Samantha Nelson

Contributor

Samantha Nelson has been writing about tabletop gaming since 2013 for publications including The A.V. Club, Waypoint, Polygon and Escapist Magazine. She is also a member of the Critical Hit actual play podcast and met her husband at a Vampire: The Masquerade LARP.

Feature: Magic: The Gathering isn’t in a rush to try and top its ‘intensely ambitious’ Avengers: Endgame moment from March of the Machine

“It definitely pushed our team to a level of world-building that I wouldn’t be eager to return to.”

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Feature: The Amsterdam board game club that became one woman's legacy

“People come in, they don’t know anybody, and then they are there for two years.”

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7 Game of Thrones board games to play while you wait for more House of the Dragon

“When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die.”

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10 best classic board games that are still worth playing

No, not like Monopoly.
10 best pirate board games

Treasure hunting.

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10 best card drafting games

Plan, pick and pass.
Unfathomable board game review: Battlestar Galactica meets Arkham Horror in social deduction game likely to test friendships - and patience

Treachery at sea.

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10 best board games about food

Good enough to eat.
10 best worker-placement games

Take your places.

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Feature: "Hope for the best and plan for the worst": The challenges facing tabletop gaming conventions after lockdown

Big tabletop events are likely to return this year, but they might look very different.
The Initiative board game review - co-op puzzler from Star Wars: Rebellion designer full of charm, creativity and satisfying surprises

Cracking.

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10 best Cthulhu board games that aren't Arkham Horror

Cultist classics.
X-Men: Mutant Insurrection board game review - tactical teamwork meets faithful superhero drama

First Class.
Small World of Warcraft board game review - MMO crossover brings flavour and complexity to fantasy conquest classic

Azeroth the wall.
How to play Pathfinder RPG: A beginner’s guide to 2E

Get started with the second edition of the fantasy roleplaying game.

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Feature: Vampire: The Masquerade - Chapters bridges the gap between board game and RPG

Once bitten.
Paladins of the West Kingdom board game review - deeply satisfying strategy, if you can keep up

Losing momentum.

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Cities: Skylines - The Board Game review - co-op tabletop Tetris for careful planners

Metropobliss.

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