Sara Elsam
Contributor
Sara has been writing since 2017, contributing news, features and more to outlets including Eurogamer, Rock Paper Shotgun, Variety, The Guardian, BBC and Tabletop Gaming magazine. An expert in Dungeons & Dragons, they’re also a fan of all things horror and psychedelia both on and off the table. They are happiest rolling big dice, raising mobs and rocking out with their Bard-Lock.
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How to play Dungeons & Dragons 5E for beginners
Everything you need to know to get started with the world's biggest tabletop RPG.
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How to play Magic: The Gathering: A beginner's guide
Everything you need to get started with MTG as a beginner, from how to play, what to buy first and how to do a draft.
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10 best tabletop roleplaying games out right now
From the best fantasy tabletop RPG alternatives to Dungeons & Dragons, to the sci-fi worlds of Cyberpunk and Star Wars.
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10 best movie board games that are actually good
Not all games based on movies are bad - and we’re here to prove it!
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10 best tabletop fantasy RPGs that aren’t Dungeons & Dragons
The finest fantasy tabletop RPG games out there right now.
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8 best Dungeons & Dragons gifts for Christmas
Pick out the perfect tabletop present with our essential D&D gift guide.
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Tabletop games made more money than ever before on Kickstarter last year
Two-thirds of tabletop projects reached their goal.
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The Dicebreaker merchandise store is open now, featuring two new T-shirt designs!
BE NICE ROLL DICE and show off your BIG DECK ENERGY.
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How to play Dungeons & Dragons online
Keep your tabletop roleplaying group going wherever you are by playing Dungeons & Dragons online.
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Scythe designer's legacy board game Charterstone arrives on PC, mobile and Switch
Build a village for the Forever King on PC, Switch and mobile.
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Tabletop RPG Harlem Unbound 2E includes a crash course on addressing race in games
A R’lyeh different perspective.
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Magic: The Gathering’s Friday Night Magic event goes online amid COVID-19 lockdown
Players can claim local store rewards via MTG Arena.
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Sci-fi miniatures game Infinity is getting a beginner friendly series titled CodeOne
Operation: Kaldstrøm coming soon.
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Magic: The Gathering releases Secret Lair Drop card set for International Women’s Day
Five of MTG’s most iconic ladies take centre stage.
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Place secret bets on deadly arena gladiator fights in Kickstarter board game Gladius
Are you not entertained?
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What do the different Magic: The Gathering mana colours mean?
Don’t be left feeling Blue or seeing Red with our guide to MTG’s five mana colours.
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Defeat Mecha-Hitler in miniature with the upcoming Wolfenstein: The Board Game
I did Nazi that coming.
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Act out a wild telenovela in upcoming tabletop RPG Pasión de las Pasiones
Love, betrayal and jaguars.
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Build a pirate unicorn army with upcoming Magic: The Gathering set Jumpstart
Not all is as it themes.
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Learn the origins of Magic: The Gathering in upcoming documentary Igniting The Spark
It’s a kind of magic.
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Batman: The Animated Series gets a new board game in Shadow of the Bat
Along with an expansion set in Arkham Asylum.
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Build the most horrible theme park ever with board game Danger Park
“Welcome to the unhappiest place on earth”.
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Introducing Dungeonbreaker, Dicebreaker’s new Dungeons & Dragons 5E actual play series
Featuring dinosaur racing, swamp goblins and one very rich half-elf.
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10 best rules-light and storytelling RPGs for beginners
Tabletop RPG games light on rules, and heavy of story.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2020 dates announced for this summer
Blue eyes, full hearts, can’t lose.
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Get D&D 5E-compatible Lord of the Rings RPG, Adventures in Middle-earth, for under a pound
Now that’s what I’m Tolkien about.
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Feature: Tabletop RPG releases 2020: 10 upcoming roleplaying games you should play this year
From the first Warhammer: Age of Sigmar RPG to Nordic horror and underground cities
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The Yellow King RPG, based on the horror stories that inspired Lovecraft, is out next week
Strange is the night where black stars rise.
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'Roll-and-build' board game Era: Medieval Age is getting its first expansion
Perfect for a reigny day.
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Here’s the reason Magic: The Gathering - Theros: Beyond Death has no tie-in novel
“We needed a better validation strategy not only for issues of representation, but for narrative content in general.”
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Civilisation board game Clash of Cultures returns after seven years with a new Monumental Edition
Including expansions Civilizations and Aztecs.
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Warhammer 40,000’s first official animated series Angels of Death gets a new trailer
One of three shows in the works, following reports of anthology series.
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Dungeons & Dragons’ new free playtest subclasses let you make a pact with a genie
My wish is your command.
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Feature: Board game releases 2020: 10 upcoming board games you should play this year
Pandemic Legacy: Season 3, new Gloomhaven and Root creator’s next game lead the biggest tabletop titles of the next 12 months.
