Staff Writer
Alex’s journey to Dicebreaker began with writing insightful video game coverage for outlets such as Kotaku, Waypoint and PC Gamer. Her unique approach to analysing pop culture and knack for witty storytelling finally secured her a forever home producing news, features and reviews with the Dicebreaker team. She’s also obsessed with playing Vampire: The Masquerade, and won’t stop talking about it.
Plus: tips on running RPGs over Zoom and our favourite third-party creators.
Revisit a classic Arkham Horror LCG adventure with Return to the Circle Undone
Old times with the Old Ones.
Behold! D&D party game Dungeon Mayhem: Monster Madness is 30% off on Amazon UK
An owlbear-ably good price.
Hugh Grant will play the villain in the Dungeons & Dragons film
It star Sophia Lillis also cast.
The Darkest House is an online-only RPG from the studio behind Numenera
App-t for horror fans.
Custom miniatures studio Hero Forge adds option to create wheelchair users
In celebration of International Wheelchair Day.
Summoner Wars: Second Edition is arriving this spring, with a digital version to follow
Digital demo released for early subscribers.
Libertalia and Ethnos designer’s WW2 board game Blitzkrieg! is seeing a re-release this year
Trench warfare for two.
Dune: Imperium is getting an extra free game mode this week
Coming to the Dire Wolf Game Room companion app.
How can you defuse player conflict at the table? We discuss in this week’s Dicebreaker Podcast
Plus tips on roleplaying in familiar worlds and making the leap from board games to RPGs.
Return to the Cursed Island.
Snakesss! is a party game co-created by the designer of Sushi Go!
Slithering onto shelves this summer.
Aeon’s End: Legacy sequel brings the co-op series to an end
In Gravehold’s grasp.
Santorini creator’s next board game is Viking strategy title Ragnarocks
Don’t go Bragi-ng about winning.
6 things the new Dungeons & Dragons movie needs to do to become a critical hit
Not including a cameo from Jeremy Irons.
Disney animated series Gargoyles is transforming into a board game
Sculptured secrets.
Stardew Valley has an official co-op board game, and it’s out right now
Tilling on the tabletop.
Dungeons & Dragons returns to an iconic setting with Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Strahd is bat it again.
Create a child’s imaginary friend in RPG Little Katy’s Tea Party
Drinking in the atmosphere.
D&Tea pairs the perfect brew with your Dungeons & Dragons campaign
Steeped in adventure.
Quest: Cosmic Fantasy Edition transports players to a sci-fi version of the RPG
Adventuring alien style.
EGX 2021 London dates proposed for early October
Event set to take place from 7th to 10th.
We also complain about more tabletop television adaptations.
Latest Arkham Horror board game expansion, Secrets of the Order, is haunted by ghosts
Unlock the Underworld.
On Mars’ semi-cooperative board game expansion renamed to Alien Invasion
Extra-terrestrial treachery.
Gloomier: A Night at Hemlock Hall returns to the setting of the original card game
Will the next entry be the gloomiest?
Legend of the Five Rings: The Card Game has been discontinued
Last expansion coming in May.
Bridgerton star Rege-Jean Page waltzes into the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons film
Joining Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez and Justice Smith.
Runaway trains and zombie-spawning corpse piles stalk the plains of Zombicide: Undead or Alive
Dessicated desert husks.
Thousand Year Old Vampire creator announces companion book and an autobiographical game
Called A Fantastic Longing for Adventure, or Young Tim Hutchings Tells You How to Live.
The Door Locks Behind You is a roleplaying game inspired by The Legend of Zelda
A Link Between Worlds.
Metal Gear Solid: The Board Game has been cancelled
Designer says they have been pursuing “a myriad of options to get the project going.”
Trudvang RPG book Seed of Vanirs unlocks the history of the elves
Venture into Valkalainen.
Tabletop Simulator, Wingspan, Root and Pandemic are all discounted in the Steam Sale
Alongside Spirit Island, Sagrada and Cluedo.
Jane Austen RPG Good Society comes to Kickstarter with a new reprint
Regency roleplaying.
Architects and Paladins of the West Kingdom are both getting new expansions
Viscounts is being left out.
With apologies to CMON and Leonard Nimoy.
Cluedo, the classic board game, is plotting its own animated television series
Colonel Must-watch.
Super Fantasy Brawl expansions add nine new characters to the arena-battle board game
Roll into the rumble.
Root’s show-don’t-tell storytelling makes its world feel alive
Eyrie-lly want to go back there.
Parks publisher’s next release is a redesign of two-player heist game Caper: Europe
Steal some time away.
Codenames’ two-player, co-op spin-off Duet is now free to play online
Covert cooperation.
The Witcher is getting a new board game set before Geralt’s adventures
Rivia-ting stuff.
Pokémon TCG World Championships delayed until 2022 in response to COVID-19
After being cancelled for the second year running.
Zombicide: Undead or Alive rides the co-op series into the Wild West
Rotten and tootin’.
Clank! studio announces second edition of its sci-fi action board game Gravwell
Race through space.
Joining confirmed lead Chris Pine.
Let’s Role is a free online platform for playing RPGs that’s launching this autumn
Includes microtransactions for cosmetics.
The Grizzled spin-off We Care sees players treating patients on the frontlines of a medical crisis
Donations made to Doctors Without Borders for every copy sold.
How do you play D&D over Zoom? We give our tips on this week's Dicebreaker Podcast
And the birth of a Franken-game.
Get Pandemic, Love Letter and Small World on PC for under £1
Costs virtually nothing.
Keyforge and Star Wars Miniatures World Championships delayed until 2022
Organised play set to potentially return later this year.
Pandemic studio announces Cryo, a board game that puts its players on thin ice
A tundra of trouble.
Quest publisher plans to support new RPG writers with The Adventure Award
Grant recipients will create short quests for the fantasy game.
CoraQuest is a dungeon-crawling board game that began life as a homework project
Add treasure and subtract monsters.
Sink your teeth into What We Do in the Shadows-inspired RPG Low Stakes
Do your dark bidding on the internet.
Upwind is a roleplaying game inspired by Studio Ghibli and Treasure Planet
Co-created by writers behind D&D 5E and World of Darkness.
Dragon Age tabletop RPG features in fantasy-themed Bundle of Holding deal
Not a blight on your budget.
Defend a city in Champions of Midgard creator’s next game, Meeples & Monsters
Rowan in the right direction.
Merchants of Magick is a roll-and-write game based in the Set a Watch universe
Shop until you drop.
Exploding Kittens makers’ next game is Tacocat Spelled Backwards, out this month
Welcome to the palindrome.
And the joys of different quiches.
Sushi Go! designer’s next board game transports players to Llamaland
Wool you come along?
Team up with Sherlock Holmes and Robin Hood in the next Unlock! escape room game
Can you open the Loxley?
Dungeon Extravaganza bundle opens the door to D&D 5E adventures from under £1
Eight adventures and settings at a bargain price.
Comic-book card game Sentinels of the Multiverse flies back into action with a Definitive Edition
“Writing and gameplay have both been stripped down and rebuilt.”
Carcassonne’s 20th anniversary edition lets you customise the classic board game’s meeples
Countryside celebration.
Pandemic’s speedy spin-off Hot Zone is headed to Europe in a new game
International inoculation in an instant.
Best board games 2021: What to buy and play right now
Add something new to your shelf from our pick of the greatest tabletop titles.
Blood Rage designer teases another entry in the series, Exploding Kittens family game and more
Eric Lang confirms an upcoming project with Detective co-creator.
Quest’s first expansion adds a character book, bestiary and treasure book to the RPG
Alongside card decks for characters, beasts and items.
Dead of Winter co-designer launches own studio, announces debut board game and RPG
Plus a deckbuilding video game.
15th anniversary edition of Ticket to Ride: Europe coming this spring
Railways to remember.
Dune adventure board game trilogy on the way, starting with this year’s House Secrets
Intergalactic investigation.
Plus: the least foot-friendly gaming components to step on.
Ultimate Railroads combines Russian, German, American and Asian Railroads into a single box
Trainspotting around the world.
Troyes co-designer and Lisboa artist team up for board game Carnegie
Based on the life of the philanthropist and industrialist.
Boss Monster spin-off gets a new name, Overboss, and release next month
World-building game inspired by retro video games comes to retail.
Best new board games in March 2021: latest tabletop release dates
Fresh as a daisy.
Azul and Century studio remaking fantasy betting game Colossal Arena as Equinox
A staggering announcement.
Forbidden Lands, fantasy RPG from the studio behind Alien and Tales from the Loop, is under $8
Winner of four ENnie Awards.
Lighthearted is an RPG that mixes The Breakfast Club with magic and vampires
Don’t you play without me.
After selling for $360,000.
