Coronavirus
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Best Zoom games: 7 great board games you can play remotely over video call
Play together - even when you’re apart.
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Feature: How button football, Brazil’s favourite tabletop sport, scored a goal during the pandemic
Back of the ‘Net.
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UK Games Expo 2022 drops COVID-19 guidelines again, will not require vaccination or face masks
Following reversal of decision before last year’s show.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG replaces cancelled 2022 World Championship with regional tournaments
Territorial championships will be held in North America, Europe, Central America, Oceania and South America this summer.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series dates first in-person tournament for TCG in over two years
Event to return next month following multiple cancellations due to COVID-19.
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Dungeons & Dragons brought us closer when the world said to keep our distance
Joining a nerdy, diverse D&D group when I needed it most.
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Following 2020 cancellation due to COVID-19.
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Gen Con 2022 dates confirm return of US board game convention next summer
After this year’s in-person event sees 50% of 2019 attendance.
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“We write about Dark Futures for fun, but we also believe we have a responsibility to try and prevent them from happening.”
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Gen Con 2021 makes face masks mandatory for all in updated COVID-19 guidelines
Drops option for vaccinated visitors to attend without mask.
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UK Games Expo 2021 revises COVID-19 guidelines to make tests, vaccination and masks mandatory
Estimates 50% of regular attendance at return of board game convention later this month.
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“Masks will be mandatory at Spiel in any case, even if the government does not make it mandatory.”
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Gen Con 2021 will enforce face masks for attendees without proof of COVID-19 vaccination
Vaccinated visitors can choose whether to wear a mask, with event “strongly recommending” protection indoors for all.
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“UKGE will not enforce any requirements that are not legally required as we do not believe that will be practical on the day.”
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9 best print-and-play board games you can download at home
Discover new tabletop experiences from your own home with these top print-and-play games.
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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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“A really big thing is having an arena where you feel like you have some control over the stories that are told.”
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Feature: ‘It’s been a life-saver’: The Warhammer fans who’ve taken tournaments online during lockdown
Forward Slaanesh.
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Free time during lockdown helped board game sales to jump in 2020 - report
Games and Puzzles market exceeded $11bn last year, with $12bn predicted in 2021, according to Euromonitor International.
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UK Games Expo 2021 announces summer dates for return of in-person convention
Betting large on eight-week delay.
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World of Darkness and D&D RPG writer and designer Jackie Cassada dies of COVID-19
Fundraising efforts launched to support collaborator and widow Nicky Rea.
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Gen Con plans to return with a physical convention next summer
“A variety of factors need to come together for a physical convention to be feasible.”
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PAX Unplugged dated for December 2021
Tabletop convention set to return next year after cancellation due to coronavirus.
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The Queen’s Gambit has caused a massive spike in chess sales
On top of a resurgence during lockdown.
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Board games ranked by SAGE among top COVID-19 risk factors during holiday gatherings
Seriously, just stay home.
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Video chat app Backyard comes with clones of Codenames, Cards Against Humanity and other board games
With games inspired by Secret Hitler, One Night Werewolf and Fish Bowl on the way.
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Long-awaited civilisation board game Clash of Cultures: Monumental Edition delayed to spring 2021
Monumental Edition’s price increased to $150 as result of coronavirus.
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Feature: “We had to quarantine our games”: Friendly local game stores’ struggle to survive during coronavirus
Board game café owners and retailers on the impact of lockdown and social distancing.
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This year’s PAX Unplugged has been cancelled
With no digital replacement.
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Cardboard versus reality.
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Castle TriCon is an online board game convention held in a 3D virtual world
Taking place next week.
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Civilization: A New Dawn has a new solo mode and AI opponent you can download for free
From Terra Incognita expansion designer.
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Feature: The fatigue and loneliness of playing tabletop RPGs online in a pandemic
For players used to the intimacy of face-to-face sessions, taking games such as Dungeons & Dragons onto the internet can be exhausting and alienating.
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Talks, workshops and panels running at this September’s super-sized event.
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Gloomhaven sequel Frosthaven raised more money in May than every April campaign combined.
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Upcoming WWII deckbuilder Undaunted: North Africa has an official demo on Tabletop Simulator
Play your corps right.
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Taking place this weekend.
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Magic: The Gathering cancels all remaining in-person events for 2020 as result of COVID-19
Outstanding tournaments to be held in MTG Arena, with new season format for Zendikar Rising.
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Development of first release “pretty much done”, with two more projects already in the works.
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Stranger Things, Marvel and WWE stars are playing Dungeons & Dragons for Red Nose Day
D&D Live 2020: Roll w/ Advantage line-up includes actors, comedians and wrestlers.
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Try the new Pandemic board game, Hot Zone: North America, right now with free print-and-play demo
Shorter, simpler spin-off from co-op hit releasing later this year.
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US board game convention Gen Con is cancelled for the first time in its 50-year history
Online event announced in wake of COVID-19 concerns.
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Cancelled Essen Spiel 2020 board game convention replaced by online event Spiel.Digital
Taking place during October weekend of ‘postponed’ games fair.
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Cyberpunk Red RPG release date delayed after coronavirus 'gut punch'
“There’s just no way we can release in June without compromising quality.”
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2021 dates announced following ‘postponement’ by one year due to COVID-19.
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Zombicide and Blood Rage maker CMON is holding a virtual board games convention this weekend
With designer talks, painting competitions and more.
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UK Games Expo 2020 replacement online convention Virtually Expo announced
Following Birmingham show’s cancellation due to COVID-19.
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Planned for release this summer, with play-at-home demo on the way.
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Digital initiative coming to apps Duel Links and Legacy of the Duelist.
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Official variant available to download now.
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Catan’s two-player rules and free mini-expansion released for COVID-19 lockdown
Don’t steal, stay at home.
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Fundraising for COVID-19 support.
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NHS Heroes playing cards launched to fundraise for key workers during COVID-19
All proceeds will go to NHS Charities Together.
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Play Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle as a lone wizard with free solo rules
A game a day keeps the dementors away.
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UK Games Expo 2020 has been cancelled
Following postponement to August as result of coronavirus.
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Events banned in German region of North Rhine-Westphalia until September.
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Games Workshop is already preparing to re-open Warhammer stores after COVID-19 lockdown
No US or UK locations included in limited ‘pilot’.
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Latest expansion pushed back to summer.
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Play Carcassonne by yourself or in co-op thanks to free official solo rules for the board game
German publisher also releases single-player variant for Hadara.
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In-store events postponed until September.
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Releasing tool to enable online play.
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US tabletop event Origins delayed to autumn, ‘virtual convention’ to be held this summer
Decision made in light of COVID-19 pandemic.
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Family board game Kingdomino gets a free print-and-play expansion, The Court
Also compatible with Queendomino.
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Real-time dexterity game rebranded from ‘Science or Die’.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Championship 2020 cancelled in response to coronavirus
All WCS qualifiers suspended and national championships postponed.
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Play Dungeons & Dragons 5E Starter Set adventure Lost Mines of Phandelver for free on D&D Beyond
Phandelver into a new campaign.
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Grab Tabletop Simulator for 50% off on PC to keep your board game group going over the internet
Including the four-pack bundle.
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Cards Against Humanity has a new family-friendly edition you can download for free
A scatological move.
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Play party game Love Letter for free with print-and-play edition Sender
April Fool’s Day joke turned real.
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Pandemic studio postpones announcement of new games in series due to real-life COVID-19 outbreak
Decision made “out of respect for those affected by the current situation”.
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All games pushed back by at least a month.
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Horror board game Abomination: Heir of Frankenstein gets free downloadable solo mode
For when you’ve got no body to play with.
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Grab wizard-battling miniatures game Frostgrave for free, plus solo and co-op scenarios
Rules and mini-campaign available for duration of COVID-19 pandemic.
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Zombicide makers’ co-op board game XenoShyft released as free print-and-play to download at home
Don’t Burke at the price.
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Gloomhaven sequel Frosthaven delays Kickstarter launch as result of COVID-19
New Gloomhaven scenario on the way.
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What’s happening with Dicebreaker?
Things are changing, but staying (mostly) the same.
