Features (Page 6)
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The best Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel decks for every summoning type
This is just a Tribute.
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6 best Warhammer: Age of Sigmar books from the Black Library
The Mortal Reads.
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5 best budget decks in Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
No Pot of Greed necessary.
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MTG cares more about collectability than accessibility - and it’s making the TCG worse
More than meets the eye.
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11 best Pokémon TCG cards, from shiny Charizard to Surfing Pikachu
Quite the catch.
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Warhammer: Age of Sigmar release schedule 2022: Every upcoming Age of Sigmar Battletome release
Tome to get your battle on.
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I wish Spelljammer was its own RPG, rather than just another D&D setting
Needs more space.
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6 best superhero RPGs for Marvel and DC comics fans
Create your own MCU or relive classic comic-book storylines.
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Plan, pick and pass.
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10 best Star Wars board games that aren’t scum or villainy
Yoda-n’t want to miss these.
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The Simpsons should be resurrected by a Betrayal at House on the Hill board game
Simpsons and Betrayal – together at last.
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Take a break from Twitter and send letters to friends with these epistolary RPGs
Give your thumbs a break and patron your local postal service.
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Feature: These indie RPGs create compelling mysteries by asking players to tack evidence to the wall
This whole box is Pepe Silvia!
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Feature: Streets of New Capenna brings the messiness of the mob to Magic: The Gathering’s latest set
Crime doesn’t play.
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One of 2022’s best TV shows provides a masterclass in how to create your next D&D character
Ranking of Kings constantly defies expectations and flies in the face of fantasy stereotypes.
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10 best Streets of New Capenna cards in Magic: The Gathering’s latest set
Gangster attraction.
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Indie video game Hades would make for the perfect co-op board game
Cooperation is a boon.
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Gloomhaven digital is the ‘Dark Souls’ of tabletop video games
Yes, we’re going there.
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Magic: The Gathering Arena is great for Wizards of the Coast, bad for players
Counting cards, counting dollars.
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Best board games for fans of D&D
Convince your adventuring party to try some of these tabletop titles.
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The new Batman tabletop RPG should take its cues from The Batman
Roleplay me this, Batman.
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10 best traditional board games you shouldn’t ignore just because they’re old
Not-so-modern classics.
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Designer talks filling the gap between Red and 2077, staying relevant over 30 years, and his collaboration with CD Projekt Red.
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A horrifyingly good first impression.
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‘My dream is to create the first massively-multiplayer tabletop RPG’
Teburu developer Xplored reveals its ambitions for the tech-enhanced board game platform.
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Best MTG Arena decks 2023: Five powerful MTGA decks to use in Standard
Change for the meta.
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D. Brad Talton talks making the ultimate Halloween party game, why bigger boxes aren’t always better and ensuring players have fun 99% of the time.
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Megagames are everything about board games made bigger – and better
Immersing yourself into a world with dozens of players is a gaming experience like no other.
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A bountiful cardboard harvest.
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Elder Sign’s mediocrity shows how far the Arkham Horror series has come
Time to say Hastur-la-Vista?
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Feature: Digital without losing the physical, Teburu is a promising next step for hybrid board games
The app-powered board has a lot of potential - if it can find the right games.
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Best fantasy tabletop RPGs besides Dungeons & Dragons
Excellent escapism.
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Feature: 3D printing is changing tabletop gaming
From custom miniatures for RPGs and wargames to fans resurrecting old favourites and creating brand new worlds.
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“The Jurassic World board game is a really great representation of how far we can chase our dreams.”
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Prospero Hall’s dino-centric legacy game doesn’t make players dig deep to find fun.
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5 best meta decks in Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
From Adamancipator to Zoodiac.
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“I wanted a game that was faster and more dramatic.”
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25 years after it changed board gaming, Catan is a terrible introduction to the hobby
It’s time to settle this.
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Keepsake game designer Jeeyon Shim branches out with chess-based RPG The Snow Queen
The award-winning artist has left Kickstarter behind to build a two-player tragedy focusing on community.
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3 tabletop RPGs to play after catching ‘em all in Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Guaranteed to be aggro Paras-free.
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What’s worse than D&D being everywhere? Shutting people down for enjoying it
Complaining about the RPG’s popularity can be more harmful than helpful.
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How an RPG is written makes a big difference to how it plays
Textual feeling.
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The long-awaited follow-up to the TCG’s underwhelming 2004 block is largely a deserved success.
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Tabletop RPGs are perfect for safely exploring romance and intimacy
Fictionally falling in love.
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Feature: The real-life romance, loss and legacy behind relationship sim board game Fog of Love
Jacob Jaskov’s heartfelt passion project for his partner became a groundbreaking moment for tabletop gaming - but it took a personal toll.
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Wingspan is so much more than its birdwatching theme
A golden egg.
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Best board games and RPGs to play before you watch the Uncharted film
Fortune favours the board.
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10 best Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty cards in Magic: The Gathering’s latest set
Fluorescent favourites.
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Feature: Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty avoids cyberpunk-shaped pitfalls and the ghost of its predecessor
The futuristic card set isn’t trouble-free but showcases Wizards' design team operating at its peak.
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9 Zine Month RPGs you should check out (and where to crowdfund them)
Stapled and saddle-stitched gems.
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The 11 most rare and expensive Yu-Gi-Oh! cards
From the iconic Blue-Eyes White Dragon to a one-of-a-kind warrior, here are the most valuable Yu-Gi-Oh! cards of all time.
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10 best tabletop RPG boxed sets for new players
New Year, new roleplaying game.
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The Legend of Vox Machina is a poor substitute for the original Critical Role
Not exactly animated.
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7 Wonders: Architects fails to live up to the original game’s legacy
Best left forgotten.
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Get together with these outstanding cooperative board games.
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8 tabletop RPGs to play after finishing The Expanse
Suit up, inyalowdas!
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Dungeons & Dragons’ creative campaigns are making up for its boring sourcebooks
Recent releases have disappointed.
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The 15 best board games for kids 2022
Kids' board games can be more than child’s play - here’s the proof.
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Feature: Paranoia RPG stayed hilarious by changing satirical targets
This article is above your security clearance. Report for termination immediately.
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Feature: Magic: The Gathering’s Innistrad: Double Feature set is a real horror show
Mono-Scream.
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From Cowboy Bebop to Dark Souls, why licensed RPGs need to do better in 2022
Big names, small ideas.
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As an autistic GM, tabletop RPGs provide a perfect structure for social interaction
Things that make life difficult for me outside of the game room often make for better sessions in it.
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If Quacks of Quedlinburg had a better name, it could be the next blockbuster board game
Plus a change in artwork.
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Games of the Year 2021: Wheels on the accessible and tactical Summoner Wars: Second Edition
Second time's the charm.
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Games of the Year 2021: Liv on the re-inventive Unfathomable
Deeply engaging.
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Games of the Year 2021: Matt on the unforgettable stories of Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile
The creator of Root and Pax Pamir does it again.
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10 best tile-placement board games
Pleasing patterns.
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Changes are coming, however slowly.
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Tense miniature gameplay feels at odds with half-baked thematic trappings.
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‘What pain do we want to experience?’: Fandom Tabletop address community license backlash
Bart Vickers reflects on what went wrong and how the second iteration aims for clearer communication and more transparency.
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10 winter D&D 5E monsters perfect for a Christmas campaign
Let it roll, let it roll, let it roll.
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Return to Dark Tower studio owner discusses unions, expensive towers and the Heroquest that got away
Restoration Games' Justin Jacobson reflects on six years of pumping new life into old titles.
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Dungeons & Dragons brought us closer when the world said to keep our distance
Joining a nerdy, diverse D&D group when I needed it most.
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The best board games to play at PAX Unplugged 2021
Get your fill in Philly.
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By imagining a future where colonisation never occurred, Coyote & Crow allows indigenous Americans to become the heroes of their own stories.
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9 best tabletop RPG systems to hack into a custom game
SRDs allow players to use an existing set of rules as the basis for their own RPG.
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The original Orb Ponderer talks sourcing memes from an old Lord of the Rings RPG
Having a crystal ball.
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Small but mighty.
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10 best Magic: The Gathering cards of 2021
Picking out the highlights of MTG’s busiest year yet.
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Feature: The dark history of antisemitism in board games
Tabletop games have been used to express hate in ways both explicit and shockingly mundane for centuries.
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Feature: SPONSORED: 4 scary movie easter eggs in The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31
From flamethrowers to husky dogs.