News
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Too Many Bones maker’s The Elder Scrolls board game is a more digestible Gloomhaven experience
Keep an eye on that suspicious-looking mudcrab
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Critical Role’s new space-western podcast, Midst, started as a tabletop RPG setting
No one can hear you yeehaw in space.
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Our D&D actual play series Storybreakers is now a podcast!
Catch up with the first season in audio form, or experience it for the first time.
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New Marvel co-op board game sounds a lot like Eldritch Horror with superheroes
Wield the D.A.G.G.E.R.
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Minecraft Dungeons & Dragons DLC won’t be usable in player worlds, and that’s a shame
The developer called the tabletop RPG crossover project “bespoke and purpose-built”.
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Co-op gem Forgotten Waters’ follow-up is the gorgeous fantasy RPG board game Freelancers
Deal with dungeons, dragons and... taxes?
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This limited-edition, RPG-inspired pencil is the fanciest way to fill in your D&D character sheet
The Blackwing 20 will cost you $30 for a dozen.
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Magic: The Gathering introduces dual-faced, transforming Battle cards in March of the Machine
The first new card type since planeswalkers awards victors with a powerful reward.
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Greek god board game gem Santorini returns with new co-op expansion and deluxe Pantheon Edition
Riddle of the Sphinx will also include a single-player mode.
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Vecna “just the beginning” of iconic villains returning for Dungeons & Dragons’ next narrative phase
The popular RPG increasingly looks beyond the tabletop to inspire its official books.
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D&D movie stars played the RPG together before filming Honor Among Thieves
And had a complete blast, by all accounts.
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You’ll be able to playtest D&D’s official virtual tabletop later this year
As Wizards of the Coast shows off more features for its ambitious online platform.
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Minecraft mobs now have official D&D stat blocks - and you can download them for free today
Take on Creepers, Endermen and Ender Dragons.
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Disney Lorcana teases Tigger and Lady Tremaine for TCG’s first release
The wonderful thing about Tiggers is they aren’t evil stepmothers.
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BattleTech breaks $4.5 million in crowdfunding for Mercenaries expansion to ‘mech wargame
BattleTech’s next expansion paves the way for tanks, advanced tactics and AI opponents.
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Clank! legacy board game is getting a sequel featuring PvP gameplay
Return to Acquisitions Incorporated.
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Rarest Yu-Gi-Oh! card of all time, one-of-a-kind Tyler the Great Warrior, going up for sale
Created in 2005 as a Make-A-Wish for a teenage fan battling cancer.
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Pokémon TCG’s next expansion introduce terastallized Pokémon from Scarlet & Violet
Including Slowking and Forretress.
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Descent: Legends of the Dark’s Act 2 expansion will cost $160, almost as much as the original game
The Betrayer’s War will require a copy of the $175 fantasy adventure to play when it releases this autumn.
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Undaunted studio announces next title from creator of Merv board game
Put your nose to the grindstone.
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Warhammer 40,000’s 10th Edition revealed, army rules releasing for free this summer
Including free datasheets, streamlined rules and a new skirmish mode.
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Free RPG Day reschedules 2023 celebration to escape shadow of MTG’s Lord of the Rings set
“We know what side the bread is buttered on for a lot of stores.”
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This D&D monster manual wants to help save real-life animals from extinction
Book of Extinction lets you include animals wiped out by humanity in your RPG campaigns.
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Gritty fantasy RPG Blood and Doom wants to feel like discovering D&D for the first time (Sponsored)
Action, mystery and creative roleplaying meet.
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‘Inis in space’ board game Galactic Renaissance mixes portals and politics
Influence one planet, outfluence another.
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General Orders is a World War II worker placement wargame from the creators of Undaunted
David Thompson and Trevor Benjamin return with a two-player title that’s quick to learn and play
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Root creator’s next board game, Arcs, will feature a two-player mode
Intimate intergalactic competition.
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Disney Lorcana’s second TCG set will drop three months after the first
Disney’s competitor to Magic: The Gathering adopts the latter’s busy release schedule.
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Walking Dead Roleplaying Game lets you play out scenarios from the TV series
Featuring recognisable characters and locations.
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MTG’s latest peek at Tales of Middle-earth set shows cards and publisher tempted by The One Ring
Serialised cards once again rear their head during an extended look at the upcoming Lord of the Rings-themed set.
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King Kong and Pacific Rim coming next for D&D 5E compatible adventure project
Mechanics for mayhem with monkeys and mechs.
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MTG reveals The One Ring and three versions of Gandalf the Grey from upcoming Lord of the Rings set
Multiple cards will explore the different ways characters present themselves throughout Tolkien’s classic fantasy epic.
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Break!! is an absolutely stunning fantasy RPG inspired by Zelda and Ghibli, a decade in the making
Be a Battle Princess or a Murder Princess.
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D&D adventure collection nominated for best game writing alongside Elden Ring at 2023 Nebula Awards
And Horizon Zero Dawn: Forbidden West.
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Sea of Thieves: Voyages of Legends coming from publisher behind Elden Ring board game
A bootiful announcement.
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Games Workshop wants to recycle your old Warhammer miniatures and sprues
Keep Holy Terra green, for the Imperium.
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New Dungeons & Dragons film’s characters can now appear in your own campaigns
Official stat blocks are available.
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West Kingdom board game maker mix-and-matches over 100 dice in Scholars of the South Tigris
Garphill Games' latest title is another marriage of theme and engine that doesn't skimp of colourblind accomodations.
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Pathfinder to add tanuki and a horror-themed RPG adventure path with Tian Xia rulebook duo
Publisher Paizo hired dozens of additional writers to flesh out the East Asian-inspired cultures and myths of Tian Xia.
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Pathfinder RPG publisher confirms stance on the use of AI artwork and writing
“Customers expect a human touch.”
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Nemesis: Retaliation board game follows in the footsteps of 1986’s Aliens
“Probably the last part of the Nemesis series.”
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Lancer Tactics turns the mech tabletop RPG into a gorgeous Advance Wars-like video game
A perfect example of what a truly open third-party licence allows.
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Critical Role’s Matthew Mercer revealed as next Dimension 20 DM
Roleplaying royalty collides (again).
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Avatar Legends RPG boxed starter set hits Target shelves
The official tabletop adaptation of the beloved animated series gets an exclusive release in US retail.
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Tabletop accessories maker Wyrmwood responds to allegations of mishandled sexual assault claims
CEO Douglas Costello apologises for initial “tone deaf” video response.
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Only half of D&D fans expect the movie to be any good, survey suggests
But they’ll still be going to see it.
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Unmatched Adventures teased in cryptic announcement by board game publisher
Who, or what, is the red-eyed creature?
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Ethnos is like fantasy Ticket to Ride, and it’s getting a remake this summer
Archeos Society says goodbye to elves and orcs, hello to archeology.
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Latest One D&D playtest update features new versions of druid and paladin classes
Both receiving some serious upgrades.
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As d’Or winners 2023: Akropolis and Ark Nova take home France’s big Game of the Year awards
Challengers! named best ‘intermediate’ game.
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What We Do in the Shadows and Russian Doll inspired this trio of comedic Jewish RPGs
If I Were a Lich, Man.
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Magic: The Gathering revives 14-year-old multiplayer format Planechase as a Commander offshoot
The first new Planechase cards since 2012 will come bundled with March of the Machines’ Commander precons.
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Hollow Knight and Breath of the Wild inspired this tabletop roleplaying game
Firelight your way home.
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Gloomhaven has been dethroned as BoardGameGeek’s number one game
Brass: Birmingham becomes the eighth board game to take the top spot, as Isaac Childres’ dungeon-crawler slides to third in the rankings.
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Commander Masters ‘finally’ focuses a reprint-only set on MTG’s most popular format
Expect some pants-on-bananas box prices, though.
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Apex Legends: The Board Game will bring the battle royale video game to the tabletop
From studio behind Frostpunk and Dying Light adaptations.
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Returning Call of Cthulhu RPG supplement will challenge even experienced players
Prepare for Nameless Horrors.
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Magic: The Gathering borrows a few pages from Marvel for new TCG set March of the Machines
Phyrexia doesn’t stand a chance against *checks notes* a vampire riding a T-Rex?
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Project Black Flag’s first crack at a D&D replacement is more retread than reinvention
Kobold Press’ post-OGL efforts feel trapped underneath the shadow of tabletop’s maligned monolith.
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Ms Marvel, Squirrel Girl and Cloak & Dagger suit-up for Unmatched miniatures board game
Plays like Teen Spirit.
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Mutant: Year Zero, Blade Runner RPG maker asks for feedback on two royalty-free tabletop licences
Free League’s Year Zero Engine will be “irrevocable, worldwide and royalty-free”
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Build and test your own roller coasters in a new board game from Tiny Epic Galaxies’ creator
Rush to play this one.
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D&D maker worried more about recession than OGL controversy’s impact on business
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks is confident the company can recapture angry and upset players.
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The impact of Covid-19 has caused this board game publisher to close its doors
Holy Grail Games is no more.
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Disney Lorcana’s new item card, Magic Mirror, might establish its TCG bona fides
Magic Mirror on the wall, how much must I tap to draw them all?
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Tales from the Loop plans a UK-based season of tabletop RPG adventures in They Grow Up So Fast
Maybe we'll find out Thatcher's thoughts on extradimensional anomalies.