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Citadels designer’s next card game lets players concoct their own win conditions
Clowning around.
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Grab 60+ indie RPGs on Itch.io and help designers create better-looking games
Itch.io bundle runs until February 1st.
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Warhammer previews new Kill Team set, next Broken Realms expansion and 40K’s biggest-ever mech
Horus Wait-and-see.
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Warhammer Quest’s next board game entry brings corpses and curses to the tabletop
Rave in the grave.
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Expand your RPG art library with Vampire: The Masquerade, Symbaroum and more during DriveThruComics’ book sale
Inspiration for your next setting - or just something for the coffee table.
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Magic: The Gathering Arena details mobile early access and future updates
At the tap of your fingers.
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Funagain Games CEO steps down after retailer’s employees decry sexist comments
Jeff DeBoer has relinquished control of the company, but many call for divestment.
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Night Market is a Eurogame that wants to celebrate the food stalls of Taiwan
Hungry, hungry meeples.
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Gun&Slinger lets you play a sentient, magical gun in the RPG’s weird and dangerous world
Go fish, pardner.
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Our Shores designers want their Kickstarter to be the first wave of Southeast Asian RPGs going mainstream
Together, they hope to overcome national restrictions and find a deserving audience.
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Marco Polo publisher will no longer work with Daniele Tascini following “racist remarks”
Future sales of his games will benefit anti-racist charities.
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Remix Monopoly, Cluedo and other classics into better games with hack collection A Fine Mend
Milton Bradley, eat your heart out.
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Teotihuacan publisher cuts ties with designer over “racist remarks” and ‘failed’ apology
Tzolk’in co-creator Daniele Tascini faces criticism from the community, as well.
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Mörk Borg Cult: Heretic binds a zine full of chaotic community content for the brutal RPG
Malicious and delicious.
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Digital RPG convention Virtual Horror Con keeps things spooky - and safe - next month
Creeping onto your screen February 19th through 21st.
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Classic starter Pokémon cards return for the TCG’s 25th anniversary
Squirtle Squad, ride or die.
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Origins Games Fair 2021 postpones return of in-person convention until autumn
Columbus-based convention will run from September 30th to October 3rd.
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Above and Below, along with other Red Raven games, is getting audio narration
Alexa, play my board game mix.
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A new board game from Star Wars: Rebellion designer melds comics, codebreaking and ‘90s teens
More than pulp fiction.
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Sub Terra creators Kickstart an interactive story set in a post-apocalyptic wilderness
Fallout sans American chauvinism.
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Uno celebrates its 50th anniversary with new decks and $50,000 world championship
Say Happy Birthday or draw 25.
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Solo RPG bundle raises funds for tabletop-focused suicide prevention organisation
Jasper’s Game Day will receive and direct the proceeds from the Itch.io bundle.
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Dungeons & Dragons publisher Wizards of the Coast sued by Dragonlance authors
Upcoming trilogy cancelled following alleged breach of contract.
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Games Workshop introduces, then appears to erase, Age of Sigmar’s first non-binary human character
Copywriting mistake or performative snafu speedrun?
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Troikafeld! is a Seinfeld RPG zine that you now have another chance to grab
Worlds are colliding!
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Root will introduce a rat warlord, badgers and modular rules in fourth - and possibly final - expansion
Leder Games developers also discuss upcoming Oath and designing around feature bloat.
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Be A Better Cyberpunk bundle collects several RPGs - and other works - for the same price as 2077
Those facing financial insecurity can pick up the same games for a fractional cost.
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Cthulhu Wars: Duel distils Miskatonic mayhem into a travel-ready, two-player clash
Old Ones for two.
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Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall hops into your home with a print-and-play version
Takeaway terror.
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X-Wing 2E senior dev Max Brooke leaves Fantasy Flight Games after nine years
Known for work on Star Wars games and Legend of the Five Rings RPG.
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Pathfinder sourcebook Humble Bundle unleashes demons and dragons from $5 for a good cause
Pay what you want for classic creatures and fearsome foes.
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Cyberpunk by Asian Creators game jam spotlights neon-and-chrome tabletop RPGs without the racism
Imagining their own dystopian future.
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Warhammer 40,000’s mobile app adds army building with Battle Forge beta
Games Workshop is offering a free month to test the feature.
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V-Commandos redeploys in 2021 with miniatures and new gameplay modes
Plus, an update on the status of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood of Venice.
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Doikayt anthologises a dozen tabletop RPGs from Jewish creators
Including “an iconic two-player game about being in a literal wrestling match with god”.
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‘First Inuit-designed board game’ Nunami strives for a natural balance
Always make room for polar bears.
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Magic: The Gathering YouTuber sells $140,000 worth of rare cards for charity
Funds supported Saving Our Sons and Sisters International and the Trans Women of Color Collective.
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This smart wargaming table wants to do all the complex thinking for you
Computer: engage Waagh! protocol.
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House of Cats adds a social deduction bent to the roll-and-write formula
Several floors of fluffy mischief.
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Flash Gordon board game headlines a 40-year celebration of the campy cult-classic film
Flash, I love you! But we only have fourteen hours to play this game!
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Magic: The Gathering’s Secret Lair looks to 2021 with art from Saga’s Fiona Staples and Ultimate Edition 2
2020 was just a drop in the bucket.
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Arkham Horror LCG delivers another new parallel investigator and print-and-play scenario
One bloody night, order up!
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Quest RPG’s narrated rulebook melds tutorial, actual play and scripted audio drama
Aural adventures, ahoy.
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Kids on Brooms RPG ditches collaboration in favour of spell-slinging in card game Duel of the Wands
Like fencing, but with more sparks.
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One Deck Dungeon publisher's Kickstarter game Good Puppers potentially lost at sea
Card-over-board.
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Colonial Marines Operations Manual enlists players for new Alien RPG adventures next March
Another glorious play in the Corps.
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Trismegistus skips the box with Roll & Write edition you can print and play at home
At-home alchemy that won’t stain the carpet.
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New Metallica Monopoly gives fans a chance to hoard Metalli-bucks and play as a toilet
Master of property pulling their pursestrings.
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Blades in the Dark creator John Harper talks Chamber, Paragon and new details on his Fast & Furious-inspired RPG
Life one quarter of a hack at a time.
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Warhammer Underworlds: Direchasm brings two new factions to the miniatures board
Four additional Warcry bands and sourcebooks are also on the way.
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Southlands sends Dungeons & Dragons to mythical Egypt in updated setting from Kobold Press
Promises a more informed and thoughtful take on North Africa this time around.
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Star Trek: Discovery stars share their exploits and lessons from playing Dungeons & Dragons together
Boldly Action/Bonus/Moving where no one has gone before.
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Blades in the Dark designer unveils Chamber, a sci-fi RPG setting inspired by X-Files and Control
Secure. Contain. Playtest.
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“It's more important for us to be deeply loved than to be deeply successful”: How dark fantasy RPG Blackbirds took flight
Lead designer Ryan Verniere talks team building and trusting vision to others.
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Grab Dungeons & Dragons digital sourcebooks and adventures at a discount for Cyber Monday
Digital daring-do on a dime.
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Illusionist Uri Geller relents on Kadabra’s two-decade ban from the Pokémon card game
Fans used mass email. It’s super effective!
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Board games ranked by SAGE among top COVID-19 risk factors during holiday gatherings
Seriously, just stay home.
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Here are some of the best indie RPGs to pick up on Itch.io during Black Friday
The platform is waiving revenue cuts for designers on top of regular sales.
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Pathfinder and Starfinder publisher Paizo discounts digital RPGs for Black Friday
A good opportunity to try both the fantasy and science-fiction settings.
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Weird West RPG Deadlands wrangles three adventures into a new hardcover book
Get a dog, little longy.
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Dark fantasy RPG Blackbirds brings a world of chaos and godlessness powered by Zweihänder
We’ve been waiting for this moment to arise
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Explore Scarred Lands in massive Dungeons & Dragons adventure Dead Man’s Rust
Wave goodbye to Waterdeep.
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Quest RPG designers are teasing a new card game called Queens
A standalone card game set in the Quest universe.
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Indie RPG seller Itch.io is waiving its cut of game sales for Black Friday
Save scratch when you buy from Itch.io
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You can own a replica of Dungeons & Dragons' Yawning Portal Inn next year for $350
Seriously, mind the gap.
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Dune: Adventures in the Imperium RPG reveals cover art and plans for a spring 2021 release
Tell me when they put Oscar Isaac on the cover.
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Sail the seven seas solo - or with friends - in the Ultimate Edition of Nemo’s War
Do Nautilus nonsense be something ye wish?
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Dungeons & Dragons’ first attempt to address RPG’s race problems disappoints its community
More like Rule Zero Effort.
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Kids on Bikes confront The Snallygaster Situation in new board game spin-off
In it to Schwinn it.
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Assassin's Creed: Valhalla's Viking dice game Orlog will get a physical version in 2021
Plus, a talk with co-dev game director Benoit Richer about bones, difficulty and Tabletop Simulator.
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Snag over 20 roleplaying games on Itch.io while raising funds for Trans Day of Remembrance
Donated funds will help provide food, shelter and healthcare for trans people in need.
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A new historical tabletop award wants to spotlight and mentor underrepresented voices
Winners will receive up to $4,000 and direct publisher mentorship on a prototype.
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New wargaming setting Shattered Crown stars the first all-Black WWII tank unit
Come out fighting.
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D&D miniatures maker Gale Force Nine sues RPG publisher Wizards of the Coast
Disputes over licensing and distribution have led to back and forth litigation.
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Fight Item Run melds retro video games and a modern approach to tabletop roleplaying
Don’t hoard those phoenix downs!
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Sally Phillips and James Acaster are among the comedians playing more Dungeons & Dragons for Comic Relief
Raised funds will offer COVID-19 support.
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Tsuro publisher is offering a bundle of three quick and easy board games
Spin a yarn, refeather a peacock and help some meeples home before supper.
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Warhammer 40,000’s Battleforce sets aim to be an entry point for the miniatures-curious
Start a solid army for Space Marines, Chaos Space Marines, Necrons, Astra Militarum, T’au Empire or Tyranids.
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Save a dying world without metal in dark fantasy RPG Asunder
But what do they use for belt buckles?
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Embrace the theatrics and physicality of Hibachi as you cook - or steal - the perfect meal
Making a dog’s dinner of it is the whole point.
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Creature Comforts wraps worker-placement in a cozy, family-friendly blanket
Now, where did I bury those stockings?