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Best of the rest: 8 Spiel des Jahres winners you haven’t heard of
Winning board gaming's biggest Game of the Year prize doesn’t always mean going down in the history books.
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King’s Dilemma, Evergreen publisher to handle neighbourhood building board game Sunrise Lane
Reiner Knizia’s latest design goes back to an old well - civic planning
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre’s asymmetric board game casts all but one player as horror film victims
Don’t try the local barbecue.
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Cyclades Legendary Edition hauls in half a million in crowdfunding for revamped Bruno Cathala board game
I gave all my lunch money to Zeus.
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What are you playing this weekend? Here’s what we’ve been playing!
Cats, casters,currents and cantankerous gods.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game to receive revised version of Two Towers expansion
Saruman attacks.
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Exploding Kittens studio’s latest party game sees players betting on each other’s abilities
Complete tasks Without Fail
How To
How to play Commander in Magic: The Gathering
Take charge as we guide you through one of MTG’s most popular formats.
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Pokémon TCG card auctioning for $60,000 features artwork based on Pokémon Snap! photo
We’re not quite sure what it is.
Opinion
An Inception version of Blades in the Dark would be a dream collaborative RPG
It’s time to bring the franchise out of limbo.
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Roll20’s PocketQuest 2023 game jam sent more than 50 tabletop designers to space camp, sort of.
This is Ground Control to Player Tom.
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Take a look at Dark type-shifted Charizard and other Pokémon from upcoming Obsidian Flame card set
A fiery Eiscue is among the odd Tera-type cards.
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Gloomhaven’s bite-sized board game Buttons & Bugs coming from Mountains of Madness designer
Finally, a Gloomhaven box below lethal throwing weight.
Interview
“This is our dream Age of Sigmar game”: Realms of Ruin designer on staying faithful to the tabletop and why Warhammer’s Mortal Realms are the perfect setting
Principal designer Sandro Sammarco talks lore, adaptation and storytelling ahead of an open beta for the upcoming RTS.
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Classic board game Tigris & Euphrates is set to make a return this October
At Essen Spiel 2023.
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One-of-a-kind Pokémon card featuring a real-life player has been seen for the first time in over 20 years
Toshiyuki Yamaguchi No. 2 Trainer card awarded to runner-up in 2000 World Summer Challenge Secret Super Battle-Best In Japan tournament.
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The Adventure Time RPG is inspired by one of the weirdest fantasy RPGs ever made
As well as classic D&D and improv storytelling.
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You’ll be able to play the Adventure Time RPG in D&D 5E
“Every single person that hears Adventure Time: The RPG, I want to be excited and able to play it - whether or not it's using our system.”
Best Games
10 must-see board games to check out at Gen Con 2023
From excellent publishers to exciting licensed games.
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Midsommar, The Witch and The Ritual inspired this folk-horror solo roleplaying game
Jumping at Jenga.
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Yu-Gi-Oh!'s biggest-ever European tournament crowned its first-ever female champion last weekend
British duelist Jessica Robinson walked away with a place in this summer’s World Championships, the first since 2019.
Opinion
D&D 5E's worst subclass has finally got a fix in One D&D
This much-maligned Monk subclass might finally be worth playing.
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Warhammer’s new Horus Heresy spin-off brings back 40k’s smaller miniatures for even more ‘Epic’ battles
Legions Imperialis’ tiny troops will work with Adeptus Titanicus and Aeronautica Imperialis vehicles.
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Magic: The Gathering’s one-of-a-kind The One Ring has been found and graded
PSA gave the highly coveted card from Tales of Middle-earth a Mint 9 rating.
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Pathfinder maker releases final - and forever permanent - version of its RPG open gaming licence rival to D&D’s OGL
“The whole point of the ORC is to give the gaming community comfort, confidence, and certainty."
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Culinary party game Drawn Hungry is like Cards Against Humanity with delicious recipes and no gross aftertaste
Card cook, won't cook.
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Age of Sigmar and The Old World reveals headline Warhammer preview of games that aren’t 40k this weekend
Horus Heresy, Warcry and Underworlds among other games headlining ‘Not 40k’ preview stream.
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D&D video game Baldur’s Gate 3 re-rolls initiative, moves PC release date forward a month
PlayStation and Xbox players will have to wait a while longer, though.
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Crossroads of Destiny retells the story of Team Avatar through a board game from the Disney Villainous team
Sokka gang won't need bending to win.
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Liminal RPG attempts to map out The Backrooms in an expansion based on the collaborative creepypasta universe
Hell is mouldering yellow wallpaper.
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Kickstarter steps further away from a blockchain future but stops short of promises
The crwodfunding company's Community Advisory Council might have pulled that particular bacon out of the frying pan.
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Diablo-inspired RPG Abbadon has a real Darkest Dungeon vibe to it
Plays using a standard deck of 52.
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The Simpsons and Earthbound inspired this creepy suburban tabletop RPG setting
Designed for Troika!
Best Games
10 best D&D character creators
Spark inspiration and get roleplaying quickly with these character creation tools.
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War of the Ring: The Card Game maker expands its RPG footprint with indie book Fantasy World
Powered by the genre-specific Apocalypse.
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Bridgerton board game readies for a turn within the Netflix series adaptation machine
Scandals, suitors and the search for a good licensed board game.
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New Walking Dead and Invincible board games celebrate the comic series’ shared 20th anniversary
Mantic Games returns to the Walking Dead well and picks up adult-bent Superhero series Invincible for its trouble.
Opinion
Empyreal is the perfect train game for people who don’t like train games
One to choo-choo-choose.
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Nausicaa meets Mad Max RPG Eco Mofos!! does climate post-apocalypse with a heavy dose of hope
“Weirdhope not Grimdark”.
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West Kingdom trilogy makers return to the North Sea to remake the board game that started it all
Righting the shipwrights.
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Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair pulls scenes from Ralph Bakshi’s Lord of the Rings
Respect to the OG big screen Hobbits and elves.
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“There are chances” of a Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion-esque version of Frosthaven
With potential new stuff coming from Gloomhaven creator.
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Pathfinder, Cyberpunk and Boop win big at 2023 Origins Awards
The people love cat hijinks on a bed.
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Warhammer 40k tourney organisers have already fixed “nearly 100” balance problems with 10th Edition
The brand new rules are causing chaos in the competitive scene. No, not that kind of chaos.
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Magic: The Gathering creators ditch ‘tribal’ at urging of cultural consultants
Mark Rosewater explains the switch to 'typal' won't affect anything but official messaging.
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From D&D and Pathfinder to Critical Role, cultural consultants have never been more important in the tabletop RPG industry
“It's always been important to engage with this kind of work. It just wasn't done before.”
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Cowboy Bebop RPG’s faithful recreation of the jazzy, sci-fi anime is now available
Mana Project Studio takes a crack at bringing Spike & Co. to the tabletop
Deals
Avatar Legends, Dragonbane and Heckin’ Good Doggos among no-cost games for Free RPG Day 2023
Easy intros into bending elements, petting dogs and delving into all manner of dungeons.
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Adventure Time’s official RPG will let you play as Finn, Marceline or wholly original characters
A “Yes, And” mechanic drives collaborative storytelling that doesn’t rely on a bunch of maths
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Monty Python’s Flying Circus collides with Zombicide in the co-op game’s latest expansion
It’s getting out of spam.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG to revamp starter decks and release two new sets by end of 2023
Calendar full of cardboard.
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Sushi Go spinoff fills the the table with rotating steamer baskets and family style dishes
Steamed dumplings are serious business
Deals
Blade Runner and Symbaroum RPG maker knocks up to half off prices during Free League’s summer sale
Hobbit Girl Summer.
How To
Pokémon TCG Live: Everything you need to know, and how to get started
Know it all before you catch ‘em all in the TCG’s latest digital outing.
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Tales of Middle-earth is an excellent reimagining of Lord of the Rings that raises the bar for Magic: The Gathering’s crossovers
One set to guide them all.
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Surgery scars, stretch marks added to Hero Forge’s digital miniature maker
“Scars are stories of survival,” the company says.
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Thousand-Year-Old Vampire RPG adaptation adds keepsake creation and collaborative play
Nothing better than suffering the curse of eternity with your closest friends.
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Clerk & Dagger is an Ocean’s 11 style tabletop RPG that’s inspired by Blades in the Dark
Brandish your abacus!
Best Games
10 best Tales of Middle-Earth cards in Magic: The Gathering’s Lord of the Rings set
Precious pulls.
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Root creator Cole Wehrle, indigenous RPG Coyote & Crow among finalists for 2023 Diana Jones Award
The pyramid-shaped award for “excellence in gaming” also includes a journalist for the first time.
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Achtung! Cthulhu and Dune RPG maker eases players into original post-apocalyptic world with new starter set
Do mecha dream of electric sheep?
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Exploding Kittens reimagines Dobble as a chaotic, pancake-themed party game
Who ordered the shortstack with cactus and raw ribeye?
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Monster Hunter-inspired RPG Wilderfeast is a delectable celebration of food and living in harmony with nature - exclusive preview
An exclusive first look at KC Shi’s upcoming game of cooking, combat and eco-awareness as its quickstart rules release.
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Hanabi designer teams up with co-founder of 7 Wonders studio to create new publisher
Two board games already on the way.
Opinion
Why the Disney Lorcana lawsuit matters, and every tabletop creator should be paying attention
Protecting ideas lies along a thin line of safeguarding creators’ work without stifling creativity and innovation.
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Warhammer 40,000’s 10th Edition core book will let everyone who missed out on Leviathan actually play the game
Required literature for the common Astartes.
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. board game cracks $2m in crowdfunding for a campaign-focused cooperative “zone crawler”
A replayable Zone Survival Mode won’t be included in the base game post-crowdfunding.
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Bad Baby Lich Lords relaunches crowdfunding for ‘Saturday morning cartoon’ competitive card game
Deathly mayhem, round 2
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Climate change charity’s deckbuilding game Carbon City Zero wants to set an eco example for the real world
Work together - or separately - to bring your carbon levels to zero.
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South Korea’s Yu-Gi-Oh! scene is a TCG community unlike anywhere else in the world
The heart in the cards.
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New Pokémon TCG expansion brings original 151 to Scarlet & Violet - including Kadabra
This special set marks Kadabra’s first appearance since magician Uri Gellar’s infamous lawsuit over bent spoons.
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Sky Team’s tense, co-op cockpit simulator board game will hit the runway at Gen Con ahead of fall release
It takes two to tarmac.
Feature
What are you playing this weekend? Here’s what we’ve been playing!
Monsters, mayhem and Mordor.
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Defend the last Waffle House standing against a zombie apocalypse in this cheeky two-page tabletop RPG
Hashbrowns, pancakes and two brains over easy.
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Warhammer 40k: Leviathan won’t go made-to-order to meet surging demand, Games Workshop confirms
Limited-time Tyranids.
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Spanish hobby shop trumps bounty for MTG’s serialised The One Ring card, offers €2 million and paella
Whoever finds the golden ticket will also enjoy a free holiday to Valencia and at least one solid meal.
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Puerto Rico 1897, pulled from shelves after a disastrous launch, will receive a corrected edition this autumn
Publisher Ravensburger confirms new box will include updated rulebook, missing tiles and added building text.
Best Games
6 tabletop RPGs like Fable to play until the new game releases
For the finest adventures in Albion.
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Monopoly Scrabble mashes together the two board game classics in one Frankensteinian tabletop crossover
Honestly, how has this never happened before?
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Anti-Imperialist RPG Bundle funds solidarity kitchens by selling LATAM tabletop RPGs
Food for thought, er... THAC0.
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KiwiRPG takes Aotearoa’s tabletop scene global through a week of podcasts, livestreams and a game bundle
A relatively small but passionate part of the tabletop industry strives to catch the attention of the rest of the world.
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‘NuTSR’ files for bankruptcy, freezing legal disputes with Dungeons & Dragons publisher
Lawsuits between Wizards of the Coast and the latest reanimation of TSR will stay on hold as the latter company liquidates assets.
How To
How to play Root: board game's rules, setup and scoring explained
Send little cute animals to fight for the dominance of the Woodlands.
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Looking to learn how to play Warhammer 40k before 10th Edition? Dicebreaker members can now save 10% on Vanguard Tactics’ expert courses
Jump into 40k for the first time or move over from 9E to the new rules with ease.
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Majestic 13 sounds a lot like an XCOM miniatures game
Use Warhammer and other existing models in X-Files-inspired skirmishes against alien invaders.