How To
How to play Warhammer 40,000: 10th Edition rules explained, from movement to attacks
For the Rules Emperor!
Miniature Wargame
Deals
Want more Fallout after finishing the TV show? Get into its Warhammer-like miniatures game for under £15
Engage in some Wasteland Warfare.
News
Warhammer 40k’s co-op shooter Darktide returns to the land of plastic and resin in a new skirmisher
A pox on your pixels!
News
Mutant Year Zero’s chaotic miniature skirmish game from the designer of Necromunda gets a summer release date
By tusk, feather and scavenged sniper rifle.
Best Games
The best Fallout games to stash in your tabletop vault after finishing the Fallout TV show
That SPECIAL something.
News
Bolt Action: Third Edition will help new players get into the World War II miniatures wargame
Features scenarios in Germany, North Africa and the Pacific.
News
Turn your game into a hit with advice from makers of the Warhammer and Fallout RPGs, games lawyers, distributors and more at the Tabletop Creators Summit next month
A day of free talks and networking opportunities for anyone in the tabletop industry.
News
Putty-smashing wargame Necromolds reforges its battle box with a new 4-player expansion
Skirmish role-clay.
News
Battle cosmic horrors as Roman legionaries in co-op miniatures game Cohors Cthulhu
Et tu, Shoggoth?
Opinion
Trying to get your kids into board games? It's not about what you play, but how you play
Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield on how to share grown-up games with younger players.
News
Halo miniatures wargame will include slayer, oddball and capture the flag modes
Two starter sets to be released later this year.
News
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners official miniatures game sends you skirmishing through the streets of Night City
Fast is what these Edgerunners do best.
News
Almost a fifth of money raised by Kickstarter projects goes to scam campaigns, report alleges
Crowdfunding platform denies claim about its own internal figures.
News
Fallout TV series miniatures let you explore the wasteland as a tiny ghoul Walton Goggins and a limb-chewing dog
No Kyle MacLachlan yet, alas.
Opinion
Like everything else, tabletop gaming would look very different without Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama
The influential mangaka and iconic designer for Dragon Quest has passed away at age 68.
News
Heroscape’s second miraculous revival is everything the failed Hasbro relaunch should have been
A timely rescue pivots away from expensive boxes and towards organised play and a traditional look.
News
First look at Halo: Flashpoint miniature game revels in the video game's intense multiplayer
All that’s missing is a Warthog and a flag.
Opinion
Diablo artist's gorgeously grimdark miniatures game is World War I by way of Warhammer 40,000
Mike Franchina's hellish visions come to life in new playtest rules.
Feature
“All the benefits of reading also apply to board games”: Why more libraries are adding tabletop classics to their bookshelves
From Wingspan to D&D, local libraries are expanding their catalogues of cardboard.
News
Warpath’s epic miniature wargame want to woo you away from Warhammer 40,000
No Space Marines, no Emperor of Man, but all the same large-scale sci-fi battles.
News
Tabletop professional looking to make your game a success? Sign up to attend the one-day Tabletop Creators Summit for free!
London gathering for industry professionals will include expert talks and afternoon networking event, with free entry to MCM Comic Con for attendees.
News
Kickstarter rival Gamefound had its biggest year yet in 2023, with $12m Nemesis sequel taking the lion’s share
Nemesis: Retaliation and adaptations of The Elder Scrolls, The Witcher and STALKER helped revenue to almost double to $56 million.
News
Game of Thrones' next tabletop game is Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team in Westeros
A Song of Ice and Fire: Tactics will retell the Battle of the Trident and other momentous clashes.
News
New Fallout 4 miniatures game, from Necromunda designer, releases free quickstart rules for narrative bouts
War never changes, but it does get smaller.
News
No Warhammer Fest in 2024, Games Workshop confirms, as Warhammer World Championships return for a second year
After a disappointing 2023, Warhammer Fest is recalled from the front.
News
World's biggest board game convention will host Warhammer painting competition Golden Demon
New categories for The Old World, Blood Bowl and Necromunda as vehicles and large models are combined.
News
Blood Bowl's soccer cousin Guild Ball returns with print-on-demand miniatures, releases starter set for free
Steamforged brings its first miniatures game out of forced retirement.
Feature
One of the best Warhammer 40k video games of recent years - maybe ever - is back, and you shouldn't miss it
Chaos Gate: Daemonhunters is essentially Warhammer XCOM, and that’s only a good thing.
Feature
If you love games, you should visit Warhammer World - and maybe bring your nan
Games Workshop’s museum is an artistic showcase and celebration of why we play.
News
When Nightmares Come sounds like my dream Call of Cthulhu, Arkham Horror and X-Files co-op miniatures game
Solving paranormal mysteries, chucking dice and wargaming? Count me in!
News
Halo Infinite player turns video game into a Master Chief-themed Heroscape clone
Trade Halos for hex grids.
Feature
Warhammer: The Old World is a cynical exercise in mining nostalgia - and cash - from Fantasy Battle fans
The reboot of the pre-Age of Sigmar wargame brings back old models and a few new ideas for an inflated price.
News
Halo is taking another shot at a Warhammer-like miniatures game
From the studio behind Kings of War and The Walking Dead: All Out War.
News
Warhammer co-creator and Citadel Miniatures founder Bryan Ansell has passed away
Ansell’s sculpted miniatures and game design paved the way for Games Workshop’s domination
Feature
Lancer creator’s Magnagothica: Maleghast melds Necromunda with Doom for a hell of a good time
Bloody beautiful.
News
Amazon inks deal to produce Warhammer 40,000 films and television starring Henry Cavill
Games Workshop signs over rights for “series, film and more”, while Cavill will produce and star in multiple projects.
News
Warhammer maker gives all its staff an end-of-year £2,500 bonus
Da Red Gobbo says Games Workshop’s staff deserved a treat.
News
Bloody brilliant The Walking Dead miniatures game All Out War is coming back in 2024
After being discontinued two years ago.
News
Tabletop Creators Summit returns in 2024 with more expert advice and networking for designers, publishers and industry pros
Following success of Dicebreaker’s first-ever B2B event in London last spring.
News
Tabletop Awards 2023 winners: this year’s best board games, RPGs, designers and publishers
Including our first winner in new category Best Art.
News
Announcing the finalists for the Tabletop Awards 2023, this year’s standout board games, RPGs and creators
The games you should be playing and the names you should be watching.
How To
Where to start with Warhammer 40,000 10E: What you’ll need and what to buy first
From miniatures to terrain, here’s everything you’ll need to start playing 40k.
News
See Rogue Trader, Warhammer 40,000's answer to Baldur's Gate 3, in action
I love the smell of heresy in the morning.
News
Warhammer: The Old World announces release date for long-awaited fantasy wargame reboot
Warhammer Fantasy’s return lands in “early 2024”, according to Games Workshop.
News
Warhammer: Age of Sigmar video game Realms of Ruin gives us our first look at Stormcast Eternals Liberators in Thunderstrike Armour
New armour created by Games Workshop’s own Warhammer Design Studio - could models be on the way?
News
Warhammer 40,000 quietly announced a wide reprint of its first ever rulebook
The largely roleplay-focused Rogue Trader looks very different from modern Warhammer.
News
Join us at Essen Spiel 2023 for four days full of LIVE board game news, reveals and previews!
We’re trying something new for this year’s German board game extravaganza.
News
Essen Spiel 2023 Day 4: News, reveals and previews live from the world's biggest board game convention
It's the last day of Essen, but there are always more games to be played!
News
Essen Spiel 2023 Day 3: News, reveals and previews live from the world's biggest board game convention
We roll into a weekend of gaming at the massive Germany tabletop event.
News
Essen Spiel 2023 Day 2: News, reveals and previews live from the world's biggest board game convention
Get that Friday feeling as we return to Germany's enormous board game fair.
News
Essen Spiel 2023 Day 1: News, reveals and previews live from the world's biggest board game convention
Join us on the show floor as we give our thoughts on this year's must-see releases.
News
Tabletop Awards 2023 return to celebrate the year’s best board games and RPGs: nominations and People’s Choice voting open now!
With designer and publisher categories for both established and up-and-coming talent, as well as a new award for Best Art.
News
WarBarbie challenges Warhammer 40,000 players to mix dolls with miniatures in monstrous creations
She is become Death.
News
You can customise Warhammer’s Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin’s world and armies just like real miniatures
Life imitates hi-quality plastic.
News
Premium 1:6 scale Warhammer figures are coming from studio behind props for Lord of the Rings films
As well as Avatar: The Way of Water and Wakanda Forever.
News
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.
Feature
The new-look Cities of Sigmar army is a rousing return for what was a hodgepodge of Warhammer Fantasy holdovers
Greater than the sum of its parts.
News
Warhammer’s Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin RTS announces release date and third playable faction
Step into the crackling, golden suit of Sigmar's armour on November 17th.
News
X-Wing meets LEGO miniatures game Snap Ship Tactics releases a starter set into retail next month
Comes with versus, co-op and solo mode against a card-powered AI.
Review
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.
Review
Warhammer 40,000: 10th Edition review - a smart, smooth rules refinement that lays a very solid foundation for the wargame’s next era
Our thoughts on the latest iteration of Games Workshop’s flagship miniatures game after a few weeks with the new ruleset.
News
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!
Interview
“This is our dream Age of Sigmar game”: Realms of Ruin designer on staying faithful to the tabletop and why Warhammer’s Mortal Realms are the perfect setting
Principal designer Sandro Sammarco talks lore, adaptation and storytelling ahead of an open beta for the upcoming RTS.
News
Warhammer’s new Horus Heresy spin-off brings back 40k’s smaller miniatures for even more ‘Epic’ battles
Legions Imperialis’ tiny troops will work with Adeptus Titanicus and Aeronautica Imperialis vehicles.
News
Age of Sigmar and The Old World reveals headline Warhammer preview of games that aren’t 40k this weekend
Horus Heresy, Warcry and Underworlds among other games headlining ‘Not 40k’ preview stream.
News
Warhammer 40k tourney organisers have already fixed “nearly 100” balance problems with 10th Edition
The brand new rules are causing chaos in the competitive scene. No, not that kind of chaos.
News
Warhammer 40,000’s 10th Edition core book will let everyone who missed out on Leviathan actually play the game
Required literature for the common Astartes.
News
Warhammer 40k: Leviathan won’t go made-to-order to meet surging demand, Games Workshop confirms
Limited-time Tyranids.
News
Looking to learn how to play Warhammer 40k before 10th Edition? Dicebreaker members can now save 10% on Vanguard Tactics’ expert courses
Jump into 40k for the first time or move over from 9E to the new rules with ease.
News
Majestic 13 sounds a lot like an XCOM miniatures game
Use Warhammer and other existing models in X-Files-inspired skirmishes against alien invaders.
News
Warhammer 40,000: Leviathan maker turns players towards limited hobby stock after online orders sell out
Games Workshop: 1. Scalpers: 0. Players: also 0.
Review
Warhammer 40,000: Leviathan review - a big box of brilliant minis, left conflicted by a dash of corporate identity crisis
Is 10th Edition’s launch box worth it?
Feature
What are you playing this weekend? Here’s what we’ve been playing!
Painting, apawthecary and more!
News
Noughties wargaming classic Heroscape will still see a return after last year’s failed crowdfunding run
Renegade Game Studios picks up the miniatures game’s reboot after Age of Annihilation missed its goal last autumn.
News
Battletech community ousts Reddit mods after Pride Month zine bigotry
Catalyst Game Labs steps in to create a new, official subreddit.
News
Warhammer 40,000’s streamlined 10th Edition rules drops as a free download
The 60-page document covers new datasheet layout, universal stratagems and building an army
News
Warhammer 40,000 studio head reveals how detachments, army-building and special rules will work in 10th Edition codexes
“Codexes will offer a breadth of different ways to field an army.”
Best Games
10 board games and tabletop RPGs to check out at UK Games Expo 2023
It's time to take a trip to Birmingham.
News
Warhammer 40k’s chaotic racing game Speed Freeks is coming to PC - and you can play it now
Ork your marks, get ready, go!
News
Warhammer: Age of Sigmar reveals first real-time strategy game Realms of Ruin, headed to PS5, Xbox and PC
Includes single-player campaign co-written by Black Library veteran Gav Thorpe.
News
Warhammer 40,000 video game Space Marine is getting a board game
Board game adaptation of the video game adaptation of the sci-fi miniatures game spin-off of the fantasy wargame.
News
Don’t miss your chance to win $130 worth of premium RPG dice by watching us play D&D live at MCM Comic Con London!
We’ve got $800 worth of accessories to give away thanks to Misty Mountain Gaming.
News
Get expert crowdfunding, game design, manufacturing and marketing advice from industry pros at next week’s Tabletop Creators Summit
Hear from BackerKit, Panda Game Manufacturing, Osprey Games and more at the free London event.
News
Watch us rank everything in Honor Among Thieves and play D&D live at MCM Comic Con London next week!
Catch our actual play series Storybreakers live for the first time.
News
Get premium dice, game manufacturing toolkits and entry to MCM Comic Con for free at next week’s Tabletop Creators Summit
Industry event on May 26th will be free to attend in London’s ExCeL.
Feature
Warhammer 40k’s 10th Edition has turned me around from the missteps of 9E
Consumed by the Leviathan.
News
Learn how to get your game published and meet industry experts at the first Tabletop Creators Summit later this month
Free London event will include expert talks on design, manufacturing, crowdfunding and marketing, followed by an industry networking event.
News
We've just made it easier for you to keep up with your favourite games
Spend less time searching for the things you love, and more time reading about them.
News
BrikWars is Warhammer with Lego, and it’s back in a ‘definitive’ new edition
Block rockin' beatdowns.
Feature
What are you playing this weekend? Here’s what we’ve been playing!
Magic, moles and Mancunians.
Opinion
Warhammer Fest’s loving but lacklustre celebration revealed a miniatures game struggling to keep up with its massive popularity
The wargame’s fun, welcoming community outshone long queues, limited tables and crowded talks.
News
As Warhammer: The Horus Heresy’s latest edition nears its first birthday, Games Workshop shows off its plan for the year ahead
In for the long haul with Siege of Cthonia.