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It doesn’t quite top the Mighty Nein’s farewell, though.
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Imperial Assault co-creator's co-op Mandalorian game looks a bit like Star Wars: Gloomhaven, out this summer
The Mandalorian: Adventures will be based on the first season of the spin-off show.
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Desperate for more Shōgun after the stellar TV show’s finale? Board game Sekigahara is the perfect sequel
Even Blackthorne would give up his boat for this.
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Helldivers 2 doesn’t have an official tabletop RPG, but free fan-made tribute Helldroppers may as well be it
How about a cup of Liber-TRPG?
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No more arguments about movement and line-of-sight in games like Warhammer? This mobile app wants to handle it all for you with a picture
Sci-fi shooter Light Speed: Arena will debut the Tablescope tech, with a companion for WWII dogfighter Wings of Glory in the works.
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Dead by Daylight board game’s first expansion adds more killers and survivors to hunt in new maps this summer
Including several of the familiar faces reappearing in next month’s Endless Hunt DLC.
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Reel in nightmares from the depths in Dredge-inspired horror-fishing card game Deep Regrets
You’ll be hooked.
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The best Fallout games to stash in your tabletop vault after finishing the Fallout TV show
That SPECIAL something.
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Turn your game into a hit with advice from makers of the Warhammer and Fallout RPGs, games lawyers, distributors and more at the Tabletop Creators Summit next month
A day of free talks and networking opportunities for anyone in the tabletop industry.
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Shadow of the Colossus-inspired board game Leviathan Wilds is one of the most compelling co-op experiences I’ve had in years
On the shoulders of giants.
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Wish you could play Dragon’s Dogma 2 with friends? Take on massive monsters as a party of adventurers in this multiplayer board game
Skulk Hollow offers a lot of the same thrills as the creature-climbing, pawn-commanding video game.
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How to play One Piece Card Game: rules, how to build a deck and how to win explained
Become King of the Pirates.
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Cyberpunk Red RPG serves up a free crossover expansion with sci-fi bartending video game VA-11 Hall-A
No, it’s not an April Fool's.
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How to play Ticket to Ride: rules, setup and how to win explained
Get on board with the classic train game.
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Board-game video game Armello becomes board-game board game as D&D 4E designer's adaptation hits Kickstarter
No need to rabbit on about it.
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Deadpool Role-Plays the Marvel Universe is part comic book, part playable RPG adventure
Ahead of new movie Deadpool & Wolverine.
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Critical Role RPG Daggerheart opens its public playtest, giving you the chance to try the D&D rival for free
Ahead of the beginner-friendly fantasy game’s release in 2025.
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Almost a fifth of money raised by Kickstarter projects goes to scam campaigns, report alleges
Crowdfunding platform denies claim about its own internal figures.
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Dune: Imperium Digital lets the spice flow on mobile and Xbox as it exits early access on PC tomorrow
Arrakeen to take a look?
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Former Arkham Horror LCG lead dev Maxine Newman joins Earthborne Rangers studio as eco card game's lead designer
Reuniting with ex-Arkham Horror: The Card Game creative director and Fantasy Flight studio head to work on co-op title.
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I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream author Harlan Ellison saved the first-ever Dune game
“Frank Herbert said: ‘Don’t worry, I hate lawyers anyway.’”
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Before Denis Villeneuve’s Dune movies, the sci-fi epic’s best adaptation was a board game no-one could buy for decades
The groundbreaking Dune board game changed everything - and then vanished.
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Battle cosmic horrors as kitties in rules-light RPG Cats of Catthulhu, back with a 10th anniversary edition
Dare you read the Nekonomicon?
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One Piece and Digimon tabletop games are on the way to mark the anime's 25th anniversaries
From studio behind Spy x Family card game and Sonic Roll.
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Mage Knight’s The Apocalypse Dragon is legendary fantasy board game’s first big expansion in a decade
Fourth expansion for Codename creator’s epic adventure game will hit tables in early 2025.
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How to play Star Wars: Unlimited: TCG’s rules, setup and building a deck explained
May the Force - and our guide - be with you.
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Fallout TV series miniatures let you explore the wasteland as a tiny ghoul Walton Goggins and a limb-chewing dog
No Kyle MacLachlan yet, alas.
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Unfathomable, Arkham Horror remake of Battlestar Galactica board game, gets an expansion three years later
New monsters, characters and ways to shake up the hunt for traitors aboard a ship.
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Like everything else, tabletop gaming would look very different without Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama
The influential mangaka and iconic designer for Dragon Quest has passed away at age 68.
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How to play Monopoly: rules, setup and how to win
Ditch the house variants and avoid arguments with our recap of the classic board game's official rules.
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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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Mega Civilization, the 18-player, 12-hour-long board game covering 8,000 years of history, returns in a new edition this year
War of the Ring publisher plans future additions to Mega Empires after revised West and East boxes.
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Pandemic Legacy creators reunite for a new co-op legacy adventure board game
Matt Leacock and Rob Daviau’s Ziggurat is a family-friendly affair that looks to be based on Leacock’s Mole Rats in Space.
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Honey Heist creator’s 2 Rapid 2 Righteous is an RPG about being Fast & Furious - and Family - played with wind-up toy cars
Serve with tuna sandwiches.
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Netrunner meets Werewolf in two-player witch-hunting card game Pagan: The Fate of Roanoke
Core game and expansions will see a re-release later in 2024 after launch at Gen Con.
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Altered becomes biggest-ever TCG Kickstarter after raising $7m for groundbreaking approach to collecting cards
Revolutionary CCG from Dixit creator’s new studio will let players print as many cards as they like.
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Pokémon TCG’s new Pocket app fixes a glaring 25-year-old mistake in the card game
How does a Poké Ball open, anyway?
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Shadowverse: Evolve’s new Gloryfinder format is like an anime MTG Commander, arriving this summer
A casual multiplayer mode emerges into the light.
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Arkham Horror LCG co-creator and Lord of the Rings designer leaves Fantasy Flight after 11 years
MJ Newman’s last expansion was the ambitious non-linear campaign The Scarlet Keys.
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Terry Pratchett’s Discworld gets its first new tabletop RPG in over 25 years, with board games also on the way
“Terry had a lifelong affection with roleplaying games.”
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You'll be able to play Critical Role's D&D rival Daggerheart soon, as the fantasy RPG gets a public playtest
Ahead of its full release in 2025.
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SPONSORED: Our Brilliant Ruin RPG brings the social drama and romance of Downton Abbey to a doomed world with no happy endings
Struggle your way up the social ladder - and to survive.
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The best Dune games to play on the tabletop after you watch Part Two
Add some spice to your next game night.
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Magic: The Gathering TCG rival Flesh and Blood’s next set is Japan-inspired Part the Mistveil, out this May
Expansion will introduce “long-awaited” talent “unlike anything players have seen before”.
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Star Trek Adventures’ Second Edition adds playable Klingons, Romulans and Strange New Worlds this summer
Boldly roll where you’ve gone before.
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La Desbandá 1937 offers a uniquely human look at war through the lens of a real-life atrocity turned RPG
Translated into English ahead of the Málaga-Almería road massacre’s 87th anniversary.
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Star Trek Ascendancy enters its Final Frontier with a definitive collector’s edition of the sci-fi board game
Setting coordinates for Gamefound later this year.
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The Adventures of Conan gives the barbarian hero a new board game later this year
Quest across Hyboria by rolling dice.
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Revolt against the corrupt Crown - and then be the baddies - in revolutionary RPG Guillotine
Heads (and dice) will roll.
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Egyptian board game Kemet returns this year with six-player support, solo play and new modes
Modular expansions headed to a crowdfunding campaign later in 2024.
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Build the first-ever computer in crunchy board game Ada's Dream from Arborea studio
Alt-history Eurogame imagines a world where Ada Lovelace survived to complete the Analytical Engine.
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Befriend talking rats to take on monstrous gods using Scrabble tiles in RPG The Far Roofs
Attack and dethrone God - or at least nibble at their heels.
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$15, 15-minute card game Now! could be your next obsession after 6 nimmt and The Mind
And you can buy it… er, soon!
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Sheldon's Spellbook Secret Lair raises money for cancer charity with MTG cards in honour of Commander creator
Includes reprints based on decks favoured by the ‘Godfather of Commander’, as well as appearances from the designer himself.
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Alien RPG's answer to D&D Beyond gets a full release later this month
Nexus exits early access into the cold void of the internet - or just your kitchen table.
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Get a first look at a classic Disney villain’s new Enchanted card in next Lorcana set Into the Inklands
Ursula, Deceiver of All makes her show-stopping appearance.
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Here’s an exclusive first look at four new cards from Disney Lorcana’s Into the Inklands set
Two of the 101 Dalmatians, a wish-granting Genie and a song card that will Go the Distance.
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Forgotten Waters studio reveals next Crossroads board game from Mice and Mystics creator, Wandering Galaxy
Plaid Hat plans its first Kickstarter this summer for sci-fi adventure.
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Tabletop professional looking to make your game a success? Sign up to attend the one-day Tabletop Creators Summit for free!
London gathering for industry professionals will include expert talks and afternoon networking event, with free entry to MCM Comic Con for attendees.
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Pen actual songs about a post-apocalyptic UK in lyric-writing RPG Punk is Dead
Be Like a Crow creator’s game riffs on Mörk Borg with a tour to play music and slay capitalist vampires.
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Kickstarter rival Gamefound had its biggest year yet in 2023, with $12m Nemesis sequel taking the lion’s share
Nemesis: Retaliation and adaptations of The Elder Scrolls, The Witcher and STALKER helped revenue to almost double to $56 million.
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How to build a Yu-Gi-Oh! deck for beginners
Take your first steps toward becoming a master duelist by putting together a top-notch deck.
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Pokémon card types explained: Every type of Energy, Trainer and Pokémon card
From Supporters to Stadiums, EX to GX, here’s how to tell what’s in your deck.
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Pokémon TCG expansions: Every Pokémon card game set in order
From the original 151 to the latest cards, you’ll find the release dates for every set and promo series here.
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SPONSORED: Gothic RPG adventure Veil of the Eternal Night brings Castlevania vibes to D&D 5E
Horror supplement includes dozens of monsters, 13 new subclasses and a huge campaign spanning levels 1 to 20.
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Call of Cthulhu RPG returns to Arkham with sourcebook next month, new campaign and scenario collection revealed
Three-part 1920s campaign and follow-up to one-shot anthology Gateways to Terror will release this spring.
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World's biggest board game convention will host Warhammer painting competition Golden Demon
New categories for The Old World, Blood Bowl and Necromunda as vehicles and large models are combined.
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Exclusive first look at Pendragon 6E’s Player’s Handbook and The Grey Knight, fantasy RPG’s biggest update in almost 20 years
Revised core rulebook and re-release of first-ever adventure will release in April.
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How to play the Pokémon TCG: A beginner’s guide
Learn the basics of how to play the Pokémon TCG, card types and how evolutions work.
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Marvel Multiverse creators on staying true to the comics, going behind the mask of superheroes and making ‘Avengers moments’ in the tabletop RPG
“We focused on making the game feel like a blockbuster Marvel event.”
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Yu-Gi-Oh!’s new starter set is the easiest the TCG has been to learn in 25 years
The step-by-step intro to the card game’s dense rules is basic, but not boring.
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MTG phases explained: a beginner’s guide to turn structure in Magic: The Gathering
Get yourself in order with our step-by-step guide to a turn in MTG.
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Disney Lorcana reveals a new two-player starter set and release dates for 2024 sets
TCG’s Gateway box will include two decks that players build up as they learn the ropes.
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MTG colour combinations explained: What are the names for MTG’s colour pairs?
Trying to tell your Gruul from your Grixis? Allow us to help with this guide to the names of MTG’s colour combos.
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One of the best Warhammer 40k video games of recent years - maybe ever - is back, and you shouldn't miss it
Chaos Gate: Daemonhunters is essentially Warhammer XCOM, and that’s only a good thing.
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Best tabletop RPGs 2024 (that aren’t Dungeons & Dragons 5E)
Explore worlds beyond the Forgotten Realms.
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How to play Catan: board game’s rules, setup and how to win explained
Wood that it were so simple.
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When Nightmares Come sounds like my dream Call of Cthulhu, Arkham Horror and X-Files co-op miniatures game
Solving paranormal mysteries, chucking dice and wargaming? Count me in!
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Halo is taking another shot at a Warhammer-like miniatures game
From the studio behind Kings of War and The Walking Dead: All Out War.
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SPONSORED: Hot Fuzz and X-Files meet D&D, our comedy-mystery actual play series Storybreakers is back for Season 2!
Our party of fantasy journalists are back for a new mystery in the big city.
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Dimension 20’s first trailer for Fantasy High: Junior Year reveals a rocking theme song and premiere date
“We just saved the world, I feel like that should count for a couple classes!”
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Unreleased Pokémon cards, once believed destroyed, resurface after more than a decade
Seven cards were created as promos for cancelled 2011 tournament.
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Bloody brilliant The Walking Dead miniatures game All Out War is coming back in 2024
After being discontinued two years ago.
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SPONSORED: Go full “Et tu, Brute?” on your friends in UBOOT creators’ backstabby Roman politics board game Triumph
Hitting Kickstarter next month after years in the making.
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6 board games like Grand Theft Auto to play while you wait for GTA 6’s release date
Criminally good fun.
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Tabletop Creators Summit returns in 2024 with more expert advice and networking for designers, publishers and industry pros
Following success of Dicebreaker’s first-ever B2B event in London last spring.
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SPONSORED: 10 stunning Pokémon cards that showcase the TCG’s most iconic artwork
This beautiful Pokémon card art would take pride of place in any collection.
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If you like Pandemic, you owe it to yourself to make The ART Project your next co-op board game
Stealing hearts.
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Tabletop Awards 2023 winners: this year’s best board games, RPGs, designers and publishers
Including our first winner in new category Best Art.
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Cyberpunk and Witcher designer’s next RPG is about multiverse-hopping ninja inspired by Naruto, Stargate and Japanese myth
Teased as Project Blue Moon over the summer, Shadow Scar will feature an original setting and a brand new gameplay system.