Chase Carter
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Chase is a freelance journalist and media critic. He enjoys the company of his two cats and always wants to hear more about that thing you love. Follow him on Twitter for photos of said cats and retweeted opinions from smarter folks.
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Flesh and Blood TCG’s upcoming Outsiders booster set promises to fight dirty
Missing a knife? Check your back.
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Dungeons & Dragons’ digital advent calendar is chock full of Dragonlance monsters
Walrus people are so in right now.
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Gloomhaven announces a tabletop RPG that will adapt the board game’s card-based mechanics
Cephalofair’s tabletop takeover launches on Backerket in 2023.
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Hexcrawl-curious adventurers should check out this toolbox of tabletop RPG aides
Crawl through the hexes and burn through the witches.
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Dungeons & Dragons replaces ‘race’ with ‘species’ in latest playtest material
The move is part of the popular RPG’s “next evolution” away from prejudicial material.
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One-page tabletop RPG Cosmic Latte raises funds for Starbucks unions
Stressful time limits and ridiculous mandates echo conditions for underpaid and overworked baristas
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Board game retailer union secures election date following “several weeks of anti-union activity”
Noble Knight Games’ ownership allegedly hired anti-union lawyers to invalidate possible voters.
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These one-page tabletop RPGs lampshade Twitter’s demise and frustrations with Mastodon
Tweeting and tooting at the end of some things.
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Feature: Role’s co-founder isn’t worried about D&D’s plans for the online RPG space
CEO and co-founder Elle Dwight talks to Dicebreaker about actual play, intimacy in streaming and the dragon-branded elephant in the room.
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Pokémon TCG Live’s beta is now available worldwide, but maybe wait on migrating
Switching from Pokémon TCG Online is a permanent decision with some baffling side effects.
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Science Fantasy RPG Troika’s new softback reprint is an excellent entry point for new players
This sourcebook is monochrome, but multi-use.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! brings big team battles to the digital field in Master Duel update
Roving gangs of duelists.
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Dungeons & Dragons implements new cultural review following Spelljammer’s racist inclusions
Cultural consultants will be offered more active and involved roles throughout development timelines.
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Warhammer 40k and Age of Sigmar receive a holiday batch of Battleforce boxes
I don’t WAAUGH a lot for Christmas.
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Cyberpunk Edgerunners RPG starter kit lets you roleplay in the animated series' Night City
Rip, hack and run through 2077's excellent prequel series.
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Heroscape may enter its own Age of Annihilation if crowdfunding fails
Another decade in the memory hole.
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves delayed in film release date switch up
Honor's not dead; just slightly off schedule
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Pokémon TCG’s Crown Zenith expansion will include shiny Charizard and alternate art Galarian Gallery
Crown Zenith, the Pokémon trading card game’s first release in 2023, launches January 20th.
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Noble Knight Games workers head to a vote after tabletop retailer denies voluntary union recognition
The Wisconsin-based retailer will now hold an official election to ratify the nascent union.
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Scalpers and buggy websites plague Magic: The Gathering’s 30th anniversary advent calendar
The latest in an wholly disappointing celebration for fans and players.
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Outcast Silver Raiders is a tabletop RPG from the Satanic Panic’s worst nightmares
The law of this land is "Do as thou wilt."
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Exploding Kittens and Penn Jillette’s new party game is for all the rotten liars
Fibbing with family.
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Lead your own Ghost Files investigation with horror-comedy tabletop RPG Ghoulboys
Does any of this bogus equipment measure sarcasm?
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Magic: The Gathering - The Brothers’ War mechanics and set details revealed
All the information you need to survive MTG’s return to the past.
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Catan World Championship will pit more than 80 players in a bid for board game glory
The competition will be appropriately held on a small island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea.
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Paldean starter trio grace Pokémon Trading Card Game boxes ahead of Scarlet & Violet
Fuecoco gang roll up.
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Bundle of Holding’s NaNoWriMo collection is an author’s trove of journaling tabletop RPGs
A PDF is worth a thousand words.
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Magic: The Gathering drops first details for 2023’s Phyrexia: All Will be One
Wait, wait! I haven't even drafted Unfinity, yet!
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Monty Python RPG nears $1m in crowdfunding for a decidedly silly take on tabletop gaming
Includes a 30-sided die, whether you like it or not.
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The Mighty Nein return to Critical Role’s table for a two-part adventure available in theatres
Both special campaign sessions will run north of four-and-a-half hours.
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This procedurally generated dungeon crawler always ends in a total party kill
Delve well and leave a half-dissolved corpse.
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Catan’s creator is writing a trilogy of novels based on his classic board game
Anybody want to trade wool for plot?
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Iron Maiden’s zombie mascot Eddie shambles into Zombicide, Ankh: Gods of Egypt board games
Publisher CMON is selling miniature Eddies designed for several of its popular tabletop series.
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MTG’s Junji Ito Secret Lair might finally pull me into the hype drop spiral
Cult hit horror mangaka illustrates four cards in MTG’s series of alternate art premium releases.
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Pokémon TCG Radiant Silver teases flashy V monsters and a radiant legendary
The last standard set in the Sword and Shield series goes out with fireworks.
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D&D documentary directed by Critical Role’s Joe Manganiello will use 400 hours of archival footage
With Wizards of the Coasts president producing, this second film will likely cleave closer to hagiography.
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New Dungeons & Dragons video game in development from renamed studio behind Dark Alliance
The untitled project from Invoke Studios will be an “original Dungeons & Dragons-inspired” video game.
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Essen Spiel keeps its early October slot for 2023 tabletop trade show
Don’t expect the COVID-19 vaccine entry requirement to return.
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The Legend of Vox Machina has been greenlit for a third season, drops a second season peek at NYCC
The Legend continues, again.
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Catan: Console Edition brings local co-op and competitive play to Playstation and Xbox in 2023
Minecraft? Nah, these bricks and sheep hit different.
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Heroscape returns with a big - and expensive - box of wargame miniatures for an Age of Annihilation
This Valhalla isn't so shiny and chrome.
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Final Fantasy VII Remake and Chocobo’s Dungeon board games in the works from Square Enix
But that’s all we really know at the mo’.
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Birdy board game Wingspan’s Asia expansion will also support solo, duet play and new Flock Mode
Pre-orders open in November of this year and will support avian rescues in Asia.
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Magic: The Gathering is set to become Wizards of the Coast’s first billion-dollar franchise
That’s one billion with a B.
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Classic board game Cluedo gets a full relaunch and murder mystery boxes in 2023
Will they add a gamer lounge to the mansion?
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Kickstarter's new CEO talks future of tabletop crowdfunding, Gamefound rivalry and blockchain plans
"We have a lot to improve on that will keep our hands full."
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Kickstarter hires Everette Taylor as CEO amid growing competition and blockchain worries
33-year-old Taylor replaces Aziz Hasan after the latter stepped down in March 2022.
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Chess Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen accuses Hans Niemann of cheating in public statement
Carlsen makes no mention of evidence, wi-fi enabled or otherwise.
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Grab D&D, Pathfinder and DIE comics for cheap and support the National Network of Abortion Funds
Humble Comics Bundle: Fantasy RPG comics focuses on tabletop-inspired stories.
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Feature: How new tabletop RPG The Zone embraced, and then kicked, AI-generated art
Journeys of self-destruction.
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MTG will favour physical releases over Arena for Brothers’ War and two following card sets
While not a permanent strategy, the change shows Wizards of the Coast is eager to return to in-person play.
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Black God’s Kiss adapts the work of sword & sorcery fiction pioneer for D&D 5E and OSE
The perilous RPG adventure republishes two of C. L. Moore’s works as short stories.
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Fake Chess inserts its own anal beads scandal with expansion to surreal chess RPG
Life imitates art imitates life.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel pairs two popular summoning strategies in latest festival
Stacking and synching and summoning and...
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MTG’s Unfinity contains attractions, stickers, hats and more - here’s how to navigate the circus
Survival guide for the greatest theme park in the multiverse
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Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive novels will get an official tabletop RPG in 2024
Fine, I'll roleplay Dalinar's bodacious booty since the miniatures are hiding the goods.
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Chapbook Co-Op’s first collaborative production is a two-player RPG chock full of textile artwork
The Weaver’s Observatory is the first proof that Chapbook Co-Op’s publishing dream could be realised.
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Idyllic village-building video game Dorfromantik gets a cooperative tabletop adaptation
I’ll be down at the pub hex tile.
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Age of Sigmar and Blood Bowl will also appear in Warhammer 40,000’s MTG crossover
At least one card will feature art from foundational illustrator John Blanche.
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D&D publisher files legal action to halt TSR’s Star Frontiers RPG and its “reprehensible content”
Wizards of the Coast’s preliminary injunction specifically calls out Star Frontiers' explicit bigotry and trademark infringement.
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DriveThruRPG sale features Blades in the Dark-inspired games at a steal
Get the crew together for one last job - buying some cheap RPGs.
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Warhammer 40,000 is closing out the Horus Heresy story after 17 years, kind of
Sixty-ish books, one huge betrayal.
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Clank! studio buys Dragon Prince RPG as Fandom exits the tabletop space
Dire Wolf Digital has acquired the Tales of Xadia licence alongside the Cortex studio and will continue development of its announced expansion.
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Disney’s new trading card game Lorcana is basically Mickey: The Gathering
Releasing globally in Fall 2023 and already planning four annual expansion sets
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Pokémon TCG rounds out Sword & Shield series with Silver Tempest expansion set
So long, Sword & Shield.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG’s new Tactical Masters expansion is full of mazes and pendulums
One of the cards is legitimately called Labrynth Labyrinth
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Homeworld Fleet Command board game promises huge fleet battles that won’t destroy an entire evening
Kharak open a cold one with the fleet.
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Rune looks like the perfect solo TRPG for those of us who need more Elden Ring in our lives
Soulsborne fun for the maidenless and mateless.
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Marvel Multiverse RPG announces June 2023 release date and accompanying adventure book
Summertime superheroes.
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Pokémon-ex cards return to the Pokémon TCG in 2023 with Scarlet & Violet series
Both of the motorcycle monsters will grace an EX-card, along with plenty others
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Dominaria United continues Magic: The Gathering’s recent trend of homecomings and betrayals
Another favourite planeswalker falls to Phyrexia
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Catan and Ticket to Ride owner adds Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit to its massive stable
The Fellowship gets Embraced.
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Into the Odd is a far port from conventional tabletop RPGs that is well worth the journey
Coal-powered adventures in a land both fantastical and filthy.
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McDonald’s current run of Pokémon Happy Meals contain a new coin-flipping battle mode
Each Happy Meal will contain a 4-card booster pack with one foil in each.
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D&D’s new Spelljammer adventure has inspired an official music album
Spelljams compilation produced by Decemberists guitarist Chris Funk.
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This D&D 5E campaign book from a team of Black creators sweeps an entire continent onto new maps
The Sundering says it focuses on inclusion at the table as much as adventure within its pages.
