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Magic: The Gathering’s Lord of the Rings set has nine different Nazgûl cards, one for each Ringwraith
Nine cards for Mortal Men, doomed to die.
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Magic: The Gathering answers one of Lord of the Rings’ biggest mysteries in Tales of Middle-earth
Just what is Tom Bombadil, anyway?
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MTG’s Lord of the Rings cards let you lead an army with the ultimate commander: Bill the Pony
Perfect for horsing around.
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Lord of the Rings’ 1970s animated movie is getting its own Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair cards
Embark on More Adventures in Middle-earth next month.
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Ticket to Ride legacy board game features a western-themed campaign from Pandemic Legacy co-creators
The good, the bad and the business-minded.
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Warhammer 40k’s chaotic racing game Speed Freeks is coming to PC - and you can play it now
Ork your marks, get ready, go!
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Warhammer: Age of Sigmar reveals first real-time strategy game Realms of Ruin, headed to PS5, Xbox and PC
Includes single-player campaign co-written by Black Library veteran Gav Thorpe.
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Classic gamebook series Fighting Fantasy is being turned into a co-op RPG card game by Brass designer
Martin Wallace’s Fighting Fantasy Adventures will adapt four of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone’s choose-your-own-path books.
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Warhammer 40,000 video game Space Marine is getting a board game
Board game adaptation of the video game adaptation of the sci-fi miniatures game spin-off of the fantasy wargame.
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Board game executive apologises for sexist reply to Wingspan creator’s criticism of industry sexism
AEG’s Ryan Dancey tells tabletop players to “hold me accountable” for publishing projects from underrepresented groups.
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Play the RPG behind Critical Role’s newest show with a free quickstart for Candela Obscura
The quickstart contains an introductory assignment and five pregenerated characters.
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Scarlet & Violet - Obsidian Flames expansion brings Dark-type Charizard to the Pokémon TCG
Tera Pokémon ex will sport different types and weaknesses along with their crystalline crowns
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Dungeons & Dragons tosses out One D&D label but struggles to define next chapter.
Just don't call it 6th Edition.
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Don’t miss your chance to win $130 worth of premium RPG dice by watching us play D&D live at MCM Comic Con London!
We’ve got $800 worth of accessories to give away thanks to Misty Mountain Gaming.
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Mirrorscape’s open-licence rival to D&D’s virtual tabletop wants to be “the Apple of VTTs”
Launching into open beta next month.
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Pathfinder Nexus’ open beta brings the RPG that much closer to digital D&D parity
Free accounts can create and save up to seven discrete characters.
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Five new D&D books in 2023 will go back to Phandelver and discuss the origins of a notorious deck of cards
All books will be published under the previously announced higher price tag.
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Tales of the Valiant reimagines 5E roleplay with “cooler spellcasting” and less burden on GMs
Kobold Press’ Project Black Flag sets sail as a fully fledged RPG ruleset.
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Sailor Moon meets Blades in the Dark in magical girl RPG Girl by Moonlight
In the name of the Moon, I’ll punish your dice!
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It looks like a Ticket to Ride legacy game is on the way
Pandemic Legacy designers Matt Leacock and Rob Daviau are teaming up with the venerated train game’s creator Alan R. Moon on a mysterious new project.
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Dungeons & Dragons increases price of printed books despite continuous financial success
Higher physical book prices begin later in 2023 while digital editions remain solid, for now.
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Battletech, Shadowrun maker spins up a dedicated board game division for future projects
The first title will be a personal project from the son of a veteran employee.
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Cardboard Edison 2023 winner is a puzzly board game about microscopes, mosaics and algae
Plankton can be beautiful, too.
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Charity RPG event Roll for Good returns this weekend with D&D, Mörk Borg and other one-shots in support of LGBTQIA+ rights
Livestreamed roleplaying sessions will fundraise for ILGA World.
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Spiel des Jahres 2023 nominees: Dorfromantik, Fun Facts and Next Station: London shortlisted for Game of the Year award
With a ‘Special Prize’ for puzzle series Unlock!
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Good Omens’ official board game summarises past battles’ between Heaven and Hell ahead of second season
Apocalypse in a box.
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Critical Role are playing a Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom RPG one-shot next week
Don’t worry: DM (and voice of Ganondorf) Matthew Mercer will steer clear of story spoilers.
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Terraforming Mars producer wants screen adaptation to be as “enduringly good” as Pirates of the Caribbean and The Lego Movie
“Adaptations have no business being half as good as they are.”
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The most valuable Pokémon card ever made is back under the hammer for a paltry $200,000 (for now)
Pikachu Illustrator promo card previously sold for a record $5m in 2021.
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A third of Monopoly players in the UK have argued over the board game classic, survey finds
YouGov survey also crowns Brits’ favourite playing piece.
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Get expert crowdfunding, game design, manufacturing and marketing advice from industry pros at next week’s Tabletop Creators Summit
Hear from BackerKit, Panda Game Manufacturing, Osprey Games and more at the free London event.
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Newest Netrunner ECG set focuses on a robotic uprising in futuristic Brazil
Part of the Liberation cycle.
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Watch us rank everything in Honor Among Thieves and play D&D live at MCM Comic Con London next week!
Catch our actual play series Storybreakers live for the first time.
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One-vs-one survival-horror RPG looks like the perfect love letter to Halloween and classic slasher movies
1978: The Night THEY Came Home pits one player’s supernatural killer against the other’s everyday survivor.
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Star Wars: Unlimited’s first gameplay details paint the upcoming TCG as a mix of MTG Commander and Destiny
Fantasy Flight reveals organised play plans for major tournaments.
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War of the Ring: The Card Game adds co-op and solo modes in its first expansion
Against the Shadow introduces an AI opponent to the Lord of the Rings title.
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Dungeons & Dragons players torn on playtest Druid and Wild Shape because history is cyclical
Unclear if these are the same players who don’t want paladins smiting from across the room.
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Get premium dice, game manufacturing toolkits and entry to MCM Comic Con for free at next week’s Tabletop Creators Summit
Industry event on May 26th will be free to attend in London’s ExCeL.
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Dark Souls, Elden Ring board game maker cut one-third of employees in recent “restructure”
Nearly 20 workers at Steamforged Games were hit with redundancies and left shocked.
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Dead Cells board game started as an ‘awkward’ clone of the video game
“The game we wanted to make was so closely inspired by Dead Cells that it would have been awkward not to call it that way,” admits Scorpion Masqué studio head.
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Here’s an exclusive first look at the Dead Cells board game in action
Ahead of its Kickstarter campaign tomorrow.
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Here’s how the Dead Cells board game’s roguelike and Metroidvania gameplay works
Live, die, live again.
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D&D’s free, 24-hour streaming channel will feature improv, cooking shows and independent creators
Dungeons & Dragons Adventures gives classic cartoons and RPG creators a home on television
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Wilderfeast is like Monster Hunter as a tabletop RPG, and it looks very tasty indeed
Big weapons, big foes and bigger appetites.
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SPONSORED: Abalon mixes the roleplaying of D&D with the cardplay of Magic: The Gathering in a tactical fantasy adventure
Real-time exploration meets turn-based combat.
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John Wick, Die Hard and James Bond inspired this cinematic action RPG
Outgunned, but not outmatched.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG prepares for World Championship with Duel Links and Master Duel freebies
Start walking the road to Tokyo Big Sight.
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Tunnels & Trolls, the second big RPG released after original D&D, is returning with a fresh edition from a new studio
Sniper Elite and 2000 AD publisher Rebellion takes over the veteran fantasy game.
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Breath of the Wild-inspired board game Leviathan Wilds returns to crowdfunding with tighter focus
Be runnin' up that bull. Be runnin' up that snake. Be runnin' up that big crab.
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Critical Role’s new gothic horror series Candela Obscura uses first tabletop RPG built with Illuminated Worlds
Voices speaking from the other side... of the screen.
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Magic: The Gathering Arena hits Steam in May but leaves console arrival unanswered
PC Planeswalkers.
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Star Wars: Unlimited joins Disney Lorcana in race to be the next Magic: The Gathering
Success can’t be forced.
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Learn how to get your game published and meet industry experts at the first Tabletop Creators Summit later this month
Free London event will include expert talks on design, manufacturing, crowdfunding and marketing, followed by an industry networking event.
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Seven Samurai-inspired tabletop RPG sees players defending a town from an army of bandits
The ballad of Thirty Foes.
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Magic: The Gathering extends Standard card rotation window in a bid to revive staple format
No current card sets will rotate out until 2024.
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BrikWars is Warhammer with Lego, and it’s back in a ‘definitive’ new edition
Block rockin' beatdowns.
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After raising $1.5m on Kickstarter, Rainbow Six: Siege board game asks backers for more money to receive their copies
Due to costs incurred by COVID and Ukraine war.
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Pokémon Master’s Key prize card, one of 36 ever made, triples its sales record at auction
Just three dozen copies of the card were given to finalists in 2010 Japan World Championship tournament.
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Boba Fett jetpacks into Star Wars Villainous in new board game expansion
Enter a hive of Scum and Villainy.
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New Pokémon TCG digital version leaves beta in June, will include upcoming Scarlet & Violet – Paldea Evolved expansion
Suns out, Magnetons out.
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As Warhammer: The Horus Heresy’s latest edition nears its first birthday, Games Workshop shows off its plan for the year ahead
In for the long haul with Siege of Cthonia.
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Halloween: The Board Game sees one player stalking the others as Michael Myers
Watch for The Shape.
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Indie video game gem Citizen Sleeper is being turned into a single-player tabletop RPG
From creator Gareth Damian Martin and solo RPG designer Alfred Valley, Cycles of the Eye uses tarot cards and dice.
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Elden Ring board game studio picks up HeroQuest spiritual successor Altar Quest
Steamforged acquires Warhammer Quest designers’ co-op dungeon-crawler from Blacklist Games.
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‘World’s biggest’ Pokémon TCG shop bans adults from buying latest cards in order to combat resellers
Japanese store Hareruya 2 says it will allocate new releases for younger fans and check ID to stop older collectors in search of a profit.
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Warhammer 40,000’s 10th Edition starter set Leviathan revealed - here’s what’s inside the launch box
Space Marines, Tyranids and plenty more.
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Pathfinder is getting a Diablo-like hack-and-slash video game based on the RPG’s most popular adventure
Abomination Vaults is headed to Kickstarter later this month.
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Terraforming Mars TV series studio co-founder dreams of acquiring Gloomhaven rights
Has spoken with Scythe publisher about potential adaptation.
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Newest One D&D playtest update is the biggest yet - includes changes to five classes, weapons and spells
Monk changes coming at a later date.
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Magic: The Gathering publisher hires Pinkerton to seize leaked cards from YouTuber’s house
A mistaken sell leads private investigators to intimidate and threaten an individual and his wife.
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Pathfinder 2E is remastering its core rulebooks to split from D&D OGL and make learning the RPG easier
First books for players and GMs out later this year, with monster bestiary and second Player Core releasing in 2024.
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Hello Kitty is getting a new board game from the folks behind the Binding of Isaac card game
Prepare for a Day at the Park.
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BAD BAD BAD’s mixture of Kingdom Hearts and creepypastas swerves on traditional worldbuilding in RPGs
Imagine flying a gummi ship to the Backrooms.
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Check out an exclusive reveal of Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet – Paldea Evolved cards
Absolutely no Bramblin.
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Rare Pikachu card from Pokémon TCG’s first-ever 1997 tournament fetches $300,000 at auction
Just four copies of the Bronze Pikachu No. 3 Trainer Trophy card were handed out to runners-up in 1997 competition.
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D&D created its own “rather desperate” need for more dungeon masters back in 2014
Heavy is the head behind the screen.
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Mall full of D&D players teamed up to defeat Vecna and set a Guinness World Record
Adventurers retired to a lunch of soft pretzels in the food court.
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Assassin’s Creed board game adds an open-world campaign, grapple and familiar face from the video games in new expansion - exclusive first look
Apocalypse takes Brotherhood of Venice to the jungles of 16th-century Cambodia.
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D&D’s revised Dungeon Master's Guide aims at new facilitators and Critical Role fans
Chris Perkins admits current book “throws you in the deep end of the pool”.
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SPONSORED: Here’s everyone you’ll be able to play as in Apex Legends: The Board Game - and how to get them
The 13 Legends making their way from screen to table.
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Call of Duty’s board game adaptation will include a Ghost miniature and iconic multiplayer maps
Pay two bullet resources to de-escalate civilians.
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Into the Mother Lands finds new home at Expanse, Dragon Age RPG publisher
No longer adrift in RPG limbo.
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Infinity spin-off wargame Acheron’s Fall pits fleets of warships in “frenetic and dynamic battles”
Crowdfunding campaign due in late 2023.
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Arnak publisher’s new city-building board game asks if collective prosperity is worth its weight in silver
Burnish your sterling reputation.
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Critical Role publisher announces new tabletop titles and hiatus on Critical Role Adventures
And an update on Guardians of Matrimonia and Syndicult.
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6 Nimmt! designer’s classic Monopoly-esque board game is getting a re-release
Reach new heights.
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Gorgeous Nausicaä and Delicious in Dungeon-inspired RPG Break!! launches crowdfunding campaign
Give me an entire herd of shaggy bumpo, please.