Trading Card Game (TCG) Archive
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Sealed boxes of first-edition packs for 2002 US release potentially include some of the game's rarest cards.
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Which board games do you house-rule? It's the Dicebreaker Podcast!
We talk our favourite mystery RPGs, the latest news from Gen Con and more.
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Lord of the Rings: The Card Game being revived with a revised core set
Plus a new scenario pack.
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Spider-man and Venom themed expansion swinging into Marvel Champions
Miles Morales and Spider-Gwen featured.
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Arkham Horror: TCG is getting a new time-travelling expansion and Dunwich Legacy reprint
Dunwich coming in two separate expansions.
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Well Hydrated Yellow? Tim's Magical Green? We fix miniatures paint names on the Dicebreaker Podcast!
Board games? Never heard of 'em.
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First ‘hybrid card game’ from Magic: The Gathering and Ascension designers.
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We cast the upcoming Blades in the Dark TV series on this week's Dicebreaker Podcast!
And pine for the board games we'd love to play right now, but can't.
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“Almost everyone thinks they have something of value.”
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How playground sexism led to one of the rarest original Pokémon cards
Swaps and scratches have left shiny Chansey hard to find in a good condition.
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A 24-karat gold Pikachu card created for Pokémon TCG’s 20th anniversary is up for auction
Chunky boy, chunky price tag.
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In Pokémon TCG: Sword & Shield - Fusion Strike teamwork makes the dream work
You teach me and I teach you.
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Inventing the board game sequels that'd don't exist... but should.
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Top 13 Most Rare and Expensive Pokémon Cards
From the Shadowless Charizard to a solid gold Pikachu, here are the most expensive Pokémon cards ever made.
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Fortnite and Street Fighter are coming to Magic: The Gathering in 2022
Hugely popular battle royale shooter and arcade classic will feature in Secret Lair drops.
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First details on the animated show’s story and cast revealed.
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MTG Arena’s differences from paper Magic: The Gathering are a confusing, exhausting muddle
Digital-only cards, exclusive sets and a lack of popular formats have made it hard for players to keep up.
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Two Pokémon 1999 base set booster boxes are are up for auction at $15,000 a pop
Could contain Charizard, Blastoise or Venusaur cards.
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Deadlands spin-off card game Doomtown gets a new Weird West edition
Cowboys, cults and cards.
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Magic: The Gathering’s new Commander decks are a good thing for every player
More dedicated products for the popular format means fewer cards elsewhere - and that helps everyone.
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The 11 most rare and expensive Yu-Gi-Oh! cards
From the iconic Blue-Eyes White Dragon to a one-of-a-kind warrior, here are the most valuable Yu-Gi-Oh! cards of all time.
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Is it better to stack board games upright or sideways? It's the Dicebreaker Podcast!
Plus our thoughts on Descent, Avatar Legends, Jaws, Villainous and more.
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Following cancellations, hiatuses and shifts in release format.
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How to play Magic: The Gathering: A beginner's guide
Everything you need to get started with MTG as a beginner, from how to play, what to buy first and how to do a draft.
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Magic: The Gathering terms explained: glossary of MTG slang, jargon and lingo
Talk the talk before you planeswalk the walk.
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How to play the Pokémon TCG: A beginner’s guide
Learn the basics of how to play the Pokémon TCG, card types and how evolutions work.
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The 14 best two-player board games 2021
Work together or against each other, these great two-player board games will keep you occupied for days.
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The best digital card games that aren’t Hearthstone
From paper to pixels.
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How to play the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game: A beginner's guide
Get to grips with the basics of the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG, from card types and summoning to building your first deck.
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Celebrity DJ and Pokémon fan Steve Aoki is working on a trading card game
Joins MetaZoo: Cryptid Nation studio as co-founder and partner.
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Another first-edition shiny Charizard Pokémon card has sold for ridiculous money
Gotta cash ‘em all.
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A sealed Magic: The Gathering Unlimited Starter Deck from 1993 just sold for $150,000
Unopened box could include a Black Lotus or another Power Nine card.
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It's time to decide the ultimate Game of the Year.
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Features foil Pokémon Blue Blastoise artwork, gold border and Magic: The Gathering back.
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How to tell if a Pokémon card is fake
Follow these tips to help identify if your Pokémon cards are the real deal.
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Pokémon TCG’s 25th anniversary set will include remakes of iconic Pikachu cards
Including Surfing, Flying and “chubby” Pikachu.
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11 best Pokémon TCG cards, from shiny Charizard to Surfing Pikachu
Quite the catch.
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Alongside its descendants and its future.
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Pokémon, D&D in MTG, Muppet RPGs and much, much more.
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From character classes to critical rolls.
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12 best 1990s board games that are still worth playing today
Not noughtie, but nice.
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Pokémon TCG rarities explained
From Reverse Holo to Shadowless, we've got you covered.
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Pokémon and MTG card grader valued at $500m after record TCG boom
Company has received “more than 1 million Pokémon cards” since November.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game could have been released through a subscription model
Monthly trips to Mordor.
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After selling out in a handful of hours.
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8 best planes in the Magic: The Gathering multiverse
These planes were made for walking.
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How to build a Pokémon TCG deck for beginners
Learn the rules for building a card deck in the Pokémon TCG.
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Board game types explained: a beginner's guide to tabletop gaming terms
How to tell your roll-and-writes from your roll-and-moves.
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Arkham Horror: The Card Game’s core set is being re-released in a new revised version
Return to eldritch essentials.
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No, Critical Role won’t appear in Magic: The Gathering’s Dungeons & Dragons set
Card game’s multiverse, tabletop RPG’s Forgotten Realms and actual play series’ world of Wildemount are all separate, designers confirm.
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Magic: The Gathering’s D&D cards will have stat blocks and adventure hooks for use in the RPG
Art cards can be used as quick reference for monsters, while basic land cards will feature flavour text for first time.
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Dungeons & Dragons 5E is getting a free series of adventures inspired by MTG’s Forgotten Realms set
First of five episodes out next week.
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New keyword will see players crawl their way through three familiar locations.
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The best board game discounts on Amazon this Prime Day.
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Should board games be hundreds of hours long? It’s the latest Dicebreaker Podcast!
We make tabletop RPGs from your two stat suggestions!
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Get a free alternative version of detective Roland Banks for Arkham Horror: The Card Game
They had tentacles that went all the way up.
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Live Pokémon auction event involves sealed packs from a Booster Box worth $25,000
Which could contain a $15,000 Charizard.
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Once you’ve done your research.
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Debut release from Andrew Navaro’s newly founded studio Earthborne Games.
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Rare Pokémon card, one of seven in the world, sells for $90,000 at auction
Japanese No. 1 Trainer card given to winners of 1999 regional tournaments.
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Magic: The Gathering is more ban-happy than ever, and it’s holding MTG Arena back
Getting the banned back together.
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5 great Magic: The Gathering formats you’ve never played
Allure of the Unknown.
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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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Target will no longer sell trading cards in stores following increasingly violent customer behavior
Follows rising demand for Pokémon boxes and boosters among collectors and scalpers.
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Plus this week's must-know news, what we've been playing and your questions answered.
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As thrilling as it is simple, Pack Wars is one of Magic: The Gathering’s best overlooked formats
Here’s how - and why - to play.
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We talk Stardew Valley: The Board Game, MTG Arena, Gloomhaven Digital, Unmatched and more.
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‘Incredibly rare’ Pokémon card signed by studio founder sells for almost $250,000
Ishihara GX sets a new record for most valuable Pokémon card from 2017.
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Win a Commander deck and set boosters for Magic: The Gathering - Strixhaven
It’s Magic, you know.
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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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Spider-Man anti-hero, Venom, merges with Marvel Champions: The Card Game
Sympathetic symbiote.
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Starter packs for fan-made Android: Netrunner follow-up, Project NISEI, have been released
After being delayed multiple times.
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Horror starter deck coming to Dinn card game next month
Enough to stop your heart.
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Magic: The Gathering Strixhaven exclusive card reveal - Snakeskin Veil
When you got skin in the game, you stay in the game.
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What are the best parts of bad board games? We discuss in the 50th Dicebreaker Podcast!
Along with our biggest Kickstarter disappointments.
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The multiverse is the perfect home for The Lord of the Rings, Warhammer and more - if handled correctly.
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My Hero Academia CCG brings the popular superhero anime to the tabletop later this year
Cardboard, Plus Ultra!
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Someone accidentally discovered a Beta Black Lotus in an old Magic: The Gathering booster
Tap for tens of thousands of pounds.