Board Game News (Page 3)
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“We just saved the world, I feel like that should count for a couple classes!”
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Dungeons & Dragons owner lays off 1,100 staff two weeks before Christmas “to keep Hasbro healthy”
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks blames the “difficult” decision on toy market malaise affecting the company throughout 2023.
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Building a community in Our Fantasy Town genuinely takes a village… of crowdfunding backers
Grassroots grass lawns.
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Deep, sweeping cuts to toymaker’s staff includes senior employees and at least one vice president.
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Unreleased Pokémon cards, once believed destroyed, resurface after more than a decade
Seven cards were created as promos for cancelled 2011 tournament.
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Bloody brilliant The Walking Dead miniatures game All Out War is coming back in 2024
After being discontinued two years ago.
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You can now play a free Catan clone on Discord
Colonist.io joins the roster of multiplayer games you can play from inside Discord's interface.
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Disney Lorcana designer says popular TCG was initially designed with Location cards in mind
New card type will add complexity to limited and allow deeper themes in constructed decks.
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Hitting Kickstarter next month after years in the making.
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Attacks and spells never miss in this new Dungeons & Dragons-esque fantasy TRPG
"Unburdened by sacred cows from the 1970s.”
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D&D title Baldur’s Gate 3 rolls a critical at The Game Awards, scooping up six accolades
Including Game of the Year.
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MTG’s Cluedo-inspired crossover lets you win by fingering a murderer
Swinging at face isn’t very gumshoe of you.
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Piglet's a pirate captain, now!
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MTG gathers detectives, suspects and clues in first look at upcoming set Murders at Karlov Manor
It’s a cardboard whodunnit with everything but a body.
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From sea to neuronic sea.
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Following success of Dicebreaker’s first-ever B2B event in London last spring.
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Payday developer is working on a co-op, live service Dungeons & Dragons video game
Can’t wait to strap a clown mask and assault rifle on Elminster.
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Dungeons & Dragons' next core books given a 2024 release date, only to vanish
Wizards of the Coast quickly pulled images dating several products, but the internet doesn’t forget so easily.
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The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1976 is a 500-page monster of annotated pages and letters between D&D’s co-creators.
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Wizards of the Coast planning a series of distilled dungeons from RPG’s past reimagined as one-shots.
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The core rulebook trio will be the biggest in the tabletop RPG’s history thanks to a maximalist approach.
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Tabletop Awards 2023 winners: this year’s best board games, RPGs, designers and publishers
Including our first winner in new category Best Art.
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Teased as Project Blue Moon over the summer, Shadow Scar will feature an original setting and a brand new gameplay system.
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Critical Role's Matthew Mercer isn't worried about the RPG actual play bubble bursting
“I could see it push further into the mainstream.”
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One D&D’s final class playtest aims to solve the problematic Druid, Monk and Barbarian
Hello short rest Rage; goodbye one-size-fits-all Wild Shape.
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The Witcher’s Geralt and Ciri are headed to board game battler Unmatched
Finally, a chance to slay Jurassic Park’s T-Rex with a silver sword.
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Nature board game Cascadia is getting a series of flip-and-roll-and-write spin-offs
There’s dice in them thar hills!
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Corey Konieczka’s “globetrotting Arkham Horror game” remains a high mark of collaborative tabletop design a decade later.
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Critical Role's Matthew Mercer would love to make a video game - if those stars align
“To leap into video games would be an incredible endeavor.”
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Along with a lengthy discussion on the impact Play Boosters will have on common cards and the Pauper format.
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Moonrollers is a new, risky dice game from Mythic Mischief makers
Set in the same tabletop universe as Moonrakers, this push-your-luck dice game searches for the perfect crew.
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Dark Souls board game maker picks up Streets of Rage-inspired board game beat 'em up Street Masters
Street Masters joins Altar Quest as another orphaned Blacklist title rescued by the Manchester-based Steamforged Games.
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The word of God is apparently, “meow”.
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Dicebreaker’s owner ReedPop is “investigating” a potential sale of its gaming websites
Including Dicebreaker and video game sites Eurogamer, Rock Paper Shotgun, VG247 and GamesIndustry.biz.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel invites three Egyptian God cards to the TCG’s 25th anniversary
Obelisk would rock a black-tie tuxedo.
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Alexandros Argyriou claimed a $100,000 purse while Legend Story Studios tells their own story.
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Despite leading a strong quarter for Embracer, one of tabletop’s largest publishers will join Embracer Group's wide scale, cost-saving initiative.
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D&D co-creator’s son just launched a fantasy shoe line as part of his lifestyle brand for gamers
Beloved early D&D artist Erol Otis provides an illustration for one of the tabletop-themed trainers.
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Chris Pine is “pretty confident” in a Dungeons & Dragons film sequel
Hot off voicing the villain in Disney’s Wish, the former bard says he’d absolutely return for another session.
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The e-commerce company consistently blocked worker unionisation efforts and inquiries into its acquisition of TCGPlayer earlier this year.
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All three will have their original designs workshopped by Hasbro next year, along with a $10,000 prize.
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Tigris & Euphrates creator’s legacy board game My City heads to mobile
My City; your phone.
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The Walking Dead Universe RPG shambles onto your kitchen table next week
American zombie horror by way of Swedish tabletop designers.
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Travel from fey forests to hellish underworlds in mere minutes.
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Boyfriend Dungeon RPG designers chose not to push romance or sex in video game adaptation
Kitfox Games instead looks to include a curated list of safety tools and outside resources.
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Disney Lorcana online sales hit by “most aggressive” attack ever seen by queue provider
Ravensburger says it plans to “reallocate” Rise of the Floodborn cards to other channels before the holiday rush.
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Boyfriend Dungeon’s official tabletop RPG makes sexy weapon smooching a group activity
Always wear protection, such as a fencing glove.
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Dungeons & Dragons’ delayed Deck of Many Things won’t be home for the holidays
Production on replacement decks have begun but will miss a holiday release by a matter of days.
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Disney Lorcana publisher pulls online sales for new set Rise of the Floodborn after DDoS attack
Ravensburger ends TCG sales directly through its website for the foreseeable future.
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Stormlight Archive RPG will allow players to join Knights Radiant and use Surgebinding powers
Game system includes “plot die”.
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MTG artist apologises after allegedly stealing artwork for Lost Caverns of Ixalan card
David Sondered has stepped away from social media following allegations from fellow MTG artist Lorenzo Lanfranconi.
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Sanderson’s Mistborn book series to be made into a deckbuilding game like Dominion
If you fancy some Allomancy.
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Adventure Time RPG punts its new ‘Yes And’ system in favour of D&D 5E rules
More like ‘No, But’.
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Adventure Time Card Wars’ ultimate reprint celebrates the competitive card game’s 10th anniversary
One whole decade of flooping the pig.
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Disney Lorcana Set 3 leaks appear online after cards stolen, publisher seeking any information
A Ravensburger representative confirmed the leak would not affect the third set’s release date.
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Heads up: Disney Lorcana’s second set, Rise of the Floodborn, hits store shelves today
The First Chapter’s follow-up shouldn’t suffer the inventory woes that affected the TCG’s launch.
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Shiny Pokémon - more than a gorgeous face.
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Take note if you find an Enchanted rare in Rise of the Floodborn this weekend.
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The first of Pathfinder’s remastered RPG books are now available, sans D&D influence
New paths for new players.
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Ticket to Ride has a new PC game, but it’s not going down well with fans
Players will need to re-buy all expansions and are unable to play the previous app online.
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Sonic Roll looks like a faithful board game adaptation of the blue blur’s retro video game world
Rolling around at the speed of sound.
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New York board game cafe Hex&Co wins vote to join rising tide of tabletop unionisation
Hex Workers Unite is the latest board game-related business to organise for better working conditions.
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MTG players accuse Wizards of the Coast of using AI art in Tomb Raider Secret Lair advertisement
A now-deleted tweet caught major flak for using what many are calling an obvious use of AI-generated assets.
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Tomb Raider and MTG crossover includes an all-new Lara Croft commander card
Lara Croft, Tomb Raider is a Temur-coloured creature that synergises with legendary lands and artefacts.
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Monikers’ new 330-card expansion promises the “weirdest and best cards” in the party game’s history
CMYK claims this is the cheapest Monikers expansion yet (adjusted for inflation).
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Critical Role prequel novel delves into the backstory of Bells Hells’ favourite undead warlock
Critical Role: Bells Hells - What Doesn’t Break drops in 2024 and explores Laudna’s lost adventures.
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The games you should be playing and the names you should be watching.
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Munchkin maker revives classic board game Revolution! in the world of Pathfinder RPG
Viva la revolución, Korvosa!
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The King of the Swingers and the Jungle VIP.
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Play deadly hide-and-seek as a shark and octopus in two-player board game Kelp
Kelp yourself to a bite.
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Two of Warhammer's most imposing minis are headed to Age of Sigmar video game Realms of Ruin
New heroes for the Stormcast Eternals and Orruk Kruleboyz.
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Elizabeth Hargrave translates another personal hobby into a theme-heavy tabletop title.
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The bassist from Cherry Bomb band The Runaways is making a board game about being a rock musician
Jackie Fox’s Rock Hard: 1977 will task players with writing songs, playing gigs and trying to make it big.
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Saw board game takes Kickstarter miniatures to a grim new level with a life-sized severed hand
You’ll be able to take on the traps alone, or with - or against - friends.
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Richard Garfield says it’s “very satisfying” to return to games supported by passionate players.
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Dungeons & Dragons wants its 2024 rulebooks to stay relevant and compatible for another decade.
D&D is a “living thing” that will continue to grow.
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Tales from the Loop RPG maker to adapt Simon Stålenhag’s art book sequel The Electric State
Imagine Cormac McCarthy's The Road but with less suffering and more advertisements.
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This new tabletop RPG is basically Untitled Goose Game
Prepare for the Honk-pocalypse.
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ChatGPT will soon let an AI teach you board game rules
Open AI’s new GPT program allows premium users to create their own AI agents for any purpose - such as teaching your friends to play Twilight Imperium.
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A God of War (2018) board game is coming from the Zombicide studio
Dad of boy hits the tabletop.
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The audience at the table is Candela Obscura's biggest strength
Critical Role’s horror anthology has a cineliterate delivery that makes it more like watching a movie - even for those rolling the dice.
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All proceeds of James Ohlen and Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Chains of Asmodeus will support ExtraLife.
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SPONSORED: Loyalty is everything in epic strategy board game WarBonds
Convince your rivals’ troops to change sides while keeping your own units faithful.
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Naga can finally be snakes, and Rakshasa can retire their litter boxes.
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A Diablo board game and tabletop RPG are on the way
Play a while and listen.
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Two actual play series and a cooking show will fill D&D’s latest attempt at a primetime television takeover
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Wingspan, Cascadia and Viticulture illustrator Beth Sobel portrays a fantastical forest of foxes.
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Hasbro will continue to rely on the “long term, multi-property strategy” of Universes Beyond.
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Just imagine the hair nets.
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Workers cite unfair wages, lack of job security and “ineffective grievance procedures” as catalysts for unionisation.
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Product delays hit MTG’s dinosaur and exploration-themed set Lost Caverns of Ixalan
Collector boosters and preconstructed commander decks apparently also lost in those caverns.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles RPG reprint revives a 1980s tabletop oddity
Heroes in a hardcover sourcebook.
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Stormlight Archive RPG's lead design team includes D&D, Star Wars RPG and Descent board game credits
Brotherwise Games' full team adapting Brandon Sanderson's fantasy magnum opus will be revealed at Dragonsteel Con 2023.
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This competitive worldbuilding RPG is a contemplative mixture of Discworld and The Quiet Year
All proceeds raised on Itch.io will be donated to Doctors Without Borders.
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Announcing our judges for the Tabletop Awards 2023
The best and brightest from across the industry.