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.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel is currently bigger than GTA 5 and Apex Legends on Steam
Number of concurrent players sees free-to-play card game rocket to third place in the rankings.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel app gets a surprise release on PC and console
Out of the Blue-Eyes.
WWII deckbuilding series Undaunted heads to Stalingrad this autumn
Standalone sequel to Normandy and North Africa billed as a “big box” addition to the series.
Wordle-inspired Guess the Board Game puts a tabletop twist on the viral puzzle game
Do you know your Knizia from your Hargrave?
The Adventures Mixtape will include scenarios from 14 different writers spanning tabletop, video games, comics and animation.
Upcoming board games 2022: 11 board game releases you should play this year
Avoid FOMO with our guide to the biggest board games of the next 12 months.
Games of the Year 2021: Matt on the unforgettable stories of Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile
The creator of Root and Pax Pamir does it again.
We recommend the best board games for the holidays on the last live Dicebreaker Podcast of 2021!
It’s a Dicebreaker Podcast Holiday Special!
Gamefound jabs at Kickstarter in its own ‘vision of crowdfunding’s future’
Outlines incoming tax improvements, recent infrastructure changes and plan for 2022.
Promo card given to championship winners at 2012 Pokémon World Championships.
Planned move to blockchain in 2022 leaves designers and publishers desperately seeking viable alternatives to the industry’s dominant crowdfunding platform.
Video game adaptations of tabletop IP among benefits listed by Embracer Group.
Tidal Blades 2 and tabletop RPG spin-off hit Kickstarter next February
Board game sequel features co-op campaign lasting 40+ hours.
Lupin co-creator on board as writer.
Avatar Legends RPG physical release date delayed to summer 2022
Publisher Magpie Games cites paper and cardboard shortages on top of game’s record Kickstarter success.
Kickstarter is getting into crypto, plans blockchain move in 2022
The announcement has gone down about as well as you’d expect.
What should the next D&D crossover be? We make our case on the Dicebreaker Podcast!
From handsome dragons to bunny bois on the Moon.
Along with standout solo experiences, food-themed games and the latest Kickstarter success stories.
Story-driven Vietnam War board game Purple Haze lands on Gamefound next month
UBOOT creators’ next “immersive simulation” offers players a branching narrative as they command a squad of US Marines in 1967.
8 best word games to replace Scrabble
Put a spell on you.
Which celebs would make perfect Pokémon cards? We chat 'em all on the Dicebreaker Podcast!
We play the Skyrim board game, Cuphead dice game, sharpen our knowledge for the Trivial Pursuit TV show and look ahead to the return of Atmosfear.
5 tips for surviving the Cuphead board game’s brutal difficulty (Sponsored by The Op)
Here's a real high-class bout!
HeroQuest returns to shops next month for the first time in almost 30 years
Retail release follows last year’s $3.7m crowdfunding campaign for relaunch of classic dungeon-crawler.
Don’t forget your Beyblade briefcase.
Elysium and Skora designers open studio focused on eco-friendly board games you can print at home
First project Voyages to launch on Kickstarter later this year.
Red Giant is a brutal but beginner-friendly RPG inspired by Castlevania and Berserk
From creator of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure and Persona-inspired RPG Over Arms.
Ares Games reveals plans for additional War of the Ring games after next year.
Unleashing the greatest terror this Halloween: the Yahtzee chad.
And update our personal list of desert island games.
Get started with Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay by grabbing the RPG’s latest starter set for under £1
Net dozens of adventures, sourcebooks and the 4E core rulebook for a bargain.
Star Wars Roleplaying reprints and new supplements on the way from Edge of the Empire lead developer
UPDATE: Edge Studio dismisses original indication it is working on brand new Star Wars RPGs.
“Haters gonna hate and we accept that.”
Sherlock Holmes’ dog Toby gets his own board game in next year’s The Animals of Baker Street
Family-friendly investigation game penned with author Clémentine Beauvais releasing in October 2022.
Horrible Guild promises “levels of continuity” in follow-up to acclaimed story-driven board game.
Ice Cool spin-off Iron Forest will let you flick and fire tiny robots into the air
Launching - quite literally - onto Kickstarter next year.
The team chats about what we've seen during the first day of the German game fair.
Players will be able to take control of the Bebop crew or create their own interplanetary bounty hunters.
King of Tokyo and King of New York are getting a new sequel next year
Third in Richard Garfield’s monster rumble dice game series teased at Essen Spiel 2021.
Resident Evil’s new co-op card game is designed to feel like passing the controller as kids
Up to four players control either Jill Valentine or Chris Redfield together.
Following cancer diagnosis in 2014.
Latest ‘immersive simulation’ from publisher behind World War II submarine game.
Anime-inspired RPG from design team Fumble GDR draws from shonen, mecha and school drama - plus Arthurian fantasy.
Looking ahead to Root creator’s Arcs: Collapse and Conflict in the Void and back on Mysterium, Insider, Monikers and more.
Play Pink Humble Bundle includes Asmodee Digital’s most popular digital board games in aid of Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
25th anniversary collection brings back familiar favourites alongside brand new additions.
Cards handpicked from “most divisive” questions in 2018 video game.
Includes games inspired by Scooby Doo, House of Leaves and the nightmare of the NHS waitlist.
“We hope players will be able to see themselves in each of the characters in one way or another.”
Following 2020 cancellation due to COVID-19.
Designer Cole Wehrle, artist Kyle Ferrin and publisher Leder Games plan Kickstarter for 2022.
We discuss what's next for D&D, look ahead to Essen Spiel and choose our favourite video games that deserve to come to the tabletop.
Turn books into poetry, rob the British Museum and steam hams for charity.
Deep Rock Galactic: The Board Game brings the hit co-op video game to the tabletop next year
From Champions of Midgard designer.
Steam’s Digital Tabletop Fest returns to celebrate RPGs later this month
And Dicebreaker’s part of it!
Gen Con 2022 dates confirm return of US board game convention next summer
After this year’s in-person event sees 50% of 2019 attendance.
Dungeons & Dragons’ “next evolution” will release in 2024
Wizards of the Coast confirms return to three classic D&D settings in 2022 and 2023.
We write the greatest Dungeons & Dragons musical you've never heard on the Dicebreaker Podcast!
Critical one-hit-wonder.
Ticket to Ride gets a set of pink trains to benefit breast cancer research charity
On railways we wear pink.
You can now add a custom avatar to your Dicebreaker user account!
The best face to be.
Video game series Far Cry is getting a board game spin-off next year
From Tokaido studio.
Sealed boxes of first-edition packs for 2002 US release potentially include some of the game's rarest cards.
Which board games do you house-rule? It's the Dicebreaker Podcast!
We talk our favourite mystery RPGs, the latest news from Gen Con and more.
ENnie Awards 2021 winners: Alice is Missing and Heart: The City Beneath named best RPGs of the year
Free League continues last year’s success with Vaesen, Alien: The RPG and Mörk Borg.
Deep Sea Adventure studio’s latest game Scout is out next month
Releasing at Essen Spiel ahead of wider EU and US launch.
Arkham Horror, Twilight Imperium and Android studio Fantasy Flight is considering a legacy game
Experimenting with “different narrative possibilities” and “original legacy moments” to make future games “stand out and shine” in the genre.
Jurassic World is getting a legacy game from Villainous and Hogwarts Battle creators
Board game due for release next summer will span entire Jurassic Park franchise.
Act II of dungeon-crawler said to be “well on its way”.
Star Wars: Outer Rim is finally getting its first expansion, Unfinished Business
Fantasy Flight Games warns not to expect any more information “for some time”.
The Game of Life designer Reuben Klamer has passed away
Prolific toy inventor created 1960 board game considered only second to Monopoly in terms of sales.
Call of Cthulhu marks the horror RPG’s 40th anniversary with a new Keeper Rulebook
Limited-edition tome includes designer commentary and return of classic scenario.
How to RPG with Your Cat turns your feline friend into a furry d20
Dungeon meowster.
Well Hydrated Yellow? Tim's Magical Green? We fix miniatures paint names on the Dicebreaker Podcast!
Board games? Never heard of 'em.
Feature: The Civilization board game pioneered epic strategy a decade before Sid Meier
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tech tree.
Warhammer master painter Duncan Rhodes is launching his own miniatures paint range
Former Warhammer TV host’s Two Thin Coats Paints will include 60 colours, washes and metallics.