Matt Thrower

Contributor

Matt has been writing about games for over a decade and obsessing over them as long as he can remember. He's been lucky enough to sneak articles about tabletop into several video game outlets, including IGN, PC Gamer and Rock Paper Shotgun. The author and co-author of two books on gaming, Matt also enjoys hiking, cooking and being pretentious.

Here’s how Wingspan scored a surprise starring role on Coronation Street last week

The Rovers Re-tern.
9 best real-time board games

On the clock.

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Feature: Good Old Plays: The throwback RPGs giving modern roleplaying “a breath of fresh air”

OSR designers are reviving the genre’s roots with compact rules, player-led storytelling and creativity in abundance.

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9 best space board games, from Treks to Wars

To boldly roll.

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Feature: “We had to quarantine our games”: Friendly local game stores’ struggle to survive during coronavirus

Board game café owners and retailers on the impact of lockdown and social distancing.
Adventure Mart board game review - cutesy charm overcomes inconsistent gameplay in fantasy auction deckbuilder

Taking stock.
Oath could finally deliver on the exciting lost potential of legacy board games

All of the memories with none of the sacrifice.

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Unmatched board game review - Buffy, Bruce Lee, Bigfoot and more duke it out in a thrilling pop culture clash

Who would win in a fight, Medusa or a T-Rex?
Feature: The afterlife of Android: Netrunner - the community taking a beloved card game's future into their own hands

“It felt like losing a friend.”

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Aftermath board game review - slow-build post-apocalypse adventure falls prey to monotony

Tail of survival.

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Letter Jam board game review - co-op word game is sticky but sweet

Conserve your brainpower.

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