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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Zenobia Award returns to highlight more underrepresented creators in historical tabletop design
The annual award and mentorship programme was founded in 2020 by Root creator Cole Wehrle and a team of historians and game designers.
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Pokémon apologises for "disappointment" after Pikachu Van Gogh promo card sells out in museum chaos
More cards featuring Pikachu in a grey hat will be available at Pokémon Centres in the future.
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Risk 2210 and Nexus Ops among board games slated for reprints by Vampire: The Masquerade studio
Renegade Game Studios continues scooping up publishing rights to previous Hasbro titles.
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Acclaimed mecha tabletop RPG Lancer announces second physical printing with Dark Horse Comics
Massif Press' teaming with the comic book leader could signal a huge boost in Lancer's popularity.
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Star Wars Unlimited’s prerelease sets and starter kits cleave close to MTG’s well-trodden ground
Organised play for Fantasy Flight and Disney’s upcoming TCG looks mighty familiar.
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Dungeons & Dragons creator says Planescape sourcebooks contain no AI-produced art
Wizards of the Coast isn't repeating the mistake of Bigby Presents, but we still don't know what its internal policy says.
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D&D’s Planescape adventure might begin in the same morgue as 1999 computer game
Morte isn’t interested in a group of fleshy dice rollers.
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Dimension 20 evokes Watership Down in new D&D actual play season featuring a family of stoats
Furry with a chance of sorrow.
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Netflix’s live-action Monkey D. Luffy graces his own card in the One Piece Card Game
Straw hat, cardboard.
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Planet Fist smashes Edge of Tomorrow and slice-of-life drama into a satirical combat wargame
Love must bloom on the battlefield when there is nothing else.
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Cooperative board game Zombicide infects a different comic book universe in DCeased
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... Superman's rotting corpse?
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Yellow & Yangtze designer’s next pair of board games claims to be more than European design fads
“Pure strategy” titles Cascadero and smaller companion Cascadito meld Eurogame sensibilities with attractive art and short runtimes.
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Terraforming Mars makers defend use of AI art in upcoming board game expansion amid fan grumbles
“We have and will continue to leverage AI-generated content in the development and delivery of this project.”
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MTG’s latest Festival in a Box is a better 30th anniversary celebration at a quarter of the price
Dan Frazier art on classic cards and a Mystery Booster box without the four-figure price tag is still damning with faint praise.
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RuneScape Kingdoms RPG will use a new system that “captures the unique magic” of classic MMO
Pre-order now for free armour trimming - totally legit.
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Creator of MTG’s Commander format Sheldon Menery has passed away
“Godfather of Commander” remembered by family, friends and TCG players worldwide.
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The Lost Bay is a fever dream of ‘90s suburban horror channeled through dice and slick mechanics
Play in the weed-choked graveyard of the neo-liberal American dream.
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Board game designer duo charged in Gen Con theft of Magic: The Gathering cards worth $300,000
Alleged thieves could face up to six years in prison alongside $10,000 in fines.
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Comedy RPG Coffee & Chaos lets your D&D characters run a cafe and uses cutlery instead of dice
Give your heroic adventurers a stressful day job in food management - what could go wrong?
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Infinite Revolution is a hyper-fast RPG for fans of Utena, Kamen Rider and existential anxiety
You breathe stardust. You eat darkness. You guard dreams. You bleed light.
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The Magnus Archives’ tabletop RPG cracks $1m, releases an anemic quickstart primer
Fans of the horror podcast might be tempted, but there’s little in the free document to sell longtime hobbyists on Monte Cook Games’ latest adaptation.
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Dungeon Crawl Classic’s massive Humble Bundle crams 75 RPG books into a $25 deal
You’ll be rolling dice 'til next summer.
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Flesh and Blood team with YouTube’s Tolarian Community College for a Commander-esque multiplayer set
The beginner friendly set enshrines Brian “The Professor” Lewis on his own hero card.
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Dimension 20 announces a spate of D&D actual play live shows in the UK and Ireland
Confusing ticket sale system left fans believing shows sold out in a matter of seconds.
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$300,000 worth of MTG cards stolen from Gen Con 2023 have been recovered
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police expect to file charges against the suspected thieves soon.
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Development on Witcher 4 video game sends The Witcher RPG into hiatus
R. Talsorian Games’ Cody Pondsmith says “The Witcher TTRPG line is not dead” but don’t expect big, new books in the near future.
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Hans Niemann resolves $100m lawsuit against Magnus Carlsen and Chess.com out of court
Niemann will be allowed to take place in tournaments, while Hikaru Nakamura continues to stir the pot.
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Classic RPG Mutant Chronicles goes noir gumshoe in mystery-focused Luna City Blues
Moon-based mysteries.
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Cyberpunk and Witcher RPG maker teases new tabletop project condenamed Blue Moon
R. Talsorian Games will reveal more information about Project: Blue Moon on August 31st.
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Warhammer’s Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin RTS announces release date and third playable faction
Step into the crackling, golden suit of Sigmar's armour on November 17th.
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Phandelver and Below promises a nostalgic romp through Dungeons & Dragons 5E’s beginnings
You can’t go back home to old Phandalin.
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Board game giant Asmodee’s corporate owner allegedly loses $2bn deal with Saudi Arabian partner
Savvy Gaming Group, a public investment fund attached to the Saudi government, reportedly pulled out on the eve of the deal.
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Fan-made Lorcana digital app gives the Disney TCG the Hearthstone treatment
Disney lawyers: do not interact.
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X-Wing meets LEGO miniatures game Snap Ship Tactics releases a starter set into retail next month
Comes with versus, co-op and solo mode against a card-powered AI.
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Challengers followup opts for beach-themed name for standalone competitive deckbuilder
Sand, surf and sequels
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Dolmenwood is mushroom-infested Old School Essentials by way of British Isles folklore
Spore me a pint, adventurer.
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Take up a life of space piracy with this Humble Book Bundle for sci-fi RPG Traveller
Do spacecrafts have poop decks?
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Dimension 20 resumes production of RPG actual play series after SAG-AFTRA contract clarification
Dropout CEO Sam Reich gives Mulligan and co. the go-ahead to roll more dice on-camera.
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Werewolf: the Apocalypse 5E writer alleges racist and belittling treatment by White Wolf staff
Writing team reportedly asked to create “a player’s guide to being a Nazi werewolf”
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Dungeons & Dragons maker will revise AI-processed artwork in upcoming sourcebook
Midjourneys in the Forgotten Realms.
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Magic: The Gathering announces a fourth booster pack type releasing with Assassin’s Creed crossover
Four-barreled booster fun.
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A Wild West set, Modern Horizons 3 and Ravnica Remastered lead Magic: The Gathering’s 2024 releases
A standalone Ravnica Clue crossover and a Haunted Mansion-themed set are also planned.
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The One Ring RPG delves too deep in upcoming Moria - The Long Dark campaign expansion
They are, in fact, calling it a mine.
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Indigenous RPG Coyote & Crow wins 2023 Diana Jones Award
Tabletop's oddest-looking award honours this year's "excellence in gaming" and emerging designers with a new resin pyramid.
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MTG’s Wilds of Eldraine reprints several powerful enchantments as anime girls (and one goose)
Honk if you love powerful animated women.
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TCGPlayer Union slams eBay with Unfair Labour Practice action for allegedly stalling negotiations
The union will join New York Senator John Mannion for a press conference discussing eBay union-busting tactics.
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Card Kingdom Union approves contract between employees and upper management of TCG seller
Vice President Bob Woods says the company will “honour the union process and employee voices”.
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Magic: The Gathering’s return to Eldraine trades Arthurian knights for fairy tales
Things are looking Grimm.
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Pikachu Happy Meals reportedly return to McDonald’s, along with 15 Pokémon TCG cards
The latest batch of fast food critters include recent starters Sprigatito, Fuecoco, Quaxly.
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Feature: Tabletop creators struggle to plot their future amidst Twitter’s still-burning ashes
The death of the bird app at the hands of Elon Musk leaves designers big and small in the lurch.
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Neopets Battledome brings the digital pets back to trading card games after 17 years
The Aughts are back, cardboard style.
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Magic: The Gathering’s 2024 sets teased at SDCC and it includes a colossal goose hydra
Yes, we all want that little mouse to be a Redwall teaser.
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Trigun Stampede joins My Hero Academia and Cowboy Bebop in UniVersus CCG’s new Challenger Series
Publisher Jasco Games rebrands as UVS amid popular anime set reprints.
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Fill the late-nite airwaves with music and meaning in playlist-building solo RPG VOID 1680 AM
Caller, you’re on the air.
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Magic: The Gathering’s baffling teaser ignites rumours of Reserved List shenanigans
Players wonder if the trading card game publisher plans to sell their own proxies.
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Pathfinder studio pushes several RPG books into 2024 amid relocation and website upgrades
CEO Jim Butler said Pathfinder and Starfinder material had to move to 2024 to make room for for ORC licence sourcebooks.
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Tarot-based RPG Likeness Machines pits a struggling actor against their corporate AI replacement
All proceeds from the satirical biography game support WGA and SAG-AFTRA workers on the picket line.
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Pokémon TCG’s Scarlet & Violet 151 set revives nostalgic holofoil card treatment
Nostalgia never looked so shiny.
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Fabula Ultima, Pasión de las Pasiones and Trophy make 2023 ENnie Awards best RPG shortlist
Avatar Legends and Blade Runner swamped by a sea of smaller tabletop titles in this year’s nomination round.
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Chill village-building board game Dorfromantik takes home Spiel des Jahres 2023
Mysterium Kids and Challengers! among other winners at one of tabletop’s biggest awards
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Flesh and Blood’s 2023 world championship follows record turnout for new Dusk till Dawn set
That pound of flesh is increasing in value.
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Critical Role announces return to UK for Mighty Nein reunion show and MCM London
The actual play stars’ first international show reconvenes fan-favourite characters one more time.
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MTG’s Commander Masters set charges a king’s ransom for a mixed bag
"That's clearly a proposition for absolute suckers."
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Risk Strike sells a 20-minute version of the classic world domination board game, sans world map
Pocket-sized Genghis Khan simulator.
