Board Game Archive
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10 best anime board games, from Dragon Ball Super to My Hero Academia
Impressive power level.
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Grab your shotgun, your chainsaw and your most durable friends.
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Catan is being turned into a range of ‘fashionable’ shoes
Wood for feet?
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Not a third edition of Journeys in the Dark, Fantasy Flight confirms.
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Hoop Godz brings street basketball to the table as a board game
Second game from Rap Godz creators.
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Steam Digital Tabletop Fest sale includes Scythe, Warhammer, Terraforming Mars and more
Discounts of up to 80% running throughout celebration of digital board games.
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Mansions of Madness video game renamed Arkham Horror: Mother’s Embrace, releasing in 2021
Spooky spin-off headed to PS4, Xbox One, PC and Switch.
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Learn to communicate with aliens in Arrival-inspired tabletop game Xenolanguage
Close Encounters of the Word Kind.
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Oh, and there’s the latest news too.
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Indie titles also on the way.
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Pick up comic book card game Sentinels of the Multiverse on PC and mobile for under £1
With 10% of sales going to charity Black Girls Code.
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Long-awaited civilisation board game Clash of Cultures: Monumental Edition delayed to spring 2021
Monumental Edition’s price increased to $150 as result of coronavirus.
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Splendor creator’s next game Soul Raiders is a story-driven co-op with over 1,000 cards
Playable during this month’s Spiel.Digital ahead of 2021 Kickstarter.
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Watch Wu-Tang Clan rappers RZA and GZA play chess against a grandmaster for charity
Hip-hop stars faced US Hall of Famer Maurice Ashley and streamers IAmBrandon and Nate Hill.
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Offers include classic family games through to new modern favourites.
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Board game café owners and retailers on the impact of lockdown and social distancing.
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This year’s PAX Unplugged has been cancelled
With no digital replacement.
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Designers on Mat Hart and Sherwin Matthews on taking inspiration from classics for an RPG board game that doesn't skimp on the roleplaying.
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The new HeroQuest will see a UK release after all
Following crowdfunding campaign’s exclusivity to US and Canada.
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Tiny Towns named Game of the Year and Best Board Game at 2020 Origins Awards
Following cancellation of convention and awards show over the summer.
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Catan’s 25th Anniversary Edition is out next month, includes expansions and accessories
Bundles original game, 5-6 player extension, Helpers scenario and accessories.
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Twilight Imperium 4E expansion Prophecy of Kings has a release date
Hacan you believe it?
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Leaked new Descent game Legends of the Dark will be officially revealed later this month
Follow-up to Journeys in the Dark previously teased by Fantasy Flight following accidental reveal.
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Taking place at the end of the month.
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Power Rangers is morphin’ into a new RPG and deckbuilding game
G.I. Joe, Transformers and My Little Pony also headed to the tabletop.
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Level 99 commits to localising future releases.
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Like Among Us? Here are 6 board games you should play
In space no-one can hear you scheme.
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‘Broken’ board games are better than boring ones
For balance.
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How to play Catan: board game’s rules, setup and scoring explained
Wood that it were so simple.
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Thunderstone Quest is D&D meets Dominion, and it’s back on Kickstarter next week
The Enemies Among Us includes two new quests.
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Following surprise reveal of crowdfunded return for 1989 board game.
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Board game classic HeroQuest is being relaunched with a crowdfunded new edition
More than 30 years since the original was released.
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Warhammer Underworlds expansion Arena Mortis adds a six-player free-for-all mode
Out later this week.
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Bardsung is a new dungeon-crawling roguelike board game from Dark Souls: TBG studio - exclusive
Hitting Kickstarter in November.
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Plus what we’ve been playing, the latest news and more tabletop discussion!
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Castle TriCon is an online board game convention held in a 3D virtual world
Taking place next week.
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Gloomhaven is being turned into a comic book
Fallen Lion out in December.
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Decrypto and Stay Cool studio’s next game Master Word is Codenames meets Mastermind
Releasing this month.
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Out in time for Halloween.
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Discussing the model minority myth in the tabletop gaming industry at PAX Online x EGX Digital.
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10 most influential board games since Catan
The brightest spots of the tabletop’s golden age.
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Includes three new cases and suspect images to pin on a cork board.
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Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 release date and price announced, out next month
Third and final instalment in the acclaimed trilogy.
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Join Ronnie, Maya and Johnny for an open and honest discussion.
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We brave terrifying aliens, vengeful Greek gods and flying poo on this week’s Dicebreaker Podcast
Featuring a guest non-appearance from Kiefer Sutherland.
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Publisher AEG donating to charity in Lexi Berry’s name.
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Civilization: A New Dawn has a new solo mode and AI opponent you can download for free
From Terra Incognita expansion designer.
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Learn where to start with board games and play a Shakespeare CYOA book with us at EGX Digital!
Kicking off this Saturday.
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How to play Azul: board game’s setup, gameplay rules and scoring explained
Tiling without the tiring.
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Neuroshima Hex 3.0 celebrates the Year of Moloch with a new big-box limited edition
Including new campaign, visual overhaul and more.
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Hot releases, hot takes and hot gammon - we’ve got it all.
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Watch us play Cyberpunk Red with co-designer Cody Pondsmith next week at PAX Online!
Then learn how to run an amazing RPG session with tips from roleplaying experts and star GMs.
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Like chess? Here's why you’ll love its Japanese cousin, shogi
Generals interest.
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Civ-builders Imperium: Classics and Legends can be played alone or combined.
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Feature: ‘It was a mess’: The disappearance and return of legendary ’80s board game Dark Tower
In 1981, there was no game bigger. Then it vanished. What happened to Dark Tower, and why is there such hunger for it to come back?
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10 best Games Workshop games that aren’t Warhammer
Some hidden gems from the biggest miniatures company on the planet.
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Love Letter designer’s latest game The Last Brave is getting an English release this November
Following original Japanese edition released in 2018.
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Roll for the Galaxy arrives on PC and mobile
Featuring Keldon Jones AI.
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Votes for Women board game marks 100 years since women’s suffrage in the US
Kickstarter campaign launched on centenary of 19th Amendment.
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Race for the Galaxy publisher’s next space board game goes Beyond the Sun
Good Play Sunshine.
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Warhammer 40,000 board game Blackstone Fortress’ final expansion is out next week
New rules mean “it's almost impossible to play the same game twice”.
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Monster Hunter World board game teased as Dark Souls: TBG studio’s next video game adaptation
Headed to Kickstarter next summer.
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10 best dexterity games that are better than Jenga
Flick of the bunch.
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What are the team's most embarrassing board games? Find out in this week's Dicebreaker Podcast!
Plus RPG tips, our thoughts on upcoming releases and what we've been playing.
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Budget wargame Skirmish gives you Warhammer-like battles for a tenner
The only miniature thing here is the cost.
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Everything you need for a memorable campaign in one box.
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Iberian Gauge is the third train game in Irish Gauge and Ride the Rails series
The train in Spain hauls mainly on the plain.
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Burning questions, cool conversation.
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Warhammer 40,000, Age of Sigmar and Blood Bowl are all getting new board games
Blitz Bowl: Season 2, Space Marine Adventures and Crypt Hunters releasing later this year.
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Altered Carbon’s brutal Fightdrome is becoming a card game series
First game set in Panama Rose arena, with more to follow.
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10 best worker-placement games
Take your places.
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Flash Gordon is being turned into a card game for its 40th anniversary
I like to play with things a while.
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Guess Who meets Mysterium card game Similo is coming to mobile and PC
Sign up for app's beta next month.
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The Princess Bride is getting a co-op 'adventure book' board game
Not that inconceivable.
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“I would lie awake at night thinking how fun a dungeon crawl would be.”
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Requires this year's big-box release Shadowed Paths.
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Co-op Disney board game Shadowed Kingdom pits Mickey, Goofy, Donald and more against Doubt
First in new Disney series from The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31 studio Mondo.
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Tinkered, Tailored, Bolder Bye.
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BlazBlue Exceed brings the anime video game fighter to the tabletop
16 characters join card game's roster of fighters.
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Illustrious tabletop prize Diana Jones Award celebrates “Black excellence in gaming”
More than two dozen designers, creators and other members of the industry recognised.