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Matt Jarvis
Editor-in-chief
After starting his career writing about music, films and video games for various places, Matt spent many years as a technology, PC and video game journalist before writing about tabletop games as the editor of Tabletop Gaming magazine. He joined Dicebreaker as editor-in-chief in 2019, and has been trying to convince the rest of the team to play Diplomacy since.
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Rare Pokémon card, one of seven in the world, sells for $90,000 at auction
Japanese No. 1 Trainer card given to winners of 1999 regional tournaments.
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Sid Meier’s Civilization: A New Dawn is getting its first big expansion, Terra Incognita
Includes support for fifth player and gameplay elements based on Civilization VI.
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Gloomhaven sequel Frosthaven raised more money in May than every April campaign combined.
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Scrabble community bans offensive words, including racial slurs, from competitive play
North American Scrabble Players Association removes 200 words from permitted tournament spellings.
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Alongside aerial combat rules and expanded narrative play.
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Quest, Alien and Mörk Borg among nominees for best RPGs of the year at 2020 ENnie Awards
Mech RPG Lancer withdrawn from shortlist in opposition to 2017 controversy.
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Pandemic Legacy: Season 3 revealed as prequel Season 0 in announcement trailer - exclusive
“Every end has a beginning.”
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Cards Against Humanity responds to allegations of “toxic work environment”
“We are committed to rebuilding a workplace that the partners and staff can be proud of."
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Former Cards Against Humanity employees allege “toxic working culture” at party game company
Writers share experiences under hashtag #CAHisOver, but company refutes them all.
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Game of Thrones: The Board Game is arriving on PC later this year
Winter is coding.
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Dungeons & Dragons is addressing problematic elements of the RPG’s races
Promises to tackle “legacy D&D content that does not reflect who we are today”.
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Hedgehog Roll named Kids’ Game of the Year at 2020 Kinderspiel des Jahres
Gotta Velcro fast.
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Exclusive to virtual roleplaying platform.
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Unlock! Star Wars takes the escape room game series to a galaxy far, far away
Make it out in time, you must.
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Warhammer 40,000’s new ninth edition box set Indomitus is out next month - here’s what’s inside
No dice or measures, but lots and lots of miniatures.
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The Dicebreaker Podcast is back to talk solo RPGs, classic board games and more!
Plus, we say goodbye to Sara.
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Wishing goodbye and good luck to a member of the Dicebreaker team.
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Proceeds from six collections to benefit Black Lives Matter, NAACP and the National Police Accountability Project.
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Bite-sized restaurant management board game Foodies is free to print and play
Publisher CMON encourages donations to the NAACP.
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Magic: The Gathering bans racist and ‘culturally offensive’ cards
“Racism in any form is unacceptable and has no place in our games, nor anywhere else.”
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Origins Online cancelled following backlash over Black Lives Matter silence
Trade body organiser GAMA admits it was “too late in making that statement”.
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Root studio’s next game Fort gets a release date this summer
Cutesy remake of civilisation-building card game SPQF.
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Taking place this weekend.
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Feature: How Magic: The Gathering’s biggest fan landed the role of a lifetime as its head designer
Mark Rosewater on discovering the card game, working with Richard Garfield and balancing his professional and personal passion.
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Itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality has already raised over $2.3m.
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Pick up inventive indie RPGs to benefit Black Lives Matter and local bail funds in Itch.io bundles
Solo, rules-light and fantasy games on offer for a good cause.
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Donate, support and stand in solidarity against racism.
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Magic: The Gathering cancels all remaining in-person events for 2020 as result of COVID-19
Outstanding tournaments to be held in MTG Arena, with new season format for Zendikar Rising.
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Plus, your chance to judge our lockdown takeaway habits.
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Classic Spanish fantasy RPG Aquelarre is being released in English for the very first time
30 years after it debuted.
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Zombicide and Cthulhu: Death May Die are being turned into graphic novels
First run of CMON comics.
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Alice is Missing is a silent RPG played over text message from the creator of Icarus
Can you hear me? S.M.S.
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Imperial Settlers: Roll & Write app arrives on mobile
Settle yourself.
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Warhammer 40,000 has a new ninth edition on the way, and it’s releasing ‘really soon’
New narrative-focused Crusade mode, free basic rules and widespread gameplay improvements.
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If your ears are burning, it’s probably all the hot takes.
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Development of first release “pretty much done”, with two more projects already in the works.
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Stranger Things, Marvel and WWE stars are playing Dungeons & Dragons for Red Nose Day
D&D Live 2020: Roll w/ Advantage line-up includes actors, comedians and wrestlers.
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Magic: The Gathering Arena is holding a new Open tournament where anyone can win $2,000
Unlimited prize pool for two-day competition.
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Try the new Pandemic board game, Hot Zone: North America, right now with free print-and-play demo
Shorter, simpler spin-off from co-op hit releasing later this year.
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US board game convention Gen Con is cancelled for the first time in its 50-year history
Online event announced in wake of COVID-19 concerns.
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Rally-racing board game Rallyman: Dirt is returning in a new edition
Combines original Rallyman and Dirt expansion.
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Cancelled Essen Spiel 2020 board game convention replaced by online event Spiel.Digital
Taking place during October weekend of ‘postponed’ games fair.
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Cyberpunk Red RPG release date delayed after coronavirus 'gut punch'
“There’s just no way we can release in June without compromising quality.”
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The Crew, The King’s Dilemma and Cartographers: A Roll Player Tale lead shortlist for 'expert' Kennerspiel des Jahres.
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War of the Ring, The One Ring and Zombicide RPG designers join Blood Rage and Rising Sun studio CMON
Francesco Nepitello and Marco Maggi working on “several high priority and super-secret future releases”.
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2021 dates announced following ‘postponement’ by one year due to COVID-19.
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Treat your earholes and eyeholes today.
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Teases glimpse at future of Power Rangers board game.
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Zombicide and Blood Rage maker CMON is holding a virtual board games convention this weekend
With designer talks, painting competitions and more.
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UK Games Expo 2020 replacement online convention Virtually Expo announced
Following Birmingham show’s cancellation due to COVID-19.
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Tiny Epic Pirates sails the small seas onto Kickstarter next week
Edward Titch and the Teeny Anne’s Revenge.
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Planned for release this summer, with play-at-home demo on the way.
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Tabletop Simulator challenger Tabletop Playground launches into Early Access on PC this week
Over 100 mods available off the bat.
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The latest board game and RPG news, what we’ve been playing, and your questions answered.
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Get Scythe, Splendor, Carcassonne and £120+ worth of digital board games on PC for under £10
Latest Humble Bundle features more than a dozen Asmodee Digital apps and expansions.
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Two revised classic scenarios and three brand new adventures.
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Gale Force Nine blames “a variety of circumstances out of our control”.
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Official variant available to download now.
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Capital Lux 2 mixes up the card game with 250+ more ways to play, landing on Kickstarter this month
New characters and solo mode coming to strategic card game.
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Gloomhaven sequel Frosthaven is now the biggest board game Kickstarter of all time
With nearly $13m raised and over 80,000 backers.
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Listen or watch this week’s round-up of tabletop news, opinions and chatter now.
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Fundraising for COVID-19 support.
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NHS Heroes playing cards launched to fundraise for key workers during COVID-19
All proceeds will go to NHS Charities Together.
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The Dicebreaker merchandise store is open now, featuring two new T-shirt designs!
BE NICE ROLL DICE and show off your BIG DECK ENERGY.
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The Hobbit board game on the way from Lord of the Rings movie effects studio
Films' senior artist and Endeavor co-designer throw An Unexpected Party.
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Hitting Kickstarter this autumn ahead of release in 2021.
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Tapeworm is a delightfully gross card game mash-up of Uno and Snake from Binding of Isaac creator
Edmund McMillen's second tabletop project live on Kickstarter now.
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UK Games Expo 2020 has been cancelled
Following postponement to August as result of coronavirus.
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Anime deckbuilder Tanto Cuore is coming back to digital
Publisher Japanime Games working on tabletop adaptations of Japanese video games.
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Listen on iTunes, Spotify and Google, or watch the video version!
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You can now play dungeon-crawling board game Arcadia Quest single-player with free solo mode rules
Support for Inferno and expansions to follow.
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Party game Insider is 20 Questions meets Werewolf, and it’s getting a trickier new edition
Insider Black is both a standalone game and expansion for the original.
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As starter set sales quadruple.
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As part of latest Humble Bundle offerings.
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Events banned in German region of North Rhine-Westphalia until September.
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Games Workshop is already preparing to re-open Warhammer stores after COVID-19 lockdown
No US or UK locations included in limited ‘pilot’.
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10 best train board games to play after Ticket to Ride
All aboard as we run down the best train board games on the tabletop.
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Bargain Quest, the card game of fantasy flogging, sets sail in next expansion Sunk Costs
Vesselling your waves.
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Kids on Brooms is a Harry Potter tabletop RPG in all but name, out this summer
Based on the gameplay of Stranger Things-ish RPG Kids on Bikes.
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Includes classic board games and user-made mods.
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Play Carcassonne by yourself or in co-op thanks to free official solo rules for the board game
German publisher also releases single-player variant for Hadara.
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Plus, we invent the perfect game: Garfield Love Letter.
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Sci-fi board game epic Twilight Imperium is being adapted into a book series
First novel to be The Fractured Void by Tim Pratt.
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Pandemic: Hot Zone is a portable 30-minute version of the hit co-op board game
Leaked ahead of full announcement.
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In-store events postponed until September.
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Bullet♥︎ is bringing the intense ‘puzzle action’ of shoot ‘em up video games to the tabletop
Inspired by classic shmups such as Ikaruga.
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Catan, Carcassonne and more digital board games are up to 50% off on Nintendo Switch
Asmodee Digital titles reduced on Nintendo eShop until April 19th.
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BattleCON is Street Fighter as a card game, and it’s back with a new fourth edition this summer
Here comes an old challenger.
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Visit Lush Green forests or Shining Yellow deserts.
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US tabletop event Origins delayed to autumn, ‘virtual convention’ to be held this summer
Decision made in light of COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Dicebreaker Podcast returns to fill your earholes with board game and tabletop chat.
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Family board game Kingdomino gets a free print-and-play expansion, The Court
Also compatible with Queendomino.
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Gloom of Kilforth creator reveals solo deckbuilding board game Veilwraith
Multiplayer possible with extra copies.
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Anime actors narrate latest game from Dead of Winter creators.
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Tales from the Loop board game arrives on Kickstarter, free print-and-play demo out now
Tabletop RPG adaptation arriving next spring.
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17 best Tabletop Simulator mods for popular board games
Play some of the most popular board games on your PC with these top Tabletop Simulator mods.
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Tabletop titles based on movie franchise planned until 2024.
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Available now on Spotify, RSS and YouTube.
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Grab Tabletop Simulator for 50% off on PC to keep your board game group going over the internet
Including the four-pack bundle.
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“Months ago, the world was a very different place.”
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Cards Against Humanity has a new family-friendly edition you can download for free
A scatological move.
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Play party game Love Letter for free with print-and-play edition Sender
April Fool’s Day joke turned real.
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Brian J. Blume, TSR co-founder who bankrolled Dungeons & Dragons’ first edition, has passed away
Co-created D&D’s Eldritch Wizardry supplement, western RPG Boot Hill and wargame Panzer Warfare.
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Arkham Horror, Android and Keyforge are getting board game art books
First tabletop gaming art books from Dark Horse.
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Solve mysteries and make it home in time for tea.
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Grab wizard-battling miniatures game Frostgrave for free, plus solo and co-op scenarios
Rules and mini-campaign available for duration of COVID-19 pandemic.
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Dicebreaker Answers: Your questions about miniatures, painting tips and Warhammer 40,000
Brush up on your knowledge.
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Dominion creator's Spiel des Jahres-winning board game Kingdom Builder gets a sequel, Winter Kingdom
Insert obligatory Game of Thrones reference.
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Zombicide makers’ co-op board game XenoShyft released as free print-and-play to download at home
Don’t Burke at the price.
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Play Legend of the Five Rings LCG in 20 minutes with the new Skirmish format
Rokugan in 60 Seconds.
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How to play board games online with friends
The best ways to play board games online with friends when you can’t be together in person, from voice chat to digital tabletops.
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Foil a Krabby Patty theft in SpongeBob Squarepants co-op board game Plankton Rising
Latest pop culture hit to get Rising treatment after Avengers, Harry Potter and Star Wars.
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What’s happening with Dicebreaker?
Things are changing, but staying (mostly) the same.
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And the connection between poisonous mushrooms and Magic.
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Stella Clark joins seven existing Arkham Horror Files characters.
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Free League announces new editions of both Middle-earth tabletop RPGs.
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Call of Cthulhu studio halts work on upcoming sci-fi RPG, Harlem Unbound creator takes full control
Afro-Judeo setting Kadimah in development for 18 months.
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Keyforge lead developer and Legend of the Five Rings co-designer leaves Fantasy Flight Games
Follows departure of studio head last month.
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Birdy board game Wingspan has almost sold more copies than Scythe in one year
Stonemaier Games predicts 2019 ‘Game of the Year’ will overtake strategy hit “soon”.
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Founder confirms ‘no current plans’ to use Kickstarter.
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Introducing Dungeonbreaker, Dicebreaker’s new Dungeons & Dragons 5E actual play series
Featuring dinosaur racing, swamp goblins and one very rich half-elf.
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Who wouldn’t want to play a Sesame Street TRPG?
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New Dungeons & Dragons co-op board game revealed, due out in 2020
Potential titles Adventurer’s Gate and Adventure Begins spotted in the wild.
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Feature: Board game releases 2020: 10 upcoming board games you should play this year
Pandemic Legacy: Season 3, new Gloomhaven and Root creator’s next game lead the biggest tabletop titles of the next 12 months.
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Magic: The Gathering Theros: Beyond Death exclusive card reveal - Tectonic Giant
Get your first look at the Red creature from the upcoming set.
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Game of the Year 2019: Matt Jarvis' Top 5
Ahead of the Pax.
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Watch the Dicebreaker team chat about the best board games of 2019
Johnny, Matt, Lolies, Meehan, Sara and Wheels run through their top tabletop picks of the last 12 months.
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Chart the rise and fall of your civilisation with the Icarus RPG
Era today, gone today.
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Feature: Welcome to Dicebreaker!
Your new home for all things board games, RPGs and tabletop, plus silly jokes.
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Get your Spidey sense tingling with our Marvel Champions: The Card Game playthrough
With great power comes great irresponsibility.
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Watch Dicebreaker play Shut Up & Sit Down (and you!) in a live game on stage at PAX Unplugged 2019
Johnny, Lolies and Wheels face Matt and Quinns.
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Feature: Here are the best new board games to play at PAX Unplugged 2019
The 10 games we’re most excited to check out this weekend in Philly.
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Playing board games helps keep your brain younger in old age, 68-year study suggests
Maybe Monopoly’s not completely bad, after all.
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Semi-co-op The Great Wall is the next big board game from Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon creator
Already at over £1m on Kickstarter after funding in five minutes.
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Black Friday 2019 board game deals: the cheapest board games and where to buy them
Find this year’s best board game, RPG and tabletop bargains here.
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Lord of the Rings RPGs The One Ring and Adventures in Middle-earth to end in 2020
Upcoming second edition of The One Ring also cancelled due to ‘contractual differences’.
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How to play Dungeons & Dragons 5E: A beginner's guide
Everything you need to know to get started with the world's biggest tabletop RPG.
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Best board games 2020: What to buy and play right now
From massive social deduction games to rich narrative-driven experiences, these are the very best board games money can buy.