Board Game News (Page 15)

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Historic 2003 Pokémon booster box featuring last Kadabra appearance before 20-year Uri Geller ban appears at auction

Skyridge was the last Pokémon TCG set released by Magic: The Gathering maker Wizards of the Coast and third and final ‘e-Card’ expansion.

Sept. 22, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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MTG’s Unfinity contains attractions, stickers, hats and more - here’s how to navigate the circus

Survival guide for the greatest theme park in the multiverse

Sept. 22, 2022 Chase Carter

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Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive novels will get an official tabletop RPG in 2024

Fine, I'll roleplay Dalinar's bodacious booty since the miniatures are hiding the goods.

Sept. 21, 2022 Chase Carter

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Arborea is a gorgeous Ghibli-esque board game about woodland spirits

The best-looking forest game since Root?

Sept. 21, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Cyberpunk Red’s ‘Easy Mode’ lets beginners jump into the RPG’s Dark Future for free

New digital quickstart follows booklet released for Free RPG Day.

Sept. 21, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Fallout 4 is getting a new skirmish miniatures game from former Warhammer designer

Rad.

Sept. 21, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Actual play network Dragon wants to be a Netflix for tabletop RPGs

Includes spoof reality show set in the world of D&D and upcoming David Bowie Spelljammer adventure.

Sept. 21, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Queen’s Dilemma Kickstarter campaign will launch later next month

Arrival at Ankist.

Sept. 21, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Cheating allegations, grudges and anal beads: Why the chess world can’t stop talking about Carlsen v. Niemann

A grandmaster chess player's resignation after a single move has lit the online chess community aflame.

Sept. 20, 2022 Chase Carter

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Pandemic designer’s next co-op game launched on Backerkit today

Environmental title to be made with zero plastic.

Sept. 20, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Not Chess remixes classic chess into a party game with zombies, teleportation and a sniper rifle queen

'Expansion' adds 90 ridiculous powers - and doesn't play anything like chess.

Sept. 20, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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New D&D 5E book lets you go on Lord of the Rings-style journeys with expanded travel and exploration rules

Uncharted Journeys builds on the rules seen in Adventures in Middle-earth.

Sept. 20, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Legend of Zelda inspired RPG embraces classic video game tropes

Yes, random pots do contain money.

Sept. 20, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Alien RPG studio set to publish Mörk Borg spin-off pirate game

Is a pirate’s life for you?

Sept. 20, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Watch Dicebreaker play Call of Cthulhu, party games and Pokémonikers at EGX this weekend!

When and where you can catch the team during the London show.

Sept. 20, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Star Wars: Clone Wars – A Pandemic System Game features Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker

Stop the Separatists.

Sept. 19, 2022 Alex Meehan

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An Elden Ring board game is coming

Become Elden Board.

Sept. 16, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Is Catan one of the greatest playthings of all time? This year’s National Toy Hall of Fame nominations think it might be

Shortlisted alongside Phase 10, Rack-O, bingo and… the spinning top.

Sept. 16, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Chapbook Co-Op’s first collaborative production is a two-player RPG chock full of textile artwork

The Weaver’s Observatory is the first proof that Chapbook Co-Op’s publishing dream could be realised.

Sept. 15, 2022 Chase Carter

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Idyllic village-building video game Dorfromantik gets a cooperative tabletop adaptation

I’ll be down at the pub hex tile.

Sept. 15, 2022 Chase Carter

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Money off in your local store, cheaper PAX Unplugged tickets, free games and promos: Dicebreaker memberships are here!

Get exclusive benefits in FLGS and gaming cafés, free downloadable promos and even a whole board game for free, all while supporting the team.

Sept. 15, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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These Stormlight Archive miniatures look pretty damn cool

I bow at Veil’s feet.

Sept. 15, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Get the new card game from the creator of Magic: The Gathering for free! Announcing our first yearly Dicebreaker memberships game

Support the team, get exclusive discounts and grab a copy of SolForge Fusion - all for under £6 a month.

Sept. 15, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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New Keyforge set part of Gamefound crowdfunding campaign that will measure player interest

After game was purchased by ex-Fantasy Flight founder.

Sept. 14, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Age of Sigmar and Blood Bowl will also appear in Warhammer 40,000’s MTG crossover

At least one card will feature art from foundational illustrator John Blanche.

Sept. 13, 2022 Chase Carter

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Make any tabletop RPG a solo game with this adventure system

Be the player and game master.

Sept. 13, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Elder Scrolls board game will take place in Skyrim, Cyrodiil, Morrowind and beyond

With an expansion based in Valenwood.

Sept. 13, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Video game puzzler Wilmot’s Warehouse is being made into a board game

Wilmot! designers include some of the team behind indie darling.

Sept. 13, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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D&D publisher files legal action to halt TSR’s Star Frontiers RPG and its “reprehensible content”

Wizards of the Coast’s preliminary injunction specifically calls out Star Frontiers' explicit bigotry and trademark infringement.

Sept. 12, 2022 Chase Carter

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Lorcana’s first card reveals definitely look like a Disneyfied Magic: The Gathering

Next year’s debut set Disney Lorcana: The First Chapter will star Elsa, Maleficent, Cruella de Vil and other iconic characters.

Sept. 12, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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7 Wonders and Just One studio reveals newest co-op party board game

Fact attack.

Sept. 12, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Designer for Bioshock and Brothers in Arms’ first board game is like Small World

Game of gods.

Sept. 9, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Decrypto studio reveals its newest board game will feature case-solving for kids

Fancy a Flashback?

Sept. 9, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Elric of Melniboné board game adapts the Michael Moorcock fantasy character

Into Imrryr.

Sept. 8, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Next King of Tokyo entry is a co-op board game called Monster Island

Release date yet to be confirmed.

Sept. 8, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Play out your dead D&D characters’ afterlives in existential RPG Ink

TPK, OK.

Sept. 8, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Official Monty Python RPG catapults onto Kickstarter next month - exclusive

Monty Python’s Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme has both a ridiculous name and a Fetchez la Vache minigame, because of course it does.

Sept. 7, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Stormlight Archive miniatures RPG collection to include Dalinar Kholin in Shardplate

The Blackthorn returns.

Sept. 7, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Call of Cthulhu comes to Bridgerton in a new Regency RPG sourcebook

Debutante in death.

Sept. 7, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Dungeons & Dragons 5E removes racist Hadozee depiction from Spelljammer, apologises for “offensive material”

“We’ve initiated a thorough internal review of the situation and will take the necessary actions as a result of that review.”

Sept. 6, 2022 Chase Carter

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The Rorschach Test inspired this dark cyber-dystopian tabletop RPG

Today we take our Daily Dread.

Sept. 6, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Fuse Countdown is a real-time co-op game about defusing bombs under pressure

Sparks fly.

Sept. 6, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Wingspan designer’s next game explores the wonders of Mother Trees

Mycorrhizal magic.

Sept. 5, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Munchkin video game coming from studio behind Root Digital

Kick down the digital door.

Sept. 5, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Final Fantasy 14 meets D&D and Lancer in tabletop RPG Beacon

Influences from popular MMO blended with gameplay of Fourth Edition and tactical mech RPG.

Sept. 5, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Magic: The Gathering’s legendary Power Nine cards, including Black Lotus, are having a record-breaking year

Multiple records have been broken for the rare cards from MTG’s earliest sets.

Sept. 2, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Warhammer 40,000 is closing out the Horus Heresy story after 17 years, kind of

Sixty-ish books, one huge betrayal.

Sept. 2, 2022 Chase Carter

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Sagrada: Artisans is a legacy board game about crafting windows over generations

Time to reflect on your actions.

Sept. 2, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Cross Duel looks like Yu-Gi-Oh!’s four-player, digital answer to MTG’s Commander

Stay in your lane.

Sept. 1, 2022 Chase Carter

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Kingdomino designer’s Atlantis-themed board game is getting an English localisation

From the studio behind Machi Koro.

Sept. 1, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Pandemic studio’s next title is a deckbuilding battle game featuring dinosaurs and Hollywood stars

A new challenger approaches!

Sept. 1, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Terminator inspired CY_Borg RPG supplement has players fleeing an immortal killer robot

Play with me if you want to survive.

Aug. 31, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Arkham Horror co-designer teams-up with Witcher 3 artist and League of Legends developer on co-op board game

Other credits include Cyberpunk 2077 and Arcane.

Aug. 31, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Cortex has indefinitely paused development of He-Man RPG Legends of Grayskull after sale to Dire Wolf Digital

Myaah! I’m cancelled!

Aug. 30, 2022 Chase Carter

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Clank! studio buys Dragon Prince RPG as Fandom exits the tabletop space

Dire Wolf Digital has acquired the Tales of Xadia licence alongside the Cortex studio and will continue development of its announced expansion.

Aug. 30, 2022 Chase Carter

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Disney’s new trading card game Lorcana is basically Mickey: The Gathering

Releasing globally in Fall 2023 and already planning four annual expansion sets

Aug. 30, 2022 Chase Carter

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Essen Spiel 2022 makes masks mandatory but not COVID-19 vaccinations

Requirements may change in accordance with regional laws.

Aug. 30, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Pokémon TCG rounds out Sword & Shield series with Silver Tempest expansion set

So long, Sword & Shield.

Aug. 26, 2022 Chase Carter

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Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG’s new Tactical Masters expansion is full of mazes and pendulums

One of the cards is legitimately called Labrynth Labyrinth

Aug. 26, 2022 Chase Carter

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Edgar Allen Poe inspired RPG features the horrors of Sleepy Hollow and beyond

American horror story.

Aug. 26, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Boss Monster spin-off Overboss is getting a video game adaptation

Virtual villains.

Aug. 26, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Pokémon TCG cards featuring doodles and autographs by original artists on auction

Including co-creator Ken Sugimori.

Aug. 26, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Designer of half-game, half-poem Lilancholy jokingly calls it “evil WarioWare”, but it looks like so much more

Hold tight to your name, and don’t lose.

Aug. 25, 2022 Chase Carter

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Dark Souls board game “revitalises” rules for two new core sets featuring Tomb of the Giants and Painted World

What seeketh thee?

Aug. 25, 2022 Chase Carter

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Homeworld Fleet Command board game promises huge fleet battles that won’t destroy an entire evening

Kharak open a cold one with the fleet.

Aug. 24, 2022 Chase Carter

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Transformation is a Cronenberg-esque solo RPG about becoming a monster

Metamorphosis without multiplayer.

Aug. 24, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Rune looks like the perfect solo TRPG for those of us who need more Elden Ring in our lives

Soulsborne fun for the maidenless and mateless.

Aug. 23, 2022 Chase Carter

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Marvel Multiverse RPG announces June 2023 release date and accompanying adventure book

Summertime superheroes.

Aug. 23, 2022 Chase Carter

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This weird tabletop RPG was inspired by Adventure Time and Samurai Jack

Discover the Lands of Loor.

Aug. 23, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Pokémon-ex cards return to the Pokémon TCG in 2023 with Scarlet & Violet series

Both of the motorcycle monsters will grace an EX-card, along with plenty others

Aug. 22, 2022 Chase Carter

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eBay to acquire leading trading card marketplace TCGplayer for $295m, but its leaders say not to worry

The market for trading card markets dwindles further.

Aug. 22, 2022 Chase Carter

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My Chemical Romance inspired RPG includes stickers

Danger Days are coming.

Aug. 22, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Play King Arthur Pendragon TRPG for free with new quick-start adventure

Will you draw the sword from the stone?

Aug. 19, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Five Nights at Freddy’s: Night of Frights lets you play as the animatronics

Have a Bonnie time!

Aug. 19, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Enola Holmes semi-co-op board game pits one player against the rest

A family that sleuths together, stays together.

Aug. 19, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Dominaria United continues Magic: The Gathering’s recent trend of homecomings and betrayals

Another favourite planeswalker falls to Phyrexia

Aug. 18, 2022 Chase Carter

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Magic: The Gathering’s 2023 sets include digging for dinosaurs and a return to Eldraine

Alongside more Phyrexia releases.

Aug. 18, 2022 Alex Meehan

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Planescape setting returns to Dungeons & Dragons in adventure and sourcebook

Could be wheely good.

Aug. 18, 2022 Alex Meehan

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D&D’s next adventure anthology features a series of Ocean’s Eleven-style heists

Be ready to roll for stealth and deception.

Aug. 18, 2022 Alex Meehan

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D&D 5E’s next big release finally bundles its book with D&D Beyond

Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen bundle will include two weeks’ early access to digital adventure.

Aug. 18, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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D&D 5E’s Dragonlance adventure has a release date, was inspired by Saving Private Ryan and WW2 photos

Return of RPG’s classic setting introduces Death Dragons.

Aug. 18, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Magic: The Gathering is getting a Doctor Who set in 2023

Will span 60-year history of British TV classic, including Ncuti Gatwa’s upcoming 14th Doctor.

Aug. 18, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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D&D is getting its own virtual tabletop, and it looks stunning

Will feature full 3D environments, custom miniatures and level creation tools.

Aug. 18, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Dungeons & Dragons’ successor to 5E is the ambitious, evolving One D&D - and you can play it today

Playtest materials offer preview of revised character creation options and new Ardling race ahead of full 2024 release.

Aug. 18, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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MTG’s Tales from Middle-earth cards let you recreate iconic scenes from Lord of the Rings

Modern-legal expansion will release on MTG Arena as Alchemy set.

Aug. 18, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Catan and Ticket to Ride owner adds Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit to its massive stable

The Fellowship gets Embraced.

Aug. 18, 2022 Chase Carter

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McDonald’s current run of Pokémon Happy Meals contain a new coin-flipping battle mode

Each Happy Meal will contain a 4-card booster pack with one foil in each.

Aug. 17, 2022 Chase Carter

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Hereditary and Gorillaz inspired this demonic solo RPG

Hell today, gone tomorrow.

Aug. 17, 2022 Alex Meehan

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D&D’s new Spelljammer adventure has inspired an official music album

Spelljams compilation produced by Decemberists guitarist Chris Funk.

Aug. 16, 2022 Chase Carter

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This D&D 5E campaign book from a team of Black creators sweeps an entire continent onto new maps

The Sundering says it focuses on inclusion at the table as much as adventure within its pages.

Aug. 15, 2022 Chase Carter

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Shiny Charizard card signed by Pokémon co-creator Ken Sugimori sells for $13,000

Only PSA-graded copy of 1997 card to feature signature of series co-creator and illustrator behind original 151 Pokémon.

Aug. 15, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Indigenous TRPG Coyote & Crow’s first expansion brings an in-universe dice game to life

10 pairs of authors and artists will craft stories to fill the science fantasy alternate Earth.

Aug. 12, 2022 Chase Carter

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Cards Against Humanity donates all sales in US states with abortion bans to National Network of Abortion Funds

Greetings from a “dystopian forced-birth hellscape.”

Aug. 12, 2022 Chase Carter

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Official Stormlight Archive miniatures are on the way, but you can't use them in D&D 5E (yet)

Two dozen figures will include first official depictions of Brandon Sanderson characters.

Aug. 12, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Indiana’s relationship with Gen Con faces a rocky future in wake of state’s abortion ban

“Passage of Senate Bill 1… will make it more difficult for us to remain committed to Indiana for our long-term home.”

Aug. 11, 2022 Chase Carter

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel introduces Duelist Cup and casual modes

Our cup runneth over with game modes.

Aug. 11, 2022 Chase Carter

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Forgotten Waters, one of 2020’s best board games, is getting a follow-up in 2023

Spiritual successor to app-powered pirate adventure set to release next summer.

Aug. 10, 2022 Matt Jarvis

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Star Wars Deck Building Game coming from Fantasy Flight likely won’t be an LCG

Duel of the Fates.

Aug. 10, 2022 Chase Carter

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Warhammer 40,000 tabletop RPG Imperium Maledictum will shed spotlight on smaller heroes

Citizens, not Space Marines.

Aug. 9, 2022 Chase Carter

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The One Ring is the next tabletop RPG to get the D&D 5E adaptation treatment

Taking D&D back to its Tolkienesque roots.

Aug. 8, 2022 Chase Carter

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