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Chase Carter
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Allegations of abuse, mistreatment and long overdue payment continue to surface.
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The employees plan to take a day off on June 29th to “show solidarity that Hasbro will not.”
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Ted Lasso and Parks & Recreation party games transform the sitcoms into sit down and play.
The football die is admittedly clever.
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Munchkin maker CEO and Stray Fawn Studio co-founder discuss the hopes and goals they want to bring to the popular platform’s attention.
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Alien and Symbaroum among discounted TRPGs during Free League’s summer sale
Hot weather, hot deals.
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Critical Role launches a record label to produce a fantasy ambiance soundtrack
Dragon-slaying tunes.
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Owner of board game behemoth Asmodee says not to worry about $1bn investment from Saudi Arabia
‘We have the opportunity to bring the world closer together through gaming.’
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Workers at Seattle Mox Board House location follow Card Kingdom in forming union
The tabletop retail/restaurant hybrid’s are calling for cost-of-living pay and better treatment by management.
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Backerkit launches its own crowdfunding platform with nearly 40 planned projects
The newest competitor in the crowdfunding scene will open more broadly in 2023 with a Gloomhaven exclusive.
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Munchkin publisher CEO among members of Kickstarter's community advisory council
Reining in the crowdfunding platform’s blockchain dreams will only be one of their expressed duties.
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Funko purchases collectibles company and Unmatched publisher Mondo from Alamo Drafthouse
The collectibles arm of the cinema chain reportedly kept Alamo afloat during the pandemic.
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Industrial Cyberpunk TRPG Gangs of Titan City is Peaky Blinders meets Spire and Blades in the Dark
Top of humanity’s trash heap.
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D&D 5E goes for a pint with Local Legends in next Epic Encounters miniatures set
You begin in a tavern full of raging owlbear minis.
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Build a little lighthouse in your soul.
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Magic: The Gathering reveals Unfinity’s updated release date in Wingdings, of course
Cheeky wizards are the worst.
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Magic: The Gathering boots two format-dominating cards out of Pioneer
Expressive Iteration joins the Joiner of Forces in cardboard prison.
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Grab Wingspan’s digital port and accompanying DLC for a song on GOG
The birdy board game is half off, and expansion prices enjoy a slight haircut.
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Ruins of Symbaroum is one of the best D&D 5E adaptations yet, but it comes at a cost
Gain 2 permanent corruption for using the Fifth Edition ritual.
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Queer Games Bundle strives to earn a living wage for marginalized artists in the tabletop RPG space
The Pride Month sale offers nearly 600 games, supplements, books and music for $60.
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Ray will host a one-shot actual play of A Familiar Problems with guests from Critical Role, Dimension 20 and RuPaul’s Drag Race.
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Bundle for Buffalo combines nearly 200 RPGs for community support in wake of deadly shooting
Proceeds from the sale will be donated to Buffalo-based Black Love Resists in the Rust.
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FLCL-inspired tabletop RPG Empty Cycle is all small towns, big robots and bigger angst
Nothing amazing ever happens here.
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Blaseball’s official card game combines dice rolling with peanuts, excellent art and Vibes
The commissioner is doing a great job.
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Explore the horrors of D&D’s darkest timeline in Doomed Forgotten Realms setting guide
My world’s on fire. How ‘bout yours?
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Dungeons & Dragons sourcebook Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel hit with one month delay
Publisher Wizards of the Coast blames the setback on “production issues”.
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Unpack the dearly departed’s past in thoughtful but quirky solo RPG Why the F*** Did They Keep This?
Cluttered attic, cluttered heart.
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Root and Oath creator’s new board game, Arcs, splits its campaign mode into an expansion
Now crowdfunding on Kickstarter, Arcs will sell both pieces of the original design separately
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Catan expansions Seafarers and Cities & Knights will make the $400 jump to 3D
And prehistoric Settlers of the Stone Age will reboot as Catan – Dawn of Humankind.
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Sapphic and sharp tabletop RPG Thirsty Sword Lesbians wins Nebula Award for best game writing
This one’s for the girls bearing steel.
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New Wizkids miniatures look a lot like Dungeons & Dragons cartoon characters, all grown up
The set of five will come packaged in the new D&D starter set Dragons of Stormwreck Isle.
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Dark Souls RPG publisher announces release dates for corrected books
Digital versions land in June, but physical copies won't ship until October.
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Dark Souls RPG previews plan to create a line of boss, NPC and player miniatures
Ah…Chosen Undead. Thou art but plastic.
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Acclaimed AD&D adventure Dark Tower gets a hefty and faithful three-volume reprinting
Players can delve through the classic crawl using either DCC or D&D 5E’s ruleset
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TTRPG for Reproductive Rights bundles nearly 300 games to support US abortion rights
All proceeds will benefit Planned Parenthood and the National Network of Abortion Funds
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MTG event host Star City Games lambasted after dropping safety requirements for upcoming convention
SCG CON Syracuse will not require proof of vaccination amid a growing number of positive COVID-19 cases in the region.
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MTG’s Battle for Baldur’s Gate set treats Commanders like D&D Characters
Background cards trick out a deck’s star player and give access to more Mana colours.
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I’m going to accidentally eat the Azul: Master Chocolatier board game pieces
Really puts the “Ow!” in cacao powder.
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Pristine sets of Pokémon TCG’s Jungle and Fossil expansions appear at auction
All 126 cards from the English Base set are graded PSA 10
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“They cannot retain staff for the life of them. These people quit on the spot or just walk out because the job sucks.”
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A disappointing reminder that digital licences do not equal ownership
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel’s Fusion Festival in-game event begins today
It takes two (or more).
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Winota’s second no-go, and strike three for Tibalt’s Trickery.
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MTG’s Starter Decks provide beginners a snapshot of the past year in cardboard, warts and all
Vampires and werewolves and… cyberninjas, oh my?
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RPGs for Reproductive Justice Bundle collects nearly 60 tabletop games to fundraise abortion access
All proceeds of the bundle will benefit the National Network of Abortion Funds
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Robert Pattinson’s emo Bat headlines Batman Miniature Game’s new two-player starter box
Vengeance for two, please.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel updates the digital TCG’s Forbidden and Limited list, teases Fusion Festival
Have fun exploring the Shadow Realm, conquistador.
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PBS science staple NOVA inspired this board game designed (in part) by an astronaut
Alexa devices can play the parts of mission control and announcer
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Snag Concordia, Charterstone and other digital board games during Acram’s spring sale
Trading, trains and trying to find a word for cute mountainside villages
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Primal Quest travels back to the Stone Age for an RPG full of dinosaurs, magic and myths
D&D, but both letters stand for dinos.
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We Deal in Lead is a Cairn-based RPG take on Stephen King’s The Dark Tower
Aim with your eye; roll with your mind.
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Children of Uma puts RPG players in the driver’s seat of the post-apocalypse
We’re not in Kansas any– what? We *are* in Kansas?
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New card-based RPG from Fiasco creator tells folk horror stories about dying badly
The Quiet Year and For the Queen meets “a dark and unmerciful heart”.
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MTG’s Pride Month Secret Lair celebrates LGBTQIA2S+ players and characters
Half of each sale will be donated to The Trevor Project.
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Pokémon GO-themed TCG expansion’s card art will portray the critters in the real world
From concrete to cardboard.
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Runescape board game Shadow of Elvarg announces date for Kickstarter campaign
Dust off those old partyhats.
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Take a break from Twitter and send letters to friends with these epistolary RPGs
Give your thumbs a break and patron your local postal service.
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Feature: These indie RPGs create compelling mysteries by asking players to tack evidence to the wall
This whole box is Pepe Silvia!
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Employees at MTG retailer Card Kingdom unionise for better pay and company transparency
"Management openly admits that our current system is broken, and yet there are no offers for solutions."
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Sleeping Gods’ sequel board game Distant Skies will build on the success of the original
Gamefound crowdfunding campaign has already surpassed $1,000,000
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Magic Arena’s new Explorer format will eventually evolve into Pioneer
Hear that? It’s the sound of pitchforks and torches being lowered.
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DIE the RPG announces return to Kickstarter for comic’s tabletop adaptation
DIE-ing from anticipation.
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Passover RPG Ma Nishtana lets players tell a collaborative Exodus ritual
“This is a story for all of us: Jews, non-Jews, and the Jew-’ish’ alike.”
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Dungeons & Dragons may see future crossovers with other brands through D&D Beyond
The “E” in 5E stands for everything.
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Magic: The Gathering increases booster prices, points blame at rising industry costs
All three boosters, plus Commander decks, will increase in price by "around 11%" by September.
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Old Gods of Appalachia RPG contends with dark powers in the mountain region’s alternate past
Gather ‘round for a story, family.
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Hasbro purchases digital toolset D&D Beyond from Fandom
D&D and DDB, together at last.
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Lost Ruins of Arnak and Cascadia clinch wins at 2022 American Tabletop Awards
Dicebreaker editorial revolts over Oath snubbing.
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Blades in the Dark publisher crowdfunds Improv for Gamers 2E on Gamefound
Learn to "yes, and" your dungeon delving.
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Grannies versus cosmic horror RPG Brindlewood Bay crowdfunds two physical books
Cthulhu fht–agh! My back!
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Magic: The Gathering Arena is great for Wizards of the Coast, bad for players
Counting cards, counting dollars.
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Cyanide & Happiness left Kickstarter for Gamefound, but don’t call it a breakup
"It's amazing competitors are finally emerging because Kickstarter is not perfect."
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Bleak and lonely tabletop RPG Death in Space now available through Free League Workshop
Hard work in the hard vacuum.
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Magic: The Gathering just returned Pro Tour from the graveyard
The Pioneer format will be highlighted at the first regional championship round.
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The Dragon Prince’s new TRPG Tales of Xadia bridges the animated show’s third and fourth season
Roleplay on the Wyrm-Wide Web.
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Cortex Prime’s second pass at a community licence directly addresses public criticism
The new document explicitly states who does - and does not - own fan-created content.
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Kickstarter CEO Aziz Hasan steps down after three years
Chief Operating Officer Sean Leow has been named interim CEO.
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Magic: The Gathering Arena addresses economy complaints with $50 wildcard bundle
The short, and constant, answer was technology.
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Commander decks for MTG Streets of New Capenna will be in short supply at launch
All five crime family-themed decks have suffered setbacks “due to supply chain issues.”
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Games Workshop ends sales of Warhammer 40k and Age of Sigmar to Russia
“We are terribly saddened by the horrific events taking place in Ukraine.”
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Kickstarter opens applications for paid positions on a community advisory council
Members will help the crowdfunding company make decisions regarding blockchain tech, among other user-focused issues.
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Revenge TRPG The Slow Knife is Count of Monte Cristo with a red-string conspiracy board
Prepare those villainous monologues.
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“The Jurassic World board game is a really great representation of how far we can chase our dreams.”
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Prospero Hall’s dino-centric legacy game doesn’t make players dig deep to find fun.