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Magic: The Gathering Arena hits Steam in May but leaves console arrival unanswered
PC Planeswalkers.
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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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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.
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BAD BAD BAD’s mixture of Kingdom Hearts and creepypastas swerves on traditional worldbuilding in RPGs
Imagine flying a gummi ship to the Backrooms.
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D&D created its own “rather desperate” need for more dungeon masters back in 2014
Heavy is the head behind the screen.
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Mall full of D&D players teamed up to defeat Vecna and set a Guinness World Record
Adventurers retired to a lunch of soft pretzels in the food court.
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D&D’s revised Dungeon Master's Guide aims at new facilitators and Critical Role fans
Chris Perkins admits current book “throws you in the deep end of the pool”.
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Call of Duty’s board game adaptation will include a Ghost miniature and iconic multiplayer maps
Pay two bullet resources to de-escalate civilians.
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Into the Mother Lands finds new home at Expanse, Dragon Age RPG publisher
No longer adrift in RPG limbo.
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Infinity spin-off wargame Acheron’s Fall pits fleets of warships in “frenetic and dynamic battles”
Crowdfunding campaign due in late 2023.
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Arnak publisher’s new city-building board game asks if collective prosperity is worth its weight in silver
Burnish your sterling reputation.
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Gorgeous Nausicaä and Delicious in Dungeon-inspired RPG Break!! launches crowdfunding campaign
Give me an entire herd of shaggy bumpo, please.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! announces dates and location for 2023 World Championship
Separate paper TCG, Master Duel and Duel Links events will be held at Tokyo Big Sight in August.
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Boop. and Turing Machine among big winners at 2023 American Tabletop Awards
The US’ largest tabletop awards also honoured Carnegie and Planet Unknown
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New D&D board game Trials of Tempus is an eight-player arena brawl that rewards more than just violence
Brawl that glitters is gold.
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There’s magic in the air.
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Disney Lorcana’s organised play shifts focus from winning to building community
Players will earn points and collectibles for showing up, teaching rules and bringing along friends.
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Trickerion and Anachrony film rights sold to studio producing Terraforming Mars for cinema
Small boards, big screens.
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Monster Hunter World board game sequel will adapt Iceborne’s clutch claw and mid-fight turf wars
Stay frosty, hunters.
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Disney Lorcana's leaked rules show a trading card game eager to be slightly different from its peers
A tap by any other name turns just as sideways.
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Pathfinder Studio releases first draft of ORC universal roleplaying game licence for public comment
Paizo skipped Creative Commons in favour of a highly permissible and unalterable RPG licence.
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Pathfinder studio’s “first board game in more than a decade” mixes tile placement and secret objectives
Pathfinder Elemental Stones seems tied to the upcoming Rage of Elements sourcebook.
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Explore absurd fantasy tabletop RPG Troika! at half price during Melsonian Spring Sale
Starter and adventure bundles offer cheap and easy roads into this weird, Pratchett-esque world.
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Too Many Bones maker’s The Elder Scrolls board game is a more digestible Gloomhaven experience
Keep an eye on that suspicious-looking mudcrab
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Critical Role’s new space-western podcast, Midst, started as a tabletop RPG setting
No one can hear you yeehaw in space.
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Minecraft Dungeons & Dragons DLC won’t be usable in player worlds, and that’s a shame
The developer called the tabletop RPG crossover project “bespoke and purpose-built”.
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Magic: The Gathering introduces dual-faced, transforming Battle cards in March of the Machine
The first new card type since planeswalkers awards victors with a powerful reward.
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Vecna “just the beginning” of iconic villains returning for Dungeons & Dragons’ next narrative phase
The popular RPG increasingly looks beyond the tabletop to inspire its official books.
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Honor Among Thieves Secret Lair gives Chris Pine and D&D movie’s stars their own Magic: The Gathering cards
No word on Universes Within reprints in the future.
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Disney Lorcana teases Tigger and Lady Tremaine for TCG’s first release
The wonderful thing about Tiggers is they aren’t evil stepmothers.
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BattleTech breaks $4.5 million in crowdfunding for Mercenaries expansion to ‘mech wargame
BattleTech’s next expansion paves the way for tanks, advanced tactics and AI opponents.
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Free RPG Day reschedules 2023 celebration to escape shadow of MTG’s Lord of the Rings set
“We know what side the bread is buttered on for a lot of stores.”
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Arnak expansion The Missing Expedition adds two new leaders and a solo campaign to the hit board game
Journalists do not fare well in jungle environments.
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‘Inis in space’ board game Galactic Renaissance mixes portals and politics
Influence one planet, outfluence another.
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General Orders is a World War II worker placement wargame from the creators of Undaunted
David Thompson and Trevor Benjamin return with a two-player title that’s quick to learn and play
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Magic: The Gathering’s newest official format, Oathbreaker, is a Commander sibling focused on Planeswalkers
The 60-card singleton format, kicking since 2017, already boasts a healthy fan community.
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Disney Lorcana’s second TCG set will drop three months after the first
Disney’s competitor to Magic: The Gathering adopts the latter’s busy release schedule.
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MTG’s latest peek at Tales of Middle-earth set shows cards and publisher tempted by The One Ring
Serialised cards once again rear their head during an extended look at the upcoming Lord of the Rings-themed set.
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King Kong and Pacific Rim coming next for D&D 5E compatible adventure project
Mechanics for mayhem with monkeys and mechs.
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MTG reveals The One Ring and three versions of Gandalf the Grey from upcoming Lord of the Rings set
Multiple cards will explore the different ways characters present themselves throughout Tolkien’s classic fantasy epic.
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Games Workshop wants to recycle your old Warhammer miniatures and sprues
Keep Holy Terra green, for the Imperium.
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West Kingdom board game maker mix-and-matches over 100 dice in Scholars of the South Tigris
Garphill Games' latest title is another marriage of theme and engine that doesn't skimp of colourblind accomodations.
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Pathfinder to add tanuki and a horror-themed RPG adventure path with Tian Xia rulebook duo
Publisher Paizo hired dozens of additional writers to flesh out the East Asian-inspired cultures and myths of Tian Xia.
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Pathfinder studio to add narrative starship combat and revised classes in sci-fi RPG Starfinder Enhanced
Play as a kitsune or the remnants of a dying star with the upcoming sourcebook.
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Cooperative Luddite Rebellion and asymmetric food poisoning among the year’s best unpublished board games
Finalists for the 2023 Cardboard Edison showcase what may become tabletop’s next big hits.
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Avatar Legends RPG boxed starter set hits Target shelves
The official tabletop adaptation of the beloved animated series gets an exclusive release in US retail.
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Tabletop accessories maker Wyrmwood responds to allegations of mishandled sexual assault claims
CEO Douglas Costello apologises for initial “tone deaf” video response.
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Magic: The Gathering revives 14-year-old multiplayer format Planechase as a Commander offshoot
The first new Planechase cards since 2012 will come bundled with March of the Machines’ Commander precons.
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Commander Masters ‘finally’ focuses a reprint-only set on MTG’s most popular format
Expect some pants-on-bananas box prices, though.
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Magic: The Gathering borrows a few pages from Marvel for new TCG set March of the Machines
Phyrexia doesn’t stand a chance against *checks notes* a vampire riding a T-Rex?
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Project Black Flag’s first crack at a D&D replacement is more retread than reinvention
Kobold Press’ post-OGL efforts feel trapped underneath the shadow of tabletop’s maligned monolith.
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Mutant: Year Zero, Blade Runner RPG maker asks for feedback on two royalty-free tabletop licences
Free League’s Year Zero Engine will be “irrevocable, worldwide and royalty-free”
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D&D maker worried more about recession than OGL controversy’s impact on business
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks is confident the company can recapture angry and upset players.
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Disney Lorcana’s new item card, Magic Mirror, might establish its TCG bona fides
Magic Mirror on the wall, how much must I tap to draw them all?
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Tales from the Loop plans a UK-based season of tabletop RPG adventures in They Grow Up So Fast
Maybe we'll find out Thatcher's thoughts on extradimensional anomalies.
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Demiplane’s new 5E digital toolset drops D&D for independent tabletop RPG publishers
“We have no intent to be partnered with Wizards of the Coast.”
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Disney Lorcana TCG cards are already demanding five-figure price tags at auction
Mint condition D23 Collector Sets fetch prices well above $10,000 on eBay and other online marketplaces.
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Our comprehensive list of unmissable games, supplements and more crowdfunding throughout February.
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Senior D&D producer says RPG’s execs “lost sight of the impact” OGL debacle would have on community
Wizards of the Coast’s tardy response “was a delay built out of many small, good decisions”, according to Kyle Brink.
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Ruins of Symbaroum releases two new 5th Edition compatible adventure collections
So many new ways to die in the woods.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden and Limited list update aims the banhammer at Tearlaments archetype
Dry your Tearlaments.
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Morrowind-inspired Zine Month RPG Electrum Archive explores a desert city in newest edition
Sniffed any good ink lately?
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Horse Girl is a Zine Month RPG about utter submission to love and surgical transformation into a horse
Do you love me: yea or neigh?
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Scythe maker announces exploration-focused board game sequel with meteorites, corruption and more bears
Tundra-d percent ready for more Siberian adventure
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Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG’s World Championship 2023 brings back physical attendance and a dedicated Master Duel tourney
Publisher Konami has not detailed any additional safety measures for August’s world championship in Japan
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Brennan Lee Mulligan and Aabria Iyengar’s new TRPG podcast finds success well before first episode
Worlds Beyond Number’s Patreon page cracked 16,000 paid followers within the first 48 hours.
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Root and Pax Pamir creator plans to remake historical board game about Chinese opium trade
Jamming traffic for a second time.
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John Company, Pax Pamir maker to produce art installation 1819 Singapore as an actual board game
Cardboard imitating art imitating life.
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Pokémon TCG ends expansion support for Online to “devote all resources” towards Live app
Au revoir, Online.
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Mörk Borg’s next expansion, Ikhon, is a tabletop RPG “mystery box” about profane folk gods
IKHON-not wait to meet these putrid gods.
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Magic: The Gathering creator's new card game gets a UK and EU release date
SolForge Fusion announces a pre-release weekend ahead of a larger February retail opening.
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Warhammer RPG maker announces new D&D 5E compatible system alongside “tragic fantasy” setting
Broken Weave will crowdfund in February and offer first hints at Cubicle 7’s upcoming C7d20 system
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D&D abandons quest to update OGL after massive negative survey response
Publisher Wizards of the Coast instead puts even more content into the Creative Commons.
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Fifth Season RPG brings NK Jemisin’s fantasy novel trilogy to the tabletop
Start with the end of the world, then tell your own story.
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Workers at eBay-owned trading card game company TCGPlayer announce union plans
Nearly 300 workers have filed in coordination with CWA and CODE-CWA and requested voluntary recognition.
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Solo But Not Alone’s third annual bundle offers nearly 150 single-player tabletop RPGs for suicide prevention
All proceeds will benefit suicide prevention charity Jasper’s Game Day.
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Marvel Villainous adds Doctor Octopus, Titania and Kang the Conqueror to board game baddie lineup
The power of the sun in the… contents of a cardboard box.
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Gen Con 2023 drops COVID-19 vaccine requirement and mask mandate for tabletop RPG convention
Tabletop’s largest US convention relaxes health and safety precautions despite ongoing pandemic.
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D&D: Honor Among Thieves’ latest trailer runs the risk of choking on all that tongue-in-cheek
Kitchen table hijinks on a Marvel film budget.
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D&D’s latest OGL playtest releases core rules to Creative Commons but deauthorizes past version
The first official pass at D&D’s legal future will still likely upset some fans
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D&D maker apologises for OGL, will publicly playtest future versions of legal document
“Let me start with an apology. We are sorry. We got it wrong.”
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Magic: The Gathering kills five Planeswalkers and overhauls Infect in Phyrexia: All Will Be One
Well, maybe not Lukka. He deserved it.
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Disney TCG Lorcana announces 2023 release date, starter decks and booster pack details
Mulan and Hades will be included in The First Chapter when the curious new trading card game finally arrives.
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Dungeons & Dragons publisher responds to OGL criticism: “We rolled a 1”
Wizards of the Coast’s first public statement rescinds royalty tiers but leaves many questions unanswered.
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Tabletop RPG actual play allstars join forces on Worlds Beyond Number podcast
Aabria Iyengar, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Lou Wilson and Erika Ishi form the core of the first campaign
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D&D maker tightens its grip on third-party RPG books with reported OGL changes
Thousands of creators and fans angered by what’s proposed in the leaked document.
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Mad King Ludwig board game sequel trades tiles for blueprint drafting paper
Trapdoors and geese-filled moats, by royal decree!
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Explore the mythical tabletop RPG worlds of Forbidden Lands and Vaesen for $25 in new Humble Bundle
This latest offering pairs two fantastic Free League series in support of Direct Relief
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Cluedo aesthetic upgrade makes the cast of the classic whodunit board game extremely hot
Even Professor Plum. Scratch that - *especially* Professor Plum.
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OneD&D’s open gaming licence will introduce royalties for biggest creators, prevent third-party NFTs
If you make more than $750,000 a year selling D&D creations, Wizards of the Coast wants a piece of that pie.
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MTG’s Phyrexia: All Will Be One set promises to kill five important characters
Upshot is the set has more art from Junji Ito!
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BackerKit discusses challenging the 'big green K' as it moves from crowdfunding tool to competitor
From background support to leading player in crowdsourced financing.