’s next board game Molly House explores the joy and betrayal among queer communities in 18th-century London

Jo Kelly’s design picked up by Wehrlegig Games after Zenobia Award nomination.

Magic: The Gathering will pay tribute to late Commander creator Sheldon Menery in an upcoming card

Commander Rules Committee co-founder passed away earlier this month.

Pokémon TCG’s nostalgic Classic set - featuring OG Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise cards - will cost you an eye-watering $400

Vintage pulls, plus six new cards and the first international release of a Mr. Mime.

Pokémon Trading Card Game Classic luxury set to be released later in November

Featuring pre-built Gen 1 starter decks.

Magic: The Gathering is getting more Lord of the Rings cards that form gorgeous scenes and give its characters the rock-star treatment

Four new scene boxes on the way, plus Special Edition Collector Boosters with ‘60s music poster-inspired art.

Critical Role UK live show will broadcast to cinemas across US and Canada

For one-night-only.

A Ghost in the Shell tabletop game is arriving next year

Studio behind My Little Pony RPG and Jim Henson’s Labyrinth board game teases an adaptation of the seminal sci-fi series.

New Planescape adventure and sourcebook will be D&D’s own Marvel-esque multiverse

“A fantastic time to bring Planescape back for a new audience.”

Dungeons & Dragons creator says Planescape sourcebooks contain no AI-produced art

Wizards of the Coast isn't repeating the mistake of Bigby Presents, but we still don't know what its internal policy says.

D&D’s Planescape adventure might begin in the same morgue as 1999 computer game

Morte isn’t interested in a group of fleshy dice rollers.

Board game masterpiece Food Chain Magnate will finally look as good as it plays with upcoming Special Edition

New art and components - including miniatures - for the base game and its expansion, without changing any gameplay.

Star Wars: Unlimited reveals flashy Hyperspace and Showcase card variants, along with booster pull rates

Here’s how likely you are to find one of the Star Wars TCG’s artwork variants.

This comic sci-fi RPG inspired by Hitchhiker’s Guide and Red Dwarf lets you roll up your own space towel

With over 25 million playable characters.

Guess Who-ish co-op card game gem Similo is headed to Middle-earth with a Lord of the Rings edition

One clue to find them all.

Folk-horror D&D 5E campaign setting The Crooked Moon channels The Witch, Midsommar and The Wicker Man

From the folks behind actual play series Legends of Avantris.

Heat: Pedal to the Metal designers working on their 'biggest' release yet as part of a new board game series

With illustrator Vincent Dutrait behind the unannounced game's artwork.

Yokohama 2E revamps the Japan-set trading board game with a fresh look next summer

Gameplay untouched as Hisashi Hayashi’s game of rival merchants gets a makeover.

Final Fantasy 7 Remake board game will have you hunting for materia as Cloud, Sephiroth and friends next spring

Go head-to-head or two-on-two.

Final Fantasy is getting its first official tabletop RPG for FF14’s 10th anniversary

Includes scenarios written by MMO’s devs that tie into A Realm Reborn’s main quest.

Dimension 20 evokes Watership Down in new D&D actual play season featuring a family of stoats

Furry with a chance of sorrow.

Netflix’s live-action Monkey D. Luffy graces his own card in the One Piece Card Game

Straw hat, cardboard.

Elden Ring board game studio announces cooperative tabletop adaptation of Horizon: Forbidden West video game

Seeds of Rebellion’s narrative will take place before Aloy arrives in the titular Forbidden West

You can get excellent Lovecraftian mystery RPG Trail of Cthulhu at a staggering discount right now

Close to two dozen books, worth almost £300, for 95% off.

Wilds of Eldraine’s new damage-slinging MTG commander is even more busted than you think

Burn baby burn.

The One Ring designers on exploring Khazad-dûm before the books, invisible goblins and avoiding Balrogs in the Lord of the Rings RPG’s long-awaited Moria expansion

And how it differs from the cancelled The Long Dark campaign.

MTG Arena codes: Free MTGA booster packs and cosmetics

Build your digital card collection without paying a penny.

My Little Pony’s return to Magic: The Gathering brings Rainbow Dash, Applejack and more to a charity drop

Proceeds from Ponies: the Galloping 2 will benefit Extra Life charity in MTG’s tenth year of collaboration.

Feature: “I spend most of my days wandering around talking to myself”: Baldur’s Gate 3, Witcher 3 and Horizon: Forbidden West actors on how to be a better roleplayer

And why collaboration is the most important thing.

Baldur’s Gate 3 actors to play Dungeons & Dragons with High Rollers

Fun in Faerûn.

Feature: Evil Mickey Mouse, mysterious seaweed and different timelines: what’s going on in Disney Lorcana’s secret story?

Everything we know so far, and some theories of our own as to what comes next.

Planet Fist smashes Edge of Tomorrow and slice-of-life drama into a satirical combat wargame

Love must bloom on the battlefield when there is nothing else.

Pokémon card featuring real-life Pokémon player - one of only around 20 ever made - sells for record $132,000

Division runner-up Takahiro Ikeda was immortalised on this one-of-one Trainer card during a 2001 competition in Japan.

Cthulhu: Death May Die universe to receive new entry in the form of a re-imagining of Neil Gaiman-inspired board game

Featuring historical figures.

Cooperative board game Zombicide infects a different comic book universe in DCeased

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... Superman's rotting corpse?

Yu-Gi-Oh! Banlist for September 2023: Forbidden, Limited and Semi-Limited

Yu better check your decks.

You can customise Warhammer’s Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin’s world and armies just like real miniatures

Life imitates hi-quality plastic.

Yellow & Yangtze designer’s next pair of board games claims to be more than European design fads

“Pure strategy” titles Cascadero and smaller companion Cascadito meld Eurogame sensibilities with attractive art and short runtimes.

Marvel Cinematic Universe Trivial Pursuit tests your knowledge of The Infinity Saga

Compete to collect the Infinity Stones.

Rhino Hero publisher Haba files for insolvency, announces large-scale job cuts

Company will continue “as usual.”

Critical Role’s Mighty Nein Origins series to conclude in 2024 with Beauregard and Caduceus’ backstories

Co-written by Matthew Mercer and the Critical Role cast.

Cozy RPG Teatime Adventures, which pairs roleplaying with recipes and hot drinks, is back with a 2E and Stardew Valley-inspired pets expansion

Return to the Verdant Isles.

Blades in the Dark makers’ Deathmatch Island channels Squid Game, Fortnite and Severance in a nightmarish battle royale RPG

Isle love the sound of this.

Design golf courses then challenge your friends to beat them in roll-and-write gem Tiny Mini Golf

Bunker down.

Terraforming Mars makers defend use of AI art in upcoming board game expansion amid fan grumbles

“We have and will continue to leverage AI-generated content in the development and delivery of this project.”

Premium 1:6 scale Warhammer figures are coming from studio behind props for Lord of the Rings films

As well as Avatar: The Way of Water and Wakanda Forever.

7 best Lorcana steel cards in The First Chapter

Steel yourself for a win.

Snag Masks: A New Generation, Glitter Hearts and Sentinel Comics RPG at 80% off on DrivethruRPG

Cut-rate crusading.

Feature: Baldur’s Gate 3 tips from a seasoned Dungeons & Dragons player

These are invaluable to your quest in the Forgotten Realms.

One D&D shakes up 5E's most popular class with Brawler - but will it make the cut?

For the new One D&D Fighter subclass, everything is a weapon.

MTG’s latest Festival in a Box is a better 30th anniversary celebration at a quarter of the price

Dan Frazier art on classic cards and a Mystery Booster box without the four-figure price tag is still damning with faint praise.

New Witcher board game features playable Geralt, Yennifer and Ciri

Alongside Vesemir and Dandelion.

DuckTales-inspired RPG is a hellish vision of the classic cartoon, now with art from Mörk Borg creator

Duck Souls.

7 best Lorcana sapphire cards in The First Chapter

Indigo, out come results.

Feature: How a card game helped avoid nuclear war

Or: a brief history of game theory.

Disney Lorcana’s Rise of the Floodborn will introduce six alternate artwork cards with artists’ signatures

Two sets in, Lorcana upgrades its collectibility game with signed, holofoil cards in a limited edition release.

Disney Lorcana’s second set, Rise of the Floodborn, introduces more than 200 cards and new Resist keyword

Winnie the Pooh, Snow White and Zootopia amongst classic characters appearing in Lorcana’s second chapter.

RuneScape Kingdoms RPG will use a new system that “captures the unique magic” of classic MMO

Pre-order now for free armour trimming - totally legit.

Indie designer with a tabletop game the world should see? PAX Unplugged’s Rising Showcase is open to submissions for another two weeks

A chance for unpublished and independent games to shine.

Rare silver trophy Pikachu card from Pokémon TCG’s second-ever tournament sells for $444,000 at auction

Gem Mint quality is highest rated of four catalogued copies of the Pikachu No.2 Silver Trophy.

One D&D changes vs 5E: What's new in the next Dungeons & Dragons edition?

From creating your character to casting spells, here’s how One D&D is different to 5E.

Creator of MTG’s Commander format Sheldon Menery has passed away

“Godfather of Commander” remembered by family, friends and TCG players worldwide.

Terraforming Mars can now be played alone thanks to its new solo game expansion

Alongside fan-designed cards.

Lorcana: here's where to buy the new Disney TCG

Find out Disney Lorcana prices for booster packs, starter decks, gift sets and bundles.

The Lost Bay is a fever dream of ‘90s suburban horror channeled through dice and slick mechanics

Play in the weed-choked graveyard of the neo-liberal American dream.

Feature: The new-look Cities of Sigmar army is a rousing return for what was a hodgepodge of Warhammer Fantasy holdovers

Greater than the sum of its parts.

10 board games to play at Essen Spiel 2023

Don’t miss out on these great tabletop titles.

Society of Rafa trades heroes’ journeys for community healing in a Jewish RPG world of spirits and medicine

Creators plan to launch an accessible online wiki containing all play materials formatted for screen readers.

Feature: What D&D is to fantasy roleplaying, Traveller is to sci-fi RPGs - and its influence has never been greater, from Coriolis to Starfield

Venturing into the classic tabletop RPG that inspired Starfield.

Physical and digital versions of D&D Player’s Handbook and DM’s Guide are both on sale

Alongside several other books.

MTG kicks off Wilds of Eldraine with an anime trailer from Naruto studio and composer of Attack on Titan

Wizards of the Coast pulls down the studio that produced Naruto and the composer of Attack on Titan for three minutes of promotion.

Board game designer duo charged in Gen Con theft of Magic: The Gathering cards worth $300,000

Alleged thieves could face up to six years in prison alongside $10,000 in fines.

Feature: The Pokémon World Championships’ transformation of Japan into a real-life Pokémon world was unlike anything I’ve ever experienced

Yokohama’s hosting of the TCG and video games’ prestige tournament put celebration and community first.

8 best Lorcana ruby cards in the The First Chapter

Leave your rivals seeing red.

Comedy RPG Coffee & Chaos lets your D&D characters run a cafe and uses cutlery instead of dice

Give your heroic adventurers a stressful day job in food management - what could go wrong?

Wingspan publisher’s next board game is about bees in space

Unbee-lievable.

Stunning board game The Old King’s Crown looks like the next must-play for Oath and Root fans

Emergent storytelling, asymmetrical strategy and rich world-building in a lavishly-illustrated fantasy board game.

Feature: Why are board games that simply let Black players have fun still all too rare?

Examining the Leisure Divide.

Infinite Revolution is a hyper-fast RPG for fans of Utena, Kamen Rider and existential anxiety

You breathe stardust. You eat darkness. You guard dreams. You bleed light.

7 best Lorcana emerald cards in The First Chapter

Make your opponents green with envy.

The Magnus Archives’ tabletop RPG cracks $1m, releases an anemic quickstart primer

Fans of the horror podcast might be tempted, but there’s little in the free document to sell longtime hobbyists on Monte Cook Games’ latest adaptation.

A PUBG Battlegrounds board game will be released later this year, after being quietly crowdfunded by Korean publisher

English-language version yet to be announced.