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MTG’s Cluedo-inspired crossover lets you win by fingering a murderer
Swinging at face isn’t very gumshoe of you.
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Chris Pine is “pretty confident” in a Dungeons & Dragons film sequel
Hot off voicing the villain in Disney’s Wish, the former bard says he’d absolutely return for another session.
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All three will have their original designs workshopped by Hasbro next year, along with a $10,000 prize.
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Hasbro will continue to rely on the “long term, multi-property strategy” of Universes Beyond.
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Magic: The Gathering’s animated Netflix show still lives - if barely
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks gave a brief nod to the neglected project in a recent investors meeting.
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Marvel’s pop culture domination spreads to Magic: the Gathering in 2025
The Avengers (and other superheroes) will assemble for at least one tentpole set crossover with the trading card game.
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“If we didn't do anything, draft boosters were going away. This whole change was to save drafting.”
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The “increased value” of cards included in the new booster pack will presumably make up the higher price of entry
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Zoinks, Scoobs! That’s our last omen!
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Dungeons & Dragons might be about to vanish from your local bookstore - here's why
Wizards of the Coast drops longtime distributor ahead of the RPG's next edition.
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Risk 2210 and Nexus Ops among board games slated for reprints by Vampire: The Masquerade studio
Renegade Game Studios continues scooping up publishing rights to previous Hasbro titles.
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Proceeds from Ponies: the Galloping 2 will benefit Extra Life charity in MTG’s tenth year of collaboration.
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Magic: The Gathering announces a fourth booster pack type releasing with Assassin’s Creed crossover
Four-barreled booster fun.
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MTG’s Commander Masters set charges a king’s ransom for a mixed bag
"That's clearly a proposition for absolute suckers."
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Risk Strike sells a 20-minute version of the classic world domination board game, sans world map
Pocket-sized Genghis Khan simulator.
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Magic: The Gathering’s one-of-a-kind The One Ring has been found and graded
PSA gave the highly coveted card from Tales of Middle-earth a Mint 9 rating.
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Honestly, how has this never happened before?
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Renegade Game Studios picks up the miniatures game’s reboot after Age of Annihilation missed its goal last autumn.
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Dungeons & Dragons increases price of printed books despite continuous financial success
Higher physical book prices begin later in 2023 while digital editions remain solid, for now.
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A third of Monopoly players in the UK have argued over the board game classic, survey finds
YouGov survey also crowns Brits’ favourite playing piece.
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D&D’s free, 24-hour streaming channel will feature improv, cooking shows and independent creators
Dungeons & Dragons Adventures gives classic cartoons and RPG creators a home on television
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Magic: The Gathering publisher hires Pinkerton to seize leaked cards from YouTuber’s house
A mistaken sell leads private investigators to intimidate and threaten an individual and his wife.
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Save 50% on Risk, Monopoly, Cluedo and other Hasbro board games in the UK
Get cashback on half of your purchase, on top of any other discounts.
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D&D maker worried more about recession than OGL controversy’s impact on business
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks is confident the company can recapture angry and upset players.
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The classic mystery game Cluedo is only £10 at Amazon
Crime, it doesn't pay.
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Senior D&D producer says RPG’s execs “lost sight of the impact” OGL debacle would have on community
Wizards of the Coast’s tardy response “was a delay built out of many small, good decisions”, according to Kyle Brink.
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Legendary designer Sid Sackson’s 1960s hit to be revamped by studio behind Axis & Allies re-release.
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D&D abandons quest to update OGL after massive negative survey response
Publisher Wizards of the Coast instead puts even more content into the Creative Commons.
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D&D: Honor Among Thieves’ latest trailer runs the risk of choking on all that tongue-in-cheek
Kitchen table hijinks on a Marvel film budget.
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Plus re-releases of spin-offs in the popular series.
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D&D maker apologises for OGL, will publicly playtest future versions of legal document
“Let me start with an apology. We are sorry. We got it wrong.”
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Dungeons & Dragons publisher responds to OGL criticism: “We rolled a 1”
Wizards of the Coast’s first public statement rescinds royalty tiers but leaves many questions unanswered.
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D&D maker tightens its grip on third-party RPG books with reported OGL changes
Thousands of creators and fans angered by what’s proposed in the leaked document.
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Cluedo aesthetic upgrade makes the cast of the classic whodunit board game extremely hot
Even Professor Plum. Scratch that - *especially* Professor Plum.
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Dungeons & Dragons executives think “the brand is really under monetised”
Wizards of the Coast want to create a “recurrent spending environment” around the popular tabletop RPG’s digital front.
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Amid reprint discussion, MTG’s CEO says $999 30th anniversary box was “definitely the right call”
President and CEO Cynthia Williams claims Wizards of the Coast doesn’t participate in secondary markets.
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Fortnite Monopoly is a much better board game than anyone expected
The only edition worth playing this Christmas?
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How to play Risk: board game’s rules, setup and how to win
Get a recap of the classic strategy game’s rules.
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How to play Monopoly (the right way): Rules, setup and how to win
Ditch the house variants and avoid arguments with our recap of the classic board game's official rules.
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How to play Cluedo: board game’s rules, setup and how to win explained
Keep the mystery in the murder, not the rules.
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Heroscape may enter its own Age of Annihilation if crowdfunding fails
Another decade in the memory hole.
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D&D documentary directed by Critical Role’s Joe Manganiello will use 400 hours of archival footage
With Wizards of the Coasts president producing, this second film will likely cleave closer to hagiography.
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Publisher confirms new versions of classic Avalon Hill board games.
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Heroscape returns with a big - and expensive - box of wargame miniatures for an Age of Annihilation
This Valhalla isn't so shiny and chrome.
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LEGO crowdsources fans for official Dungeons & Dragons Ideas set
You arrive at a tiny, plastic inn.
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First in a planned series of home escape room games.
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Rawson will lead the tabletop game’s transition into a heavier digital focus.
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Magic: The Gathering is set to become Wizards of the Coast’s first billion-dollar franchise
That’s one billion with a B.
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Classic board game Cluedo gets a full relaunch and murder mystery boxes in 2023
Will they add a gamer lounge to the mansion?
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Magic: The Gathering is getting Final Fantasy and Assassin’s Creed cards
Next Universes Beyond sets to arrive from 2024.
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MTG will favour physical releases over Arena for Brothers’ War and two following card sets
While not a permanent strategy, the change shows Wizards of the Coast is eager to return to in-person play.
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“We’ve initiated a thorough internal review of the situation and will take the necessary actions as a result of that review.”
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Hex-based miniatures battler Heroscape just rose from the grave after nearly 12 years
13-year-old me is screaming with excitement.
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D&D’s The Yawning Portal inn becomes the setting of a Diner Dash-esque board game
Opens its doors to adventurers in early 2023.
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Betrayal 3rd Edition’s Werewolves expansion introduces a new character and five fresh haunts
Who let the were-dogs in?
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Richard Tait, Cranium co-creator, has passed away
Following complications with COVID-19.
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Magic: The Gathering Arena is coming to Steam later this year, consoles in 2023
Couch-based card slinging.
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The employees plan to take a day off on June 29th to “show solidarity that Hasbro will not.”
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Dungeons & Dragons may see future crossovers with other brands through D&D Beyond
The “E” in 5E stands for everything.
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Magic: The Gathering increases booster prices, points blame at rising industry costs
All three boosters, plus Commander decks, will increase in price by "around 11%" by September.
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Hasbro purchases digital toolset D&D Beyond from Fandom
D&D and DDB, together at last.
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Magic: The Gathering Arena is great for Wizards of the Coast, bad for players
Counting cards, counting dollars.
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Magic: The Gathering Arena addresses economy complaints with $50 wildcard bundle
The short, and constant, answer was technology.
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Betrayal at House on the Hill teases upcoming third edition in brief video
Third haunts the charm.
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“Doubling down on collectibility” of MTG helped Hasbro bank over $1 billion revenue in 2021
Magic: The Gathering’s biggest year to date likely means intensification rather than change.
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Return to Dark Tower studio owner discusses unions, expensive towers and the Heroquest that got away
Restoration Games' Justin Jacobson reflects on six years of pumping new life into old titles.
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Trivial Pursuit gets a game show adaptation with LeVar Burton as host
Your loss, Jeopardy!
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HeroQuest returns to shops next month for the first time in almost 30 years
Retail release follows last year’s $3.7m crowdfunding campaign for relaunch of classic dungeon-crawler.
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Following cancer diagnosis in 2014.
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Feature: Why does everyone hate Monopoly? The secret history behind the world’s biggest board game
Chance encounter.
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D&D and Magic: The Gathering to see prices increase later this year due to rising shipping costs
It's not yet clear how this will affect in-store prices.
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Monopoly Animal Crossing officially releasing in August, despite already selling out in stores.
Currently only available through third-party resale.
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The house that inspired Cluedo’s murder-mystery mansion is up for sale
Complete with a secret passage.
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Animal Crossing-themed editions of Monopoly spotted on retail shelves across US
Visit your favourite animal villager... in jail.
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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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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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The NFT scourge could one day hit Magic: The Gathering
Putting the fun in non-fungible?
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Is Strixhaven a good entry point for the Magic: The Gathering newcomers? Well, it’s complicated.
For the cardboard curious.
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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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Roblox fans will soon have a themed Monopoly board game of their own
Ask your parents about monopoly; ask your kids about Roblox.
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Monopoly to update Community Chest cards with fan vote and celebrity game for charity
No more bank errors in anyone’s favour.
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Alongside wider restructure of Hasbro to capitalise on success of D&D.
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Cluedo, the classic board game, is plotting its own animated television series
Colonel Must-watch.
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Magic: The Gathering and Monopoly had their “biggest year ever” in 2020, Hasbro says
Dungeons & Dragons retained its growing popularity, as well.
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HeroQuest: The Card Game seemingly leaked for spring release
Rumour delving.
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John Wick writer developing live-action Dungeons & Dragons TV series
Hasbro previously said it was considering "a couple of different approaches” to adapting RPG for small screen.
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Risk is the next board game classic to be turned into a TV series
From House of Cards creator.
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Dungeons & Dragons publisher Wizards of the Coast sued by Dragonlance authors
Upcoming trilogy cancelled following alleged breach of contract.
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New Metallica Monopoly gives fans a chance to hoard Metalli-bucks and play as a toilet
Master of property pulling their pursestrings.
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Dungeons & Dragons live-action TV series in the works
“A couple of different approaches” being discussed.
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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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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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Scrabble community bans offensive words, including racial slurs, from competitive play
North American Scrabble Players Association removes 200 words from permitted tournament spellings.
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Feature: How Magic: The Gathering’s biggest fan landed the role of a lifetime as its head designer
Mark Rosewater on discovering the card game, working with Richard Garfield and balancing his professional and personal passion.
