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.
Dungeons & Dragons’ creative campaigns are making up for its boring sourcebooks
Recent releases have disappointed.
Stonewall 1969 - A War Story is an RPG about the history of LGBTQIA+ rights
A fight to remember.
Battle Royale and PUBG inspired this horror sci-fi tabletop RPG
A terrifying tourist attraction.
Survive a brutal campaign for Mörk Borg inspired miniatures game
Prepare to be boned.
Play as adorable goblin bakers and hamster wranglers in this storytelling game
Worm and woodlouse companions included.
Marvel Zombicide game crowdfunds over £2 million in under a day
Players are hungry for more.
D&D 5E expansion bundle provides DMs with a next step from Starter Set
Features Xanathar’s, Tasha’s and a new sourcebook.
Monsters of the Multiverse compiles 33 playable D&D 5E species into a single sourcebook
Featuring Tortles in print for the first time.
X-Men themed expansion for Legendary: Marvel card game is coming tomorrow
The 27th expansion for the game.
Jaws and Deep Blue Sea inspirations for new aquatic horror RPG Dive
Because the sea is a scary place!
Quacks of Quedlinburg spin-off features pig-racing and simpler gameplay
Going for a golden cauldron.
Make literal mountains out of molehills in the next game from Telestrations studio
Be crowned top tunneler.
YouTuber Logan Paul loses $3.5m on a sealed box of fake Pokémon cards
Containing GI Joe TCG cards.
Critical Role animated series gets new trailer, premiere airs later this month
The Legend of Vox Machina launches.
Upcoming RPGs 2022: 10 tabletop RPG releases you should play
The best worlds to escape to this year.
Roll meeples to build skyscrapers in next game from Mystic Vale designer
Construction through cartwheels.
From Cowboy Bebop to Dark Souls, why licensed RPGs need to do better in 2022
Big names, small ideas.
D&D’s Mimic monsters take centre stage in RPG supplement
Get it off your chest.
Alien and The Thing given homage in expansion for horror game Final Girl
Starring the Evolmorph and The Organism.
Silent Night, Deadly Night, a 1984 slasher film, now has a board game adaptation
All is not calm, prepare to fight.
Kemet creator’s latest mythological board game hits Kickstarter later today
Based on Ancient Mayan folklore.
Everdell digital version coming from studio behind Root video game
Seasons on a screen.
Goblin Coaster is a co-op game about building underground roller coasters
Trolls on the tracks.
Upcoming board games 2022: 11 board game releases you should play this year
Avoid FOMO with our guide to the biggest board games of the next 12 months.
Mage Knight studio’s next game features 10 unique factions
Contemplate The Sphere.
If Quacks of Quedlinburg had a better name, it could be the next blockbuster board game
Plus a change in artwork.
Lost Cities designer’s Ancient Egyptian board game, Amun-Re, is getting a reprint
Don’t let victory slip between your fingers.
Tiny Epic Galaxies' designer next solo game is about post-apocalyptic car combat
Hopefully won’t be mediocre.
Arkham Horror: The Card Game alternative investigator released for free
#blessedandcursed
Eldritch Horror co-creator’s new game is the questionably-titled Voices In My Head
It's also received criticism for its artwork.
Aliens-inspired RPG Mothership gets Hull Breach anthology book
Featuring slasher stories and hostile aliens.
Carcassonne designer’s next game travels back to the Stone Age
Don’t have a rocky start.
Dungeons & Dragons disability representation focus of Limitless Heroics supplement
For inclusive campaigns.
Star Wars: Jabba’s Palace - A Love Letter Game features Boba Fett and Salacious Crumb
Romance with Max Rebo.
Dark Souls: The Roleplaying Game sees tabletop players preparing to die
Snacks and Estus Flask required.
We recommend the best board games for the holidays on the last live Dicebreaker Podcast of 2021!
It’s a Dicebreaker Podcast Holiday Special!
Play Christmas classics with the Vinyl: Holiday Edition board game
All I want for Christmas are tunes.
Escape room in a book uses augmented reality to tell stories and present puzzles
Translating with technology.
Keep owlbears and mimics as pets in this supplement for D&D 5E
Don’t hug your gelatinous cube.
Tales from the Loop publisher joins D&D and Pathfinder with own online platform
Demiplane continues to dominate.
Call of Kilforth takes the third entry in the series to the high seas
Not exactly smooth sailing.
Gloomhaven trailer reveals miniatures collection for every game in the series
Including the upcoming Frosthaven.
Lord of the Rings: The Card Game is getting starter decks based on the peoples of Middle-earth
From the Riders of Rohan to the Elves of Lórien.
Pixar characters make their debut in Disney Villainous: Bigger and Badder
Featuring Syndrome and Lotso.
The best board games to play at PAX Unplugged 2021
Get your fill in Philly.
Munchkin Babies takes the D&D-inspired board game back to preschool
Make your RPG dreams come true.
D&D publisher apologises after omitting cultural consultant credit from Strixhaven sourcebook
Future printings will include Tanya DePass credit.
Jurassic World legacy game lets players build their own dinosaur theme park
One big pile of chits.
Get Blades in the Dark and other TRPGs for less than $10
An absolute steal.
Great Western Trail creator’s board game, Maracaibo, is getting an app version this month
Become a mobile merchant.
What should the next D&D crossover be? We make our case on the Dicebreaker Podcast!
From handsome dragons to bunny bois on the Moon.
Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Brothers of Legend booster set features cards from the animated series
Including the famous Kuriboh Brothers.
The Goblings is an adorable RPG adventure for D&D 5E
Brains and spawn.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse characters featured in new expansion for Marvel Champions
Alongside Venom, Mysterio and other iconic villains.
Carcassonne original and Big Box board games get a new look
Giving the French countryside a fresh coat of paint.
Catacombs board game changes its name to Monster Pit: Overworld
A dexterous identity switch.
Queen’s Gambit inspires playable characters in Fake Chess RPG
Pretending to pretend to play Chess.
Pokémon Labyrinth board game is now available at Amazon
Nowhere near as confusing as Mt. Moon.
Hitman and Dungeons & Dragons are combined in this RPG book
Cast disguise self and assassinate your target.
Dungeons & Dragons rulebooks discounted in D&D Beyond Cyber Week sale
Including Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons.
Feature: 4 scary movie easter eggs in The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31 (Sponsored Content)
From flamethrowers to husky dogs.
Be a bat out of hell in this ‘80s hair metal inspired roleplaying game
Biking with Beelzebub.
Catan is at the lowest price it’s been all year on Amazon US
An excellent trade.
The Borrowers and D&D collide in The Gatherers, an RPG that happens in your house
Small adventures in a big world.
Magic: The Gathering creator has co-designed a new card game
Catch the Mindbug.
Mega Man Adventures is a co-op board game based on the first three video games
Wipe that smiley off Dr Wily’s face.
And explains how classes work in the Magic: The Gathering inspired book.
Pokémon TCG booster box sets new record after being auctioned off for $432,000
Beating $408,000 record.
Which celebs would make perfect Pokémon cards? We chat 'em all on the Dicebreaker Podcast!
We play the Skyrim board game, Cuphead dice game, sharpen our knowledge for the Trivial Pursuit TV show and look ahead to the return of Atmosfear.
Wingspan has sold over 1 million copies in just three years
Flown the coop.
Dungeons & Dragons Essentials Kit is currently the cheapest it’s been all year
Content for coppers.
Explore 7th century Scotland in Pictish RPG Carved in Stone
Heroes in the Highlands.
Jackbox’s newest competitor is the Big Screen Games pack from Big Potato Games
Scrawl-down on your laptop.
Vampire: The Masquerade joins D&D 5E and Pathfinder 2E in getting an online RPG platform
Alongside Werewolf: The Apocalypse and Hunter: The Reckoning.
A D&D 5E compatible entry in the Call to Adventure board game series is coming
Hero-crafting and dungeon-crawling.
Justin McElroy, Tim Schafer and Pro ZD cast in Familiar Tales board game app
Alongside voice actors from Dragon Ball, My Hero Academia and RWBY.
Atmosfear VHS board game is getting a 30th anniversary edition
Get ready for the gatekeeper.
Don’t forget your Beyblade briefcase.
Catan digital is coming to Playstation and Xbox consoles
Building settlements on the sofa.
As Critical Role has grown, my love for the show has died
This actual play is not actually for me.
Root digital is coming to Nintendo Switch next week
Playing Root in your boots.
Advanced Lovers & Lesbians first expansion for Thirsty Sword Lesbians RPG
Featuring new settings, like Greasy Dock Goblins.
Mario Kart, F-Zero and Speed Racer inspired this futuristic racing board game
Get your Megapulse racing.
Blades in the Dark unofficial hack adds Beyblades into the RPG
Beyblades in the dark.
Pandemic, Ticket to Ride and Mysterium puzzles featured in new escape-room game
Unlock! three classic games.
Mice and Mystics creator’s next storytelling game features parental frogs and foxes
Tell some Familiar Tales.