News The Brooklyn Strategist becomes third New York board game and RPG cafe to establish a union The Brooklyn Strategist Workers United won their election in a 17-1 decisive victory Dec. 15, 2023 Chase Carter 1 comment
Best Games 6 board games and RPGs to play over Christmas, no matter what your holiday plans are Always pass the vibe check. Dec. 14, 2023 Alex Meehan
News Dimension 20’s first trailer for Fantasy High: Junior Year reveals a rocking theme song and premiere date “We just saved the world, I feel like that should count for a couple classes!” Dec. 13, 2023 Matt Jarvis
News Dungeons & Dragons owner lays off 1,100 staff two weeks before Christmas “to keep Hasbro healthy” Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks blames the “difficult” decision on toy market malaise affecting the company throughout 2023. Dec. 13, 2023 Chase Carter 18 comments
News Building a community in Our Fantasy Town genuinely takes a village… of crowdfunding backers Grassroots grass lawns. Dec. 13, 2023 Chase Carter
News D&D and MTG designers, artists and producers lose jobs among over 1,000 Hasbro layoffs, former devs confirm Deep, sweeping cuts to toymaker’s staff includes senior employees and at least one vice president. Dec. 13, 2023 Chase Carter 2 comments
Best Games 7 best D&D 5E Christmas one-shots to play over the holidays Some seasonal D&D sessions to make the midwinter gay. Dec. 12, 2023 Katie Wickens
Deals Explore Pathfinder 2E’s classic adventure settings on the cheap with $5 RPG charity bundle Proceeds from any tier benefit US-based Comic Books for Kids Dec. 11, 2023 Chase Carter
Interview The Walking Dead Universe RPG creators talk swarms, post-apocalyptic Robin Hoods and watching Daryl fall off his horse “Fighting the swarm is always about making it out alive, one way or another.” Dec. 11, 2023 Chase Carter
News Attacks and spells never miss in this new Dungeons & Dragons-esque fantasy TRPG "Unburdened by sacred cows from the 1970s.” Dec. 8, 2023 Alex Meehan 1 comment
News D&D title Baldur’s Gate 3 rolls a critical at The Game Awards, scooping up six accolades Including Game of the Year. Dec. 8, 2023 Alex Meehan
News The Electric State RPG channels Tales from the Loop’s techno-nostalgia through a dystopic American lens From sea to neuronic sea. Dec. 5, 2023 Chase Carter
News Tabletop Creators Summit returns in 2024 with more expert advice and networking for designers, publishers and industry pros Following success of Dicebreaker’s first-ever B2B event in London last spring. Dec. 5, 2023 Matt Jarvis
News Payday developer is working on a co-op, live service Dungeons & Dragons video game Can’t wait to strap a clown mask and assault rifle on Elminster. Dec. 5, 2023 Chase Carter
News Dungeons & Dragons' next core books given a 2024 release date, only to vanish Wizards of the Coast quickly pulled images dating several products, but the internet doesn’t forget so easily. Dec. 5, 2023 Chase Carter
News D&D’s historical book will contain “never-before-seen correspondences” between Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1976 is a 500-page monster of annotated pages and letters between D&D’s co-creators. Dec. 4, 2023 Chase Carter
News Dungeons & Dragons 2024 will cram its books full of art, fantasy shopping and the Blob of Annihilation The core rulebook trio will be the biggest in the tabletop RPG’s history thanks to a maximalist approach. Dec. 4, 2023 Chase Carter
News Tabletop Awards 2023 winners: this year’s best board games, RPGs, designers and publishers Including our first winner in new category Best Art. Dec. 2, 2023 Matt Jarvis
News Cyberpunk and Witcher designer’s next RPG is about multiverse-hopping ninja inspired by Naruto, Stargate and Japanese myth Teased as Project Blue Moon over the summer, Shadow Scar will feature an original setting and a brand new gameplay system. Dec. 1, 2023 Matt Jarvis
Interview "Actual play is a rare type of media where you feel empowered to create": Critical Role's Matthew Mercer on becoming a more relaxed DM and D&D going mainstream "I’ve grown less and less worried about slipping up here and there." Dec. 1, 2023 Alex Meehan
News Critical Role's Matthew Mercer isn't worried about the RPG actual play bubble bursting “I could see it push further into the mainstream.” Nov. 30, 2023 Alex Meehan 1 comment
News One D&D’s final class playtest aims to solve the problematic Druid, Monk and Barbarian Hello short rest Rage; goodbye one-size-fits-all Wild Shape. Nov. 29, 2023 Chase Carter
How To One D&D changes vs 5E: What's new in the next Dungeons & Dragons edition? From creating your character to casting spells, here’s how One D&D is different to 5E. Nov. 29, 2023 Henry St Leger 2 comments
News Critical Role's Matthew Mercer would love to make a video game - if those stars align “To leap into video games would be an incredible endeavor.” Nov. 29, 2023 Alex Meehan
News D&D co-creator’s son just launched a fantasy shoe line as part of his lifestyle brand for gamers Beloved early D&D artist Erol Otis provides an illustration for one of the tabletop-themed trainers. Nov. 24, 2023 Chase Carter
News 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. Nov. 24, 2023 Chase Carter
News The Walking Dead Universe RPG shambles onto your kitchen table next week American zombie horror by way of Swedish tabletop designers. Nov. 23, 2023 Chase Carter
News SPONSORED: D&D map set Dungeon Craft helps you create dungeons, battles and cities for your fantasy world in seconds Travel from fey forests to hellish underworlds in mere minutes. Nov. 22, 2023 Matt Jarvis
News Boyfriend Dungeon RPG designers chose not to push romance or sex in video game adaptation Kitfox Games instead looks to include a curated list of safety tools and outside resources. Nov. 22, 2023 Chase Carter
News Boyfriend Dungeon’s official tabletop RPG makes sexy weapon smooching a group activity Always wear protection, such as a fencing glove. Nov. 21, 2023 Chase Carter
Deals Best Dungeons & Dragons Black Friday 2023 deals Roll Perception to find great D&D bargains. Nov. 21, 2023 Joel Franey
News Dungeons & Dragons’ delayed Deck of Many Things won’t be home for the holidays Production on replacement decks have begun but will miss a holiday release by a matter of days. Nov. 21, 2023 Chase Carter 1 comment
News Stormlight Archive RPG will allow players to join Knights Radiant and use Surgebinding powers Game system includes “plot die”. Nov. 21, 2023 Alex Meehan
News Adventure Time RPG punts its new ‘Yes And’ system in favour of D&D 5E rules More like ‘No, But’. Nov. 20, 2023 Chase Carter 14 comments
News The first of Pathfinder’s remastered RPG books are now available, sans D&D influence New paths for new players. Nov. 16, 2023 Chase Carter
News Critical Role prequel novel delves into the backstory of Bells Hells’ favourite undead warlock Critical Role: Bells Hells - What Doesn’t Break drops in 2024 and explores Laudna’s lost adventures. Nov. 13, 2023 Chase Carter
News Announcing the finalists for the Tabletop Awards 2023, this year’s standout board games, RPGs and creators The games you should be playing and the names you should be watching. Nov. 13, 2023 Matt Jarvis 2 comments
News Dungeons & Dragons wants its 2024 rulebooks to stay relevant and compatible for another decade. D&D is a “living thing” that will continue to grow. Nov. 9, 2023 Chase Carter
Opinion Call of Cthulhu’s d100 dice rolls offer far more roleplaying freedom than D&D’s d20 When failure isn’t the end. Nov. 8, 2023 Alex Meehan 8 comments
News Into the Odd RPG’s Arthurian-inspired prequel is a mix of Elden Ring and The Green Knight Escape to The City. Nov. 8, 2023 Chase Carter
News Tales from the Loop RPG maker to adapt Simon Stålenhag’s art book sequel The Electric State Imagine Cormac McCarthy's The Road but with less suffering and more advertisements. Nov. 8, 2023 Chase Carter 1 comment
News This new tabletop RPG is basically Untitled Goose Game Prepare for the Honk-pocalypse. Nov. 8, 2023 Alex Meehan
News The audience at the table is Candela Obscura's biggest strength Critical Role’s horror anthology has a cineliterate delivery that makes it more like watching a movie - even for those rolling the dice. Nov. 7, 2023 Gena McCrann
News Baldur's Gate and Knights of the Old Republic lead developer releases a hellish D&D adventure for charity All proceeds of James Ohlen and Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Chains of Asmodeus will support ExtraLife. Nov. 6, 2023 Chase Carter
News Dungeons & Dragons’ free TV shows launch later this month with cooking, character deaths and Patton Oswalt Two actual play series and a cooking show will fill D&D’s latest attempt at a primetime television takeover Nov. 3, 2023 Chase Carter 2 comments
News 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
News 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
News Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles RPG reprint revives a 1980s tabletop oddity Heroes in a hardcover sourcebook. Nov. 1, 2023 Chase Carter 1 comment
News 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
News 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
News Announcing our judges for the Tabletop Awards 2023 The best and brightest from across the industry. Nov. 1, 2023 Alex Meehan
Opinion Critical Role's live show nailed the rare pleasure of playing D&D at Level 20 Gods, gates and Gelidon. Nov. 1, 2023 Henry St Leger
News 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
Deals 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
News 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
Best Games 7 best D&D 5E horror one-shots to play this Halloween Halloween - the DM's excuse to scare the absolute bejesus out of their players. Oct. 26, 2023 Katie Wickens
News 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
News 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 1 comment
Deals Pathfinder, Tales from the Loop and Fallout TRPG included in Roll20 Humble Bundle Donations go to Extra Life charity. Oct. 23, 2023 Alex Meehan
News Try our new "For you" section Keeping up with your favourite things just got even easier. Oct. 23, 2023 Craig Munro
News 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
News The next D&D 5E sourcebook is for the astrology girlies Will you be rising for this one? Oct. 19, 2023 Alex Meehan
News Iconic D&D treasure The Deck of Many Things returns for the price of $99 Chaos comes with a cost. Oct. 19, 2023 Alex Meehan 1 comment
News 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
News Men in Black and Starship Troopers inspired this bug-busting sci-fi tabletop RPG It won’t let you remember. Oct. 19, 2023 Alex Meehan
News 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
News Critical Role studio’s horror tabletop RPG, Candela Obscura, will come out next month Just missing the Halloween period. Oct. 18, 2023 Alex Meehan
News 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
News Neil Gaiman, His Dark Materials and Worzel Gummidge inspired this creepy folk RPG Step Through the Hedgerow. Oct. 16, 2023 Alex Meehan
News Disney Lorcana, Cyberpunk and Critical Role’s Matthew Mercer head to PAX Unplugged in December The Critical Role DM will open the tabletop convention with a Storytime keynote. Oct. 12, 2023 Matt Jarvis
Deals 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
News 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
Opinion One D&D's Bastion minigame has loads of potential for long-term 5E fans – but not everyone will play it Finally, an adventurer flatshare. Oct. 11, 2023 Henry St Leger
News 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 1 comment
Deals 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
News Baldur’s Gate 3, Final Fantasy 16 and The Witcher actors party up for D&D actual play series Natural Six Join the performers behind Clive, Geralt and more on a fantasy adventure. Oct. 9, 2023 Matt Jarvis
News 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
News 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
News Two-player RPG Eldritch Escape: Tokyo mixes Dark Souls’ deadliness and Attack on Titan’s terrifying monsters in modern-day Japan Standalone release grew out of combat system in a Japanese magazine. Oct. 4, 2023 Matt Jarvis
Best Games SPONSORED: 5 RPG maps to inspire your next D&D 5E campaign From a Coral Throne to Hell's Tax Office. Oct. 3, 2023 Matt Jarvis
News 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
News Join us at Essen Spiel 2023 for four days full of LIVE board game news, reveals and previews! We’re trying something new for this year’s German board game extravaganza. Oct. 3, 2023 Matt Jarvis
News Essen Spiel 2023 Day 4: News, reveals and previews live from the world's biggest board game convention It's the last day of Essen, but there are always more games to be played! Oct. 3, 2023 Matt Jarvis
News Essen Spiel 2023 Day 3: News, reveals and previews live from the world's biggest board game convention We roll into a weekend of gaming at the massive Germany tabletop event. Oct. 3, 2023 Matt Jarvis
News Essen Spiel 2023 Day 2: News, reveals and previews live from the world's biggest board game convention Get that Friday feeling as we return to Germany's enormous board game fair. Oct. 3, 2023 Matt Jarvis
News Essen Spiel 2023 Day 1: News, reveals and previews live from the world's biggest board game convention Join us on the show floor as we give our thoughts on this year's must-see releases. Oct. 3, 2023 Matt Jarvis 1 comment
News Tabletop Awards 2023 return to celebrate the year’s best board games and RPGs: nominations and People’s Choice voting open now! With designer and publisher categories for both established and up-and-coming talent, as well as a new award for Best Art. Oct. 2, 2023 Matt Jarvis
News 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
News 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 1 comment
News Rebel Moon tabletop RPG studio sues Netflix over cancelled adaptation of Zack Snyder movie Publisher Evil Genius says the streaming giant unfairly pulled the release of its finished Rebel Moon RPG. Sept. 29, 2023 Matt Jarvis 1 comment
News 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
Interview “I wanted players to say ‘screw you’ and break the game”: Deathmatch Island creator on bringing something fresh to battle royales - and why Fortnite can’t match a TRPG “Friendly competition is so common to other games we play - board games, video games, sports - but it’s kind of taboo in tabletop RPGs.” Sept. 28, 2023 Matt Jarvis
News Starfinder Enhanced’s new species will let you play as an ewok-like rodent, AI hologram or tiny sentient star An exclusive look at the new and returning species in the sci-fi RPG's upcoming rules revision. Sept. 28, 2023 Matt Jarvis
News 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
News This D&D 5E book wants to give your characters A Life Well Lived away from dungeons and dragons Upcoming supplement lets you generate lifepaths, allies and activities in downtime between adventures - as well as eventually retiring your hero. Sept. 27, 2023 Matt Jarvis
News Dimension 20 is returning to Fantasy High for a third season in Junior Year The D&D 5E series heads back to school in January. Sept. 27, 2023 Matt Jarvis
News Grim brings the fast and furious fragging of first-person shooters like Quake to a tabletop RPG Unreal. Sept. 25, 2023 Matt Jarvis 1 comment
News Dark fantasy board game Tainted Grail is being made into a tabletop RPG Based on the Shadows of Esteren system. Sept. 25, 2023 Matt Jarvis
News Critical Role UK live show will broadcast to cinemas across US and Canada For one-night-only. Sept. 22, 2023 Alex Meehan
News A Ghost in the Shell tabletop game is arriving next year Studio behind My Little Pony RPG and Jim Henson’s Labyrinth board game teases an adaptation of the seminal sci-fi series. Sept. 22, 2023 Matt Jarvis 1 comment