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The best Ghibli-inspired D&D 5E adventures and settings for fans of Spirited Away, Totoro and more
Get into some Miyazaki-style Dungeons & Dragons shenanigans.
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Wingspan publisher commits to not use “any form of AI to replace or augment” creative work, admits there are “grey areas”
“What about a first-time designer on a shoestring budget?”
Opinion
What Magic: The Gathering needs to learn from the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Is Wizards of the Coast driving the TCG towards its own endgame?
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Magic: The Gathering maker sees “killer” future for tabletop with “multiple” Marvel sets, while Arena languishes on the vine
Final Fantasy set expected to “dwarf what we did with Lord of the Rings” in Japan.
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Disney Lorcana - Ursula’s Return will allow players to pay for powerful Shift cards without spending ink
A much cheaper cost than your voice.
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D&D maker continues to lean on MTG and Baldur’s Gate 3 during 2024's “turnaround” phase
Monopoly Go! surpassing $2 billion in revenue doesn’t hurt, either.
How To
How to play Warhammer 40,000: 10th Edition rules explained, from movement to attacks
For the Rules Emperor!
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Want more Fallout after finishing the TV show? Get into its Warhammer-like miniatures game for under £15
Engage in some Wasteland Warfare.
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Warhammer 40k’s co-op shooter Darktide returns to the land of plastic and resin in a new skirmisher
A pox on your pixels!
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Mutant Year Zero’s chaotic miniature skirmish game from the designer of Necromunda gets a summer release date
By tusk, feather and scavenged sniper rifle.
Opinion
Miss the dark, brutal atmosphere of old-school Fallout? Weird-West tabletop RPG Deadlands is its ideal successor
Different eras, same darkness.
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Duelling card game from Magic: The Gathering’s creator gets a team-battle mode
Catch the Mindbug together.
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Snag hundreds of tabletop RPGs from these two bundle raising money for Palestine Children’s Relief Funds
All proceeds will benefit a humanitarian program offering medical aid, food and water in the midst of a genocide.
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Chronicles of Crime maker snagged by same Dutch publisher that now owns Funko Games brand
Goliath adds the digital hybrid board game publisher to its growing portfolio
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Ticket to Ride and Catan maker granted freedom from Embracer along with €900m of former owner’s debt
Embracer becomes Divider.
Opinion
Desperate for more Shōgun after the stellar TV show’s finale? Board game Sekigahara is the perfect sequel
Even Blackthorne would give up his boat for this.
Best Games
7 best Legacy of Destruction cards in Yu-Gi-Oh!’s latest set
A nod to the past in cards that push the TCG into its future.
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This gorgeous Japanese tabletop RPG lets the characters’ scars do the talking
Aionia: Without Mercy wants its dark, high fantasy world to be eminently approachable.
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A new edition of Risk 2210 A.D., a gritty offshoot of the classic board game, is now available to preorder
Mechs, moons, and mega-continents.
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MTG Outlaws of Thunder Junction’s crossover with Cowboy Bebop is perfect, inspired, no notes.
A faithful reproduction of the anime's opening segment manages to find space for a wild west wagon and Oko's elk mount.
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Helldivers 2 doesn’t have an official tabletop RPG, but free fan-made tribute Helldroppers may as well be it
How about a cup of Liber-TRPG?
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No more arguments about movement and line-of-sight in games like Warhammer? This mobile app wants to handle it all for you with a picture
Sci-fi shooter Light Speed: Arena will debut the Tablescope tech, with a companion for WWII dogfighter Wings of Glory in the works.
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Dead by Daylight board game’s first expansion adds more killers and survivors to hunt in new maps this summer
Including several of the familiar faces reappearing in next month’s Endless Hunt DLC.
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MÖRK BORG meets church orthodoxy wars in folk horror RPG Black Powder and Brimstone
Those Puritans are armed and dangerous.
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Munchkin and GURPS maker called 2023 a “golden age for gamers” amid second year of sales loss
The longstanding industry player openly wrestles with tough times.
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D&D’s massive Vecna adventure gets a new trailer voiced by Astarion’s actor in Baldur’s Gate 3
Neil Newbon really lays on the evil pedal.
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Critical Role's official Vox Machina-inspired whiskey will let you turn D&D into Drinking & Drunkenness
Get a taste of the Sandkheg’s Hide.
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Reel in nightmares from the depths in Dredge-inspired horror-fishing card game Deep Regrets
You’ll be hooked.
Best Games
The best Fallout games to stash in your tabletop vault after finishing the Fallout TV show
That SPECIAL something.
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7th Citadel, the open-world board game that raised almost £3 million on Kickstarter, is coming back to crowdfunding
If you missed it the first time around.
How To
Yu-Gi-Oh! 2024 release schedule: Every upcoming core booster, structure deck and set
As the trading card game marks its 25th anniversary, expect some exciting core boosters, the return of classic cards and more.
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Pathfinder plans to kill its god of war in a major upcoming tabletop RPG sourcebook
Gorum? More like gottem.
News
Armless hero Rayman and friends head to an official board game from the designer of Earth
Globox, Barbara and a whole lot of Teensies join in the fun.
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Wizards of the Coast president Cynthia Williams departs D&D and Magic: The Gathering's maker
An SEC filing confirms that Hasbro is searching “both internal and external” for her replacement
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The One Ring RPG is the best Lord of the Rings experience you can have on tabletop
Outside of telling someone Aragorn broke his toe
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Bolt Action: Third Edition will help new players get into the World War II miniatures wargame
Features scenarios in Germany, North Africa and the Pacific.
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Dungeons & Dragons publisher plans to make Baldur’s Gate 4, once it finds the right developer for the job
“We certainly hope it’s not another 25 years.”
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Turn your game into a hit with advice from makers of the Warhammer and Fallout RPGs, games lawyers, distributors and more at the Tabletop Creators Summit next month
A day of free talks and networking opportunities for anyone in the tabletop industry.
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Disney Lorcana’s publisher says its runaway success has only “grown the size of the TCG pie”
Ravensburger CEO talks reprints, organised play and the tabletop company’s stellar 2023
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Stewpot’s melancholy RPG about finding calm after a life of adventure gets a hardcover book
Swords to plowshares…and ladles, mugs and brooms.
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Adventure Time RPG’s original ‘Yes And’ system still in the works, will be released after D&D 5E version
Cryptozoic claims the new system “needed more development time and licensor approvals.”
Feature
Shadow of the Colossus-inspired board game Leviathan Wilds is one of the most compelling co-op experiences I’ve had in years
On the shoulders of giants.
Opinion
Votes for Women turns the frustrating fight for women’s rights into a vital board game lesson in history - and the present
History repeats itself.
News
Dimension 20 addresses Madison Square Garden “nonsense”, won’t use dynamic pricing at future live shows
One plan includes a “Dimensioneer ticket” lottery where select fans can purchase fixed-cost tickets.
Opinion
The Fallout TV show owes even more to its tabletop RPG than the video games
Don’t wander the wasteland alone.
News
The Laundry RPG’s second edition imagines nightmares just slightly more horrific than office work
Mondays, am I right?
News
Frolic and fight with the fae in this celtic-inspired 5th edition RPG book
Beware the Faerie Queene.
Feature
Magic: The Gathering’s Outlaws of Thunder Junction ends up a soulless gimmick in a cowboy hat, even if its cards are a crack shot
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
News
Planet of the Apes’ very real tabletop RPG adaptation will stretch across all five monkey movies
Apes together strong.
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Putty-smashing wargame Necromolds reforges its battle box with a new 4-player expansion
Skirmish role-clay.
Best Games
MTG Outlaws of Thunder Junction: 10 best cards in the new Magic: The Gathering set
Saddle up for the prime picks from the Wild West-themed expansion.
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Co-op Scrabble more accessible version for players “intimidated by the classic game”
Wording with you.
News
Monopoly will head to theatres as a live-action film courtesy of Barbie, Harley Quinn actor Margot Robbie
Robbie’s production company might just give Rich Uncle Pennybags the Ken treatment.
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Critical Role maker’s Daggerheart cuts back on stress and fear in latest RPG playtest update
The first prerelease update focuses on “Rulings over Rules”.
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MTG’s not-quite-Equinox Secret Lair is full of Fallout, dioramas and celestial tarot cards
Another astronomical event eclipsed this limited art treatment series.
Opinion
Who gets to play Yu-Gi-Oh? The TCG’s recent exclusions fly in the face of its community spirit
European cancellation of the latest Speed Duel set and revised Japanese tournament rules are baffling in the wake of efforts to welcome new players.
News
Lycanthropic social deduction game Werewolves of Miller's Hollow is being turned into a Netflix series
Audience, close your eyes.
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Thunder Road: Vendetta and Sea Salt & Paper take home American Tabletop Award wins
Other winners at the biggest board game award in the US include The White Castle and Blob Party.
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Blair Witch Project creators are making a "forgotten" board game supposedly played by fairies
Emerald Anvil's other projects unfortunately include an NFT-powered digital land ownership game.
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Pokémon’s first US World Championship in five years announces August dates for Hawai‘i tournament
Trainers will hit up the Aloha state to battle with cards, consoles and mobile devices.
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Dimension 20 will bring The Unsleeping City’s fantasy NYC to Madison Square Garden
Ticket presales for the live one-shot adventure are planned for April 12th.
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Old-school RPG adventure The Gardens of Ynn takes a roguelike, Annihilation approach to Alice in Wonderland
“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense.”
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D&D and Monopoly maker will publish last year’s winning card game from the Women Innovators of Play
The second annual event makes good on Hasbro’s promise to invest in one of 2023’s winners.
News
Disney Lorcana doubles player attendance for its competitive TCG challenge events
Illumineers who missed the first round will have another shot to clinch a ticket.
Opinion
Wish you could play Dragon’s Dogma 2 with friends? Take on massive monsters as a party of adventurers in this multiplayer board game
Skulk Hollow offers a lot of the same thrills as the creature-climbing, pawn-commanding video game.
News
Battle cosmic horrors as Roman legionaries in co-op miniatures game Cohors Cthulhu
Et tu, Shoggoth?
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Marvel United board game spinoff tackles the DC Comics universe with Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman
Clown thugs to the left of me, Joker cards to the right.
How To
Lorcana location cards explained: How do locations work in Disney Lorcana?
When you’ve got places to play.
News
Starfinder makers are selling physical copies of the sci-fi RPG’s April Fools prank
The Gap is ostensibly full of material that links Pathfinder to the futuristic setting. In reality, well…
News
Dungeons & Dragons’ free LEGO-themed adventure is full of evil wizards and hot wings
The perfect combination of goofy and thrilling.
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Star Wars: Unlimited's second set brings bounty hunters and Baby Yoda to the TCG's Outer Rim this July
Wretched hives of scum and villainy.
Opinion
D&D 5E vs Pathfinder 2E: Which RPG should you play?
Can there be a winner in the D&D vs Pathfinder debate, or is it more a matter of preference?
News
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel hits 60m downloads, offers up free gems and hot new cards in celebration
That's a lot of activated Trap cards.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! bans non-Japanese players from the TCG's Japan tournaments, even if they live in the country
Rule change would deny non-native duelists from even competing at local store-level qualifiers.
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Bugsnax card game brings the bizarrely charming video game of edible critters to the table
Kinda bug, kinda snack, all cardstock.
How To
How to play One Piece Card Game: rules, how to build a deck and how to win explained
Become King of the Pirates.
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Cyberpunk Red RPG serves up a free crossover expansion with sci-fi bartending video game VA-11 Hall-A
No, it’s not an April Fool's.
How To
How to play Daggerheart: Where to start with Critical Role’s fantasy RPG
A beginner’s guide to the new D&D rival’s playtest rules.
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A certain coyote and roadrunner from Looney Tunes race across a pair of new MTG cards
Tap to Meep, Meep!
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Magic: The Gathering plagiarism allegations might cause Trouble (in Pairs) for card artist
Donato Giancola has threatened legal action over allegedly illegal use of Cyberpunk 2020 art in recent MTG card.
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Catan, Exploding Kittens maker called “one of the absolute most important businesses” by Embracer CEO
Sale of video game publisher Gearbox brings a close to the holding company’s sweeping layoffs, for now.
Opinion
Magic: The Gathering’s thirst-trap planeswalker Oko shows that tabletop games can be sexy in the right ways
Attractive AND steals from the rich? Get yourself a man who can do both.
Opinion
Trying to get your kids into board games? It's not about what you play, but how you play
Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield on how to share grown-up games with younger players.
News
Sci-fi RPG Substratum Protocol channels the “deep delving mystery” of Subnautica and In Other Waters
Pandion’s latest title supports both subterranean solo play and group delving.
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Don’t Starve’s board game adaptation takes roguelike survival from the wilderness to the kitchen table
Better craft plenty of torches.
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Does the world need Critical Role's new RPG Daggerheart?
Dungeons and dragons and dungeons and dragons and
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D&D 5E shrinks down to a Borrowers and Arrietty-like world in Adventures in the Household RPG
Diminutive & Dangerous.
Feature
How Yu-Gi-Oh!’s 1999 starter decks turned the card game from a flop into a phenomenon
Revisiting the Duel Monsters EX set as it’s reprinted for the series’ 25th anniversary.
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Takenoko and Mind MGMT maker’s new board game follows tiny cats in a bustling Japanese city
A night meow-t on the town.
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Magic: The Gathering’s next set sees a gang of outlaw cowpokes conducting a heist
Be gay, do crimes.