Board Game News (Page 13)

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Disney TCG Lorcana announces 2023 release date, starter decks and booster pack details

Mulan and Hades will be included in The First Chapter when the curious new trading card game finally arrives.

Jan. 17, 2023 Chase Carter

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Pokémon fans are snapping up trading cards with Ash and Pikachu before they leave the TV series

Number of people searching for cards with fan-favourite trainer and his electric companion rockets ahead of anime finale.

Jan. 17, 2023 Matt Jarvis

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Yu-Gi-Oh! is bringing back some of its most iconic cards in standalone boosters for the TCG’s 25th anniversary

Birthday celebrations will include cards from Legend of Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Invasion of Chaos and more, plus a return of the Legendary Collection.

Jan. 16, 2023 Matt Jarvis

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New Marvel board games coming from Lords of Waterdeep co-designer and Rap Godz creator

Become a hero of damage control.

Jan. 16, 2023 Alex Meehan

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The One Ring studio is the latest RPG publisher to create its own open game licence in wake of D&D OGL turmoil

Free League “intensifies” development of Year Zero Engine and Dragonbane licences in response to Wizards of the Coast’s planned changes.

Jan. 16, 2023 Matt Jarvis

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A rare Ancient Mew Pokémon card in perfect condition, typo and all, just sold at auction

First run of Ancient Mew card released for Pokémon the Movie 2000 was printed with an obvious error that only boosted its rarity.

Jan. 16, 2023 Matt Jarvis

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Dungeons & Dragons publisher responds to OGL criticism: “We rolled a 1”

Wizards of the Coast’s first public statement rescinds royalty tiers but leaves many questions unanswered.

Jan. 14, 2023 Chase Carter

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Warhammer 40,000 RPG Imperium Maledictum reveals its cover art - exclusive

A trip to Persepolis.

Jan. 13, 2023 Matt Jarvis

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Award-winning RPG monster series launches werewolf supplement for D&D 5E

You won’t fool the Children of the Moon.

Jan. 13, 2023 Alex Meehan

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Pathfinder maker announces its own Open RPG Creative License in response to controversial D&D OGL changes

System-agnostic ORC will ultimately be controlled by a non-profit in order to “irrevocably and unquestionably keep alive the spirit of the Open Game License”.

Jan. 13, 2023 Matt Jarvis

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Tabletop RPG actual play allstars join forces on Worlds Beyond Number podcast

Aabria Iyengar, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Lou Wilson and Erika Ishi form the core of the first campaign

Jan. 12, 2023 Chase Carter

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D&D maker tightens its grip on third-party RPG books with reported OGL changes

Thousands of creators and fans angered by what’s proposed in the leaked document.

Jan. 11, 2023 Chase Carter

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Silent Hill and Cronenberg haunts this horror tarot roleplaying game

The meat of the matter.

Jan. 11, 2023 Alex Meehan

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Dungeons & Dragons is being made into a TV series by Red Notice filmmaker

On top of the upcoming D&D movie.

Jan. 10, 2023 Alex Meehan

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Mad King Ludwig board game sequel trades tiles for blueprint drafting paper

Trapdoors and geese-filled moats, by royal decree!

Jan. 10, 2023 Chase Carter

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Exploding Kittens’ new shouting word-game is like “Scattergories meets Super Mario Kart”

Be loud in the library.

Jan. 10, 2023 Alex Meehan

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The King’s Dilemma video game is coming at the end of this month

Alone in Ankist.

Jan. 10, 2023 Alex Meehan

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Cluedo aesthetic upgrade makes the cast of the classic whodunit board game extremely hot

Even Professor Plum. Scratch that - *especially* Professor Plum.

Jan. 9, 2023 Chase Carter

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Jiangshi designers’ next roleplaying game is like a horror version of Russian Doll

RPGs! What a novel concept!

Jan. 6, 2023 Alex Meehan

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Watch a robot arm play a game of Catan

Probably won’t trade wheat for sheep.

Jan. 5, 2023 Alex Meehan

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Call of Cthulhu studio refuses to use AI art in its future releases

Over ethical and legal concerns.

Jan. 4, 2023 Alex Meehan

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D&D publisher Wizards of the Coast has cancelled at least five video games

15 people will lose their jobs.

Jan. 4, 2023 Alex Meehan

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OneD&D’s open gaming licence will introduce royalties for biggest creators, prevent third-party NFTs

If you make more than $750,000 a year selling D&D creations, Wizards of the Coast wants a piece of that pie.

Dec. 21, 2022 Chase Carter

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Rare Pokémon Snap Chansey card auctioned off for over $60,000

This one was snapped up.

Dec. 19, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Warhammer 40,000 RPG Imperium Maledictum details Patrons mechanic and reveals exclusive artwork

For the Emperor, maybe?

Dec. 16, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Critical Role publisher announces two-player cinematic storytelling game

Fight Till the Last Gasp.

Dec. 16, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Warhammer 40,000 series set to star Superman actor and miniatures fan Henry Cavill

Produced by Amazon.

Dec. 16, 2022 Alex Meehan

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MTG’s Phyrexia: All Will Be One set promises to kill five important characters

Upshot is the set has more art from Junji Ito!

Dec. 15, 2022 Chase Carter

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RPG featuring public domain comic book art was inspired by Star Wars and The Outer Worlds

Old Gods and Young Guns.

Dec. 14, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Disney TCG Lorcana isn’t out yet, but autographed cards are already fetching serious money at auction

As a mint condition Mickey Mouse signed by the game’s creators goes under the hammer for the first time.

Dec. 14, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Tabletop games have made over $1.5 billion on Kickstarter

That’s a lot of cardboard cash.

Dec. 13, 2022 Chase Carter

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Workout like a D&D character with the Manual of Gainful Exercise

Increase your strength and dexterity!

Dec. 13, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Elden Ring and Bloodborne inspired this dark fantasy RPG about medieval conquest

Grab your Iron and Incense.

Dec. 13, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Pokémon TCG increases price of Scarlet & Violet series alongside aesthetic upgrades

What’s this? Price point is evolving!

Dec. 9, 2022 Chase Carter

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Dungeons & Dragons executives think “the brand is really under monetised”

Wizards of the Coast want to create a “recurrent spending environment” around the popular tabletop RPG’s digital front.

Dec. 9, 2022 Chase Carter

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Descent: Legends of the Dark Act II revealed as The Betrayer’s War expansion

The legend continues.

Dec. 9, 2022 Alex Meehan

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The Crew meets Werewolf in new trick-taking card game Inside Job

It’s all on the cards.

Dec. 9, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Amid reprint discussion, MTG’s CEO says $999 30th anniversary box was “definitely the right call”

President and CEO Cynthia Williams claims Wizards of the Coast doesn’t participate in secondary markets.

Dec. 9, 2022 Chase Carter

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Our first free digital goody for Dicebreaker members gives you a festive pub crawl adventure for Warhammer RPG Soulbound!

I’ll drink to that.

Dec. 8, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Wingspan digital developer behind video game version of Calico, will feature virtual cats

Quilt or quit.

Dec. 8, 2022 Alex Meehan

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First Oath board game expansion will give losers a fighting chance

The loser takes it all.

Dec. 8, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Flesh and Blood TCG’s upcoming Outsiders booster set promises to fight dirty

Missing a knife? Check your back.

Dec. 7, 2022 Chase Carter

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Show the world how much you love indie RPGs and board games with our new T-shirt designs!

Shipping in time for Christmas!

Dec. 7, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Critical Role cookbook features recipes from throughout Exandria

Fancy some street meat or Slayer’s Cake?

Dec. 7, 2022 Alex Meehan

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A Root open-world board game is coming after “years” in development

Which Path will you take?

Dec. 7, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Dragon Ball Super Card Game announces a digital version for 2023

Kamehameha.exe

Dec. 6, 2022 Chase Carter

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Dungeons & Dragons’ digital advent calendar is chock full of Dragonlance monsters

Walrus people are so in right now.

Dec. 6, 2022 Chase Carter

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Gloomhaven announces a tabletop RPG that will adapt the board game’s card-based mechanics

Cephalofair’s tabletop takeover launches on Backerket in 2023.

Dec. 2, 2022 Chase Carter

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Tabletop Awards 2022 winners: The year’s best board game, RPG, designers and publishers revealed!

Flamecraft, Coyote & Crow, and Flesh and Blood win big at our first annual awards event.

Dec. 2, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Eberron creator returns to the arcanepunk Dungeons & Dragons setting in a new 5E book - and it’s out today

Chronicles of Eberron offers a deeper dive into the science-magic universe.

Dec. 2, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Hexcrawl-curious adventurers should check out this toolbox of tabletop RPG aides

Crawl through the hexes and burn through the witches.

Dec. 1, 2022 Chase Carter

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Dungeons & Dragons replaces ‘race’ with ‘species’ in latest playtest material

The move is part of the popular RPG’s “next evolution” away from prejudicial material.

Dec. 1, 2022 Chase Carter

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Reggie Watts, Kate Welch and Sauron’s actor among players in upcoming Lord of the Rings RPG charity event

Stupid, charitable Hobbitses!

Nov. 30, 2022 Chase Carter

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Terraforming Mars board game optioned for film adaptation

Will highlight “class struggle, colonialism and ecological collapse.”

Nov. 30, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Amazon listing hints at release date and price for Dungeons & Dragons’ next adventure book

Ocean’s Elven.

Nov. 29, 2022 Chase Carter

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Artsy two-player board game Re;Act is part Splatoon, part Magic: The Gathering

Two artists face off to build combos, summon units and defeat their opponent.

Nov. 29, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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My Little Pony RPG creator’s next game features adventuring dinosaurs

Down with the dum-dums.

Nov. 29, 2022 Alex Meehan

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One-page tabletop RPG Cosmic Latte raises funds for Starbucks unions

Stressful time limits and ridiculous mandates echo conditions for underpaid and overworked baristas

Nov. 28, 2022 Chase Carter

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Board game retailer union secures election date following “several weeks of anti-union activity”

Noble Knight Games’ ownership allegedly hired anti-union lawyers to invalidate possible voters.

Nov. 28, 2022 Chase Carter

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This fast and furious co-op board game is like Gloomhaven played against the clock

With a campaign and world inspired by 'fantasy X-Men', Baldur’s Gate and Dark Souls.

Nov. 28, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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This candle smells like the inside of a freshly opened board game

Stinks of ink.

Nov. 28, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Meet the judges for the Tabletop Awards 2022

19 names from across the industry.

Nov. 24, 2022 Alex Meehan

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We’ll be playing Cyberpunk, watching Clue and announcing the Tabletop Awards at PAX Unplugged 2022 - here’s when and where to join us!

Come and join the Dicebreaker team - plus guests!

Nov. 24, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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The Elden Ring board game has already crowdfunded over £1.5 million on Kickstarter

A lordly sum.

Nov. 24, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Take the Dicebreaker readership survey and let us know what you’re interested in

It'll only take 10 minutes.

Nov. 23, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Announcing the finalists for the Tabletop Awards 2022!

The best board games, RPGs, designers and publishers of the year, all in one handy list.

Nov. 23, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Kickstarter is releasing its first card game, and you can get it for free at PAX Unplugged

Ask weird questions in Blow My Mind, designed by TEAM3 studio.

Nov. 22, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Until Dawn and The Quarry inspired this print-and-play horror adventure game

Cottage-core.

Nov. 22, 2022 Alex Meehan

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These one-page tabletop RPGs lampshade Twitter’s demise and frustrations with Mastodon

Tweeting and tooting at the end of some things.

Nov. 18, 2022 Chase Carter

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The Walking Dead roleplaying game on the way from Alien RPG and Tales from the Loop studio

Shambling onto Kickstarter next spring.

Nov. 17, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Pokémon TCG Live’s beta is now available worldwide, but maybe wait on migrating

Switching from Pokémon TCG Online is a permanent decision with some baffling side effects.

Nov. 17, 2022 Chase Carter

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A Critical Role album based on the adventures of the Mighty Nein is available to stream

Have a hoedown at Hupperdook.

Nov. 16, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Science Fantasy RPG Troika’s new softback reprint is an excellent entry point for new players

This sourcebook is monochrome, but multi-use.

Nov. 15, 2022 Chase Carter

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Elden Ring board game’s first box will cost you $179 - and is just one of “several” releases that will cover the whole video game

Be ready to cough up over $400 if you want everything from Elden Ring: The Board Game’s first Kickstarter, with at least two more to come.

Nov. 15, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Yu-Gi-Oh! brings big team battles to the digital field in Master Duel update

Roving gangs of duelists.

Nov. 15, 2022 Chase Carter

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Elden Ring board game trailer reveals Limgrave map, tarnished and miniature for Godrick the Grafted

Prepare for a stand-off at Stormveil.

Nov. 14, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Dungeons & Dragons implements new cultural review following Spelljammer’s racist inclusions

Cultural consultants will be offered more active and involved roles throughout development timelines.

Nov. 11, 2022 Chase Carter

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Warhammer 40k and Age of Sigmar receive a holiday batch of Battleforce boxes

I don’t WAAUGH a lot for Christmas.

Nov. 10, 2022 Chase Carter

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A roleplaying game inspired by Portal 2 and The Stanley Parable involves unused stickers

Will stick to you like glue.

Nov. 10, 2022 Alex Meehan

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This solo tabletop RPG is all about living a week with ADHD

Butterly interesting.

Nov. 10, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Star Wars is getting a new miniatures game next year, inspired by Clone Wars and ‘80s cartoons

Shatterpoint will let you build your dream team of Jedi and Sith for objective-based skirmish battles.

Nov. 9, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Anime dating sims’ feelgood vibes come to tabletop roleplaying in solo RPG Chronicle Connection Plus

Roll for romance.

Nov. 9, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Calico and Cascadia publisher’s next board game is about an animal-run newspaper

Squirrel away those stories.

Nov. 9, 2022 Alex Meehan

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The Last of Us board game has players escorting Joel and Ellie through hordes of Infected

Journey to Jackson.

Nov. 9, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Hot Ones interview show inspired this RPG adventure for D&D 5E

One spicy meatball.

Nov. 8, 2022 Alex Meehan

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The Boys set for VS. System card game will feature Butcher, Starlight, Homelander and more

Supe up.

Nov. 8, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Yu-Gi-Oh!’s Christmas Charity Event will give you cards for donating food to good causes

Duel to donate.

Nov. 8, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Cyberpunk Edgerunners RPG starter kit lets you roleplay in the animated series' Night City

Rip, hack and run through 2077's excellent prequel series.

Nov. 7, 2022 Chase Carter

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Heroscape may enter its own Age of Annihilation if crowdfunding fails

Another decade in the memory hole.

Nov. 7, 2022 Chase Carter

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Tiny Epic Galaxies board game series investigates detective noir in newest entry

Small-time crime.

Nov. 7, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves delayed in film release date switch up

Honor's not dead; just slightly off schedule

Nov. 4, 2022 Chase Carter

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Pokémon TCG’s Crown Zenith expansion will include shiny Charizard and alternate art Galarian Gallery

Crown Zenith, the Pokémon trading card game’s first release in 2023, launches January 20th.

Nov. 4, 2022 Chase Carter

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Wingspan, Mystic Vale and Smash Up digital versions discounted in Steam Tabletop Gathering 2022 event

Free demos also featured.

Nov. 4, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Blood Bowl 3, video game adaptation of the miniatures game, delayed once again

Slow to touchdown.

Nov. 4, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Noble Knight Games workers head to a vote after tabletop retailer denies voluntary union recognition

The Wisconsin-based retailer will now hold an official election to ratify the nascent union.

Nov. 3, 2022 Chase Carter

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Scalpers and buggy websites plague Magic: The Gathering’s 30th anniversary advent calendar

The latest in an wholly disappointing celebration for fans and players.

Nov. 3, 2022 Chase Carter

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Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game will release next March - here’s how it plays

There is no die.

Nov. 3, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Mathsy card game 21X is blackjack plus algebra, and my head already hurts

But Y?

Nov. 3, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Dungeons & Dragons film release will be preceded by a prequel comic

From page to screen.

Nov. 3, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Supernatural and American Horror Story inspired this witchy roleplaying game

Bargain hunters wanted.

Nov. 3, 2022 Alex Meehan