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.
Pokémon card game booster box from 1999 sells for record-breaking £269,000
Sealed first-edition box breaks previous record by over $150,000.
Plus lots of roleplaying advice.
Cyberpunk Red’s starter set and Cyberpunk 2020 are just £6 in the latest RPG Humble Bundle
Along with a lot of sourcebooks for the seminal tabletop game.
Uno is being turned into a TV game show
By studio behind upcoming Ticket to Ride series.
Feature: Board games are expensive, so we tried to make our own for a tenner
It went about as well as you’d expect.
Battle royale board game Reload sounds like a tabletop Fortnite
Parachuting onto Kickstarter next January.
Video chat app Backyard comes with clones of Codenames, Cards Against Humanity and other board games
With games inspired by Secret Hitler, One Night Werewolf and Fish Bowl on the way.
Gloomhaven is currently the cheapest it’s ever been on Amazon US
Machi Koro, Kingdomino, Forbidden Island and the Exit series also on sale.
There’s new Warhammer, the Terminator RPG and plenty of pickles on this week’s Dicebreaker Podcast
It’ll leave you smirkin’ like a gherkin.
VTM Companion introduces shape-shifting Tzimisce, illusory Ravnos and healing Salubri.
All future releases to be developed with sensitivity reviews in place.
Classic horror board game Fury of Dracula sinks its fangs into PC today
Transform into Steam.
Dungeons & Dragons Monopoly is on the way
How has this not happened already?
Save some galactic credits.
D&D 5E gift set, including three essential rulebooks and a DM screen, is 25% off right now
Get your party started.
Warhammer games including Dawn of War, Vermintide and Gladius are up to 80% off on PC
Including plenty of Warhammer 40,000 spin-offs, plus fantasy board game Warhammer Quest.
Launching with a new starter set and warscroll battalion boxes.
Rhianna Pratchett, Ian Livingstone and Sara Thompson to pen scenarios for upcoming roguelike board game.
How to play chess for beginners: setup, moves and basic rules explained
Learn how to play chess using our beginner’s guide, from basic moves to en passant and castling.
The One Ring RPG is a “proper 2E” releasing in 2021, with new Moria adventure planned - Free League
D&D 5E-compatible version to follow release of standalone Lord of the Rings game.
Too Many Bones studio’s next board game is co-op robot heist Burncycle
Burning up Kickstarter next week.
Dragon Ball Z: The Board Game Saga will let you play the anime series from start to finish
Features all four main arcs from the legendary manga and TV show.
Play Above and Below creator’s next game Sleeping Gods with free print-and-play demo
Includes spoiler-free campaign for one or two players.
Spectre & Vox is an escape room game played inside a complete 3D haunted house
From Sherlock: The Official Live Game and The Crystal Maze Live Experience creators.
Conversation hotter than a crispy lizard.
Sus! is a tabletop RPG inspired by Among Us
Not An Imposter.
Dungeons & Dragons live-action TV series in the works
“A couple of different approaches” being discussed.
10 best anime board games, from Dragon Ball Super to My Hero Academia
Impressive power level.
Catan is being turned into a range of ‘fashionable’ shoes
Wood for feet?
Not a third edition of Journeys in the Dark, Fantasy Flight confirms.
Hoop Godz brings street basketball to the table as a board game
Second game from Rap Godz creators.
Steam Digital Tabletop Fest sale includes Scythe, Warhammer, Terraforming Mars and more
Discounts of up to 80% running throughout celebration of digital board games.
Mansions of Madness video game renamed Arkham Horror: Mother’s Embrace, releasing in 2021
Spooky spin-off headed to PS4, Xbox One, PC and Switch.
Dungeons & Dragons publisher Wizards of the Coast sued by Dragonlance authors
Upcoming trilogy cancelled following alleged breach of contract.
Learn to communicate with aliens in Arrival-inspired tabletop game Xenolanguage
Close Encounters of the Word Kind.
Magic: The Gathering’s next Secret Lair card drop will raise money for charity Extra Life
Features four foil cards with new family-themed artwork.
Warhammer: Warcry goes dungeon-delving in new core set Catacombs
Wargaming underground.
As part of Steam’s Digital Tabletop Festival.
Sixth Edition announcement follows passing of designer Greg Stafford in 2018.
Oh, and there’s the latest news too.
Mörk Borg’s Putrescence Regnant is a grim ‘bog crawl’ adventure releasing as a vinyl music album
From creators of RPG LP Death Robot Jungle.
Pick up comic book card game Sentinels of the Multiverse on PC and mobile for under £1
With 10% of sales going to charity Black Girls Code.
Long-awaited civilisation board game Clash of Cultures: Monumental Edition delayed to spring 2021
Monumental Edition’s price increased to $150 as result of coronavirus.
6 rare Pokémon cards that are worth ridiculous money
From shiny Charizard to a solid gold Pikachu, here are the rarest Pokémon cards ever made.
9 best miniatures games that aren’t Warhammer
Wargaming without the battle.
Splendor creator’s next game Soul Raiders is a story-driven co-op with over 1,000 cards
Playable during this month’s Spiel.Digital ahead of 2021 Kickstarter.
Watch Wu-Tang Clan rappers RZA and GZA play chess against a grandmaster for charity
Hip-hop stars faced US Hall of Famer Maurice Ashley and streamers IAmBrandon and Nate Hill.
1999 shiny Charizard Pokémon card sells for record £169,000
‘Holy Grail’ card bought by rapper Logic.
Offers include classic family games through to new modern favourites.
£44 dice advent calendar lets you count down the d12 Days of Christmas
Features 24 dice, including a Christmas-themed set.
Awfully Cheery Engine is a fast, flexible, beginner-friendly RPG releasing in comic book issues
Headed to Kickstarter next year.
Cyberpunk Red RPG has a release date and price, launching alongside Cyberpunk 2077
Following delay from summer.
This year’s PAX Unplugged has been cancelled
With no digital replacement.
Designers on Mat Hart and Sherwin Matthews on taking inspiration from classics for an RPG board game that doesn't skimp on the roleplaying.
The new HeroQuest will see a UK release after all
Following crowdfunding campaign’s exclusivity to US and Canada.
Tiny Towns named Game of the Year and Best Board Game at 2020 Origins Awards
Following cancellation of convention and awards show over the summer.
Catan’s 25th Anniversary Edition is out next month, includes expansions and accessories
Bundles original game, 5-6 player extension, Helpers scenario and accessories.
Senior producer talks next year's 5E adaptation of Power Rangers, Renegade’s plans for original games and the potential of a Clank! RPG.
Twilight Imperium 4E expansion Prophecy of Kings has a release date
Hacan you believe it?
Leaked new Descent game Legends of the Dark will be officially revealed later this month
Follow-up to Journeys in the Dark previously teased by Fantasy Flight following accidental reveal.
'D&D meets Jumanji' comic book Die is under £1 on Humble Bundle
Along with the entire run of writer Kieron Gillen's The Wicked + The Divine and Phonogram.
Taking place at the end of the month.
Power Rangers is morphin’ into a new RPG and deckbuilding game
G.I. Joe, Transformers and My Little Pony also headed to the tabletop.
Level 99 commits to localising future releases.
Like Among Us? Here are 6 board games you should play
In space no-one can hear you scheme.
‘Broken’ board games are better than boring ones
For balance.
Infinity N4 is out, and you can download its complete rules for free now
Nomad-er what you play.
Get dozens of D&D books, including R.A. Salvatore’s Legend of Drizzt series, for under £12
Including the complete Cleric Quintet.
Thunderstone Quest is D&D meets Dominion, and it’s back on Kickstarter next week
The Enemies Among Us includes two new quests.
The Wagadu Chronicles is an ambitious Afrofantasy setting for D&D 5E with a tie-in MMO
300-page RPG supplement including world detail, a complete adventure and creature appendix free to download now.
Following surprise reveal of crowdfunded return for 1989 board game.
Board game classic HeroQuest is being relaunched with a crowdfunded new edition
More than 30 years since the original was released.
Race against the clock to stop the apocalypse in real-time tabletop RPG Arc
The end of the world as we roll it.
Warhammer Underworlds expansion Arena Mortis adds a six-player free-for-all mode
Out later this week.
Here's a Come Dine With Me-inspired tabletop RPG from Wicked + Divine and Die writer
I hope it makes you very happy.
Batman tabletop RPG revealed by Gotham City Chronicles studio
Nightwinging its way to Kickstarter.
Bardsung is a new dungeon-crawling roguelike board game from Dark Souls: TBG studio - exclusive
Hitting Kickstarter in November.
Plus what we’ve been playing, the latest news and more tabletop discussion!
Based on in-store event attendance, when that was still a thing.
Castle TriCon is an online board game convention held in a 3D virtual world
Taking place next week.
Gloomhaven is being turned into a comic book
Fallen Lion out in December.
Decrypto and Stay Cool studio’s next game Master Word is Codenames meets Mastermind
Releasing this month.
Out in time for Halloween.
Discussing the model minority myth in the tabletop gaming industry at PAX Online x EGX Digital.
Barkham Horror mixes Lovecraftian horror with loveable pooches, and it’s out this Friday
April Fool's joke-turned-real scenario pack for Arkham Horror LCG.
Includes three new cases and suspect images to pin on a cork board.
Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 release date and price announced, out next month
Third and final instalment in the acclaimed trilogy.