Opinion For better and worse, Borderlands board game Arena of Badassery wears its setting like an ill-fitting shirt Tense miniature gameplay feels at odds with half-baked thematic trappings. Dec. 17, 2021 Chase Carter
Interview ‘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. Dec. 15, 2021 Chase Carter
Best Games 10 winter D&D 5E monsters perfect for a Christmas campaign Let it roll, let it roll, let it roll. Dec. 15, 2021 Jeremy Blum
Interview 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. Dec. 14, 2021 Chase Carter
Opinion 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. Dec. 14, 2021 Keith Reid-Cleveland
Feature By bringing the feel of video games to tabletop roleplaying, Lumen could become the next RPG phenomenon Illuminating. Dec. 9, 2021 Justin Joyce
Best Games The best board games to play at PAX Unplugged 2021 Get your fill in Philly. Dec. 9, 2021 Alex Meehan 2 comments
Feature Coyote & Crow RPG is a joyous, respectful celebration of Native American storytelling in a world without colonialism By imagining a future where colonisation never occurred, Coyote & Crow allows indigenous Americans to become the heroes of their own stories. Dec. 8, 2021 Chez Oxendine
Best Games 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. Dec. 7, 2021 Kyle Tam 1 comment
Interview The original Orb Ponderer talks sourcing memes from an old Lord of the Rings RPG Having a crystal ball. Dec. 3, 2021 Chase Carter
Feature “Desperation breeds innovation”: The board game publishers banding together against the shipping crisis Small but mighty. Dec. 2, 2021 Alex Meehan
Best Games 5 of the most punishingly difficult board games Card mode. Dec. 1, 2021 Olivia Kennedy 4 comments
Best Games 10 best Magic: The Gathering cards of 2021 Picking out the highlights of MTG’s busiest year yet. Nov. 30, 2021 Jason Coles
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. Nov. 29, 2021 Tom Ana 1 comment
Feature SPONSORED: 4 scary movie easter eggs in The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31 From flamethrowers to husky dogs. Nov. 25, 2021 Alex Meehan 2 comments
Best Games 8 best word games to replace Scrabble Put a spell on you. Nov. 24, 2021 Matt Jarvis 2 comments
Interview How Sabrina, Pitch Perfect and ’90s romcoms inspired D&D’s Strixhaven book - lead designer Amanda Hamon And explains how classes work in the Magic: The Gathering inspired book. Nov. 23, 2021 Alex Meehan
Opinion A battle of galactic proportions: Eclipse: Second Dawn of the Galaxy vs Twilight Imperium 4E Two sci-fi heavyweights enter, two are consumed by the endless void of miniature ships. Nov. 23, 2021 Gianluca Percovich 1 comment
Feature The Skyrim board game is disappointingly faithful to a fault - preview Dunmer and dusted. Nov. 22, 2021 Alex Meehan 4 comments
Feature Warhammer meets Play-Doh, Necromolds understands the tactile joy of playing board games in person Clayfighters. Nov. 18, 2021 Matt Jarvis 5 comments
Feature ‘Games mean community’: LATAM Breakout throws a much-needed spotlight on the tabletop RPG designers of Sudamerica Five games by five designers that capture the real Global South, in their own words. Nov. 17, 2021 Gianluca Percovich
Feature Innistrad: Crimson Vow showcases some of the very best - and very worst - of Magic: The Gathering A marriage made in Hell. Nov. 16, 2021 Jason Coles
Opinion D&D 5E players are ignoring one of its central gameplay ideas - and that’s a good thing The RPG’s growing popularity as a storytelling format has led to a shift away from endless fights. Nov. 15, 2021 Hylke Jorrit Langhout 4 comments
Opinion As Critical Role has grown, my love for the show has died This actual play is not actually for me. Nov. 11, 2021 Alex Meehan 25 comments
Feature United Paizo Workers: How the Pathfinder creators organised, and what’s next for tabletop RPGs’ first union Paizo employees have their recognition, but the hardest fights might still be on the horizon. Nov. 10, 2021 Chase Carter 1 comment
Best Games 10 best Innistrad: Crimson Vow cards in Magic: The Gathering’s latest set Fangtastic. Nov. 10, 2021 Jason Coles
Opinion Dungeons & Dragons’ alignments are a flawed but powerful tool for DMs, if they’re used well Righteous. Nov. 9, 2021 Caelyn Ellis 2 comments
Best Games The best digital card games that aren’t Hearthstone From paper to pixels. Nov. 9, 2021 Michael Whelan 2 comments
Best Games 12 best 1990s board games that are still worth playing today Not noughtie, but nice. Nov. 9, 2021 Matt Jarvis 1 comment
Best Games 10 best trivia games that are better than Trivial Pursuit All the answers you need. Nov. 9, 2021 Luke Graham 3 comments
Best Games 10 best video game board games, from Fallout to Street Fighter Whether you’re a fan of shooters or strategy, these are some of the best video game board games on the market. Nov. 9, 2021 Alex Meehan 1 comment
Best Games 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. Nov. 8, 2021 Alex Meehan 2 comments
Feature Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast is like an episodic Spirited Away that’s part RPG, part legacy game - preview The next GM-less storytelling game from Wanderhome and Wickedness creators. Nov. 8, 2021 Austin Taylor
Feature Ranking all 25 Pikachu on the Pokémon: TCG Pikachu V-Union card A shocking result. Nov. 4, 2021 Alex Meehan
Best Games 7 scariest monsters in Dungeons & Dragons 5E Frighten your players with these fearsome foes. Nov. 4, 2021 Olivia Kennedy
Opinion Playing only trans characters in tabletop RPGs helped me understand myself Cisgender people tend to exclusively play cis characters in games such as D&D, so what’s wrong with me only playing transgender characters? Nov. 3, 2021 Alex Viney
Feature Warhammer 40,000’s most iconic and infamous tournament moment: Shooter, Wheels and the Kroot Conga Line The greatest game that never happened. Nov. 1, 2021 Connor Makar
Opinion Games Omnivorous’ adventure books show evocative art thrives under weird constraints The minimalist RPG publisher sets ten rules for its adventure books with fascinating results. Oct. 28, 2021 Chase Carter
Opinion Horror board games could be amazing if they took more risks living and playing dangerously. Oct. 27, 2021 Alex Meehan 4 comments
Feature Experimental lyric RPGs are pushing the poetic power of roleplaying forward By destroying the boundary between players and characters, lyric games innovate new ways to play - or, sometimes, not play at all. Oct. 27, 2021 Linda H. Codega 1 comment
Opinion When, why and what you roll in tabletop RPGs are just as important to storytelling and theme as a game’s world Plot resolution. Oct. 26, 2021 Nevyn Holmes 1 comment
Feature Wonder Book looks the part of an imaginative kids game, but doesn’t play like one Don’t judge a board game by its cover. Oct. 21, 2021 Alex Meehan
Feature Iron Forest is a grown-up spin-off from Ice Cool that features plenty of finger-flicking theatrics A swish, not a flick Oct. 20, 2021 Alex Meehan
Feature Lost Cities designer’s Art Robbery is one of the hidden gems of Essen Spiel 2021 you shouldn’t miss Play light robbery. Oct. 20, 2021 Matt Jarvis
Feature Kingdomino Origins isn’t quite a full evolutionary step for the excellent board game series Kings of the Stone Age. Oct. 19, 2021 Matt Jarvis 1 comment
Feature Far Cry Beyond board game bears little resemblance to the video game series A far cry from what we wanted. Oct. 19, 2021 Alex Meehan 1 comment
Interview Cowboy Bebop RPG lead designer on the anime adaptation’s ‘jazzy’ gameplay and satisfying cynical fans “Haters gonna hate and we accept that.” Oct. 18, 2021 Matt Jarvis 1 comment
Best Games 10 best tribes in Magic: The Gathering Tribed and tested. Oct. 18, 2021 Jason Coles 1 comment
Feature Azul: Queen’s Garden sprouts fresh ideas whilst sticking to its roots Wake up and play the roses. Oct. 15, 2021 Alex Meehan 1 comment
Feature The history and culture of Historica Arcanum, the D&D 5E book reclaiming the Near East in roleplaying “We took the mystery of Istanbul and dialled that up to 1000%.” Oct. 14, 2021 Luke Frostick 2 comments
Opinion New to Warhammer? Now’s the best time to get into Age of Sigmar's fantasy universe A Slaanesh start. Oct. 12, 2021 Dax Everritt 2 comments
Feature Indie RPGs are telling some of the greatest mystery stories on - and off - the tabletop Hercule Poiroll. Oct. 11, 2021 Sharang Biswas
Interview ‘It was important that the characters feel like real people’: Nikki Valens on representation and storytelling in Artisans of Splendent Vale “We hope players will be able to see themselves in each of the characters in one way or another.” Oct. 8, 2021 Matt Jarvis
Feature Old stories, new forms: Rewriting folklore as RPGs brings fresh perspectives and cultures to the table “What is an RPG, but a seed of imagination designers give to players and game masters so they can grow gardens of their own?” Oct. 6, 2021 Linda H. Codega
Opinion Playing board games like music has brought joy back to the hobby Keeping score. Oct. 5, 2021 Reid Conley
Interview “Why do we play games?”: DIE’s creators and Grant Howitt discuss adapting the comic into a tabletop RPG The tabletop team-up have planned more than a simple almanac for Gillen and Han’s twisted polyhedral world. Oct. 4, 2021 Chase Carter 2 comments
Feature Pokémon TCG had a Game Boy sequel that never released outside Japan - and we’ve played it Prepare for trouble. Oct. 4, 2021 Mahin Kesore 1 comment
Opinion Why the Blade Runner RPG will stand apart from the cyberpunk crowd It might not last - but then again, what does? Sept. 30, 2021 Alex Meehan 2 comments
Opinion Netflix’s latest hit series Squid Game is bloody, brutal - and perfect viewing for board game fans Playing with lives. Sept. 29, 2021 Matt Jarvis 1 comment
Opinion There’s never been a better time for a Mass Effect tabletop RPG Drell on it. Sept. 28, 2021 Alex Meehan 3 comments
Opinion An Arkham Horror legacy game could revive the genre Don’t say Hastur-la vista yet, baby. Sept. 24, 2021 Alex Meehan 1 comment
Feature 10 board games to look for at Essen Spiel 2021 - preview The biggest board games at the biggest show. Sept. 23, 2021 Alex Meehan 3 comments
Feature Innistrad: Midnight Hunt’s return to the spooky Magic: The Gathering plane has plenty thematic bark, less gameplay bite Eldritch potential. Sept. 21, 2021 Jason Coles 1 comment
Opinion Clank! is a risk/reward board game that laughs at your plans, and I love it Goofs with a great big lizard. Sept. 16, 2021 Alex Meehan 1 comment
Feature “I’m constantly trying to outdo myself”: Dinosaur Island and Cryptid artist on the rise of board game illustrators and the struggle to innovate “I need to slow down, but it's not happening.” Sept. 15, 2021 Alex Meehan
Best Games 10 best cards in Magic: The Gathering’s new set Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Lycan subscribe. Sept. 14, 2021 Jason Coles
Interview Design degistif: Apothecaria creator Anna Blackwell discusses creating a commentary for her solo RPG Potent potables. Sept. 13, 2021 Chase Carter
Opinion Blades in the Dark’s TV series could blow away the D&D film The cinematic gameplay and dramatic heists of John Harper’s RPG makes it perfect for a small-screen adaptation. Sept. 13, 2021 Richard C. Shaffer
Opinion Happy City is a simple but sweet blend of Splendor and Machi Koro that’ll put a smile on your face Metropobliss. Sept. 10, 2021 Matt Jarvis
Feature The Civilization board game pioneered epic strategy a decade before Sid Meier The apple doesn’t fall far from the tech tree. Sept. 9, 2021 Matt Jarvis
Interview “Passion is coming through in spades right now” - Funkoverse game studio talks licensed board games IPs are making board gamers happy. Sept. 8, 2021 Alex Meehan
Feature Avatar Legends RPG designers were prepared for success, but nearly $10m on Kickstarter changed things Magpie Games talks supply chain logistics, shielding design from bloat and contributor pay. Sept. 8, 2021 Chase Carter
Interview Pokémon TCG expert talks the collecting boom, celebrity fans and why your cards probably aren’t worth anything “Almost everyone thinks they have something of value.” Sept. 6, 2021 Matt Jarvis
Feature 10 board games to look for at Gen Con 2021 - preview From sequels to beloved classics, to new releases from renowned creators. Sept. 2, 2021 Alex Meehan 2 comments
Best Games 10 best sourcebooks for Dungeons & Dragons 5E The finest Dungeons & Dragons 5E sourcebooks. Sept. 1, 2021 Sara Elsam 11 comments
Opinion RPG character backgrounds are rubbish - here’s how to make a good one Or; why Obi-Wan Kenobi is a terrible RPG character. Aug. 31, 2021 Caelyn Ellis 2 comments
Best Games 10 best trading, collectible and expandable card games that aren’t Magic: The Gathering Big deck energy. Aug. 30, 2021 Matt Jarvis 11 comments
Best Games 10 best anime board games, from Dragon Ball Super to My Hero Academia Impressive power level. Aug. 30, 2021 Matt Jarvis
Best Games 10 best solo board games to play by yourself Top titles to tackle in single-player. Aug. 30, 2021 Dan Jolin 7 comments
Feature Why does everyone hate Monopoly? The secret history behind the world’s biggest board game Chance encounter. Aug. 26, 2021 Michael Whelan
Best Games 10 best online board games you can play in your browser Get the lowdown without the download. Aug. 25, 2021 Matt Jarvis 4 comments
Interview “No-one wants their nostalgia slapped onto something without care”: Disney Gargoyles: Awakening creators on the cult series’ tabletop revival Why should you care about a board game based on an animated show from the ‘90s? Aug. 25, 2021 Alex Meehan
Opinion MTG Arena’s differences from paper Magic: The Gathering are a confusing, exhausting muddle Digital-only cards, exclusive sets and a lack of popular formats have made it hard for players to keep up. Aug. 24, 2021 Jason Coles
Best Games 10 best Marvel board games These tabletop titles are heroically good. Aug. 19, 2021 Alex Meehan
Opinion Magic: The Gathering’s new Commander decks are a good thing for every player More dedicated products for the popular format means fewer cards elsewhere - and that helps everyone. Aug. 18, 2021 Jason Coles 1 comment
Opinion 5 things we want to see from the new Marvel RPG From weird superheroes to romantic arcs. Aug. 17, 2021 Alex Meehan
Best Games 10 best quick board games that fit into 15 minutes Short and sweet lunchtime board games. Aug. 16, 2021 Alex Meehan 8 comments
Best Games 5 best Catan expansions for every type of player Freshen up the classic board game with these essential expansions. Aug. 15, 2021 Reid Conley
Best Games 10 best zombie board games Grab your shotgun, your chainsaw and your most durable friends. Aug. 14, 2021 Eric Watson 1 comment
Best Games 8 best Lord of the Rings board games One list to rule them all. Aug. 12, 2021 Matt Jarvis 1 comment
Feature Before Carcassonne, there was Bus: a board game classic that rewards patience and planning with meaningful connection A personal history of a worker-placement pioneer, 20 years, two continents and multiple generations in the making. Aug. 11, 2021 Gianluca Percovich 1 comment
Feature Avatar Legends RPG does justice to The Last Airbender and Korra’s storytelling, but fumbles combat - preview Golden Appa-tunity. Aug. 9, 2021 Chase Carter
Best Games 6 best Warhammer 40,000 armies in Ninth Edition There is only phwoar. Aug. 7, 2021 Emma Partlow 2 comments
Best Games 5 best travel board games to take on holiday this summer Carry-on cardboard. Aug. 6, 2021 Michael Whelan 1 comment
Best Games 10 best tabletop roleplaying games out right now From the best fantasy tabletop RPG alternatives to Dungeons & Dragons, to the sci-fi worlds of Cyberpunk and Star Wars. Aug. 6, 2021 Sara Elsam 5 comments
Interview Adventure Zone DM Griffin McElroy and Bureau of Balance co-designers chat about their new board game And why there isn’t an Adventure Zone RPG yet. Aug. 4, 2021 Alex Meehan
Best Games The best modern alternatives to replace classic board games Swap out Monopoly, Cluedo and Scrabble for these fresh tabletop experiences. Aug. 3, 2021 Reid Conley 1 comment