News 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. Jan. 11, 2023 Chase Carter 2 comments
News Mad King Ludwig board game sequel trades tiles for blueprint drafting paper Trapdoors and geese-filled moats, by royal decree! Jan. 10, 2023 Chase Carter
Deals 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 Jan. 9, 2023 Chase Carter
News Cluedo aesthetic upgrade makes the cast of the classic whodunit board game extremely hot Even Professor Plum. Scratch that - *especially* Professor Plum. Jan. 9, 2023 Chase Carter 1 comment
News 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. Dec. 21, 2022 Chase Carter 2 comments
News MTG’s Phyrexia: All Will Be One set promises to kill five important characters Upshot is the set has more art from Junji Ito! Dec. 15, 2022 Chase Carter
News Tabletop games have made over $1.5 billion on Kickstarter That’s a lot of cardboard cash. Dec. 13, 2022 Chase Carter
Interview BackerKit discusses challenging the 'big green K' as it moves from crowdfunding tool to competitor From background support to leading player in crowdsourced financing. Dec. 12, 2022 Chase Carter
News Pokémon TCG increases price of Scarlet & Violet series alongside aesthetic upgrades What’s this? Price point is evolving! Dec. 9, 2022 Chase Carter
News Dungeons & Dragons executives think “the brand is really under monetised” Wizards of the Coast want to create a “recurrent spending environment” around the popular tabletop RPG’s digital front. Dec. 9, 2022 Chase Carter 4 comments
News Amid reprint discussion, MTG’s CEO says $999 30th anniversary box was “definitely the right call” President and CEO Cynthia Williams claims Wizards of the Coast doesn’t participate in secondary markets. Dec. 9, 2022 Chase Carter 1 comment
News Flesh and Blood TCG’s upcoming Outsiders booster set promises to fight dirty Missing a knife? Check your back. Dec. 7, 2022 Chase Carter
News Dragon Ball Super Card Game announces a digital version for 2023 Kamehameha.exe Dec. 6, 2022 Chase Carter
News Dungeons & Dragons’ digital advent calendar is chock full of Dragonlance monsters Walrus people are so in right now. Dec. 6, 2022 Chase Carter
News Gloomhaven announces a tabletop RPG that will adapt the board game’s card-based mechanics Cephalofair’s tabletop takeover launches on Backerket in 2023. Dec. 2, 2022 Chase Carter
News Hexcrawl-curious adventurers should check out this toolbox of tabletop RPG aides Crawl through the hexes and burn through the witches. Dec. 1, 2022 Chase Carter 1 comment
News Dungeons & Dragons replaces ‘race’ with ‘species’ in latest playtest material The move is part of the popular RPG’s “next evolution” away from prejudicial material. Dec. 1, 2022 Chase Carter 2 comments
News Reggie Watts, Kate Welch and Sauron’s actor among players in upcoming Lord of the Rings RPG charity event Stupid, charitable Hobbitses! Nov. 30, 2022 Chase Carter
News Amazon listing hints at release date and price for Dungeons & Dragons’ next adventure book Ocean’s Elven. Nov. 29, 2022 Chase Carter
News One-page tabletop RPG Cosmic Latte raises funds for Starbucks unions Stressful time limits and ridiculous mandates echo conditions for underpaid and overworked baristas Nov. 28, 2022 Chase Carter
News Board game retailer union secures election date following “several weeks of anti-union activity” Noble Knight Games’ ownership allegedly hired anti-union lawyers to invalidate possible voters. Nov. 28, 2022 Chase Carter
News These one-page tabletop RPGs lampshade Twitter’s demise and frustrations with Mastodon Tweeting and tooting at the end of some things. Nov. 18, 2022 Chase Carter
Feature Role’s co-founder isn’t worried about D&D’s plans for the online RPG space CEO and co-founder Elle Dwight talks to Dicebreaker about actual play, intimacy in streaming and the dragon-branded elephant in the room. Nov. 17, 2022 Chase Carter
News Pokémon TCG Live’s beta is now available worldwide, but maybe wait on migrating Switching from Pokémon TCG Online is a permanent decision with some baffling side effects. Nov. 17, 2022 Chase Carter
Feature Dinosaur Island and Machi Koro studio employees allege toxic workplace directly caused by “negligent” owners Several former employees, contractors and designers say the environment within the rising star publisher grinds people down to “anxious, overworked” stubs. Nov. 17, 2022 Chase Carter
News Science Fantasy RPG Troika’s new softback reprint is an excellent entry point for new players This sourcebook is monochrome, but multi-use. Nov. 15, 2022 Chase Carter
News Yu-Gi-Oh! brings big team battles to the digital field in Master Duel update Roving gangs of duelists. Nov. 15, 2022 Chase Carter
News Dungeons & Dragons implements new cultural review following Spelljammer’s racist inclusions Cultural consultants will be offered more active and involved roles throughout development timelines. Nov. 11, 2022 Chase Carter 1 comment
News Warhammer 40k and Age of Sigmar receive a holiday batch of Battleforce boxes I don’t WAAUGH a lot for Christmas. Nov. 10, 2022 Chase Carter
News Cyberpunk Edgerunners RPG starter kit lets you roleplay in the animated series' Night City Rip, hack and run through 2077's excellent prequel series. Nov. 7, 2022 Chase Carter
News Heroscape may enter its own Age of Annihilation if crowdfunding fails Another decade in the memory hole. Nov. 7, 2022 Chase Carter 3 comments
News Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves delayed in film release date switch up Honor's not dead; just slightly off schedule Nov. 4, 2022 Chase Carter
News Pokémon TCG’s Crown Zenith expansion will include shiny Charizard and alternate art Galarian Gallery Crown Zenith, the Pokémon trading card game’s first release in 2023, launches January 20th. Nov. 4, 2022 Chase Carter
News Noble Knight Games workers head to a vote after tabletop retailer denies voluntary union recognition The Wisconsin-based retailer will now hold an official election to ratify the nascent union. Nov. 3, 2022 Chase Carter 1 comment
News Scalpers and buggy websites plague Magic: The Gathering’s 30th anniversary advent calendar The latest in an wholly disappointing celebration for fans and players. Nov. 3, 2022 Chase Carter
News Outcast Silver Raiders is a tabletop RPG from the Satanic Panic’s worst nightmares The law of this land is "Do as thou wilt." Nov. 2, 2022 Chase Carter
News Exploding Kittens and Penn Jillette’s new party game is for all the rotten liars Fibbing with family. Nov. 1, 2022 Chase Carter
News Lead your own Ghost Files investigation with horror-comedy tabletop RPG Ghoulboys Does any of this bogus equipment measure sarcasm? Nov. 1, 2022 Chase Carter
Opinion Impressions: Journaling RPG Not A Demon imagines community action through the eyes of a maligned spirit Don't judge a monster by its ancient scroll artwork. Oct. 28, 2022 Chase Carter
News Magic: The Gathering - The Brothers’ War mechanics and set details revealed All the information you need to survive MTG’s return to the past. Oct. 28, 2022 Chase Carter
News Catan World Championship will pit more than 80 players in a bid for board game glory The competition will be appropriately held on a small island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. Oct. 27, 2022 Chase Carter
News Warhammer Fest 2023 to include laser tag and painting competitions at annual miniature wargaming meet-up No word on safety guidelines, yet. Oct. 27, 2022 Chase Carter
News Paldean starter trio grace Pokémon Trading Card Game boxes ahead of Scarlet & Violet Fuecoco gang roll up. Oct. 24, 2022 Chase Carter
Deals Bundle of Holding’s NaNoWriMo collection is an author’s trove of journaling tabletop RPGs A PDF is worth a thousand words. Oct. 24, 2022 Chase Carter
News Magic: The Gathering drops first details for 2023’s Phyrexia: All Will be One Wait, wait! I haven't even drafted Unfinity, yet! Oct. 21, 2022 Chase Carter
News Chess cheating scandal goes legal as Hans Niemann sues Magnus Carlsen and Chess.com for $100m Lawyer to E6. Oct. 21, 2022 Chase Carter
News The Longest Rest is a horror RPG that warps fantasy taverns into monstrous haunted houses Bleeders' Digest(ed). Oct. 20, 2022 Chase Carter
News Monty Python RPG nears $1m in crowdfunding for a decidedly silly take on tabletop gaming Includes a 30-sided die, whether you like it or not. Oct. 20, 2022 Chase Carter 2 comments
Feature Cowboy Bebop RPG is a fawning but promising tabletop adaptation of the anime - quickstart preview Difficult dance steps keeps this jazzy adaptation from truly swinging. Oct. 19, 2022 Chase Carter
News The Mighty Nein return to Critical Role’s table for a two-part adventure available in theatres Both special campaign sessions will run north of four-and-a-half hours. Oct. 18, 2022 Chase Carter
News This procedurally generated dungeon crawler always ends in a total party kill Delve well and leave a half-dissolved corpse. Oct. 18, 2022 Chase Carter
News Catan’s creator is writing a trilogy of novels based on his classic board game Anybody want to trade wool for plot? Oct. 17, 2022 Chase Carter 1 comment
News Iron Maiden’s zombie mascot Eddie shambles into Zombicide, Ankh: Gods of Egypt board games Publisher CMON is selling miniature Eddies designed for several of its popular tabletop series. Oct. 17, 2022 Chase Carter
News MTG’s Junji Ito Secret Lair might finally pull me into the hype drop spiral Cult hit horror mangaka illustrates four cards in MTG’s series of alternate art premium releases. Oct. 14, 2022 Chase Carter
News Pokémon TCG Radiant Silver teases flashy V monsters and a radiant legendary The last standard set in the Sword and Shield series goes out with fireworks. Oct. 13, 2022 Chase Carter
News D&D documentary directed by Critical Role’s Joe Manganiello will use 400 hours of archival footage With Wizards of the Coasts president producing, this second film will likely cleave closer to hagiography. Oct. 13, 2022 Chase Carter 3 comments
News Rising Waters transforms the Great Flood of 1927 into a co-op board game of resistance and community Mississippi meeples. Oct. 13, 2022 Chase Carter 1 comment
News New Dungeons & Dragons video game in development from renamed studio behind Dark Alliance The untitled project from Invoke Studios will be an “original Dungeons & Dragons-inspired” video game. Oct. 12, 2022 Chase Carter
News Terra Mystica: Age of Innovation publisher says standalone board game will be “Terra Mystica on steroids” New information out of Essen Spiel reveals a bit more about the fantasy terraforming follow-up. Oct. 12, 2022 Chase Carter
News Essen Spiel keeps its early October slot for 2023 tabletop trade show Don’t expect the COVID-19 vaccine entry requirement to return. Oct. 11, 2022 Chase Carter
Feature Bad Baby Lich Lords' designers wanted to create the Saturday morning cartoon of card games Necro-frantic fun. Oct. 11, 2022 Chase Carter
News The Legend of Vox Machina has been greenlit for a third season, drops a second season peek at NYCC The Legend continues, again. Oct. 7, 2022 Chase Carter
News Catan: Console Edition brings local co-op and competitive play to Playstation and Xbox in 2023 Minecraft? Nah, these bricks and sheep hit different. Oct. 7, 2022 Chase Carter
News Heroscape returns with a big - and expensive - box of wargame miniatures for an Age of Annihilation This Valhalla isn't so shiny and chrome. Oct. 7, 2022 Chase Carter
News Final Fantasy VII Remake and Chocobo’s Dungeon board games in the works from Square Enix But that’s all we really know at the mo’. Oct. 6, 2022 Chase Carter
News LEGO crowdsources fans for official Dungeons & Dragons Ideas set You arrive at a tiny, plastic inn. Oct. 5, 2022 Chase Carter
News Birdy board game Wingspan’s Asia expansion will also support solo, duet play and new Flock Mode Pre-orders open in November of this year and will support avian rescues in Asia. Oct. 5, 2022 Chase Carter
News Wizards of the Coast appoints former Microsoft e-commerce veteran as new senior VP of Dungeons & Dragons Rawson will lead the tabletop game’s transition into a heavier digital focus. Oct. 5, 2022 Chase Carter
News Magic: The Gathering is set to become Wizards of the Coast’s first billion-dollar franchise That’s one billion with a B. Oct. 4, 2022 Chase Carter
News Classic board game Cluedo gets a full relaunch and murder mystery boxes in 2023 Will they add a gamer lounge to the mansion? Oct. 4, 2022 Chase Carter
Interview Kickstarter's new CEO talks future of tabletop crowdfunding, Gamefound rivalry and blockchain plans "We have a lot to improve on that will keep our hands full." Sept. 30, 2022 Chase Carter 2 comments
News Kickstarter hires Everette Taylor as CEO amid growing competition and blockchain worries 33-year-old Taylor replaces Aziz Hasan after the latter stepped down in March 2022. Sept. 30, 2022 Chase Carter
Feature Coyote & Crow is ready to expand its indigenous science-fantasy world beyond the tabletop RPG A new bundle of adventures, card game and other projects open space for fresh voices to tell stories in their own way. Sept. 29, 2022 Chase Carter
News Chess Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen accuses Hans Niemann of cheating in public statement Carlsen makes no mention of evidence, wi-fi enabled or otherwise. Sept. 28, 2022 Chase Carter
Deals Grab D&D, Pathfinder and DIE comics for cheap and support the National Network of Abortion Funds Humble Comics Bundle: Fantasy RPG comics focuses on tabletop-inspired stories. Sept. 28, 2022 Chase Carter
News Going Rogue 2e channels the drama of Rogue One and Andor into a tabletop RPG of resistance Rebels with a cause. Sept. 27, 2022 Chase Carter
Feature How new tabletop RPG The Zone embraced, and then kicked, AI-generated art Journeys of self-destruction. Sept. 27, 2022 Chase Carter
News Zoo Tycoon board game turns the PC classic into cardboard Conservation versus capitalism. Sept. 26, 2022 Chase Carter
News MTG will favour physical releases over Arena for Brothers’ War and two following card sets While not a permanent strategy, the change shows Wizards of the Coast is eager to return to in-person play. Sept. 23, 2022 Chase Carter
News Black God’s Kiss adapts the work of sword & sorcery fiction pioneer for D&D 5E and OSE The perilous RPG adventure republishes two of C. L. Moore’s works as short stories. Sept. 23, 2022 Chase Carter
News Fake Chess inserts its own anal beads scandal with expansion to surreal chess RPG Life imitates art imitates life. Sept. 22, 2022 Chase Carter 1 comment
News Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel pairs two popular summoning strategies in latest festival Stacking and synching and summoning and... Sept. 22, 2022 Chase Carter
News MTG’s Unfinity contains attractions, stickers, hats and more - here’s how to navigate the circus Survival guide for the greatest theme park in the multiverse Sept. 22, 2022 Chase Carter
News Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive novels will get an official tabletop RPG in 2024 Fine, I'll roleplay Dalinar's bodacious booty since the miniatures are hiding the goods. Sept. 21, 2022 Chase Carter
News Cheating allegations, grudges and anal beads: Why the chess world can’t stop talking about Carlsen v. Niemann A grandmaster chess player's resignation after a single move has lit the online chess community aflame. Sept. 20, 2022 Chase Carter 1 comment
News Chapbook Co-Op’s first collaborative production is a two-player RPG chock full of textile artwork The Weaver’s Observatory is the first proof that Chapbook Co-Op’s publishing dream could be realised. Sept. 15, 2022 Chase Carter
News Idyllic village-building video game Dorfromantik gets a cooperative tabletop adaptation I’ll be down at the pub hex tile. Sept. 15, 2022 Chase Carter
News Age of Sigmar and Blood Bowl will also appear in Warhammer 40,000’s MTG crossover At least one card will feature art from foundational illustrator John Blanche. Sept. 13, 2022 Chase Carter
News D&D publisher files legal action to halt TSR’s Star Frontiers RPG and its “reprehensible content” Wizards of the Coast’s preliminary injunction specifically calls out Star Frontiers' explicit bigotry and trademark infringement. Sept. 12, 2022 Chase Carter 20 comments
Deals DriveThruRPG sale features Blades in the Dark-inspired games at a steal Get the crew together for one last job - buying some cheap RPGs. Sept. 6, 2022 Chase Carter
News Dungeons & Dragons 5E removes racist Hadozee depiction from Spelljammer, apologises for “offensive material” “We’ve initiated a thorough internal review of the situation and will take the necessary actions as a result of that review.” Sept. 6, 2022 Chase Carter
News Warhammer 40,000 is closing out the Horus Heresy story after 17 years, kind of Sixty-ish books, one huge betrayal. Sept. 2, 2022 Chase Carter
News Cross Duel looks like Yu-Gi-Oh!’s four-player, digital answer to MTG’s Commander Stay in your lane. Sept. 1, 2022 Chase Carter
News Cortex has indefinitely paused development of He-Man RPG Legends of Grayskull after sale to Dire Wolf Digital Myaah! I’m cancelled! Aug. 30, 2022 Chase Carter
News Clank! studio buys Dragon Prince RPG as Fandom exits the tabletop space Dire Wolf Digital has acquired the Tales of Xadia licence alongside the Cortex studio and will continue development of its announced expansion. Aug. 30, 2022 Chase Carter
News Disney’s new trading card game Lorcana is basically Mickey: The Gathering Releasing globally in Fall 2023 and already planning four annual expansion sets Aug. 30, 2022 Chase Carter
News Pokémon TCG rounds out Sword & Shield series with Silver Tempest expansion set So long, Sword & Shield. Aug. 26, 2022 Chase Carter
News Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG’s new Tactical Masters expansion is full of mazes and pendulums One of the cards is legitimately called Labrynth Labyrinth Aug. 26, 2022 Chase Carter
News Designer of half-game, half-poem Lilancholy jokingly calls it “evil WarioWare”, but it looks like so much more Hold tight to your name, and don’t lose. Aug. 25, 2022 Chase Carter
News Dark Souls board game “revitalises” rules for two new core sets featuring Tomb of the Giants and Painted World What seeketh thee? Aug. 25, 2022 Chase Carter