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Interview
The Walking Dead Universe RPG creators talk swarms, post-apocalyptic Robin Hoods and watching Daryl fall off his horse
“Fighting the swarm is always about making it out alive, one way or another.”
Best Games
6 board games like Grand Theft Auto to play while you wait for GTA 6’s release date
Criminally good fun.
Best Games
SPONSORED: 10 stunning Pokémon cards that showcase the TCG’s most iconic artwork
This beautiful Pokémon card art would take pride of place in any collection.
Feature
If you like Pandemic, you owe it to yourself to make The ART Project your next co-op board game
Stealing hearts.
Interview
"Actual play is a rare type of media where you feel empowered to create": Critical Role's Matthew Mercer on becoming a more relaxed DM and D&D going mainstream
"I’ve grown less and less worried about slipping up here and there."
Feature
Molly House tells a compelling story of individual vice and queer community with risk-versus-reward gameplay
Throw some period drama parties.
Best Games
7 best Rise of the Floodborn song cards in Disney Lorcana’s second set
Sing when you’re winning.
Feature
Undaunted designers’ pint-sized wargame General Orders pulls the perfect lunchtime battle from its tiny box
It’s bigger on the inside.
Feature
Kingdom Death’s seven-year journey to overcome COVID, fear of irrelevance and the Monster promises of its record-breaking Kickstarter
“Tabletop is the only way of gaming I can think of that exists on this additional plane of consciousness.”
Best Games
7 best Rise of the Floodborn steel cards in Disney Lorcana’s second set
These cards are hard to Resist.
Opinion
Lorcana players beware: Rise of the Floodborn has made competitive decks a lot meaner
Floods of tears.
Best Games
6 best Rise of the Floodborn item cards in Disney Lorcana’s second set
Kit out your deck.
Feature
Magic: The Gathering’s The Lost Caverns of Ixalan is a resplendent return to a fascinating plane
Everybody do the dinosaur.
Best Games
7 best Rise of the Floodborn emerald cards in Disney Lorcana’s second set
It’s time to play dirty.
Best Games
What’s the best Rise of the Floodborn starter deck? Disney Lorcana’s latest starters compared
Amber and Sapphire versus Amethyst and Steel.
Best Games
6 best Rise of the Floodborn action cards in Disney Lorcana’s second set
Ready, set, action!
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7 best Rise of the Floodborn amethyst cards in Disney Lorcana’s second set
Put your deck in a purple patch.
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7 best Rise of the Floodborn amber cards in Disney Lorcana’s second set
Dwarfs and Princesses rule this roost.
Feature
Lorcana’s second set Rise of the Floodborn builds upon the Disney card game in all the right ways
Am I a Disney adult now?
Best Games
12 best Rise of the Floodborn cards in Disney Lorcana’s second set
From iconic Disney characters to imaginative new Floodborn, these are the must-have characters for your next deck.
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7 best Rise of the Floodborn ruby cards in Disney Lorcana’s second set
To play fast and ruthlessly.
Best Games
The best decks in the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime you should play for real
Looking back on the decks and cards that leapt from cartoon to cardboard as the series celebrates its 25th anniversary.
Best Games
17 most valuable and expensive Lorcana cards
Wish upon a star to find these valuable pulls in your next booster.
Feature
Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield looks back on five of his card games, 30 years after inventing the TCG
“We knew we had a special game when we published it.”
Opinion
Call of Cthulhu’s d100 dice rolls offer far more roleplaying freedom than D&D’s d20
When failure isn’t the end.
Opinion
Critical Role's live show nailed the rare pleasure of playing D&D at Level 20
Gods, gates and Gelidon.
Feature
Yu-Gi-Oh!'s new Diabellstar archetype could flip the TCG’s meta upside-down
Introduced with just a single monster in the latest Age of Overlord set, this archetype already has huge potential.
Best Games
7 best D&D 5E horror one-shots to play this Halloween
Halloween - the DM's excuse to scare the absolute bejesus out of their players.
Opinion
Magic: The Gathering's uncanny celebrity cameos are the worst part of its great Doctor Who set
Bradley Walsh, Game Show Host.
Feature
A rich mix of Magic: The Gathering, Oath and auction games, The Old King’s Crown is already my most anticipated board game of 2024
The political subterfuge of Game of Thrones meets the ruthless combo-making of your best MTG deck.
Feature
The Halloween board game is much better – and scarier – than you think
Escaping Haddonfield is murder.
Feature
Sunrise Lane is like a Ticket to Ride board game but with real-estate instead of trains
Perhaps the only way I’ll ever buy property.
Opinion
One D&D's Bastion minigame has loads of potential for long-term 5E fans – but not everyone will play it
Finally, an adventurer flatshare.
Feature
Two players, five minutes, 16 cards, one of the most compelling card games I’ve ever played
Sengoku Ji-buy this now.
Best Games
SPONSORED: 5 RPG maps to inspire your next D&D 5E campaign
From a Coral Throne to Hell's Tax Office.
Interview
“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.”
Best Games
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.
Opinion
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.
Opinion
Wilds of Eldraine’s new damage-slinging MTG commander is even more busted than you think
Burn baby burn.
Interview
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.
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.
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.
Feature
Baldur’s Gate 3 tips from a seasoned Dungeons & Dragons player
These are invaluable to your quest in the Forgotten Realms.
Opinion
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.
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.
Best Games
10 board games to play at Essen Spiel 2023
Don’t miss out on these great tabletop titles.
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.
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.
Feature
Why are board games that simply let Black players have fun still all too rare?
Examining the Leisure Divide.
Best Games
12 best Disney Lorcana cards in The First Chapter
The characters to look for in Lorcana’s debut set.
Feature
Wilds of Eldraine is a triumph of fairy tale card design and the first set in new era of Magic: The Gathering
Putting the magic in Magic.
Feature
Subbuteo plays on: How the iconic tabletop football game inspired a generation of players and artists - and avoided relegation
What do birds, streakers and The Beatles have to do with the flick-and-kick classic?
Feature
The world's best Pokémon TCG players on the decks, lucky draws and near-defeats that led to their World Championship wins
This year’s world champions reflect on their winning strategies.
Opinion
Baldur’s Gate 3 allows D&D players to live out their horny fantasies without making anyone uncomfortable
Larian Studios knows what the people want.
Feature
A weekend with Jessica Robinson: the expectations and pressures of the record-making British Yu-Gi-Oh! pro at this year’s World Championships
The TCG’s first female European champion and first woman to compete at Worlds recalls her journey to the top.
Feature
Magic: The Gathering isn’t in a rush to try and top its ‘intensely ambitious’ Avengers: Endgame moment from March of the Machine
“It definitely pushed our team to a level of world-building that I wouldn’t be eager to return to.”
Feature
Pokémon's new animated series Path to the Peak is a charming introduction to the trading card game
A short but sweet inspiring tale of taking your TCG talents to the next level.
Feature
The Amsterdam board game club that became one woman's legacy
“People come in, they don’t know anybody, and then they are there for two years.”
Feature
A weekend of celebration, competition and community among Yu-Gi-Oh!’s top players at the first World Championships in four years
Meeting with hopefuls - and eventual champions - ahead of their appearance on the card game’s grandest stage.
Opinion
Baldur’s Gate 3 has finally forced me to play D&D 5E by the rules
My shenanigans have been Silenced.
Best Games
6 best Disney Lorcana item cards in The First Chapter
Equip yourself with shields, forks, frying pans and more.
Best Games
6 best Disney Lorcana action cards in The First Chapter
Banish characters, draw cards and hinder your opponents using these essential abilities.
Best Games
What’s the best Lorcana starter deck? The Disney TCG’s first three starters, compared
Find out the best place to jump into the new trading card game.
Opinion
Baldur’s Gate 3 has made me more interested in Dungeons & Dragons’ world than I’ve ever been
Fae-run to the D&D video game.
Feature
Star Wars: Unlimited's fan-pleasing trading card game struggles to escape the shadow of its peers
A good TCG at the wrong time?
Feature
Yu-Gi-Oh!’s first Master Duel world champions and Duel Links winner on the sacrifice of qualifying and team camaraderie on the TCG’s grandest digital stage
Team snipehunters and Jian Yu Jiang discuss their victories at the first Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championships in four years.
Feature
Could another Pokémon card ever dethrone the Pikachu Illustrator as the TCG’s Holy Grail? Collectors weigh in
After selling for a record $5.2m, Pokémon's most valuable card has only reinforced its legendary status.
Feature
Yu-Gi-Oh! champion Paulie Aronson on winning the TCG’s first Worlds since 2019 to become its first-ever US victor
Yu-Gi-Oh!’s top player discusses the nerves of competing on the global stage, dealing with human mistakes - and missing his birthday celebrations to practise.
Opinion
The Adventures of Robin Hood’s choose-your-own-adventure story and tactile board make it a surprisingly innovative family game
I Sherwood like to play some more.
Feature
Disney Lorcana lays an impressive, enchanting foundation for trading card games’ biggest shift in 25 years
A glimmer of brilliance.
Feature
Tabletop creators struggle to plot their future amidst Twitter’s still-burning ashes
The death of the bird app at the hands of Elon Musk leaves designers big and small in the lurch.
Opinion
Will Horror on the Orient Express live up to the impressive legacy of Call of Cthulhu board games?
Cthulhu continues.
Feature
The Witcher’s latest board game is a monster-slaying romp that can’t match the rich world of the video games
Combat outshines story in the solid, if shallow, action-adventure adaptation.
Feature
What are you playing this weekend? Here’s what we’ve been playing!
Prepare for a healthy dose of The Witcher content!
Feature
Why the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship is such a big deal - and why you should be watching
As the tournament of top-tier duellists returns for the first time in four years.