Editor-in-chief, Dicebreaker
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.
The Game of Thrones board game is free on PC until next week
You win or you lose (nothing).
Play the upcoming Dr. Grordbort RPG in D&D 5E with this exclusive quickstart adventure
Prepare for Scientific Adventure Violence.
Elden Ring D&D stat blocks let you fight Malenia, Radahn and more in 5E
Let Me So-roll Her.
MTG anniversary event Magic 30 kicks off a year-long birthday bash for the card game this October
Will include Limited Edition Beta Draft.
It’s time to play the music, it’s time to roll the dice.
These Gloomhaven fans made their own enormous expansion for the epic dungeon-crawler
The Crimson Scales includes almost 70 extra scenarios and over 10 new characters - including a Frosthaven Easter egg.
Top 15 Most Rare and Expensive Pokémon Cards
From the Shadowless Charizard to a solid gold Pikachu, here are the most expensive Pokémon cards ever made.
Dark Souls RPG miniatures will include stat blocks for D&D 5E
Jolly compatibility.
We slay a vampyre, encounter the Gnome Child and meet a Noob in RuneScape Kingdoms: Shadow of Elvarg.
PAX Unplugged 2022 dates announced for December
Tabletop convention returns to Philly.
Final Fantasy 14 fan turns the critically acclaimed MMORPG into a tabletop RPG
A Realm Reborn, reborn.
Two of Yu-Gi-Oh!’s most powerful cards have been unbanned after almost 20 years
Yata-Garasu and Change of Heart were put on the Forbidden list in 2004 and 2005.
Say hello to Popverse, a new website about everything pop culture
Comics! Movies! TV! Conventions!
Elden Ring-inspired Apotheosis: The Dark Lord provides an indie alternative to the Dark Souls RPG
Dodge roll for initiative.
The Great British Bake Off cooks up a board game
Making dough.
Get your Stardew Valley on in D&D 5E and other TRPGs with this fantasy farming bestiary
Includes more than two dozen fantastical Critters & Companions to farm, ranch - or eat.
Magi-Knights looks like the perfect RPG for Sailor Moon, Madoka Magica and ‘90s anime fans
In the name of the moon, I’ll punish your dice rolls!
UK Games Expo 2022 drops COVID-19 guidelines again, will not require vaccination or face masks
Following reversal of decision before last year’s show.
Access+’s first releases will be more inclusive versions of existing games.
Everyday Heroes’ Season of Adventure will include eight campaigns and world books based on films.
Dune: House Secrets, Batman: Everybody Lies and Detective sequels in the works, designer confirms
Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game co-creator teases a new board game for Indiana Jones fans.
Will include new TRPG releases, actual plays and “big news” for Monster of the Week.
Firefly: The Game studio announces a new board game based on the cult TV show, out this year
From co-designer of Dune: A Game of Conquest & Diplomacy.
Watch Ross Kemp meet the gangs of Magic: The Gathering’s next set Streets of New Capenna
I could see things were about to kick off, so I got out of there!
Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG replaces cancelled 2022 World Championship with regional tournaments
Territorial championships will be held in North America, Europe, Central America, Oceania and South America this summer.
Dragonlance returns to D&D this year with 5E adventure and battle game
Shadow of the Dragon Queen and Warriors of Krynn teased.
Spelljammer is finally coming to D&D 5E with Adventures in Space, out this summer
Space-fantasy campaign setting will receive free prequel adventure in July ahead of August release date.
One of 2022’s best TV shows provides a masterclass in how to create your next D&D character
Ranking of Kings constantly defies expectations and flies in the face of fantasy stereotypes.
RuneScape board game reveals its name, miniatures and first co-op gameplay details
RuneScape Kingdoms: Shadow of Elvarg combines elements of RuneScape and Old School RuneScape.
Azul studio’s next board game Maui challenges you to find the perfect spot on the beach
Strategic sunbathing this summer.
Dark Souls RPG publisher apologises and promises reprints after rulebook backlash
Steamforged Games says it will replace physical copies of both the standard and $95 Collector’s Edition criticised for typos, rules inconsistencies and other mistakes.
The world’s most famous chess set inspires a board game in a Game of Thrones-like medieval Britain
Bretwalda sees players wrestle over the seven kingdoms of early Middle Ages England and includes pieces based on the Lewis chessmen.
These playing cards could help find priceless artwork stolen by the Nazis during World War 2
Monuments Men Foundation’s WWII Most Wanted Art deck features 52 works, from Van Gogh to Renoir, that vanished during the 1940s.
The Dark Souls RPG’s rulebook is a mess, and players aren’t happy
Fans criticise typos, rules mistakes and apparent oversights in adapting the video game.
Congratulations Alex Meehan, Dicebreaker’s new senior staff writer!
Talented tabletop journalist and Tim the Goblin’s handler steps up after two years.
D&D, Champions and World of Warcraft RPG writer Scott Bennie has died
Prolific tabletop and video game designer, who christened Fallout’s Dogmeat, passes away at 61.
Kickstarter rival Gamefound throws its doors open to all tabletop game creators
Launches into open beta.
10 best two-player board games
Twice the fun.
Tattoo reinvents '80s classic Taboo as an inkcredible party game of drawing and roleplaying
Latest tabletop hack from Fake Chess creator.
First games in new setting due to launch this autumn and next summer.
Stack those Mega-Blocks high.
‘My dream is to create the first massively-multiplayer tabletop RPG’
Teburu developer Xplored reveals its ambitions for the tech-enhanced board game platform.
We get a first look at Pokémon TCG Live, the card game’s new digital app!
Join Matt and Liv in an epic Pokémon battle as they take an early access look at the new Pokémon TCG Live
Warhammer: The Horus Heresy updates the 40K spin-off with a new edition later this year
Prequel game also known as Warhammer 30,000 takes place ten thousand years before wargame’s 41st millennium.
D. Brad Talton talks making the ultimate Halloween party game, why bigger boxes aren’t always better and ensuring players have fun 99% of the time.
Anthology releasing this summer offers 13 standalone scenarios from 16 Black and Brown writers.
The Dungeons & Dragons movie is like Game of Thrones meets Princess Bride, says Chris Pine
With a bit of Monty Python’s Holy Grail and The Goonies to boot.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series dates first in-person tournament for TCG in over two years
Event to return next month following multiple cancellations due to COVID-19.
Tiny Tome collates 50 one-page RPGs into a single book
From the makers of micro-RPG card deck Tiny Library.
Dead by Daylight board game creator on future expansions: “Playability is more important”
New killers could come to board game after Kickstarter, but publisher Level 99 says it’s being “really careful”.
Final nine copies of spruced-up The Hobbit board game will cost $1,200 each.
Feature: Digital without losing the physical, Teburu is a promising next step for hybrid board games
The app-powered board has a lot of potential - if it can find the right games.
Best fantasy tabletop RPGs besides Dungeons & Dragons
Excellent escapism.
Dead by Daylight board game nearly had a legacy campaign mode based on The Archives
Mode made it through several rounds of development before being cut.
Classic D&D RPGs re-releasing on PC via Steam this month, include companion apps and party transfer
Forgotten Realms, Ravenloft and Dark Sun games among Gold Box series.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel gets free single-player content today after passing 20m downloads
Less than two months after launch.
Alien RPG’s storyline will tie into three official novels, including playable adventures
Books and tabletop RPG will form a “cohesive narrative” in the sci-fi universe.
Rear Window, Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller film, is being turned into a co-op board game
Play as Jimmy Stewart, Grace Kelly or the Master of Suspense himself.
Money from core game and expansions pledged to Ukrainian Red Cross and Rakiety Oncological Foundation.
Board game series sets course for a galaxy far, far away this summer.
Ex-Pandemic devs form new studio, announce co-op board game Leviathan Wilds
Former Z-Man Games and Fantasy Flight veterans reveal Moon Crab Games and release playable demo of debut release.
Plus almost 600 video games and dozens of books in aid of International Medical Corps and Voices of Children.
Say hi to Maddie, Dicebreaker’s new video producer!
The Dicebreaker team becomes a fabulous five!
Over 100 tabletop games made $500,000 on Kickstarter last year for the first time
Crowdfunding site hits another record figure, despite recent blockchain controversy.
Dead by Daylight board game announced, hits Kickstarter next month - here’s how it plays
Collector’s Edition includes miniature hooks to hang survivors on.
Yu-Gi-Oh!’s Tin of the Pharaoh’s Gods collects the biggest cards of the last year for the TCG
Final release in mega-set trilogy after Tin of Lost Memories and Tin of Ancient Battles.
Tabletop outlets in country urge supporters to donate blood, money and other aid.
How to download Pokémon TCG Live beta outside of Canada
You can check out the limited beta on PC and mobile wherever you are by using a VPN.
$900,000 Pikachu Illustrator sets new record for world’s most expensive Pokémon card
Overtaking another copy of the same card in the same condition sold last year.
A Dying Light board game is in development
From Frostpunk: The Board Game studio Glass Cannon Unplugged.
Zin Never Dies looks like the perfect tabletop RPG for Hollow Knight and Ghibli fans
Grub it while you can.
Best tabletop RPGs 2022 (that aren’t Dungeons & Dragons 5E)
A pen and paper palooza
Including maps from Critical Role cartographer.
Projects will include both original and licensed titles.
We pick our favourite Valentine's Day board games for two - or one - in the Dicebreaker Podcast!
Plus Cthulhu crossovers, NFTs in tabletop and everything we've been playing.
Sealed box of ten decks could include valuable Power Nine cards.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel’s first in-game event Xyz Festival kicks off next week
It’s pronounced “ex-seez”.
Includes all 16 holographic cards from the TCG’s Base Set.
Over $22 million raised on the crowdfunding platform since launching last year.
We could be heroes, just for one play.
Best board games and RPGs to play before you watch the Uncharted film
Fortune favours the board.
Dark Souls RPG miniatures for bosses, enemies and characters coming later this year
No word on whether they will match board game models.