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Risk 2210 and Nexus Ops among board games slated for reprints by Vampire: The Masquerade studio

Renegade Game Studios continues scooping up publishing rights to previous Hasbro titles.
Disney Lorcana's First Chapter reprint lands sooner than expected, with Rise of the Floodborn included in plans

Ravensburger’s Ryan Miller tells ComicBook the Disney-themed TCG will be injecting plenty of both sets into retail.
Acclaimed mecha tabletop RPG Lancer announces second physical printing with Dark Horse Comics

Massif Press' teaming with the comic book leader could signal a huge boost in Lancer's popularity.

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Animal war game Defenders of the Wild is like a co-op version of Root

Mole versus Machine.

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Rebel Moon tabletop RPG studio sues Netflix over cancelled adaptation of Zack Snyder movie

Publisher Evil Genius says the streaming giant unfairly pulled the release of its finished Rebel Moon RPG.

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

Unreal.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

Fun in Faerûn.
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.

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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?

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

Life imitates hi-quality plastic.

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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.”

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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.

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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.
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.

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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.

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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Apocalypse World designer Meguey Baker receives public support following breast cancer diagnosis and surgery

Fans, players and well-wishers have donated nearly $30,000 to a long-standing figure in tabletop design.
Pokémon TCG Halloween event features Trick or Trade BOOster bundles with exclusive cards

Get ready for Pokéween.
Pathfinder 2E RPG is getting two additional playable classes in new expansion

Available for playtest now.
Lorcana’s latest story reveal teases more of the lore behind the Disney TCG

How DID Hercules get here, anyway?
Waiting for Starfield? Deep Space packs a whole galaxy to explore into a four-page, rules-light RPG

Phenomenal cosmic exploration, itty-bitty page count.
Unrest channels the spirit of Android: Netrunner, Star Wars and 1984 in a colourful head-to-head card game

You say you want a revolution.

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PSA: Disney Lorcana gets its full release today, which means you might be able to actually find it

If you’re fast and lucky, that is.
Disney Lorcana will reprint The First Chapter set to combat widespread shortage, massive retail price hikes

Second chance at The First Chapter.

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Descent, Witcher 3 and Arkham Horror devs' co-op legacy game lets you move freely through a fantasy world as animal adventurers

Critters with critical roles.
Flesh and Blood team with YouTube’s Tolarian Community College for a Commander-esque multiplayer set

The beginner friendly set enshrines Brian “The Professor” Lewis on his own hero card.

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MTG Arena will let you earn XP by playing in your local store next month

In time for Wilds of Eldraine’s release.
Almost 40% people are playing more tabletop games since before the lockdown, with interest in D&D increasing to 85%

Interest in Warhammer also up.
Dimension 20 announces a spate of D&D actual play live shows in the UK and Ireland

Confusing ticket sale system left fans believing shows sold out in a matter of seconds.
Eat the Reich is a gory, indulgent, quickfire RPG about WWII vampires out to drink all of Hitler’s blood.

Sic exsanguinatis tyrannis.
$300,000 worth of MTG cards stolen from Gen Con 2023 have been recovered

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police expect to file charges against the suspected thieves soon.

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Venture into the Mines of Moria with new Lord of the Rings RPG sourcebooks

Beware the Balrogs.
Development on Witcher 4 video game sends The Witcher RPG into hiatus

R. Talsorian Games’ Cody Pondsmith says “The Witcher TTRPG line is not dead” but don’t expect big, new books in the near future.
Hans Niemann resolves $100m lawsuit against Magnus Carlsen and Chess.com out of court

Niemann will be allowed to take place in tournaments, while Hikaru Nakamura continues to stir the pot.
Classic RPG Mutant Chronicles goes noir gumshoe in mystery-focused Luna City Blues

Moon-based mysteries.
Undaunted co-designer's next title is a print-and-play solo game about World War II

Solitary soldiering.
Dungeon Kart is basically Mario Kart: The Board Game, from the makers of Boss Monster

Play your cars right.
Cyberpunk and Witcher RPG maker teases new tabletop project condenamed Blue Moon

R. Talsorian Games will reveal more information about Project: Blue Moon on August 31st.
Lorcana cards could include characters from Disney shorts in the future, as Ravensburger outlines a 10-plus-year plan for the TCG

From Paperman to card?

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