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SPONSORED: Here’s everyone you’ll be able to play as in Apex Legends: The Board Game - and how to get them
The 13 Legends making their way from screen to table.
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Call of Duty’s board game adaptation will include a Ghost miniature and iconic multiplayer maps
Pay two bullet resources to de-escalate civilians.
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Arnak publisher’s new city-building board game asks if collective prosperity is worth its weight in silver
Burnish your sterling reputation.
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Critical Role publisher announces new tabletop titles and hiatus on Critical Role Adventures
And an update on Guardians of Matrimonia and Syndicult.
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6 Nimmt! designer’s classic Monopoly-esque board game is getting a re-release
Reach new heights.
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Poll: How many games do you back on Kickstarter each year?
Put your money where your mouth is.
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How to play Splendor: board game’s rules, setup and scoring explained
Get to grips with this gem of a card game.
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Boop. and Turing Machine among big winners at 2023 American Tabletop Awards
The US’ largest tabletop awards also honoured Carnegie and Planet Unknown
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New D&D board game Trials of Tempus is an eight-player arena brawl that rewards more than just violence
Brawl that glitters is gold.
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Bag-building board game Quacks of Quedlinburg is over 30% off
Fill your cauldron with some potentially calamitous ingredients.
How To
How to play Frosthaven: setup, character creation and rules explained
Face many dangers while protecting your base in Frosthaven.
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Trickerion and Anachrony film rights sold to studio producing Terraforming Mars for cinema
Small boards, big screens.
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Monster Hunter World board game sequel will adapt Iceborne’s clutch claw and mid-fight turf wars
Stay frosty, hunters.
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Monopoly Go! is a “highly social" mobile game based on the family classic
Build and destroy property empires.
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9 best 4X board games
A bunch of eXtremely eXtraordinary and eXacting eXamples of 4X games.
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New owner of Sub Terra 2, Alba and other board games from troubled UK studio Inside the Box confirms plans for burned Kickstarter backers
Naylor Games acknowledges it’s ‘making the best of a bad situation’ as backers asked to pay shipping again or donate money from missing games to charity.
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How to play Carcassonne: board game’s rules, setup and scoring explained
A chill and fun mediaeval experience
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Star Wars Rivals is the sci-fi giant’s latest lightsaber stab at a collectible tabletop game
On the way from Funko Games, but without Funko Pops.
Opinion
Without Catan, board gaming as we know it today wouldn’t exist
A look back on Catan’s lasting legacy following the death of designer Klaus Teuber.
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Spider-Man, She-Hulk and Doctor Strange suit-up for Unmatched board game entry
Other new expansion features iconic Japanese warriors.
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Creator of Catan, Klaus Teuber, has passed away at the age of 70
“Contributions to board gaming industry are immeasurable.”
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Pathfinder studio’s “first board game in more than a decade” mixes tile placement and secret objectives
Pathfinder Elemental Stones seems tied to the upcoming Rage of Elements sourcebook.
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Sub Terra and Alba picked up by Magnate publisher as embattled UK board game studio Inside the Box closes its doors
Inside the Box Board Games to liquidate, with all assets acquired by Naylor Games, following claims of unpaid staff and missing pensions earlier this year.
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Too Many Bones maker’s The Elder Scrolls board game is a more digestible Gloomhaven experience
Keep an eye on that suspicious-looking mudcrab
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New Marvel co-op board game sounds a lot like Eldritch Horror with superheroes
Wield the D.A.G.G.E.R.
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Co-op gem Forgotten Waters’ follow-up is the gorgeous fantasy RPG board game Freelancers
Deal with dungeons, dragons and... taxes?
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Greek god board game gem Santorini returns with new co-op expansion and deluxe Pantheon Edition
Riddle of the Sphinx will also include a single-player mode.
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An Awkward transition: How the creators of your favourite PS2 quiz game went from pixels to paper
‘I like the purity of board games; you can just really focus on creating the fun.’
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Cross-country train game Ticket to Ride is discounted in the Amazon Spring sale
Collect cards and claim railway routes to race across America.
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Clank! legacy board game is getting a sequel featuring PvP gameplay
Return to Acquisitions Incorporated.
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Sleeping Gods is the greatest video game board game that isn’t based on a video game
Don't sleep on it.
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Descent: Legends of the Dark’s Act 2 expansion will cost $160, almost as much as the original game
The Betrayer’s War will require a copy of the $175 fantasy adventure to play when it releases this autumn.
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Undaunted studio announces next title from creator of Merv board game
Put your nose to the grindstone.
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Arnak expansion The Missing Expedition adds two new leaders and a solo campaign to the hit board game
Journalists do not fare well in jungle environments.
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‘Inis in space’ board game Galactic Renaissance mixes portals and politics
Influence one planet, outfluence another.
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General Orders is a World War II worker placement wargame from the creators of Undaunted
David Thompson and Trevor Benjamin return with a two-player title that’s quick to learn and play
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Root creator’s next board game, Arcs, will feature a two-player mode
Intimate intergalactic competition.
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Save 50% on Risk, Monopoly, Cluedo and other Hasbro board games in the UK
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How to play chess for beginners: rules, moves and setup
Learn how to play chess using our beginner’s guide, from basic rules to en passant and castling.
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Save almost 30% on the award-winning board game Lost Ruins of Arnak
Delve and discover in this deckbuilding adventure for its lowest price to date.
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Sea of Thieves: Voyages of Legends coming from publisher behind Elden Ring board game
A bootiful announcement.
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West Kingdom board game maker mix-and-matches over 100 dice in Scholars of the South Tigris
Garphill Games' latest title is another marriage of theme and engine that doesn't skimp of colourblind accomodations.
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6 weirdest official Monopoly editions you can play for real
From Breaking Bad to bass fishing.
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UK board game studio behind Sub Terra and Alba to be liquidated and closed, buyer in talks for games and IP
Accusations of unpaid staff and missing pensions emerged in January.
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Nemesis: Retaliation board game follows in the footsteps of 1986’s Aliens
“Probably the last part of the Nemesis series.”
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. co-op board game adaptation coming from Nemesis publisher
Will be a “zone-crawler”.
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Cooperative Luddite Rebellion and asymmetric food poisoning among the year’s best unpublished board games
Finalists for the 2023 Cardboard Edison showcase what may become tabletop’s next big hits.
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Unmatched Adventures teased in cryptic announcement by board game publisher
Who, or what, is the red-eyed creature?
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Ethnos is like fantasy Ticket to Ride, and it’s getting a remake this summer
Archeos Society says goodbye to elves and orcs, hello to archeology.
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As d’Or winners 2023: Akropolis and Ark Nova take home France’s big Game of the Year awards
Challengers! named best ‘intermediate’ game.
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Pirate jailbreak board game is seeing a re-release with fresh artwork and modes
A quick sail-away.
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Elden Ring: The Board Game studio teases Sea of Thieves tabletop adaptation
Arrrrr you excited?
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How to play Uno: rules, setup and how to win
From Reverse cards to +2 and +4, here's everything you need to know about the Uno rules.
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Gloomhaven has been dethroned as BoardGameGeek’s number one game
Brass: Birmingham becomes the eighth board game to take the top spot, as Isaac Childres’ dungeon-crawler slides to third in the rankings.
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Apex Legends: The Board Game will bring the battle royale video game to the tabletop
From studio behind Frostpunk and Dying Light adaptations.
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Star Wars Villainous is down to its lowest price ever on Amazon US
Join the dark side and play as Darth Vader, Kylo Ren and other Star Wars villains.
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Cyclades: Legendary Edition is a ‘director’s cut’ of the mythical board game, headed to Kickstarter this year
Ahead of its release in 2024.
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Ms Marvel, Squirrel Girl and Cloak & Dagger suit-up for Unmatched miniatures board game
Plays like Teen Spirit.
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Build and test your own roller coasters in a new board game from Tiny Epic Galaxies’ creator
Rush to play this one.
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The impact of Covid-19 has caused this board game publisher to close its doors
Holy Grail Games is no more.
Opinion
Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion’s setup guide is like an overprotective parent, and I love it
Sometimes handholding is a good thing.
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Axis & Allies board game series brought back via fresh editions and a new entry
A historical return.
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12 best board games for couples
Fuel the passion and cooperation in your relationship by playing these tabletop titles for two.
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Castles of Mad King Ludwig is getting turned into a flip-and-sketch board game
Bavarian blueprints.
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Here’s a first look at how quests work in the upcoming Scythe sequel
Featuring almost 40 quests and 25 items.
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Scythe maker announces exploration-focused board game sequel with meteorites, corruption and more bears
Tundra-d percent ready for more Siberian adventure
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New board games for February 2023: latest tabletop release dates
You'll love these new releases!
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Classic board game Acquire, the best Monopoly alternative you probably haven’t played, is getting a new edition this year
Legendary designer Sid Sackson’s 1960s hit to be revamped by studio behind Axis & Allies re-release.
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Root and Pax Pamir creator plans to remake historical board game about Chinese opium trade
Jamming traffic for a second time.