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Terry Pratchett’s Discworld gets its first new tabletop RPG in over 25 years, with board games also on the way
“Terry had a lifelong affection with roleplaying games.”
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You'll be able to play Critical Role's D&D rival Daggerheart soon, as the fantasy RPG gets a public playtest
Ahead of its full release in 2025.
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Dying Light’s parkour-loving zombie killers will roam an entire modular city block in the official board game
Roll dice for both combat and wall jumping across a city with a vicious day/night cycle and UV components.
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SPONSORED: Our Brilliant Ruin RPG brings the social drama and romance of Downton Abbey to a doomed world with no happy endings
Struggle your way up the social ladder - and to survive.
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Naked mole rats, living room murder parties and robot chefs are up for best unpublished board game award
Fourteen worthy tabletop designs advance to a final round of judging for the Cardboard Edison, including titles about comic book sales and fusion reactors.
Best Games
The best Dune games to play on the tabletop after you watch Part Two
Add some spice to your next game night.
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Van Gogh Pikachu, Shining Mew and a whole load of Charizard Pokemon cards go under the hammer for Pokémon Day
eBay’s one-day auction shows collectors have eyes for only a few elite critters
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Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket looks like a serious mobile option for casual collectors
Pocket’s emphasis on trading highly detailed cards will exist alongside the existing Pokémon TCG Live app.
How To
How to summon in Yu-Gi-Oh!: Every summoning type explained
Looking to learn your Fusion, Ritual and Synchro Summons from your Xyz, Pendulum and Link Summons? Start here!
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Commit crimes and reunite with your deadbeat dad in Magic: The Gathering’s Outlaws of Thunder Junction set
Plus, Modern Horizons 3 promises an Eldrazi Commander deck (maybe) worth the premium price tag.
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Blood Rage creator's next board game Life in Reterra bridges the gap between complex and casual - and we've played it
Is Hasbro courting hobbyists?
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Magic: The Gathering TCG rival Flesh and Blood’s next set is Japan-inspired Part the Mistveil, out this May
Expansion will introduce “long-awaited” talent “unlike anything players have seen before”.
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Star Trek Adventures’ Second Edition adds playable Klingons, Romulans and Strange New Worlds this summer
Boldly roll where you’ve gone before.
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Magic: The Gathering's Bloomburrow set will turn planeswalkers into furries
Jace Beleren and Ral Zarek get the fursona treatment in an upcoming set dripping with Redwall flavour.
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Rising Sun and Blood Rage designer’s next board game is like a meatier Carcassonne
Post-apocalyptic pastoral paradise.
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Villainous, Jurassic World and Jaws board game designers form new studio after Funko Games layoffs
Based in Seattle, Tempest Workshop's designers say they will embody "being human, creating together, and having moxie."
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“All the benefits of reading also apply to board games”: Why more libraries are adding tabletop classics to their bookshelves
From Wingspan to D&D, local libraries are expanding their catalogues of cardboard.
Opinion
The 1950s wargame that still ruins friendships
70 years on, Diplomacy shows just how simple an excellent negotiation game can be.
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Satirical fireteam RPG Planet Fist is essentially Helldivers 2 on the tabletop
Orbital Strikes: the not-so-silent killer.
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Official Lara Croft tabletop RPG Shadows of Truth pits your team against would-be tomb raiders
Will directly adapt and expand Crystal Dynamics’ take on the classic video game character.
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From TCGs to TRPGs, Aotearoa New Zealand’s tabletop creators are finding their spotlight on the global stage
“We want to help each other out a lot more because we are so isolated.”
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Inject some Elden Ring into your D&D 5E campaigns with Kobold Press’ Soulslike Roleplaying
Souls, bonfires, and rude invaders - this book does exactly what it says on the tin.
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La Desbandá 1937 offers a uniquely human look at war through the lens of a real-life atrocity turned RPG
Translated into English ahead of the Málaga-Almería road massacre’s 87th anniversary.
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Blister Critters is a Gamma World-meets-Ren & Stimpy RPG where mutated animals rule the world
You can’t spell ‘saturday morning cartoon’ without radiation!
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Critical Role celebrates Candela Obscura’s first anniversary with a fourth chapter and three new cast members.
Aimee Carrero, Imari Williams and Alexander Ward join the Circle of investigators fighting back a magical blight.
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HOME is a Pacific Rim and Godzilla-inspired RPG where kaiju battles are fought from a bird’s-eye view
Metal meets mettle in this collaborative struggle to protect everything you hold dear.
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MTG’s Fallout Commander decks revive the post-apocalyptic video game series’ greatest villains
Power armour, ghoul mayors and The Master show up in the latest preview for Fallout Universes Beyond release.
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Star Trek Ascendancy enters its Final Frontier with a definitive collector’s edition of the sci-fi board game
Setting coordinates for Gamefound later this year.
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The Adventures of Conan gives the barbarian hero a new board game later this year
Quest across Hyboria by rolling dice.
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Lorcana: here's where to buy the Disney TCG
Find out where to buy Disney Lorcana Into the Inklands and Rise of the Floodborn booster packs, starter decks, gift sets and bundles.
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The Walking Dead RPG studio’s dark reimagining of Coriolis is “The Terror meets Deadwood in space”
They better have deep-space archaeologist Timothy Olyphant.
Best Games
10 best feats in Dungeons & Dragons 5E
D&D feats that will see your party carving through your enemies.
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Could AI and virtual reality be the future of Yu-Gi-Oh? We tried it for ourselves to find out
Duelling an AI opponent and battling in VR during the TCG’s 25th anniversary event in Tokyo.
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Guide a massive sci-fi caravan with a bag of dominoes in artbook-meets-RPG The Details of Our Escape
Developed as a digital residency in partnership with artist Linnea Sterte and and author Renee Gladman.
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Pathfinder RPG partners with fantasy music studio to publish official adventure path soundtracks
Lo-Fi beats to loot to.
Opinion
Worlds Beyond Number is the slow-burn D&D actual play I didn't know I needed
Sometimes, slower is better.
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After making $100m on Kickstarter, Zombicide studio CMON takes future board games exclusively to Gamefound
CMON breaking up with the crowdfunding behemoth is a clear sign of change on the horizon.
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ARC designer’s hit solo RPG The Magus gets an English print release about power, ambition and sacrifice
Momatoes' meditation on "the infinite loneliness of power" comes with a 78-card, fully illustrated Oracle deck.
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Revolt against the corrupt Crown - and then be the baddies - in revolutionary RPG Guillotine
Heads (and dice) will roll.
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Egyptian board game Kemet returns this year with six-player support, solo play and new modes
Modular expansions headed to a crowdfunding campaign later in 2024.
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Build the first-ever computer in crunchy board game Ada's Dream from Arborea studio
Alt-history Eurogame imagines a world where Ada Lovelace survived to complete the Analytical Engine.
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Befriend talking rats to take on monstrous gods using Scrabble tiles in RPG The Far Roofs
Attack and dethrone God - or at least nibble at their heels.
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$15, 15-minute card game Now! could be your next obsession after 6 nimmt and The Mind
And you can buy it… er, soon!
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Sheldon's Spellbook Secret Lair raises money for cancer charity with MTG cards in honour of Commander creator
Includes reprints based on decks favoured by the ‘Godfather of Commander’, as well as appearances from the designer himself.
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Community megadungeon honouring late D&D designer Jennell Jaquays seeks an expanded physical book
Proceeds from Return to Perinthos will first benefit Jaquays family to offset medical bills and funeral costs.
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Alien RPG's answer to D&D Beyond gets a full release later this month
Nexus exits early access into the cold void of the internet - or just your kitchen table.
How To
Magic: The Gathering release schedule 2024: Every upcoming MTG set and release date
From a return to Ravnica and the next Modern Horizons to crossovers with massive video games, 2024 looks to be a busy 12 months for Magic.
How To
How to play Wingspan: board game’s rules, setup and how to win explained
Everything you need to know to get started with the birdy board game.
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Dungeons & Dragons’ first stage show mixes improv, adventuring and Jackbox-style audience participation
Producer Curious Hedgehog promises trivia, charades and fantasy beer pong amongst high fantasy hijinks.
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Warpath’s epic miniature wargame want to woo you away from Warhammer 40,000
No Space Marines, no Emperor of Man, but all the same large-scale sci-fi battles.
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FÄNGELSEHÅLA transforms an IKEA instruction manual into a minimalist tabletop RPG
Flatpack adventures, assembly required.
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Solo RPG From Midgard to Eternity borrows from God of War and Banner Saga in showing the end of a Viking life
Are you impressed, ye gods?
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Get a first look at a classic Disney villain’s new Enchanted card in next Lorcana set Into the Inklands
Ursula, Deceiver of All makes her show-stopping appearance.
How To
Dungeons & Dragons 2024: Everything you need to know about the next Dungeons & Dragons edition
Dive into new dungeons.
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D&D and MTG owner’s $1.06 billion loss dwarfs strong performance from Wizards of the Coast
Layoffs, inventory shedding and the sale of its entertainment branch still leave Hasbro leaning hard on its golden geese.
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Magic: The Gathering plans to release two Tale of Middle-earth sized crossover sets per year starting in 2025
The success of last year's Lord of the Rings set has paved the way for more premiere-sized Universes Beyond crossovers.
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Here’s an exclusive first look at four new cards from Disney Lorcana’s Into the Inklands set
Two of the 101 Dalmatians, a wish-granting Genie and a song card that will Go the Distance.
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D&D models its digital future on MTG’s Universes Beyond pop culture crossovers
More dolls in the fantasy sandbox.
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Forgotten Waters studio reveals next Crossroads board game from Mice and Mystics creator, Wandering Galaxy
Plaid Hat plans its first Kickstarter this summer for sci-fi adventure.
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Dungeons & Dragons teases an official LEGO set, Converse shoes and Pop-Tarts
The breakfast of champion-subclassed Fighters.
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Dungeons & Dragons’ next official adventure Thanos-ifiies Vecna in a multiverse-spanning campaign
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: all worlds are in peril!
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On Japan’s biggest stage, Yu-Gi-Oh!’s 25th anniversary event celebrated its past by looking to the future
Hesitancy to delve too deeply into the making of the hit series and its card game couldn’t stop The Legend of Duelist Quarter Century from being a meaningful tribute to its creators and community.
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Dungeons & Dragons’ 2024 core rulebooks get official release dates
D&D 2024's three core books strangely stagger their releases months apart.
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Studio developing Dungeons & Dragons RPG video game lays off 44 workers, shelves project
Hidden Path sought additional funding for six months amidst a “challenging environment”.
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Dungeons & Dragons maker kills Dragonlance live-action series, according to Joe Manganiello and series author
Margaret Weis and Manganiello say Wizards of the Coast is not interested in producing anything set in Krynn, at present.
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Tabletop professional looking to make your game a success? Sign up to attend the one-day Tabletop Creators Summit for free!
London gathering for industry professionals will include expert talks and afternoon networking event, with free entry to MCM Comic Con for attendees.
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Pen actual songs about a post-apocalyptic UK in lyric-writing RPG Punk is Dead
Be Like a Crow creator’s game riffs on Mörk Borg with a tour to play music and slay capitalist vampires.
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Kickstarter rival Gamefound had its biggest year yet in 2023, with $12m Nemesis sequel taking the lion’s share
Nemesis: Retaliation and adaptations of The Elder Scrolls, The Witcher and STALKER helped revenue to almost double to $56 million.
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Sentai & Sensibility is an RPG mash-up of Jane Austen and Power Rangers
Meet me in the Megazoid.
Opinion
Charisma in D&D isn't just about confidence - and that goes for real life, too
What a charmer.
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A Gentle Rain, Arkham Horror co-designer's short, 15-minute board game, returns with a remastered edition
Bloomin’ heck, those flowers are pretty.
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Women are Werewolves and Cloud Empress creators honoured at 2024 Nonbinary Tabletop Awards
Board game content creator Matthew Makak of Room 51 also clinches an award.
How To
How to build a Yu-Gi-Oh! deck for beginners
Take your first steps toward becoming a master duelist by putting together a top-notch deck.
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Make real-life masks to explore an enchanted forest as werewolves in folklore RPG Little Wolves
Fae queens and furballs.
How To
Disney Lorcana: Into the Inklands - Everything we know about Lorcana's third set
Learn about the 204 new cards, character debuts and Location cards.
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Game of Thrones' next tabletop game is Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team in Westeros
A Song of Ice and Fire: Tactics will retell the Battle of the Trident and other momentous clashes.
How To
Pokémon card types explained: Every type of Energy, Trainer and Pokémon card
From Supporters to Stadiums, EX to GX, here’s how to tell what’s in your deck.
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New Fallout 4 miniatures game, from Necromunda designer, releases free quickstart rules for narrative bouts
War never changes, but it does get smaller.
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Next Pathfinder RPG core rulebook joins Starfinder 2E playtest at Gen Con 2024
Paizo will serve fans a feast of new adventures and updated rules at annual Indy convention.
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No Warhammer Fest in 2024, Games Workshop confirms, as Warhammer World Championships return for a second year
After a disappointing 2023, Warhammer Fest is recalled from the front.
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Roguelike RPG Children of Morta gets a cooperative board game where strength is thick as blood
The family that slays together stays together.
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MTG Murders at Karlov Manor: 10 best cards in the new Magic: The Gathering set
Pulls to kill for.
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Dune RPG's next campaign book will let you play through new movie Dune: Part Two
Paul of the Imperium.