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Bid for spell components on the forest floor in the newest board game from the makers of Calico and Cascadia

Wingspan, Cascadia and Viticulture illustrator Beth Sobel portrays a fantastical forest of foxes.

Nov. 3, 2023 Chase Carter

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MTG and Baldur’s Gate 3 pull Hasbro’s bacon out of the fryer as toy giant doubles down on tabletop brands

Hasbro will continue to rely on the “long term, multi-property strategy” of Universes Beyond.

Nov. 3, 2023 Chase Carter

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Flamecraft makers’ next board game is Iron Chef-meets-Supermarket Sweep full of whimsical animal cooks

Just imagine the hair nets.

Nov. 3, 2023 Chase Carter

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A New York board game cafe is joining the wave of unionisation across TCG, RPG and tabletop companies

Workers cite unfair wages, lack of job security and “ineffective grievance procedures” as catalysts for unionisation.

Nov. 2, 2023 Chase Carter

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Product delays hit MTG’s dinosaur and exploration-themed set Lost Caverns of Ixalan

Collector boosters and preconstructed commander decks apparently also lost in those caverns.

Nov. 2, 2023 Chase Carter

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles RPG reprint revives a 1980s tabletop oddity

Heroes in a hardcover sourcebook.

Nov. 1, 2023 Chase Carter

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Stormlight Archive RPG's lead design team includes D&D, Star Wars RPG and Descent board game credits

Brotherwise Games' full team adapting Brandon Sanderson's fantasy magnum opus will be revealed at Dragonsteel Con 2023.

Nov. 1, 2023 Chase Carter

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This competitive worldbuilding RPG is a contemplative mixture of Discworld and The Quiet Year

All proceeds raised on Itch.io will be donated to Doctors Without Borders.

Nov. 1, 2023 Chase Carter

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Kingdom Death dungeon-crawling meets Baldur's Gate 3's campfire hangs in board game Hope: Chronicles of Osmae

Stand strong together to defeat monsters, then cut each other's throats back at base.

Oct. 31, 2023 Chase Carter

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Disney Lorcana card featuring Frozen's Elsa sells for over $7,000

This D23 Expo version might be the most expensive Lorcana card sold to date

Oct. 31, 2023 Chase Carter

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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.

Oct. 31, 2023 Chase Carter

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D&D delays Deck of Many Things release due to extensive manufacturing defects

Wizards of the coast apologises to those who pre-ordered the $99 physical deck of cards for its fantasy tabletop RPG.

Oct. 30, 2023 Chase Carter

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Games for Gaza bundle on Itch.io supports Palestinian medical aid by selling 200 RPGs for $10

The bundle of tabletop and video games has raised roughly $200,000 for UK-based charity Medical Aid For Palestinians.

Oct. 30, 2023 Chase Carter

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Buster Bluth and Veep’s Richard Splett will play D&D with Critical Role for charity

Actors Tony Hale and Sam Richardson take a seat at the roleplay table as part of Red Nose Day 2023.

Oct. 26, 2023 Chase Carter

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Star Wars: Unlimited TCG announces competitive play details and how to earn Tournament Points

Imagine Duel of the Fates playing over a table of cards.

Oct. 26, 2023 Chase Carter

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Disney Lorcana will begin hosting competitive tournaments and fan events in Summer 2024

Prize fights in the House of Mouse.

Oct. 26, 2023 Chase Carter

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Unsettled and Vindication designer’s MMO-like Spirit Fire claims to be the first “living board game”

This high fantasy solo board game boasts World of Warcraft, Metroidvanias and living card games among its influences.

Oct. 25, 2023 Chase Carter

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Stationfall maker’s new influence card game puts you in charge of the Enlightenment-era Illuminati

Become the eye in the pyramid.

Oct. 25, 2023 Chase Carter

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RPG anthology Do Not Adjust Your Set explores modern urban legends with spooky tabletop one-shots

Talking holes never promise anything good.

Oct. 25, 2023 Chase Carter

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Jeff Goldblum’s Jurassic World character will appear on at least two cards in Magic: The Gathering’s new set

Dr. Ian Malcolm is looking a little flat.

Oct. 24, 2023 Chase Carter

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MTG Lost Caverns of Ixalan Mechanics: descending into the depths, crafting treasure and exploring a new world

A new perspective on an old world.

Oct. 24, 2023 Chase Carter

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Dicebreaker Dicebag: Halloween Edition is full of frog wizards, murderous VTubers and interdimensional agents

Plus, a sweeping, epic tabletop RPG of Southeast Asian martial arts and melodrama.

Oct. 24, 2023 Chase Carter

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Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin’s last playable faction is the mutable Disciples of Tzeentch

Spare some change?

Oct. 24, 2023 Chase Carter

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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.

Oct. 23, 2023 Chase Carter

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Finding Atlantis looks like a Battleship board game upgrade with app-assisted undersea exploration

Periscope way, way down.

Oct. 23, 2023 Chase Carter

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Pathfinder and Starfinder RPG books will be more expensive starting next year

Publisher Paizo announces a price increase for all but core sourcebooks due to “economic factors like inflation”

Oct. 20, 2023 Chase Carter

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See Rogue Trader, Warhammer 40,000's answer to Baldur's Gate 3, in action

I love the smell of heresy in the morning.

Oct. 20, 2023 Chase Carter

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Magic: The Gathering’s Fallout crossover includes TCG forms of Dogmeat, radstorms, Caesar and the Mothman

War never changes, but MTG sure does.

Oct. 20, 2023 Chase Carter

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Flesh and Blood TCG packs its 2024 calendar with two international events and new set Heavy Hitters

Heavy Hitters will get a first look at its first organised play event of the year in Aotearoa

Oct. 19, 2023 Chase Carter

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Stack a tower of dice while pulling an Ocean’s Eleven or Italian Job-style heist in one-shot RPG The Job

Raise the stacks.

Oct. 19, 2023 Chase Carter

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The Hidden Isle uses tarot card readings to create a swashbuckling guardian in the gorgeous RPG

It’s time to divine.

Oct. 18, 2023 Chase Carter

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Teatime Adventures studio introduces awards for nonbinary representation in RPGs and board games

"We hope that this program gives more folks in the industry the recognition that they deserve, because there is so much amazing work in tabletop that is going underappreciated right now."

Oct. 18, 2023 Chase Carter

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Magic: The Gathering’s head designer says new Play Boosters will "save" TCG's Draft and Limited formats

“If we didn't do anything, draft boosters were going away. This whole change was to save drafting.”

Oct. 17, 2023 Chase Carter

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Here’s how MTG’s Play Boosters will change The List

One of Magic: The Gathering’s more confusing features gets simplified in 2024.

Oct. 17, 2023 Chase Carter

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Magic: The Gathering’s new Play Booster will increase the cost of limited events, but WotC isn’t worried

The “increased value” of cards included in the new booster pack will presumably make up the higher price of entry

Oct. 16, 2023 Chase Carter

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Magic: The Gathering kills both draft and set boosters to create a unified product - the Play Booster

“Our goal was to combine the play experience of a Draft Booster with the fun opening experience of a Set Booster.”

Oct. 16, 2023 Chase Carter

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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.

Oct. 16, 2023 Chase Carter

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Van Gogh Pikachu promo card to disappear from Pokémon museum exhibit following scalper frenzy

The Van Gogh Museum blames a “small group of individuals creat[ing] an undesirable situation.”

Oct. 16, 2023 Chase Carter

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Xbox looks to Zoo Tycoon board game as possible model to revive stagnant video game series

“Even if certain franchises aren’t currently undergoing active development, they can still be actively appreciated by their fans.”

Oct. 12, 2023 Chase Carter

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Scooby Doo, Scream actor Matthew Lillard wrote a free haunt for Betrayal at House on the Hill board game

Zoinks, Scoobs! That’s our last omen!

Oct. 12, 2023 Chase Carter

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Horror RPG bundle delivers vampire support groups, haunted amusement parks and toothy nightmares for $20

Nine ghoulish tabletop titles perfect for a spooky evening.

Oct. 12, 2023 Chase Carter

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Outer Rim: Uprising is a Mothership RPG setting-in-a-box full of android unions and cracks in the universe

Everything you need to work and die alone in the black void space. Hooray!

Oct. 11, 2023 Chase Carter

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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.

Oct. 11, 2023 Chase Carter

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MrBeast, YouTube’s biggest name, won $10,000 playing Dune: Imperium Uprising

The self-styled philanthropist currently embroiled in a burger lawsuit can apparently also handle his Spice.

Oct. 11, 2023 Chase Carter

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Dungeons & Dragons' latest playtest wants to sell you the dream of being a fantasy landlord

NIMBY subclass not yet included.

Oct. 10, 2023 Chase Carter

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Planet Unknown and Mysterium Kids clinch wins at German Deutscher Spiele Preis board game awards

Dorfromantik and Heat: Pedal to the Medal take second and thorp place, respectively.

Oct. 10, 2023 Chase Carter

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Groundbreaking RPG Coyote & Crow is pay-what-you-want for Indigenous Peoples Day

The “R” in RPG stands for repatriation.

Oct. 9, 2023 Chase Carter

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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.

Oct. 9, 2023 Chase Carter

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Rhino Hero publisher Haba lays off more than 650 workers in “extremely aching" self-administration process

Haba Family Group filed for insolvency last month and will reportedly refocus on toys and board games.

Oct. 9, 2023 Chase Carter

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You’ll soon be able to finally play Twilight Imperium online

Committing your friends to a months-long campaign is easier from the comfort of their own homes.

Oct. 9, 2023 Chase Carter

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Strategic video game Armello trades a digital board for a real one in upcoming adaptation from D&D 4E designer

From pixels to plastic.

Oct. 6, 2023 Chase Carter

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Star Wars: Unlimited will release the core set for its Light vs Dark trading card game in early 2024

March the 8th be with you. Wait a minute…

Oct. 5, 2023 Chase Carter

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Saw: The Jigsaw Trials will bring the gory horror franchise to board game night via Kickstarter

Here’s hoping for a Billy the Puppet miniature.

Oct. 5, 2023 Chase Carter

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Tigris & Euphrates designer revives classic auction game Medici, partners with Dark Souls board game studio

Reiner Knizia’s Italian trading title will sport new artwork, but the gameplay remains untouched.

Oct. 5, 2023 Chase Carter

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Explore haunted heartlands and flooded coasts of a post-apocalyptic America in Backwards’ two new RPG books

America is dead, long live America!

Oct. 4, 2023 Chase Carter

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Surprise, surprise: sold-out Pikachu Van Gogh promo card is already being resold for hundreds of pounds online

Merchandise from the museum exhibit crossover is also popping up at exorbitant mark-ups.

Oct. 4, 2023 Chase Carter

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World's biggest board game expo Essen Spiel admits using AI artwork but claims “protection of artists rights has priority for us”

Newly created mascot Meeps is nowhere to be seen.

Oct. 4, 2023 Chase Carter

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Kickstarter rival Backerkit bans crowdfunding projects solely using AI-generated art

“It’s important for us to recognize both the immediate and long-term adverse effects [AI] may pose to the creators and creative communities we serve."

Oct. 3, 2023 Chase Carter

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Surreal fantasy RPG Invisible Sun - and its 14kg Black Cube - returns from the shadows for a limited print run

What's in the box?!

Oct. 2, 2023 Chase Carter

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Zenobia Award returns to highlight more underrepresented creators in historical tabletop design

The annual award and mentorship programme was founded in 2020 by Root creator Cole Wehrle and a team of historians and game designers.

Oct. 2, 2023 Chase Carter

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Pokémon apologises for "disappointment" after Pikachu Van Gogh promo card sells out in museum chaos

More cards featuring Pikachu in a grey hat will be available at Pokémon Centres in the future.

Oct. 2, 2023 Chase Carter

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Queer Halloween Stories Bundle funds mutual aid with tabletop RPGs about too many Draculas and horny skeletons

22 spooky tabletop games stuffed in this multimedia bundle tells stories about haunted houses, cryptids and undead Victorian lovers

Oct. 1, 2023 Chase Carter

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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.

Sept. 29, 2023 Chase Carter

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Disney Lorcana's First Chapter reprint lands sooner than expected, with Rise of the Floodborn included in plans

Ravensburger’s Ryan Miller tells ComicBook the Disney-themed TCG will be injecting plenty of both sets into retail.

Sept. 29, 2023 Chase Carter

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Acclaimed mecha tabletop RPG Lancer announces second physical printing with Dark Horse Comics

Massif Press' teaming with the comic book leader could signal a huge boost in Lancer's popularity.

Sept. 29, 2023 Chase Carter

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The Mandalorian-inspired solo RPG Notorious explores the edges of a war-torn galaxy in Outsiders expansion

Once more into a life of scum and villainy.

Sept. 28, 2023 Chase Carter

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Star Wars Unlimited’s prerelease sets and starter kits cleave close to MTG’s well-trodden ground

Organised play for Fantasy Flight and Disney’s upcoming TCG looks mighty familiar.

Sept. 28, 2023 Chase Carter

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Five new Halloween tabletop RPGs inspired by horror cinema come collected in their own trick-or-treat bag

Game night just became fright night.

Sept. 28, 2023 Chase Carter

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Dungeons & Dragons creator says Planescape sourcebooks contain no AI-produced art

Wizards of the Coast isn't repeating the mistake of Bigby Presents, but we still don't know what its internal policy says.

Sept. 21, 2023 Chase Carter

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D&D’s Planescape adventure might begin in the same morgue as 1999 computer game

Morte isn’t interested in a group of fleshy dice rollers.

Sept. 21, 2023 Chase Carter

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Dimension 20 evokes Watership Down in new D&D actual play season featuring a family of stoats

Furry with a chance of sorrow.

Sept. 20, 2023 Chase Carter

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Netflix’s live-action Monkey D. Luffy graces his own card in the One Piece Card Game

Straw hat, cardboard.

Sept. 20, 2023 Chase Carter

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Elden Ring board game studio announces cooperative tabletop adaptation of Horizon: Forbidden West video game

Seeds of Rebellion’s narrative will take place before Aloy arrives in the titular Forbidden West

Sept. 20, 2023 Chase Carter

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My Little Pony’s return to Magic: The Gathering brings Rainbow Dash, Applejack and more to a charity drop

Proceeds from Ponies: the Galloping 2 will benefit Extra Life charity in MTG’s tenth year of collaboration.

Sept. 20, 2023 Chase Carter

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Planet Fist smashes Edge of Tomorrow and slice-of-life drama into a satirical combat wargame

Love must bloom on the battlefield when there is nothing else.

Sept. 19, 2023 Chase Carter

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Pokémon card featuring real-life Pokémon player - one of only around 20 ever made - sells for record $132,000

Division runner-up Takahiro Ikeda was immortalised on this one-of-one Trainer card during a 2001 competition in Japan.

Sept. 18, 2023 Chase Carter

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Cooperative board game Zombicide infects a different comic book universe in DCeased

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... Superman's rotting corpse?

Sept. 18, 2023 Chase Carter

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You can customise Warhammer’s Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin’s world and armies just like real miniatures

Life imitates hi-quality plastic.

Sept. 18, 2023 Chase Carter

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Yellow & Yangtze designer’s next pair of board games claims to be more than European design fads

“Pure strategy” titles Cascadero and smaller companion Cascadito meld Eurogame sensibilities with attractive art and short runtimes.

Sept. 16, 2023 Chase Carter

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Terraforming Mars makers defend use of AI art in upcoming board game expansion amid fan grumbles

“We have and will continue to leverage AI-generated content in the development and delivery of this project.”

Sept. 14, 2023 Chase Carter

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Snag Masks: A New Generation, Glitter Hearts and Sentinel Comics RPG at 80% off on DrivethruRPG

Cut-rate crusading.

Sept. 13, 2023 Chase Carter

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MTG’s latest Festival in a Box is a better 30th anniversary celebration at a quarter of the price

Dan Frazier art on classic cards and a Mystery Booster box without the four-figure price tag is still damning with faint praise.

Sept. 13, 2023 Chase Carter

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DuckTales-inspired RPG is a hellish vision of the classic cartoon, now with art from Mörk Borg creator

Duck Souls.

Sept. 12, 2023 Chase Carter

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Disney Lorcana’s Rise of the Floodborn will introduce six alternate artwork cards with artists’ signatures

Two sets in, Lorcana upgrades its collectibility game with signed, holofoil cards in a limited edition release.

Sept. 12, 2023 Chase Carter

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Disney Lorcana Rise of the Floodborn set adds more than 200 cards and new Resist keyword

Winnie the Pooh, Snow White and Zootopia amongst classic characters appearing in Lorcana’s second chapter.

Sept. 12, 2023 Chase Carter

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RuneScape Kingdoms RPG will use a new system that “captures the unique magic” of classic MMO

Pre-order now for free armour trimming - totally legit.

Sept. 11, 2023 Chase Carter

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Rare silver trophy Pikachu card from Pokémon TCG’s second-ever tournament sells for $444,000 at auction

Gem Mint quality is highest rated of four catalogued copies of the Pikachu No.2 Silver Trophy.

Sept. 11, 2023 Chase Carter

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Creator of MTG’s Commander format Sheldon Menery has passed away

“Godfather of Commander” remembered by family, friends and TCG players worldwide.

Sept. 11, 2023 Chase Carter

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The Lost Bay is a fever dream of ‘90s suburban horror channeled through dice and slick mechanics

Play in the weed-choked graveyard of the neo-liberal American dream.

Sept. 7, 2023 Chase Carter

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Society of Rafa trades heroes’ journeys for community healing in a Jewish RPG world of spirits and medicine

Creators plan to launch an accessible online wiki containing all play materials formatted for screen readers.

Sept. 7, 2023 Chase Carter

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MTG kicks off Wilds of Eldraine with an anime trailer from Naruto studio and composer of Attack on Titan

Wizards of the Coast pulls down the studio that produced Naruto and the composer of Attack on Titan for three minutes of promotion.

Sept. 6, 2023 Chase Carter

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Board game designer duo charged in Gen Con theft of Magic: The Gathering cards worth $300,000

Alleged thieves could face up to six years in prison alongside $10,000 in fines.

Sept. 6, 2023 Chase Carter

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Comedy RPG Coffee & Chaos lets your D&D characters run a cafe and uses cutlery instead of dice

Give your heroic adventurers a stressful day job in food management - what could go wrong?

Sept. 6, 2023 Chase Carter

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Infinite Revolution is a hyper-fast RPG for fans of Utena, Kamen Rider and existential anxiety

You breathe stardust. You eat darkness. You guard dreams. You bleed light.

Sept. 5, 2023 Chase Carter

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The Magnus Archives’ tabletop RPG cracks $1m, releases an anemic quickstart primer

Fans of the horror podcast might be tempted, but there’s little in the free document to sell longtime hobbyists on Monte Cook Games’ latest adaptation.

Sept. 5, 2023 Chase Carter

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Apocalypse World designer Meguey Baker receives public support following breast cancer diagnosis and surgery

Fans, players and well-wishers have donated nearly $30,000 to a long-standing figure in tabletop design.

Sept. 4, 2023 Chase Carter

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Dungeon Crawl Classic’s massive Humble Bundle crams 75 RPG books into a $25 deal

You’ll be rolling dice 'til next summer.

Sept. 4, 2023 Chase Carter

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Disney Lorcana will reprint The First Chapter set to combat widespread shortage, massive retail price hikes

Second chance at The First Chapter.

Sept. 1, 2023 Chase Carter

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Flesh and Blood team with YouTube’s Tolarian Community College for a Commander-esque multiplayer set

The beginner friendly set enshrines Brian “The Professor” Lewis on his own hero card.

Aug. 31, 2023 Chase Carter

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Dimension 20 announces a spate of D&D actual play live shows in the UK and Ireland

Confusing ticket sale system left fans believing shows sold out in a matter of seconds.

Aug. 31, 2023 Chase Carter