Board Games (Page 15)
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One of board gaming’s first celebrities reflects on designers’ rising recognition.
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Academy Award nominated film Wolfwalkers is getting a second tabletop adaptation this month
On the hunt for new board games.
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The next Ticket to Ride game is a cute 3D puzzle about switching tracks
Logical locomotives.
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Tales of the Arabian Nights’ third edition is being reprinted for the very last time this month
Z-Man Games announces last hurrah for its revised version of storytelling classic.
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Oath board game review - Root creator’s ambitious ‘game with a memory’ is unforgettable
History in the making.
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10 best worker-placement games
Take your places.
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Ghosts of Saltmarsh comes to D&D adventure board game series
Fishy business.
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Robot Quest Arena mixes incredibly cute robot violence and deckbuilding in a competitive arena
From the creator of Star Realms.
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Disney Sidekicks is the next board game from the co-creator of Marvel United
Featuring Timon & Pumbaa and Tinker Bell.
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The inevitable Dungeons & Dragons edition of Monopoly has been released
Caves & capitalism.
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Begin your journey along The Paths We Dare Tread this summer.
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Not That Funny turns Cards Against Humanity on its head to challenge microaggressions
Let’s make it awkward.
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Pandemic, Catan and Pathfinder RPG publishers pull out of physical Gen Con return
Asmodee and Paizo to focus on digital offering Gen Con Online.
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Heroes of Barcadia is a drinking dungeon-crawler that wants to be fun without getting drunk
Headed to Kickstarter on June 7th.
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Game of the Year turns the tabletop into a video game studio hungry for awards
Kickstarter launches June 28th.
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The greatest board game stories are told around the tabletop, not on it
Playing with your tale.
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“Digital fatigue” is fuelling board game sales among adults - report
Games and Puzzles market expected to top $12bn worldwide this year, Euromonitor International predicts.
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Deckbuilding game Paperback Adventures is like Slay the Spire, but with spelling
Explore worlds using words.
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Dominion’s new mobile and PC app has an AI that can learn cards that don’t exist yet
Upcoming digital version of deckbuilder evolves neural network used in Race for the Galaxy.
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CollegeHumor is releasing a party game based on its Um, Actually! YouTube series
Reply guys universally suck.
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As d’Or winner and Spiel des Jahres nominee MicroMacro is getting a sequel
Time to find more crimes.
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Transformers deckbuilding game officially announced, Decepticons coming in future expansions
Are you Optimus Primed?
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Spiel des Jahres 2021 nominees: Here are this year’s frontrunners for board gaming’s biggest award
As well as the ‘expert’ Kennerspiel des Jahres and kid-friendly Kinderspiel.
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Destinies mixes a digital app with a competitive board game that prioritises player choice
Launching under a slightly different name from its Kickstarter.
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We invent the greatest board games that don’t exist in the first live Dicebreaker Podcast!
New time, new format, same old nonsense.
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Mosaic is a new civilisation title from the creator of the Age of Empires III board game
As well as Raccoon Tycoon and Railways of the World.
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Last Message mixes Mysterium with a drawing game as you doodle to solve crime
Draw the connection.
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Roll bones like a real Viking with the physical Orlog game from Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla
Only 500 being initially produced.
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Monopoly: Lifesized mixes escape room antics with the classic real estate board game
Money so big your little sibling can't steal it.
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Pandemic: Hot Zone - Europe gets a release date and free print-and-play you can try right now
Can be combined with North America spin-off using new Hemispheres rules.
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First board game from Critical Role publishing studio is coming later this month
Get ready to whisper Uk’otoa....
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Dead of Winter co-creator is working on a new horror board game that’s “actually scary”
“Just pay attention to There Will Be Ghosts.”
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SPONSORED: 7 most unique board games that are truly original
You’ve never played anything like these before.
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The designer of Dice Hospital is creating two board games for newly founded studio, Bright Eye Games
Coraquest also coming from new company.
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Unmatched is the Avengers Assemble of board games - it successfully unites a team of unlikely heroes
Kneel before this excellent tabletop series.
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After just two years of releases, Story Machine Games closes its doors
In response to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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What appeared to be a Kickstarter darling and fast-growing company was a carefully projected illusion.
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Art Decko is a deckbuilding game about collecting expensive pieces of art
Don’t get painted into a corner.
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Plus this week's must-know news, what we've been playing and your questions answered.
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Delve through frost-choked arctic ruins one layer at a time in competitive board game Ice
It ain’t easy being freezy.
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Ink-credibly evil intentions.
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Kiwi Chow Down completes a trilogy of flightless bird-themed board games
Three feathered friends.
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SPONSORED: How to host a great board game night
From snacks to seating, what makes for the perfect event for playing board games?
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Experience espionage alone in a solo card game about spies called Harsh Shadows
Me, myself and spy.
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Unlock! Star Wars is under £18 on Amazon UK for May the 4th
Jedi for a bargain.
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Stationfall is like an Among Us board game where everyone has something to hide
Spacechimp seems sus.
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4 best out-of-print board games that deserve to come back
Live, Die, Reprint.
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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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We talk Stardew Valley: The Board Game, MTG Arena, Gloomhaven Digital, Unmatched and more.
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Have a duel in a dream factory in the two-player board game, Nicodemus
No sleeping on the job.
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Catan: Treasures, Dragons & Adventures expansion is arriving in English this summer
For the first time since its release in 2009.
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Green Hell, a survivalist video game set in a deadly rainforest, is being adapted into a board game
Adventures in the Amazon.
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Hellboy: The Dice Game is a fast-paced exploration title about fighting frog monsters
Rolling against ribbits.
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The best board game box art you could hang on your wall
This gallery of beautiful box artwork has everything from adorable woodland critters to a noir crime scene.
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Sound Box is a hectic, cooperative Pictionary for the ears
Heard in a herd.
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Available to download now, with inclusion in future printings.
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A third game in the Undaunted deckbuilding series is on its way
Could be set in either the Pacific Theatre or Eastern Front.
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Wavelength publisher set to release catapulting dexterity game Hurlyburly
“When the battle’s lost and won.”
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Catan is under £23 on Amazon UK, the lowest price it’s ever been
With the 25th Anniversary Edition cheaper than ever on Amazon US.
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Do we need a Metacritic for board game reviews? We discuss on this week’s Dicebreaker Podcast!
And choose our favourite meeple shapes.
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Dead of Winter spiritual sequel Gen7 is 50% off in Plaid Hat board game sale
As well as Comanauts, Super Punch Fighter and Crossfire.
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Junk Art co-creators team up to make My Singing Monsters: The Board Game
A beastly baritone.
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Pletrix is a roll-and-write game that challenges you to play Tetris using dice
Hectic geometric fun.
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Next entry in the Dice Hospital board game series is one heck of a roller coaster ride
Welcome to Dice Theme Park.
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Monster Hunter World: The Board Game Kickstarter gobbles up $1 million in less than two hours
A beastly amount of money.
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Called It’s a Wonderful Kingdom
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Yellow & Yangtze publisher cancels Knizia reprints, including Medici Reformation
Grail Games will not pick up designer’s titles from ‘Euro Classics’ line dropped by Z-Man.
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Classic board game Guess Who? is being adapted into a television game show
Who would have guessed?
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Disability representation in tabletop gaming matters - here are the games doing it right
Recent years have seen stories and characters that avoid ableist tropes, though there’s still work to be done.
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Monster Hunter World board game adds lance and hunting horn weapons after ‘community feedback’
Included in the Hunter’s Arsenal expansion.
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Arkham Horror co-designer’s next board game will provide some much needed calm
Raindrops keep falling on my head.
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9 best Disney board games for House of Mouse fans
When going to Disneyland isn’t an option.
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After selling out last year.
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An unannounced Metal Gear Solid board game has apparently leaked via box art reveal
Psycho Mantis Battle surfaces following cancellation of Specter Ops creator’s board game adaptation.
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Do coffee and puzzles make a balanced breakfast? The Conundrumug thinks so.
Bean-flavored brain teasers.
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Grow a tidy collection of board games for cheap during publisher Pandasaurus’ Spring Sale.
Up to 85% off select titles.
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Pirate card game Libertalia could see a return after ten years thanks to Wingspan publisher - report
The tabletop title has been out of print for several years
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Board Game Atlas wants to be a Metacritic for board games, review aggregator launching next month
Feature will include scores from “hand-selected” critics alongside existing user ratings.
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Marvel United: X-Men Kickstarter campaign X-ceeds $1 million in less than one day
Co-designer Eric Lang calls the game’s success a “validation”.