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A Ghost in the Shell tabletop game is arriving next year

Studio behind My Little Pony RPG and Jim Henson’s Labyrinth board game teases an adaptation of the seminal sci-fi series.
Board game masterpiece Food Chain Magnate will finally look as good as it plays with upcoming Special Edition

New art and components - including miniatures - for the base game and its expansion, without changing any gameplay.
Guess Who-ish co-op card game gem Similo is headed to Middle-earth with a Lord of the Rings edition

One clue to find them all.
Heat: Pedal to the Metal designers working on their 'biggest' release yet as part of a new board game series

With illustrator Vincent Dutrait behind the unannounced game's artwork.
Yokohama 2E revamps the Japan-set trading board game with a fresh look next summer

Gameplay untouched as Hisashi Hayashi’s game of rival merchants gets a makeover.
Final Fantasy 7 Remake board game will have you hunting for materia as Cloud, Sephiroth and friends next spring

Go head-to-head or two-on-two.
Elden Ring board game studio announces cooperative tabletop adaptation of Horizon: Forbidden West video game

Seeds of Rebellion’s narrative will take place before Aloy arrives in the titular Forbidden West
Cthulhu: Death May Die universe to receive new entry in the form of a re-imagining of Neil Gaiman-inspired board game

Featuring historical figures.

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Cooperative board game Zombicide infects a different comic book universe in DCeased

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... Superman's rotting corpse?

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Marvel Cinematic Universe Trivial Pursuit tests your knowledge of The Infinity Saga

Compete to collect the Infinity Stones.
Rhino Hero publisher Haba files for insolvency, announces large-scale job cuts

Company will continue “as usual.”
Design golf courses then challenge your friends to beat them in roll-and-write gem Tiny Mini Golf

Bunker down.
Terraforming Mars makers defend use of AI art in upcoming board game expansion amid fan grumbles

“We have and will continue to leverage AI-generated content in the development and delivery of this project.”

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Feature: Baldur’s Gate 3 tips from a seasoned Dungeons & Dragons player

These are invaluable to your quest in the Forgotten Realms.
New Witcher board game features playable Geralt, Yennifer and Ciri

Alongside Vesemir and Dandelion.
Feature: How a card game helped avoid nuclear war

Or: a brief history of game theory.

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Indie designer with a tabletop game the world should see? PAX Unplugged’s Rising Showcase is open to submissions for another two weeks

A chance for unpublished and independent games to shine.
Terraforming Mars can now be played alone thanks to its new solo game expansion

Alongside fan-designed cards.
10 board games to play at Essen Spiel 2023

Don’t miss out on these great tabletop titles.

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Wingspan publisher’s next board game is about bees in space

Unbee-lievable.
Stunning board game The Old King’s Crown looks like the next must-play for Oath and Root fans

Emergent storytelling, asymmetrical strategy and rich world-building in a lavishly-illustrated fantasy board game.
Feature: Why are board games that simply let Black players have fun still all too rare?

Examining the Leisure Divide.

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A PUBG Battlegrounds board game will be released later this year, after being quietly crowdfunded by Korean publisher

English-language version yet to be announced.
Unrest channels the spirit of Android: Netrunner, Star Wars and 1984 in a colourful head-to-head card game

You say you want a revolution.

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Descent, Witcher 3 and Arkham Horror devs' co-op legacy game lets you move freely through a fantasy world as animal adventurers

Critters with critical roles.
Feature: Subbuteo plays on: How the iconic tabletop football game inspired a generation of players and artists - and avoided relegation

What do birds, streakers and The Beatles have to do with the flick-and-kick classic?
Almost 40% people are playing more tabletop games since before the lockdown, with interest in D&D increasing to 85%

Interest in Warhammer also up.
Hans Niemann resolves $100m lawsuit against Magnus Carlsen and Chess.com out of court

Niemann will be allowed to take place in tournaments, while Hikaru Nakamura continues to stir the pot.
Undaunted co-designer's next title is a print-and-play solo game about World War II

Solitary soldiering.
Dungeon Kart is basically Mario Kart: The Board Game, from the makers of Boss Monster

Play your cars right.
Critical Role maker’s new board game Queen by Midnight throws deckbuilding and battle royale into a blender

A royal rumble.
Board game giant Asmodee’s corporate owner allegedly loses $2bn deal with Saudi Arabian partner

Savvy Gaming Group, a public investment fund attached to the Saudi government, reportedly pulled out on the eve of the deal.

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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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Trans women banned from competing in FIDE women’s chess tournaments

Regulations labelled “discriminatory” by chess official.
Feature: Guilty Gear Strive: The Board Game hits as fast and hard as the video game fighter

I’m Sol’d.

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Magic: The Gathering creator’s most underrated game - in his own opinion - is getting a re-release

SpyNet returns as Shadow Blades.
Horrified: Greek Monsters is basically a horror-themed Hades board game

Not a minor-taur challenge.

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The Adventures of Robin Hood’s choose-your-own-adventure story and tactile board make it a surprisingly innovative family game

I Sherwood like to play some more.
Dune: Imperium deckbuilding video game coming just in time for next film

Alongside digital versions of Cascadia and Ark Nova.

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Gen Con 2023 breaks event attendance record with over 70,000 visitors

In time for its 20th anniversary.

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Eve Online board game looks to turn the MMORPG into a Twilight Imperium-esque tabletop title

Will feature a “player-driven narrative.”
Dune: Imperium sequel features characters from Dune: Part Two and a semi co-op team mode

Supports up to six players.
Brandon Sanderson deckbuilding game in the works at Stormlight Archive RPG studio

Planned for release in 2024 alongside tabletop RPG and author's next book.
King’s Dilemma creators’ frantic co-op game Quicksand is like disarming a bomb against the clock, with sand timers

Short, stressful and satisfying.
Guilty Gear Strive board game turns the video game fighter into a two-player throwdown on the tabletop

Exceed-ing expectations.
Next Kingdomino game expands into the wild west with mix-and-match dominos

Featuring cowboy meeples.

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Netflix show based on the Exploding Kittens card game is getting turned into a card game

IP loops into IP.
Fill your walls with fashionable paintings in Petrichor and Hamlet creators’ fetching board game Art Society

Games are art, art is games.
World War 2 deckbuilder Undaunted: Normandy lands in Early Access on PC

With a mobile version also planned.
Warcry: Crypt of Blood review - a miserly starter set that provides an incomplete introduction to the Warhammer spin-off

Age of Sigmar’s skirmish sibling gets an introductory box at last, but the value here is poor.
Feature: Tabletop creators struggle to plot their future amidst Twitter’s still-burning ashes

The death of the bird app at the hands of Elon Musk leaves designers big and small in the lurch.

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Critical Role: Campaign 3 adapted into co-op card game by Flamecraft designer

Hells Bells! It’s Bells Hells!
Monopoly maker exec imagines a future where board games sport “AI-driven game mechanics”

Chat GPTabletop.

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Feature: The Witcher’s latest board game is a monster-slaying romp that can’t match the rich world of the video games

Combat outshines story in the solid, if shallow, action-adventure adaptation.
Dorfromantik board game sequel trades idyllic calm for a village building competition

Duelling windmills.

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Dungeon crawl board game HeroQuest concludes first major storyline in Rise of the Dread Moon expansion

Dread Moon rising.
Co-op party game I Felt... is like Codenames with emotions instead of words

Guess how I’m feeling.
Feature: What are you playing this weekend? Here’s what we’ve been playing!

Prepare for a healthy dose of The Witcher content!

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Everything Ever is a modern spin on the classic party game Scattergories

A game about everything, everywhere, all at once.
Avant Carde turns classic Uno into literal art (and a better game)

With a very impressive folding box!
Warhammer 40k’s next board game resurrects a rare miniature from Blackstone Fortress

The dreaded Ambull returns at a reasonable price.
Use your blindfolded friend’s thumb as a joystick in hilarious-looking racing board game Turbo Kidz

From Decrypto and Turing Machine studio.

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Corvids is a card game about being a thieving little crow, and tweezers are your beak

Something to crow about.
Terraforming Mars solo mode expansion will offer a “more complex and interesting” single-player variant for the board game

Alone on Mars.
One of Call of Cthulhu’s most iconic and deadly RPG campaigns is becoming a board game from Nemesis designer

Off the rails.

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Chill village-building board game Dorfromantik takes home Spiel des Jahres 2023

Mysterium Kids and Challengers! among other winners at one of tabletop’s biggest awards

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Feature: What are you playing this weekend? Here’s what we’ve been playing!

Terrifying horror and terrific trains!

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Catan is coming to Nintendo Switch, season pass announced for Xbox and Playstation editions

Expansions arriving in near future.
Risk's Lord of the Rings Trilogy Edition is down to £35 on Amazon Prime Day

One Risk to rule them all.
Best Prime Day board game deals for 2023

From modern classics to old favourites, grab some of the best board games for the best price this Prime Day.
The Spiel des Jahres doesn’t deserve to be board gaming’s biggest award in 2023

40-plus years on, the German prize is still the most prestigious accolade a board game can receive - despite a very spotty history of winners.

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Risk Strike sells a 20-minute version of the classic world domination board game, sans world map

Pocket-sized Genghis Khan simulator.
Coyote & Crow maker’s new semi-cooperative board game only has a winner if nobody loses

Meeples for all the peoples.
It’s about time we got a Viva Pinata board game

A smashing idea.

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Find board game recommendations, D&D party members and more on the Dicebreaker Discord

Chat with fellow board game, tabletop RPG and trading card game lovers!
Best of the rest: 8 Spiel des Jahres winners you haven’t heard of

Winning board gaming's biggest Game of the Year prize doesn’t always mean going down in the history books.

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King’s Dilemma, Evergreen publisher to handle neighbourhood building board game Sunrise Lane

Reiner Knizia’s latest design goes back to an old well - civic planning
New Everdell board game Farshore sets sail for oddly familiar horizons

Deja blue.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre’s asymmetric board game casts all but one player as horror film victims

Don’t try the local barbecue.
Cyclades Legendary Edition hauls in half a million in crowdfunding for revamped Bruno Cathala board game

I gave all my lunch money to Zeus.
Feature: What are you playing this weekend? Here’s what we’ve been playing!

Cats, casters,currents and cantankerous gods.

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Exploding Kittens studio’s latest party game sees players betting on each other’s abilities

Complete tasks Without Fail
Gloomhaven’s bite-sized board game Buttons & Bugs coming from Mountains of Madness designer

Finally, a Gloomhaven box below lethal throwing weight.

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10 must-see board games to check out at Gen Con 2023

From excellent publishers to exciting licensed games.

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Feature: What are you playing this weekend? Here’s what we’ve been playing!

One bumper edition!

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Culinary party game Drawn Hungry is like Cards Against Humanity with delicious recipes and no gross aftertaste

Card cook, won't cook.
Kickstarter steps further away from a blockchain future but stops short of promises

The crwodfunding company's Community Advisory Council might have pulled that particular bacon out of the frying pan.
Anime hit Spy x Family is getting its own Love Letter-like card game

Waku waku!
Bridgerton board game readies for a turn within the Netflix series adaptation machine

Scandals, suitors and the search for a good licensed board game.
New Walking Dead and Invincible board games celebrate the comic series’ shared 20th anniversary

Mantic Games returns to the Walking Dead well and picks up adult-bent Superhero series Invincible for its trouble.

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Empyreal is the perfect train game for people who don’t like train games

One to choo-choo-choose.

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West Kingdom trilogy makers return to the North Sea to remake the board game that started it all

Righting the shipwrights.

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“There are chances” of a Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion-esque version of Frosthaven

With potential new stuff coming from Gloomhaven creator.
Pathfinder, Cyberpunk and Boop win big at 2023 Origins Awards

The people love cat hijinks on a bed.
Monty Python’s Flying Circus collides with Zombicide in the co-op game’s latest expansion

It’s getting out of spam.
Sushi Go spinoff fills the the table with rotating steamer baskets and family style dishes

Steamed dumplings are serious business
Root creator Cole Wehrle, indigenous RPG Coyote & Crow among finalists for 2023 Diana Jones Award

The pyramid-shaped award for “excellence in gaming” also includes a journalist for the first time.

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Exploding Kittens reimagines Dobble as a chaotic, pancake-themed party game

Who ordered the shortstack with cactus and raw ribeye?
Hanabi designer teams up with co-founder of 7 Wonders studio to create new publisher

Two board games already on the way.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. board game cracks $2m in crowdfunding for a campaign-focused cooperative “zone crawler”

A replayable Zone Survival Mode won’t be included in the base game post-crowdfunding.