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The largest names in tabletop actual play voice support for workers’ rights even if their shows aren’t immediately affected.
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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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Map-drawing RPG Border Riding is The Quiet Year meets Scottish land wars
Landmark my words.
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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.
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Marvel Multiverse slings across the Spider-Verse in new expansion to comic book RPG
What a… sticky web we weave.
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Coyote & Crow maker’s new semi-cooperative board game only has a winner if nobody loses
Meeples for all the peoples.
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King’s Dilemma, Evergreen publisher to handle neighbourhood building board game Sunrise Lane
Reiner Knizia’s latest design goes back to an old well - civic planning
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre’s asymmetric board game casts all but one player as horror film victims
Don’t try the local barbecue.
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I gave all my lunch money to Zeus.
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Roll20’s PocketQuest 2023 game jam sent more than 50 tabletop designers to space camp, sort of.
This is Ground Control to Player Tom.
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Take a look at Dark type-shifted Charizard and other Pokémon from upcoming Obsidian Flame card set
A fiery Eiscue is among the odd Tera-type cards.
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Gloomhaven’s bite-sized board game Buttons & Bugs coming from Mountains of Madness designer
Finally, a Gloomhaven box below lethal throwing weight.
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Magic: The Gathering’s one-of-a-kind The One Ring has been found and graded
PSA gave the highly coveted card from Tales of Middle-earth a Mint 9 rating.
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Sokka gang won't need bending to win.
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Hell is mouldering yellow wallpaper.
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Kickstarter steps further away from a blockchain future but stops short of promises
The crwodfunding company's Community Advisory Council might have pulled that particular bacon out of the frying pan.
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War of the Ring: The Card Game maker expands its RPG footprint with indie book Fantasy World
Powered by the genre-specific Apocalypse.
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Bridgerton board game readies for a turn within the Netflix series adaptation machine
Scandals, suitors and the search for a good licensed board game.
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New Walking Dead and Invincible board games celebrate the comic series’ shared 20th anniversary
Mantic Games returns to the Walking Dead well and picks up adult-bent Superhero series Invincible for its trouble.
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Nausicaa meets Mad Max RPG Eco Mofos!! does climate post-apocalypse with a heavy dose of hope
“Weirdhope not Grimdark”.
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West Kingdom trilogy makers return to the North Sea to remake the board game that started it all
Righting the shipwrights.
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Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair pulls scenes from Ralph Bakshi’s Lord of the Rings
Respect to the OG big screen Hobbits and elves.
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Pathfinder, Cyberpunk and Boop win big at 2023 Origins Awards
The people love cat hijinks on a bed.
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Warhammer 40k tourney organisers have already fixed “nearly 100” balance problems with 10th Edition
The brand new rules are causing chaos in the competitive scene. No, not that kind of chaos.
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Magic: The Gathering creators ditch ‘tribal’ at urging of cultural consultants
Mark Rosewater explains the switch to 'typal' won't affect anything but official messaging.
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Cowboy Bebop RPG’s faithful recreation of the jazzy, sci-fi anime is now available
Mana Project Studio takes a crack at bringing Spike & Co. to the tabletop
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Avatar Legends, Dragonbane and Heckin’ Good Doggos among no-cost games for Free RPG Day 2023
Easy intros into bending elements, petting dogs and delving into all manner of dungeons.
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Adventure Time’s official RPG will let you play as Finn, Marceline or wholly original characters
A “Yes, And” mechanic drives collaborative storytelling that doesn’t rely on a bunch of maths
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Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG to revamp starter decks and release two new sets by end of 2023
Calendar full of cardboard.
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Sushi Go spinoff fills the the table with rotating steamer baskets and family style dishes
Steamed dumplings are serious business
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Surgery scars, stretch marks added to Hero Forge’s digital miniature maker
“Scars are stories of survival,” the company says.
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Gloomhaven Digital is coming to Nintendo Switch later this year
Dungeon running on the go.
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Thousand-Year-Old Vampire RPG adaptation adds keepsake creation and collaborative play
Nothing better than suffering the curse of eternity with your closest friends.
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Root creator Cole Wehrle, indigenous RPG Coyote & Crow among finalists for 2023 Diana Jones Award
The pyramid-shaped award for “excellence in gaming” also includes a journalist for the first time.
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Do mecha dream of electric sheep?
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Exploding Kittens reimagines Dobble as a chaotic, pancake-themed party game
Who ordered the shortstack with cactus and raw ribeye?
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Required literature for the common Astartes.
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A replayable Zone Survival Mode won’t be included in the base game post-crowdfunding.
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Bad Baby Lich Lords relaunches crowdfunding for ‘Saturday morning cartoon’ competitive card game
Deathly mayhem, round 2
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New Pokémon TCG expansion brings original 151 to Scarlet & Violet - including Kadabra
This special set marks Kadabra’s first appearance since magician Uri Gellar’s infamous lawsuit over bent spoons.
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Hashbrowns, pancakes and two brains over easy.
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Whoever finds the golden ticket will also enjoy a free holiday to Valencia and at least one solid meal.
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Anti-Imperialist RPG Bundle funds solidarity kitchens by selling LATAM tabletop RPGs
Food for thought, er... THAC0.
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A relatively small but passionate part of the tabletop industry strives to catch the attention of the rest of the world.
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‘NuTSR’ files for bankruptcy, freezing legal disputes with Dungeons & Dragons publisher
Lawsuits between Wizards of the Coast and the latest reanimation of TSR will stay on hold as the latter company liquidates assets.
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Monopoly has lost favour with Gen Z compared to other age groups, says survey
Millennials dominate the hobbyist demographic, but their generational juniors aren’t far behind
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Games Workshop: 1. Scalpers: 0. Players: also 0.
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Shut down "dodgebrawl” video game Knockout City lives on thanks to a free tabletop RPG adaptation
The future of Knockout City the video game might be an open question, but the hits can continue around your gaming group's table.
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Online sale at Target and Amazon include a wealth of great tabletop titles.
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New Pathfinder video game will deliver Vampire Survivors gameplay in a fantasy RPG wrapper
Bullet hell, sans bullets.
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War of the Ring: The Card Game maker announces price and date for Against the Shadow expansion
Google: Route me to Mt. Doom in incognito mode, please.
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Equal parts cheeky and deadly serious in its send-up of corporate overreach and work's stranglehold over our lives.
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You're joking, you're joking. I can't believe my eyes!
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Dungeons & Dragons lead designer says 2024 rulebooks will “prepare the game for its next decade”
D&D's publisher wants to see 5th Edition learn to drive and buy its first beer.
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Trading card vendor posts $1 million bounty for MTG’s serialised The One Ring card
Like a golden Wonka ticket, except nobody should pay $33 for a chocolate bar.
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Battletech community ousts Reddit mods after Pride Month zine bigotry
Catalyst Game Labs steps in to create a new, official subreddit.
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Pathfinder maker’s Open RPG Creative Licence enters final draft and feedback period
This is your last chance to submit corrections and comments before the licence heads to the US Library of Congress.
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Feature: Candela Obscura’s first mystery will be solving the horror RPG’s identity crisis
The first new tabletop RPG from Critical Role feels more like Diet Blades with a splash of Vaesen.
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Warhammer 40,000’s streamlined 10th Edition rules drops as a free download
The 60-page document covers new datasheet layout, universal stratagems and building an army
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Monster Care Squad, Glitter Hearts, Cantrip and more are combined with a heap of video games, comics and zines.
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Pathfinder ejects Drow from official lore, says too “deeply enmeshed” in D&D identity
Golarion’s Darklands will trade spider-worshipping elves for snake people.
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Here’s a look at the (Sol) Rings of Power in MTG’s Tales of Middle-earth
Four rings for commanders in their “totally power level 7” pods
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PaizoCon announces post-Remaster Pathfinder books, mech and kaiju adventures for Starfinder
The tabletop RPG’s formal split from OGL begins with Rage of Elements in August
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MTG’s four Lord of the Rings Commander decks pits Elven politics against a very chunky Sauron
And to the Command Zone, exile them.
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Board game executive apologises for sexist reply to Wingspan creator’s criticism of industry sexism
AEG’s Ryan Dancey tells tabletop players to “hold me accountable” for publishing projects from underrepresented groups.
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Play the RPG behind Critical Role’s newest show with a free quickstart for Candela Obscura
The quickstart contains an introductory assignment and five pregenerated characters.
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Scarlet & Violet - Obsidian Flames expansion brings Dark-type Charizard to the Pokémon TCG
Tera Pokémon ex will sport different types and weaknesses along with their crystalline crowns
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Dungeons & Dragons tosses out One D&D label but struggles to define next chapter.
Just don't call it 6th Edition.
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Pathfinder Nexus’ open beta brings the RPG that much closer to digital D&D parity
Free accounts can create and save up to seven discrete characters.
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All books will be published under the previously announced higher price tag.
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Tales of the Valiant reimagines 5E roleplay with “cooler spellcasting” and less burden on GMs
Kobold Press’ Project Black Flag sets sail as a fully fledged RPG ruleset.
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Dungeons & Dragons increases price of printed books despite continuous financial success
Higher physical book prices begin later in 2023 while digital editions remain solid, for now.
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Battletech, Shadowrun maker spins up a dedicated board game division for future projects
The first title will be a personal project from the son of a veteran employee.
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Cardboard Edison 2023 winner is a puzzly board game about microscopes, mosaics and algae
Plankton can be beautiful, too.
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Dungeons & Dragons players torn on playtest Druid and Wild Shape because history is cyclical
Unclear if these are the same players who don’t want paladins smiting from across the room.
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Dark Souls, Elden Ring board game maker cut one-third of employees in recent “restructure”
Nearly 20 workers at Steamforged Games were hit with redundancies and left shocked.
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D&D’s free, 24-hour streaming channel will feature improv, cooking shows and independent creators
Dungeons & Dragons Adventures gives classic cartoons and RPG creators a home on television
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Feature: What are you playing this weekend? Here’s what we’ve been playing!
From real history to great fiction.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG prepares for World Championship with Duel Links and Master Duel freebies
Start walking the road to Tokyo Big Sight.
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Breath of the Wild-inspired board game Leviathan Wilds returns to crowdfunding with tighter focus
Be runnin' up that bull. Be runnin' up that snake. Be runnin' up that big crab.
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Voices speaking from the other side... of the screen.
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Magic: The Gathering extends Standard card rotation window in a bid to revive staple format
No current card sets will rotate out until 2024.
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Feature: What are you playing this weekend? Here’s what we’ve been playing!
Trains, guns and Japanese warfare.
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Magic: The Gathering publisher hires Pinkerton to seize leaked cards from YouTuber’s house
A mistaken sell leads private investigators to intimidate and threaten an individual and his wife.
