Board Game News (Page 11)
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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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Finalists for the 2023 Cardboard Edison showcase what may become tabletop’s next big hits.
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Cards worth potential $250,000 included Modern Horizons 2, Infinity and 30th Anniversary packs.
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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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Teased ahead of reveal at World Championships.
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Final instalment The Light of the Kai will release in two volumes and finally bring the New Order series to a close next year.
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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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One of just 41 copies in existence.
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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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Elden Ring: The Board Game studio teases Sea of Thieves tabletop adaptation
Arrrrr you excited?
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Butts on Things is a card game about items that look like arses
Grab a buttload.
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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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Two of Unmatched’s most popular sets are about to be discontinued
Grab ‘em while you can!
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Ahead of its release in 2024.
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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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What are you playing this weekend? Here’s what we’ve been playing!
Tell us what’s on your table.
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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.
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Be birds and do crimes in bizarre heist RPG Pigeon’s Eleven
Birds of a feather, steal together.
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Demiplane’s new 5E digital toolset drops D&D for independent tabletop RPG publishers
“We have no intent to be partnered with Wizards of the Coast.”
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Disney Lorcana TCG cards are already demanding five-figure price tags at auction
Mint condition D23 Collector Sets fetch prices well above $10,000 on eBay and other online marketplaces.
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Axis & Allies board game series brought back via fresh editions and a new entry
A historical return.
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What are you playing this weekend? Here’s what we’ve been playing!
Let us know what’s on your table lately!
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Senior D&D producer says RPG’s execs “lost sight of the impact” OGL debacle would have on community
Wizards of the Coast’s tardy response “was a delay built out of many small, good decisions”, according to Kyle Brink.
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Dead Cells board game coming from designers of 7 Wonders and Cyclades
Beheaded in the biomes.
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A solo RPG inspired by Seven, Mind Hunter and Zodiac has players seeking a serial killer
The TRPG for lovers of true crime.
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Castles of Mad King Ludwig is getting turned into a flip-and-sketch board game
Bavarian blueprints.
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Ruins of Symbaroum releases two new 5th Edition compatible adventure collections
So many new ways to die in the woods.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden and Limited list update aims the banhammer at Tearlaments archetype
Dry your Tearlaments.
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Here’s a first look at how quests work in the upcoming Scythe sequel
Featuring almost 40 quests and 25 items.
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Morrowind-inspired Zine Month RPG Electrum Archive explores a desert city in newest edition
Sniffed any good ink lately?
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Do you love me: yea or neigh?
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Tundra-d percent ready for more Siberian adventure
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Publisher Konami has not detailed any additional safety measures for August’s world championship in Japan
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X-Men expansion announced for upcoming Marvel tabletop roleplaying game
An X-tra ordinary addition.
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Disney Lorcana - Sleeping Beauty card unveiled for upcoming trading card game
You’re not dreaming.
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Legendary designer Sid Sackson’s 1960s hit to be revamped by studio behind Axis & Allies re-release.
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Brennan Lee Mulligan and Aabria Iyengar’s new TRPG podcast finds success well before first episode
Worlds Beyond Number’s Patreon page cracked 16,000 paid followers within the first 48 hours.
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Root and Pax Pamir creator plans to remake historical board game about Chinese opium trade
Jamming traffic for a second time.
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John Company, Pax Pamir maker to produce art installation 1819 Singapore as an actual board game
Cardboard imitating art imitating life.
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Dark Souls RPG teases new book The Tome of Strange Beings
Over here, you fiends!
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Gamefound campaigns made $28 million last year, as Kickstarter’s lead lessens
45% increase in revenue over 2021.
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WW2 strategy series Quartermaster General is getting a new trilogy of two-player board games
This year’s East Front will focus on the conflict between the Soviet Union and Germany, followed by games set on the Mediterranean and Western fronts.
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UK board game studio that made over £1m on Kickstarter accused of unpaid staff and missing pensions
Inside the Box’s own Kickstarter account demands payment for former employees after being hijacked by disgruntled workers.
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Alice is Missing expansion introduces new locations, suspects and clues to the texting RPG
Silence falls in Silent Falls.
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Mörk Borg’s next expansion, Ikhon, is a tabletop RPG “mystery box” about profane folk gods
IKHON-not wait to meet these putrid gods.
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Catan digital releasing on Playstation and Xbox consoles next month
Sheep on the Series X.
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Magic: The Gathering creator's new card game gets a UK and EU release date
SolForge Fusion announces a pre-release weekend ahead of a larger February retail opening.
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Warhammer RPG maker announces new D&D 5E compatible system alongside “tragic fantasy” setting
Broken Weave will crowdfund in February and offer first hints at Cubicle 7’s upcoming C7d20 system
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D&D abandons quest to update OGL after massive negative survey response
Publisher Wizards of the Coast instead puts even more content into the Creative Commons.
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It looks like Kadabra is returning to the Pokémon card game after 20 years in legal exile
The psychic Pokémon last appeared in 2003’s Skyridge set, before vanishing as the result of a lawsuit from Uri Geller.
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Paizo and Chaosium announce extra printings following ‘overwhelming surge’ in interest.
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Stone Age video game coming from Unmatched: Digital Edition studio
Prehistory goes technologic.
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Fifth Season RPG brings NK Jemisin’s fantasy novel trilogy to the tabletop
Start with the end of the world, then tell your own story.
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Critical Role’s Mighty Nein are coming to Amazon Prime’s television screens
Get ready to shout “fluffernutter!”
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Magic: The Gathering card sells for six figures, becomes second-most valuable card after Black Lotus
Lord of the Pit in ‘pristine’ condition beat the previous auction price for the card by almost $100,000.
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Workers at eBay-owned trading card game company TCGPlayer announce union plans
Nearly 300 workers have filed in coordination with CWA and CODE-CWA and requested voluntary recognition.
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All proceeds will benefit suicide prevention charity Jasper’s Game Day.
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Marvel Villainous adds Doctor Octopus, Titania and Kang the Conqueror to board game baddie lineup
The power of the sun in the… contents of a cardboard box.
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Unmatched digital arriving next month, additional characters releasing as DLC
Licensed characters no-where to be seen.
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Rummy reinvented in tile-laying four-player family board game
Step-up to Setup.
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Gen Con 2023 drops COVID-19 vaccine requirement and mask mandate for tabletop RPG convention
Tabletop’s largest US convention relaxes health and safety precautions despite ongoing pandemic.
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Shadows Over Camelot and Nidavellir board game designer Serge Laget passes away
Following ‘serious’ illness.
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D&D: Honor Among Thieves’ latest trailer runs the risk of choking on all that tongue-in-cheek
Kitchen table hijinks on a Marvel film budget.
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SPONSORED: Castle Panic's new expansion Crowns and Quests shakes up the co-op board game
Playable characters and extra challenges bring a fresh experience to the table.
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Plus re-releases of spin-offs in the popular series.
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Effort from French, German and Italian publishers states support of #OpenDND movement as first priority.
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7 Wonders’ new “approachable” expansion rewards players for working together
Edifice for everyone.
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Here are the character creation options you’ll have in Warhammer 40k RPG Imperium Maledictum
Start planning your Imperial agent early.
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Over 1,500 publishers have backed the ORC so far, according to Paizo.
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D&D’s latest OGL playtest releases core rules to Creative Commons but deauthorizes past version
The first official pass at D&D’s legal future will still likely upset some fans
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Exec behind Terraforming Mars screen adaptation would love to make a Clank! action movie
Arkham Horror and Scythe also among Christopher Kaminski’s dream projects.
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Executive behind upcoming screen adaptation offers some first ideas of what to expect.