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“There’s something about cosplaying a character that draws you closer to them”: How D&D cosplay provides another way to roleplay

Exploring the Dungeons & Dragons cosplay community, how to start and why it’s worth doing.

Sept. 14, 2020 Alex Meehan

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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.

Sept. 8, 2020 Khee Hoon Chan

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‘It was a mess’: The disappearance and return of legendary ’80s board game Dark Tower

In 1981, there was no game bigger. Then it vanished. What happened to Dark Tower, and why is there such hunger for it to come back?

Aug. 31, 2020 Dan Jolin

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Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything is a positive sign that Dungeons & Dragons is working on its problems - preview

Iggwilv you read it?

Aug. 25, 2020 Alex Meehan

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Magic: The Gathering’s Double Masters set has an unrivalled card selection - at an eye-watering cost

Reprints and rares both essential and exorbitant.

Aug. 13, 2020 Jason Coles

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"We had big dreams!": Dice Throne Adventures creators on going co-op and making 'Gloomhaven Lite'

“I would lie awake at night thinking how fun a dungeon crawl would be.”

Aug. 10, 2020 Eric Watson

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Magic: The Gathering and Keyforge creator Richard Garfield on 35 years of making the games he wants to play

And the connection between poisonous mushrooms and Magic.

Aug. 5, 2020 Matt Jarvis

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The real-life tragedy and sensationalised fantasy behind D&D-inspired movie Mazes and Monsters

“There were a whole lot of people that thought it was an evil company.”

Aug. 3, 2020 Dan Jolin

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Vampire: The Masquerade card game Rivals is bursting with scheming and strategy to sink your teeth into - Kickstarter preview

Clash of clans.

July 30, 2020 Rob Wieland

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Magic: The Gathering’s hugely entertaining new format Jumpstart is the perfect introduction to the TCG

Two halves make a whole lot of fun.

July 23, 2020 Jason Coles

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“No-one has ever won Dungeons & Dragons”: How Mythic Odysseys of Theros embraces the messier side of D&D 5E

Minotaur illusion.

July 10, 2020 Alex Meehan

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Magic: The Gathering Core Set 2021 preview - absurd abilities and welcome reprints make for the best Core Set in a long time

Creature comforts.

July 3, 2020 Jason Coles

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SPONSORED: 8 ways the Desperados pen-and-paper RPG faithfully captures the video game

d6 shooter.

June 26, 2020 Matt Jarvis

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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.

June 8, 2020 Matt Jarvis

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I solved a small-town mystery over WhatsApp in the tense, thrilling teen drama RPG Alice is Missing - Kickstarter preview

Enjoy the silence.

June 1, 2020 Michael Whelan

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Outstanding in their Field: The Blood Bowl custodians who have championed tabletop fantasy football for 30 years

Alive and kicking.

May 22, 2020 Joshua King

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Indie video game platform Itch.io has given tabletop RPG designers a new way to thrive

Through kindness and community.

May 13, 2020 Ty Galiz-Rowe

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Critical Role’s Matthew Mercer on world-building in D&D and creating Wildemount

Plus, whether he’d rather live in the homeland of Vox Machina or the Mighty Nein.

May 8, 2020 Alex Meehan

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Deadlands’ first big update in 15 years is looking like the best edition of the Weird West RPG yet - Kickstarter preview

Manitou good to miss.

May 6, 2020 Johnny Chiodini

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Pathfinder Adventure Path creators on setting the gold standard in tabletop RPG campaigns

On the right Path.

May 4, 2020 Preston Dozsa

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Sea of Legends is an ambitious pirate adventure board game with a treasure trove of tales to tell - Kickstarter preview

Sun, sea and sandbox.

April 27, 2020 Eric Watson

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"They’re gods you could go have a beer with": Eric Lang talks Ankh: Gods of Egypt

Behind the stories, surprises and down-to-Earth deities in the epic finale to the designer’s mythic trilogy.

April 23, 2020 Alex Meehan

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Burgle Bros. 2 board game preview - a tighter co-op caper that sneaks in new surprises

Ocean's 11 by way of legacy board games, Betrayal at House on the Hill and Left 4 Dead.

April 20, 2020 Eric Watson

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Unofficial Dungeons & Dragons miniatures are allowing Patreon creators to turn their hobby into a career

High of the beholder.

April 14, 2020 Luke Winkie

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How family classic Yahtzee inspired board gaming's latest trend, the roll-and-write

Rolling with it.

April 10, 2020 Jeremy Signor

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30 years on, fantasy board game HeroQuest is still inspiring modern dungeon-crawlers

From Gloomhaven to Star Wars: Imperial Assault, the legacy of a groundbreaking classic.

April 8, 2020 Nic Reuben

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Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount is the most worthwhile D&D 5E book yet, whether you’re a Critical Role fan or not

Im-Mercer yourself.

April 6, 2020 Alex Meehan

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Schnapsen: the Austrian card game that healed a grieving family

A gaming gift through the generations.

March 31, 2020 Michael Leopold Weber

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“It was the beginning of a gaming revolution”: Games Workshop co-founder Ian Livingstone talks fantasy, bringing D&D to the UK and the birth of Warhammer

The way is full of peril.

March 27, 2020 Sara Elsam

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Dungeons & Dragons 5E: Eberron - Rising From the Last War lead designer takes us on a magic-powered airship ride through divided lands and the remnants of war

Full steam ahead.

March 13, 2020 Sara Elsam

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The authors of Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre were roleplaying long before Dungeons & Dragons

My one dream, my only dungeon master.

March 13, 2020 Jody Macgregor

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Scythe, Pandemic Legacy and Yogi creators on the unending, essential process of playtesting board games to perfection

“It’s a confirmation that all your good ideas aren’t that good.”

March 10, 2020 Simon Castle

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From Star Wars to Stranger Things, tabletop RPGs are letting fans explore and expand the pop culture worlds they love

Fan power.

March 6, 2020 Aimee Hart

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How ambitious music-mixing card game DropMix escaped obscurity to become a modern cult classic

Harmonixed.

March 2, 2020 Diego Arguello

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Magic: The Gathering’s Unsanctioned Un-set is a surreal smackdown that breaks all the rules - and it’s perfect for beginners

Un-real.

Feb. 28, 2020 Sara Elsam

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Magic: The Gathering’s Theros: Beyond Death set is a wild, cosmic ride through myth and madness

Hera today, gone tomorrow.

Feb. 28, 2020 Sara Elsam

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‘Making Cyberpunk Red almost killed us’: Mike Pondsmith on the return of the tabletop RPG, catching up with 2020’s future and Cyberpunk 2077

From predicting the internet to breaking it.

Feb. 26, 2020 Peter Ray Allison

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Pack o Game is the perfect board game collection for players tight on space and cash

A Handy little something.

Feb. 24, 2020 Andrew King

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Cyberpunk Red lore guide: the world of the tabletop RPG from 2013 to 2077

Welcome to life on the edge.

Feb. 22, 2020 Richard Jansen-Parkes

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Mutant Year Zero: How the end of the world created one of the tabletop’s brightest companies

A Ligan of their own.

Feb. 21, 2020 Rob Wieland

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Scythe’s Automa designer on making cardboard AI feel human in solo board games

Singular achievement.

Feb. 19, 2020 Sam Desatoff

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Pokémon TCG’s Sword & Shield expansion has British whimsy, haunted tea sets and a super-sized Snorlax - hands-on gameplay impressions

Can you Nickitt? (Yes, you can.)

Feb. 19, 2020 Sara Elsam

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10 easily forgotten Dungeons & Dragons 5E rules you’re getting wrong - and why you should be using them

Mind Strayer.

Feb. 17, 2020 Laurie Havelock

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The joy of modding board games, from house rules to total conversions

Whether you're adding small personal touches or embarking on an ambitious remake, modified board games are a key part of the tabletop hobby.

Feb. 14, 2020 Philip Boyes

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The Dungeons & Dragons diet: how to eat like an RPG adventurer

Roll on the side?

Feb. 13, 2020 Paul Flannery

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Vampire: The Masquerade - Chapters bridges the gap between board game and RPG

Once bitten.

Feb. 12, 2020 Samantha Nelson

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That time the US Secret Service mistook a cyberpunk RPG for a hacker's handbook

"It was dumb, not to put a fine point on it.”

Feb. 10, 2020 Jody Macgregor

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7 incredible pop culture worlds that should be turned into tabletop RPGs, from His Dark Materials to Avatar

Who wouldn’t want to play a Sesame Street TRPG?

Feb. 6, 2020 Alex Meehan

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Shedding light on World of Darkness, the gothic-punk universe of RPG Vampire: The Masquerade

A bloody good time.

Feb. 6, 2020 Peter Ray Allison

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Tabletop RPG releases 2020: 10 upcoming roleplaying games you should play this year

From the first Warhammer: Age of Sigmar RPG to Nordic horror and underground cities

Feb. 4, 2020 Sara Elsam

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Fake board games: the counterfeits of Pandemic, Catan and more putting happiness, health and the hobby at risk

“We’ve had some real shocks where you feel like you have to wash your hands immediately.”

Feb. 3, 2020 Stephen Connolly

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A first look at Parks: Memories, this year’s follow-up to the beautiful board game about hiking across the US

Taking a new path.

Jan. 31, 2020 Alex Meehan

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From Doom to Cthulhu Wars: Sandy Petersen on 35 years of tabletop design, Lovecraft and leaving video games behind

“I got my toys!”

Jan. 28, 2020 Eric Watson

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‘There are dogs operating blacksmith shops and being apothecaries’: Inside the world of Animal Adventures: Gullet Cove, an RPG for pet lovers

Pawcerers and Barkbarians.

Jan. 28, 2020 Alex Meehan

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Board game releases 2020: 10 upcoming board games you should play this year

Pandemic Legacy: Season 3, new Gloomhaven and Root creator’s next game lead the biggest tabletop titles of the next 12 months.

Jan. 16, 2020 Sara Elsam

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The afterlife of Android: Netrunner - the community taking a beloved card game's future into their own hands

“It felt like losing a friend.”

Jan. 15, 2020 Matt Thrower

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Adeptus Titanicus: the staggering Warhammer 40,000 game where stories loom as large as mechs

"We wanted each death to be memorable."

Jan. 13, 2020 Luke Shaw

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Meet the Original Dungeons & Dragons diehards still playing by '70s rules

Refusing to roll with the times.

Jan. 7, 2020 Steven T. Wright

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10 hours with Magic: The Gathering Arena got me back into trading card games

Sparky rekindled.

Jan. 3, 2020 Elizabeth Henges

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Five predictions about the future that the Cyberpunk 2020 RPG did - and didn't - get right (so far)

Twenty-twenty vision.

Jan. 1, 2020 Peter Ray Allison

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We played the worst Christmas board games on the UK High Street so you don’t have to

Christmas crappers.

Dec. 18, 2019 Laurence Kirkby

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A dream far, far away? Meet the world’s best Star Wars X-Wing players struggling to turn the tournament scene pro

"I don't see a future where a miniatures game player is professional.”

Dec. 4, 2019 Luke Winkie

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Welcome to Dicebreaker!

Your new home for all things board games, RPGs and tabletop, plus silly jokes.

Dec. 4, 2019 Matt Jarvis

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Here are the best new board games to play at PAX Unplugged 2019

The 10 games we’re most excited to check out this weekend in Philly.

Dec. 3, 2019 Matt Jarvis

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Choosing when to settle down is everything in Flotilla, one of 2019’s most unique board games

Catch you on the flip side.

Nov. 26, 2019 Charlie Theel

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