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Wizardman: Queer and Chaos is a free tabletop RPG processing trauma through magic
“A power fantasy for the person I used to be.”
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Essen Spiel 2021 to require proven COVID-19 immunisation or negative test for entry, will enforce mandatory face masks
“Masks will be mandatory at Spiel in any case, even if the government does not make it mandatory.”
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Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth expansion sounds the Horn of Gondor
Spreading War in Rohan and Gondor.
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Takenoko’s free co-op game mode sees players becoming pals over pandas
It takes two to grow bamboo.
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Gen Con 2021 will enforce face masks for attendees without proof of COVID-19 vaccination
Vaccinated visitors can choose whether to wear a mask, with event “strongly recommending” protection indoors for all.
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The Queen’s Dilemma will expand the narrative legacy framework of its board game predecessor
Punting the patriarchy.
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UK Games Expo 2021 drops all COVID-19 safety requirements, including masks, tests and social distancing
“UKGE will not enforce any requirements that are not legally required as we do not believe that will be practical on the day.”
Feature
“I'm hoping to offer something different in the co-op space”: Earthborne Rangers creator talks RPG influences and sustainability
“If this is the only game I ever get to make, I should just do the thing I love the most.”
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Classic chassis smashing board game Thunder Road to enter Restoration Games’ garage
Rev those miniature engines.
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Unmatched, the skirmish game featuring Medusa and King Arthur, is getting a digital version
Skirmishes on your screen.
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Unmatched volume 2 brings Achilles, The Monkey King and Bloody Mary into the fray
Alongside the previously revealed Princess Yennenga.
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You can watch Tiffany Haddish, Seth Green and Patton Oswalt play Dungeons & Dragons next week
Comedians and actors join long list of celebrities announced for D&D Live 2021.
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Konami ends contract with star football player Antoine Griezmann amid allegations of racism
The official Yu-Gi-Oh ambassador was stripped of his title after a video leaked earlier this month.
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Artisans of Splendent Vale is a new narrative board game from designer on Mansions of Madness 2E
Kickstarter campaign coming in September.
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World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King to get a Pandemic-style board game adaptation
Arthas Menepill, more like.
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Machi Koro 2 will release in October, rezones rules for the popular city building board game
Updates rules on attractions and add an initial buy phase.
Best Games
11 hidden board game Easter Eggs you might’ve missed
In-jokes, pop-culture references and tributes to other tabletop titles a-plenty.
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Power Rangers: Deck-Building Game’s first standalone set features more playable heroes and villains
Harness the power of the Zeo Crystal.
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Pokémon and MTG card grader valued at $500m after record TCG boom
Company has received “more than 1 million Pokémon cards” since November.
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Animal Crossing-themed editions of Monopoly spotted on retail shelves across US
Visit your favourite animal villager... in jail.
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Party game Million Dollar Script combines Snake Oil with the silver screen
Persuade the producers.
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Fan-made ‘Ultimate Pokémon board game’ features whole of Kanto and takes 23 hours to beat
Don’t get Drowzee.
Feature
How visionary comic book artist Moebius inspired a new wave of weird tabletop RPGs
Jean Genius.
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Weird Stories wants to capture the strange mystery of David Lynch, Haruki Murakami and The Twilight Zone in a tabletop RPG
First roleplaying game from Wordsy, High Rise and The Networks creator Gil Hova.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game could have been released through a subscription model
Monthly trips to Mordor.
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Yu-Gi-Oh!’s Premium Blue-Eyes White Dragon card is made of silver, already reselling for thousands on eBay
After selling out in a handful of hours.
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What Next? is a co-op choose-your-own-adventure with physical mini-games, out next month
Flick your path.
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Free Dungeons & Dragons adventure In Scarlet Flames replaces Magic: The Gathering’s usual short fiction
The mid-level module sends adventurers into an underground library slated to burn.
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It looks like a Resident Evil 1 board game is on the way
The Master of Unlocking stretch goals.
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Chow down on some delicious D&D with 5E RPG supplement Fat Magic
Culinary casters and corruption in Caketown.
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Not Enough Mana is the first tabletop game from Superhot dev’s indie games fund
No current plans for more board games, studio says.
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RPG Kitchen is a creator-focused digital storefront for renting tabletop RPGs
Located online instead of a kiosk outside the pharmacy.
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My Body is a Cage is a “Persona-esque” tabletop RPG about mind dungeons and mundane tasks
Despite all my rage.
Interview
Studio head of Critical Role publisher, Darrington Press, talks Uk’otoa and “artist dad Liam O’Brien”
“The first [Darrington Press] product was important, it needed to be familiar to fans.”
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Sushi Go! creator’s latest board game is called Super Mega Lucky Box
Cross-off till you drop-off.
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12-year-old becomes youngest-ever chess grandmaster, breaking Sergey Karjakin’s 19-year record
Abhimanyu Mishra earns chess’ top title at age of 12 years, four months and 25 days.
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Brass: Birmingham digital edition rolls off the production line to mixed reviews
Smelt on your screen.
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Roll20 adds official safety tools to its online RPG sessions
Including built-in safety deck, X-card, lines and veils, and Script Change.
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Arkham Horror LCG creative director’s new card game Earthborne Rangers will be more forgiving on players
“When you’re creating a co-op game where players are going to fail 80% of the time, it narrows who the game appeals to.”
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TSR Games cuts business ties with Ernest G. Gygax, Jr. and second RPG publisher calling itself TSR
Following transphobic and racist remarks by company’s founders.
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The Elder Scrolls board game will focus on the video game series as a whole
“It’s going to be very, very cool.”
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Cozy RPG Teatime Adventures brings real tea pairings, recipes and gardening advice to D&D 5E
Written by former games and education lead for President Obama.
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Yellow & Yangtze designer cuts ties with publisher due to alleged breach of contract
After planned reprints of Reiner Knizia’s games were cancelled due to apparent lack of sales.
Opinion
Monopoly Deal is the only Monopoly worth playing, because it understands why the board game sucks
Being bad feels pretty good.
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Call of Cthulhu’s first box set is being ‘remastered’ for the horror RPG’s 40th anniversary
Classic collection will reprint roleplaying game’s original box set and five supplements.
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Amazon cracks down on counterfeit board games, starting with fake Dixit expansions
Account accused of “counterfeiting” popular card series.
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Begin at the end (of the world): Arc RPG creator momatoes on embracing doomsday and hard-won insights
The designer discusses the continued success of SEA tabletop, working with Bipolar II and gaming in your 30s.
Video
Ross from More Games Please joins the Dicebreaker Podcast
We talk Magic: The Gathering and guess board game names.
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Heckin Hounds is a trick-taking card game where hands are played face-out
Hell’s gone to the dogs.
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The Dying Earth novels have been adapted into a roleplaying game based on classic D&D
A crossover featuring Cugel the Clever and Co.
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Dungeon Scrawlers: Heroes of Undermountain is an official D&D drawing game for kids
Get drawn into adventure.
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Not some kind of Grognard Tribune: the creator of Wyrd Science talks creating an TTRPG magazine for all.
“Games are changing, and those people are bringing so much good stuff to the table."
How To
How to build a Pokémon TCG deck for beginners
Learn the rules for building a card deck in the Pokémon TCG.
Deals
Digital editions of Root, Sagrada and Yellow & Yangtze discounted in summer sale
Alongside Raiders of the North Sea.
News
Quack against the coming apocalypse in Mörk Borg-meets-DuckTales RPG Dukk Börg
D-d-d-doomsday! Watch behind you!
Interview
Stonewall Uprising: The Fight for Gay Civil Rights creator on representing LGBTQ+ history in a board game
“I understand that playing as The Man may be uncomfortable.”
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Dungeons & Dragons supplementary series Animal Adventures returns with playable alpacas and albatrosses
Prepare to voyage on The Faraway Sea.
How To
Board game types explained: a beginner's guide to tabletop gaming terms
How to tell your roll-and-writes from your roll-and-moves.
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Arkham Horror: The Card Game’s core set is being re-released in a new revised version
Return to eldritch essentials.
Interview
The creators of horror anthology RPG Campfire talk killing characters and creating a truly scary experience
Cryptkeeper, eat your heart out.
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No, Critical Role won’t appear in Magic: The Gathering’s Dungeons & Dragons set
Card game’s multiverse, tabletop RPG’s Forgotten Realms and actual play series’ world of Wildemount are all separate, designers confirm.
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Magic: The Gathering’s D&D cards will have stat blocks and adventure hooks for use in the RPG
Art cards can be used as quick reference for monsters, while basic land cards will feature flavour text for first time.
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Dungeons & Dragons 5E is getting a free series of adventures inspired by MTG’s Forgotten Realms set
First of five episodes out next week.
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A Rare Yu-Gi-Oh card prompts exorbitant bidding on a now-cancelled Chinese court auction
Serving Time Wizard.
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Magic: The Gathering’s Adventures in the Forgotten Realms will let you Venture into classic D&D dungeons
New keyword will see players crawl their way through three familiar locations.
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Warhammer Plus announces an August release date with a free miniature to subscribers
Premium app also includes back catalogue of White Dwarf issues.
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Dwelling is a ghost story that’s part solo RPG, part choose-your-own-adventure book and part legacy game
Ex-spectre some surprises.
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Wonder Book is a co-op board game played in a pop-up storybook from Bang! studio
Releasing later this year.
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Power Grid designer’s latest title is a Ticket to Ride-style train game
Play cards to get carriages.
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Cyberpunk 2020 audiobook will let you listen to classic GM advice from creators of the RPG
From getting your campaign started to keeping combat fair.
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WWE wrestlers Xavier Woods and Ember Moon are playing D&D with DM Aabria Iyengar next month
Joining fellow superstars MACE and Tyler Breeze for charity session.
Deals
Grab Tales from the Loop, Symbaroum and other Free League RPGs at a cut during its summer sale
Hot weather, cool prices.
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Call of Cthulhu meets Pirates of the Caribbean in tabletop RPG Cursed Captains of Cthulhu
From The Spy Game creators.
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Vampire: The Masquerade is getting a comic-book crossover you can play in the tabletop RPG
World of Darkness: Crimson Thaw will include exclusive content for V5.
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Valor & Villainy sequel adds legacy elements to the tabletop adventure series
Lurking inside Lludwik’s Labyrinth.
Best Games
6 best Space Marine chapters in Warhammer 40,000: Ninth Edition
A good place to Astartes.
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Gloomhaven fan turns the enormous board game into a card game you can hold in one hand
Solo print-and-play game and two-player expansion available to download for free.
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Deimos Academy is a Stephen King inspired horror RPG played in a colouring-in book
They’ll crayon your fears.
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Rainbow Six Siege breaches the tabletop with a tactical, real-time board game adaptation
Gadgets, guns and dice - a killer combination.
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Cooperative swashbuckling board game Dead Men Tell No Tales rises from the depths
Renegade Game Studios to reprint the 2015 title later this year
Opinion
Critical Role’s Campaign 2 finale shows just how far the hit Dungeons & Dragons series has come
Forever throwing fluffernutters.
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A Fresh Prince of Bel Air board game is coming to turn your life upside down
Summer, summer, summertime.
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The classic Dune board game is getting a shorter, simpler new edition this autumn
But it’s not a movie reskin or second edition, publisher Gale Force Nine insists.
Video
Should board games be hundreds of hours long? It’s the latest Dicebreaker Podcast!
We make tabletop RPGs from your two stat suggestions!
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Get a free alternative version of detective Roland Banks for Arkham Horror: The Card Game
They had tentacles that went all the way up.
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Blaseball-inspired RPG Fantasy Sport Manager turns the absurd online sports sim into a solo journalling game
Based on Wretched & Alone system.
