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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Magic: The Gathering Arena is coming to Steam later this year, consoles in 2023
Couch-based card slinging.
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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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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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“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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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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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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Is Strixhaven a good entry point for the Magic: The Gathering newcomers? Well, it’s complicated.
For the cardboard curious.
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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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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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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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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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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.
