Maddie Cullen

Video Team

Maddie has spent most of her life writing and turned that passion for sharing words into video when she worked as producer at a creative agency. Until her colleagues got tired of the constant badgering to play board games or hear about her latest D&D session, so she joined Dicebreaker to find people who might be more interested.

Feature: What are you playing this weekend? Here’s what we’ve been playing!

Tell us what’s on your table.

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Feature: What are you playing this weekend? Here’s what we’ve been playing!

Tell us what’s on your table.

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10 magical school tabletop RPGs that will cast a spell on you

Study up with these roleplaying games.

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What are you playing this weekend? Here’s what we’ve been playing!

Tell us what’s on your table.

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Feature: What are you playing this weekend? Here’s what we’ve been playing!

Let us know what’s on your table lately!

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Feature: What are you playing this weekend? Here’s what we’ve been playing!

Let us know what’s on your table lately!

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D&D as therapy? We discover Realms of Kymoria's inclusive, accessible approach to roleplaying (Sponsored)

Thera-PG.
We get a first look at a colourful new adventure from the designer of Descent: Journeys in the Dark (Sponsored)

A fantasy questing RPG in board game form.
One Deck Galaxy crams a whole galaxy into one tiny board game box (Sponsored)

To infinite fun and beyond?
A mouse-sized scavenger hunt on a moving clock face! We get a first look at new board game Hickory Dickory (Sponsored)

A board game fit for a fairytale king.
Feature: What are you playing this weekend? Here’s what we’ve been enjoying!

Let us know what’s on your tabletop.

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We battle as mean girl witches and troll theatre kids in fantasy high school board game Mythic Mischief! (Sponsored)

Get in loser, we’re going to the library.
Kiss Marry Kill for your favourite movies! First look at new party game Play Rewind Eject (Sponsored)

Which is better: Star Wars or Lord of the Rings?
5 ways to play RPGs without a GM

Ditch the DM screen and run exciting, immersive campaigns as a group - or by yourself.

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Feature: What is OSR? A newcomer’s guide to the Old School Renaissance RPGs reviving classic D&D

From retro clones of original D&D to modern successors to ‘70s roleplaying, OSR has never been bigger - or better.

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Feature: Storybreakers characters: Winona Whisperbane, the ranger with a bow and nowhere to use it

A babe in the woods
Introducing Dicebreaker’s brand new D&D 5E actual play series, Storybreakers!

Dungeons & Dragons & Journalists.
What were the top board games at Essen Spiel 2022? We share our highlights from the convention

From making deals with the devil to crafting treats with adorable dragons.
We play One-Shot Wonders, the D&D 5E book with 100 readymade scenarios for game night (Sponsored)

Maddie, Liv and Meehan get up to Fishy Business.
Maddie conjures a frog wizard out of clay

A ribbet-ing watch.
Go behind the scenes at Gen Con 2022 with our vlog from the US board game convention

Starring Matt, Wheels and Dick's Last Resort.
Liv plays Hooked On You, the Dead by Daylight dating sim

Fatal attraction.
Meet Liv's puppy, Biscuit!

A delicious doggo.
Maddie recommends her favourite fantasy novels

From classics to modern gems.
Gen Con 2022 highlights and SO MANY announcements: it’s the Dicebreaker Podcast!

Everything you need to know from the US board game convention - in under an hour.
Is the newest Warhammer - Warcry worth picking up? Dicebreaker investigates

A starter set for starting fights
Watch Egyptian gods battle it out in unofficial sequel to Blood Rage

Who will rule The Nile?
Remember the Game of Life? Dicebreaker dives back into a classic

Taking out loans on takeaways
Surviving an alien encounter in Nemesis Lockdown

Matt, Meehan and Maddie summon all the aliens
Is the D&D movie trailer a critical hit? We react to the big reveal on the Dicebreaker Podcast!

Plus: a new Stranger Things board game from Pandemic Legacy creator, the return of classic MTG cards and everything else we’ve been playing.
10 wholesome RPGs for chill roleplaying with friends

d6 and chill.
How to run a Session 0 for D&D and other RPGs

Go from Zero to heroes.
Will a mint Pokémon card survive the most extreme conditions? We put a PSA Charizard to the ultimate test!

It’s Super Effective!
Can you guess which board games these are from weird AI generated art?

DALL-E the board game quiz show
Watch Dicebreaker fail at Total Wipeout in real life!

Wheels and Maddie go head to head in Total Wipeout
We ate like D&D characters for a day and lived!

Liv and Maddie do very important D&D food science

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We got sucked into the DIE RPG with author Kieron Gillen and game designer Grant Howitt

From eldritch rats to goth jewellery we added our own story to the iconic comics
Fantasy author Joe Abercrombie reveals how to create the perfect RPG world

Wheels and Liv take a masterclass in world building
6 best superhero RPGs for Marvel and DC comics fans

Create your own MCU or relive classic comic-book storylines.
It’s grannies versus Cthulhu as we play Brindlewood Bay RPG with Jason Cordova

Wheels, Meehan and Maddie become pensioners and solve crimes
Old-School Essentials is the perfect way to relive classic D&D roleplaying, whether you remember it or not

Back to Basic.
Make amazing NPCs even under pressure with these top tips

Liv and Maddie discuss everything you need to know about creating the best NPCs
Medieval mysteries are afoot in old timey detective board game Mortum!

Historical sleuthing has never been so chaotic
Who'd win in a fight: Guardsmen or Orks? We play Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team to find out!

Liv and Wheels battle it out