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Call of Cthulhu studio opens up Basic Roleplaying System to other tabletop RPG creators

Back to Basic.

Dominion creator's Spiel des Jahres-winning board game Kingdom Builder gets a sequel, Winter Kingdom

Insert obligatory Game of Thrones reference.

Scythe designer's legacy board game Charterstone arrives on PC, mobile and Switch

Build a village for the Forever King on PC, Switch and mobile.

Wingspan and Taverns of Tiefenthal win big at the 2020 American Tabletop Awards

Beating board games such as Pax Pamir and Cthulhu: Death May Die.

Zombicide makers’ co-op board game XenoShyft released as free print-and-play to download at home

Don’t Burke at the price.

Tabletop RPG Harlem Unbound 2E includes a crash course on addressing race in games

A R’lyeh different perspective.

Magic: The Gathering’s Friday Night Magic event goes online amid COVID-19 lockdown

Players can claim local store rewards via MTG Arena.

Arkham Horror: The Card Game Starter Decks provide an instant entry point for new players

Your ticket to terror.

Scythe designer releases new board game Nine Worlds, free to download now

Pure Euphoria.

Fantasy RPG Pathfinder 2E is getting a new beginner box

Believe in your ‘elf.

Marvel Champions: The Card Game now has rookie and heroic difficulty modes

Will your endgame be easier or harder?

Ask Dicebreaker: Your big questions about miniatures, from Warhammer to painting tips

FAQ the Emperor.

Play Legend of the Five Rings LCG in 20 minutes with the new Skirmish format

Rokugan in 60 Seconds.

Cosmic Encounter and Dune creators’ new board game Decipher is Hangman meets Mastermind

Word up.

Gloomhaven sequel Frosthaven delays Kickstarter launch as result of COVID-19

New Gloomhaven scenario on the way.

Reavers of Midgard designer reveals next board game Gates of Mara

Out this summer.

Forbidden Stars and Set a Watch creators’ next board game Lawyer Up brings courtroom drama to the tabletop

A take-that game.

Foil a Krabby Patty theft in SpongeBob Squarepants co-op board game Plankton Rising

Latest pop culture hit to get Rising treatment after Avengers, Harry Potter and Star Wars.

Wingspan’s digital version is coming to Nintendo Switch this spring

Birdo watching.

UK’s biggest tabletop gaming convention, UK Games Expo, delayed due to COVID-19

National and government bodies move to ban large events in wake of Coronavirus.

What’s happening with Dicebreaker?

Things are changing, but staying (mostly) the same.

Wizards of the Coast adjusts MTG Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths pre-release restrictions amid COVID-19 pandemic

Magic: The Gathering events worldwide cancelled and/or rescheduled.

Read subliminal messages with special glasses in the upcoming board game adaptation of cult classic film They Live

Obey! Consume! Conform!

Build Paris from the ground up in the next board game from Tikal, Azul and 6 nimmt! creators

The City of Delight.

Outwit Jason with the first Friday the 13th official board game

Voorhees a jolly good fellow.

Sci-fi miniatures game Infinity is getting a beginner friendly series titled CodeOne

Operation: Kaldstrøm coming soon.

Step into the ring again with the second edition of tabletop RPG World Wide Wrestling

Ready to roleplay.

Search for hidden treasure on the seabed in upcoming board game Lost Atlantis

Such wonderful things surround you.

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle expansion Charms and Potions adds an extra player and Ginny Weasley

Ron appetit.

Quests of Yore, the tabletop RPG from Pixar movie Onward, is now a real game

Be your-elf.

Maul Peak is a standalone sequel to giant-fighting board game Skulk Hollow

The ursine of things to come.

Twilight Struggle is getting a two-player, lunchtime-sized spin-off board game called Red Sea

Cold Phwoar.

Alien RPG, Pathfinder 2E and Star Crossed lead 2020 Origin Awards nominations

Parks and Tonari nominated for best board game.

Travel the world and solve crimes in Tintin inspired RPG The Troubleshooters

International roleplayers of mystery.

Citadels and Subnautica creators team up for Vendetta, the next Vampire: The Masquerade board game

Catch me if you clan.

Love Letter heads to the Avengers universe in Marvel spin-off Infinity Gauntlet

You can’t romance Thanos, unfortunately.

Train board game Whistle Stop takes to the skies in upcoming sequel Whistle Mountain

Off the rails.

Dinosaur Island creators’ next game, Ctrl, has players building a colourful 3D cube from plastic blocks

Del your opponents.

Arkham Horror 3E’s first big expansion doubles number of scenarios, introduces series' first trans investigator

Stella Clark joins seven existing Arkham Horror Files characters.

Robot Fight Club is basically Robot Wars: The Board Game

Roboteers, stand by.

7 Wonders Duel’s next expansion is Agora - first gameplay details and release date

Just Senate.

Tales from the Loop studio becomes new publisher for Lord of the Rings RPGs The One Ring and Adventures in Middle-earth

Free League announces new editions of both Middle-earth tabletop RPGs.

Ask Dicebreaker: Need something to start the celebration? We’re here to recommend the best party board games

Board game boogie.

Gears of War is getting a card game from the team behind the Dark Souls board game

Board mode.

Call of Cthulhu studio halts work on upcoming sci-fi RPG, Harlem Unbound creator takes full control

Afro-Judeo setting Kadimah in development for 18 months.

Space Cadets designer’s Super-Skill Pinball 4-Cade turns the arcade classic into a roll-and-write board game - exclusive preview

There has to be a twist.

Keyforge lead developer and Legend of the Five Rings co-designer leaves Fantasy Flight Games

Follows departure of studio head last month.

D&D series Critical Role is getting its own board games, starting with Munchkin

Mighty Fine.

Magic: The Gathering releases Secret Lair Drop card set for International Women’s Day

Five of MTG’s most iconic ladies take centre stage.

Here’s an exclusive first look at character creation, abilities, Lifepaths and the new Medtech role in the Cyberpunk Red tabletop RPG

Over the edge.

Crime-solving board game Detective is getting a quicker, stripped-down spin-off

Speedy sleuthing.

The upcoming Dune RPG gets a name and first gameplay details

The spice of life.

Birdy board game Wingspan has almost sold more copies than Scythe in one year

Stonemaier Games predicts 2019 ‘Game of the Year’ will overtake strategy hit “soon”.

Fend off zombies as young Scouts in Kids on Bikes-powered tabletop RPG Junior Braves Survival Guide to the Apocalypse

A breath of flesh air.

Bonfire, the next board game from Castles of Burgundy creator Stefan Feld, has first details and artwork revealed

It's lit.

Plaid Hat announces Summoner Wars 2E, new game from Mice and Mystics designer and possible revival of Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn

Founder confirms ‘no current plans’ to use Kickstarter.

Stranger Things-ish sci-fi tabletop RPG Tales from the Loop has a new starter set on the way

Strange days.

Exclusive: Cyberpunk Red tabletop RPG core rulebook cover art revealed

Tickled punk.

Take on Doctor Octopus, Mysterio and the Sinister Six in the next expansion for Marvel United

The joy of Six.

Lords of Vegas co-designer announces reprint, Underworld expansion release and 10th anniversary edition

After picking up the publishing rights.

Place secret bets on deadly arena gladiator fights in Kickstarter board game Gladius

Are you not entertained?

New Dungeons & Dragons campaign book, Mythic Odysseys of Theros, draws from Magic: The Gathering

Centaur of attention.

Dead of Winter is now owned by Fantasy Flight, as Pandemic creator Z-Man acquires Mice and Mystics

Following previous publisher Plaid Hat’s independence.

Mice and Mystics publisher Plaid Hat goes independent, Dead of Winter co-creator departs

Gives up rights to Stuffed Fables, Aftermath and more.

Ticket to Ride, Pandemic and Keyforge maker wants to turn its board games into video games

Codeboard.

Here’s the first trailer for Amazon’s Tales from the Loop series, set in the world of the sci-fi tabletop RPG

Out of the Loop.

Locke & Key: Shadow of a Doubt is an upcoming card game based on the comic book turned Netflix series

Hell to play.

The Search for Planet X is the next board game from Between Two Cities designers

Finders Keplers.

Forgotten Waters, the next Crossroads board game from Dead of Winter creators, gets a full reveal and gameplay trailer

A pirate’s life for thee.

Raiders of Scythia, the spiritual successor to Raiders of the North Sea, is landing this year

Neigh quarter.

Bring glory to Gryffindor or Slytherin in the Harry Potter: House Cup Competition board game

Time to put on the Sorting Hat.

Save Salem in the upcoming Disney Hocus Pocus board game

Spell it out.

Undaunted: Normandy co-creator’s Europe Divided board game gets a release date

History rewritten.

Catan’s limited-edition 3D version is coming back

The sheep of things to come.

Defeat Mecha-Hitler in miniature with the upcoming Wolfenstein: The Board Game

I did Nazi that coming.

Patchwork: Americana Edition is a US-flavoured version of the two-player board game

Quaint quilting.

Marvel United heads into the Spider-Verse with next expansion

Spider-Ham available as a Kickstarter exclusive.

The next Legend of the Five Rings RPG adventure heads to the Japanese underworld

The one and oni.

Act out a wild telenovela in upcoming tabletop RPG Pasión de las Pasiones

Love, betrayal and jaguars.

Root creator’s acclaimed Pax Pamir: Second Edition is returning to Kickstarter next month

Reimagined and reprinted.

Betrayal at House on the Hill is getting a Scooby-Doo spin-off called Betrayal at Mystery Mansion

Jinkies!

Oriflamme named Game of the Year at 2020 As d’Or awards

Play to win.

Former Fantasy Flight Games studio head joins Too Many Bones and Cloudspire publisher

Taking Flight.

Disney’s Jungle Cruise film is getting a board game from the makers of Villainous

Come sail away.

Build a pirate unicorn army with upcoming Magic: The Gathering set Jumpstart

Not all is as it themes.

Matt Mercer's Blood Hunter class gets unofficial Dungeons & Dragons 5E one-shot adventure

Vein glorious.

Make friends in the Wasteland with the new expansion for Fallout: the Board Game - Atomic Bonds

We are nuclear family.

Form a dexterous drawing duo in party board game Telestrations: Upside Drawn

Artistic allies.

Funko Games announce Back to the Future: Back in Time board game, coming this year

Blast from the past.

New wacky Magic: The Gathering set Unsanctioned lets you unleash adorable kittens and a clamfolk rebel

Fight club.

Harvest cute vegetables in fast-paced portable card game Abandon all Artichokes

Utterly heartless.

Play as Thanos, Hela and Ultron in Marvel Villainous: Infinite Power, a Disney Villainous spin-off

Hela fun.

Learn the origins of Magic: The Gathering in upcoming documentary Igniting The Spark

It’s a kind of magic.

Japanese battle-monster card game Testament features its own manga rule book

Game over.

Trick animals into capitalism with Fortune, the first expansion for board game Tiny Towns

One querc-ey expansion.

Disney Villainous creators unveil new board game, Wonder Woman: Challenge of the Amazons

Whip roaringly good.

Play as two new Roman clans in the latest Imperial Settlers: Empires of the North expansion, Roman Banners

Time to rock and Rome.

Build the most horrible theme park ever with board game Danger Park

“Welcome to the unhappiest place on earth”.

Conan adventure mode comes back to Kickstarter without Beyond the Monolith

After being initially cancelled by publisher.

Play the villain in the new Tales of Asgard expansion for Marvel United

Thor and friends also join the fray.