Matt Jarvis
Editor-in-chief
After graduating with a degree in English Literature from the University of Kent, where he and his work for the local paper were nominated for the 2013 Kent in Culture Media Awards, Matt has spent over a decade writing professionally about music, film, games and other pop culture for various places.
His experience includes several years as a technology, PC and video game journalist on trade magazines PCR, MCV and Develop, as well as freelancing for outlets including Kotaku, WhatCulture and the Daily Star, before moving to write about tabletop games as the editor of monthly print magazine Tabletop Gaming.
He has appeared as an industry expert across TV, radio and online discussing tabletop games on outlets including the BBC, NPR and Washington Post. In 2019, he was named by Mojo Nation 100 as one of the most influential figures working in the toy and games industry. He has also been the voice of an advert for Wiltshire Caravans, and written about Metal Gear Solid 2 for A Hideo Kojima Book.
Matt 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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Dicebreaker’s owner ReedPop is “investigating” a potential sale of its gaming websites
Including Dicebreaker and video game sites Eurogamer, Rock Paper Shotgun, VG247 and GamesIndustry.biz.
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Best Black Friday 2023 board game and tabletop deals
Deal with these discounted dice-rolling diversions.
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Travel from fey forests to hellish underworlds in mere minutes.
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It’s bigger on the inside.
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Best Dungeons & Dragons Black Friday 2023 deals
Roll Perception to find great D&D bargains.
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6 best Rise of the Floodborn item cards in Disney Lorcana’s second set
Kit out your deck.
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Take note if you find an Enchanted rare in Rise of the Floodborn this weekend.
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Ticket to Ride has a new PC game, but it’s not going down well with fans
Players will need to re-buy all expansions and are unable to play the previous app online.
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What’s the best Rise of the Floodborn starter deck? Disney Lorcana’s latest starters compared
Amber and Sapphire versus Amethyst and Steel.
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6 best Rise of the Floodborn action cards in Disney Lorcana’s second set
Ready, set, action!
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7 best Rise of the Floodborn amethyst cards in Disney Lorcana’s second set
Put your deck in a purple patch.
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The 23 Most Rare and Expensive Pokémon Cards
From Pikachu Illustrator to Shadowless Charizard, here are the most expensive Pokémon cards ever made.
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Disney Lorcana card rarity explained
Super Rare, Legendary or Enchanted? Work out how rare your Lorcana cards are with our guide.
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12 best Rise of the Floodborn cards in Disney Lorcana’s second set
From iconic Disney characters to imaginative new Floodborn, these are the must-have characters for your next deck.
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The games you should be playing and the names you should be watching.
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17 most valuable and expensive Lorcana cards
Wish upon a star to find these valuable pulls in your next booster.
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The bassist from Cherry Bomb band The Runaways is making a board game about being a rock musician
Jackie Fox’s Rock Hard: 1977 will task players with writing songs, playing gigs and trying to make it big.
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Saw board game takes Kickstarter miniatures to a grim new level with a life-sized severed hand
You’ll be able to take on the traps alone, or with - or against - friends.
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Richard Garfield says it’s “very satisfying” to return to games supported by passionate players.
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“We knew we had a special game when we published it.”
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Learn how to use your character’s unique ability in the social deduction game.
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Loyalty is everything in epic strategy board game WarBonds (Sponsored)
Convince your rivals’ troops to change sides while keeping your own units faithful.
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How to play Blood on the Clocktower: rules, setup, editions and how to win explained
Where to get started with the social deduction smash hit.
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A Diablo board game and tabletop RPG are on the way
Play a while and listen.
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Part RPG, part card game, part choose-your-own-adventure book.
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Publisher Phalanx reckons the 90cm U-boat is the biggest miniature ever made for a board game.
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Altered TCG will let you print as many copies of a card as you like.
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The political subterfuge of Game of Thrones meets the ruthless combo-making of your best MTG deck.
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Star Wars TCG Unlimited already has its first nine sets planned, with releases due through 2027
Fantasy Flight says its biggest team ever is working on the upcoming trading card game, but promises that won’t affect development of its other games.
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Anything from “modern Star Wars” is game, says maker Fantasy Flight.
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New armour created by Games Workshop’s own Warhammer Design Studio - could models be on the way?
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Mark Rosewater admits it’s “pretty unlikely” the criticised Epilogue format will return.
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Pokémon's sold-out Van Gogh Pikachu card is coming back, god help us all
After “overwhelming demand” demolished stock of the promo at Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum.
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Disney Lorcana, Cyberpunk and Critical Role’s Matthew Mercer head to PAX Unplugged in December
The Critical Role DM will open the tabletop convention with a Storytime keynote.
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Around the world in 80 plays.
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Best Prime Big Deal Days board game deals 2023
Grab some of the best board games for the best price in Amazon's second Prime Day sale.
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Join the performers behind Clive, Geralt and more on a fantasy adventure.
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Essen Spiel 2024 dates will see the world’s largest board game event return next October
Remains in slot at beginning of the month.
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Almost 200,000 people flocked to the world’s largest tabletop event.
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‘If our fans are happy, then we'll talk about doing something else.’
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Place colourful tiles to brings animals to your reef.
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Semi-co-op board game Fall of Fafnir pits your 3D defences against a marble-spitting dragon
Great marbles of fire!
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Dixit and Mysterium makers’ new board game will take Azul fans to the next level - literally
Create an island sanctuary for animals.
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Standalone release grew out of combat system in a Japanese magazine.
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5 RPG maps to inspire your next D&D 5E campaign (Sponsored)
From a Coral Throne to Hell's Tax Office.
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Join us at Essen Spiel 2023 for four days full of LIVE board game news, reveals and previews!
We’re trying something new for this year’s German board game extravaganza.
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It's the last day of Essen, but there are always more games to be played!
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We roll into a weekend of gaming at the massive Germany tabletop event.
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Get that Friday feeling as we return to Germany's enormous board game fair.
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Join us on the show floor as we give our thoughts on this year's must-see releases.
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A spoiler-free verdict of Pandemic Legacy creators’ next evolving board game.
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With designer and publisher categories for both established and up-and-coming talent, as well as a new award for Best Art.
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Rebel Moon tabletop RPG studio sues Netflix over cancelled adaptation of Zack Snyder movie
Publisher Evil Genius says the streaming giant unfairly pulled the release of its finished Rebel Moon RPG.
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Pokémon’s latest promo card turns Pikachu into Van Gogh - and it’s already ridiculously popular
Follows Edvard Munch-inspired cards released in 2018.
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“Friendly competition is so common to other games we play - board games, video games, sports - but it’s kind of taboo in tabletop RPGs.”
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An exclusive look at the new and returning species in the sci-fi RPG's upcoming rules revision.
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This D&D 5E book wants to give your characters A Life Well Lived away from dungeons and dragons
Upcoming supplement lets you generate lifepaths, allies and activities in downtime between adventures - as well as eventually retiring your hero.
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Dimension 20 is returning to Fantasy High for a third season in Junior Year
The D&D 5E series heads back to school in January.
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Ravnica Remastered cards show what a Magic: The Gathering anime could look like
Follows anime treatments and trailers for Kamigawa and Wilds of Eldraine.
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Ian Malcolm can face off against Indominus Rex in upcoming set Lost Caverns of Ixalan.
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Along with a Creepshow crossover and pixel lands.
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Plus a brand new Quarter Century Secret Rare card.
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Dark fantasy board game Tainted Grail is being made into a tabletop RPG
Based on the Shadows of Esteren system.
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Jo Kelly’s design picked up by Wehrlegig Games after Zenobia Award nomination.
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Magic: The Gathering will pay tribute to late Commander creator Sheldon Menery in an upcoming card
Commander Rules Committee co-founder passed away earlier this month.
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Vintage pulls, plus six new cards and the first international release of a Mr. Mime.
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Four new scene boxes on the way, plus Special Edition Collector Boosters with ‘60s music poster-inspired art.
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A Ghost in the Shell tabletop game is arriving next year
Studio behind My Little Pony RPG and Jim Henson’s Labyrinth board game teases an adaptation of the seminal sci-fi series.
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Dungeons & Dragons creator says Planescape sourcebooks contain no AI-produced art
Wizards of the Coast isn't repeating the mistake of Bigby Presents, but we still don't know what its internal policy says.
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New art and components - including miniatures - for the base game and its expansion, without changing any gameplay.
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Here’s how likely you are to find one of the Star Wars TCG’s artwork variants.
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With over 25 million playable characters.
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Guess Who-ish co-op card game gem Similo is headed to Middle-earth with a Lord of the Rings edition
One clue to find them all.
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From the folks behind actual play series Legends of Avantris.
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With illustrator Vincent Dutrait behind the unannounced game's artwork.
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Yokohama 2E revamps the Japan-set trading board game with a fresh look next summer
Gameplay untouched as Hisashi Hayashi’s game of rival merchants gets a makeover.
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Go head-to-head or two-on-two.
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Final Fantasy is getting its first official tabletop RPG for FF14’s 10th anniversary
Includes scenarios written by MMO’s devs that tie into A Realm Reborn’s main quest.
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You can get excellent Lovecraftian mystery RPG Trail of Cthulhu at a staggering discount right now
Close to two dozen books, worth almost £300, for 95% off.
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And how it differs from the cancelled The Long Dark campaign.
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Co-written by Matthew Mercer and the Critical Role cast.
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7 best Lorcana steel cards in The First Chapter
Steel yourself for a win.
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7 best Lorcana sapphire cards in The First Chapter
Indigo, out come results.
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A chance for unpublished and independent games to shine.
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8 best Lorcana ruby cards in the The First Chapter
Leave your rivals seeing red.
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Stunning board game The Old King’s Crown looks like the next must-play for Oath and Root fans
Emergent storytelling, asymmetrical strategy and rich world-building in a lavishly-illustrated fantasy board game.
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7 best Lorcana emerald cards in The First Chapter
Make your opponents green with envy.
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7 best Lorcana amethyst cards in The First Chapter
These violet delights.
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7 best Lorcana amber cards in The First Chapter
Golden picks.
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12 best Disney Lorcana cards in The First Chapter
The characters to look for in Lorcana’s debut set.
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Lorcana’s latest story reveal teases more of the lore behind the Disney TCG
How DID Hercules get here, anyway?
