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Munchkin and GURPS maker called 2023 a “golden age for gamers” amid second year of sales loss
The longstanding industry player openly wrestles with tough times.
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D&D’s massive Vecna adventure gets a new trailer voiced by Astarion’s actor in Baldur’s Gate 3
Neil Newbon really lays on the evil pedal.
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Critical Role's official Vox Machina-inspired whiskey will let you turn D&D into Drinking & Drunkenness
Get a taste of the Sandkheg’s Hide.
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Reel in nightmares from the depths in Dredge-inspired horror-fishing card game Deep Regrets
You’ll be hooked.
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7th Citadel, the open-world board game that raised almost £3 million on Kickstarter, is coming back to crowdfunding
If you missed it the first time around.
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Pathfinder plans to kill its god of war in a major upcoming tabletop RPG sourcebook
Gorum? More like gottem.
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Armless hero Rayman and friends head to an official board game from the designer of Earth
Globox, Barbara and a whole lot of Teensies join in the fun.
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Wizards of the Coast president Cynthia Williams departs D&D and Magic: The Gathering's maker
An SEC filing confirms that Hasbro is searching “both internal and external” for her replacement
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Bolt Action: Third Edition will help new players get into the World War II miniatures wargame
Features scenarios in Germany, North Africa and the Pacific.
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Dungeons & Dragons publisher plans to make Baldur’s Gate 4, once it finds the right developer for the job
“We certainly hope it’s not another 25 years.”
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Turn your game into a hit with advice from makers of the Warhammer and Fallout RPGs, games lawyers, distributors and more at the Tabletop Creators Summit next month
A day of free talks and networking opportunities for anyone in the tabletop industry.
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Disney Lorcana’s publisher says its runaway success has only “grown the size of the TCG pie”
Ravensburger CEO talks reprints, organised play and the tabletop company’s stellar 2023
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Stewpot’s melancholy RPG about finding calm after a life of adventure gets a hardcover book
Swords to plowshares…and ladles, mugs and brooms.
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Adventure Time RPG’s original ‘Yes And’ system still in the works, will be released after D&D 5E version
Cryptozoic claims the new system “needed more development time and licensor approvals.”
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Dimension 20 addresses Madison Square Garden “nonsense”, won’t use dynamic pricing at future live shows
One plan includes a “Dimensioneer ticket” lottery where select fans can purchase fixed-cost tickets.
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The Laundry RPG’s second edition imagines nightmares just slightly more horrific than office work
Mondays, am I right?
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Frolic and fight with the fae in this celtic-inspired 5th edition RPG book
Beware the Faerie Queene.
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Planet of the Apes’ very real tabletop RPG adaptation will stretch across all five monkey movies
Apes together strong.
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Putty-smashing wargame Necromolds reforges its battle box with a new 4-player expansion
Skirmish role-clay.
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Co-op Scrabble more accessible version for players “intimidated by the classic game”
Wording with you.
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Monopoly will head to theatres as a live-action film courtesy of Barbie, Harley Quinn actor Margot Robbie
Robbie’s production company might just give Rich Uncle Pennybags the Ken treatment.
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Critical Role maker’s Daggerheart cuts back on stress and fear in latest RPG playtest update
The first prerelease update focuses on “Rulings over Rules”.
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MTG’s not-quite-Equinox Secret Lair is full of Fallout, dioramas and celestial tarot cards
Another astronomical event eclipsed this limited art treatment series.
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Lycanthropic social deduction game Werewolves of Miller's Hollow is being turned into a Netflix series
Audience, close your eyes.
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Thunder Road: Vendetta and Sea Salt & Paper take home American Tabletop Award wins
Other winners at the biggest board game award in the US include The White Castle and Blob Party.
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Blair Witch Project creators are making a "forgotten" board game supposedly played by fairies
Emerald Anvil's other projects unfortunately include an NFT-powered digital land ownership game.
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Pokémon’s first US World Championship in five years announces August dates for Hawai‘i tournament
Trainers will hit up the Aloha state to battle with cards, consoles and mobile devices.
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Dimension 20 will bring The Unsleeping City’s fantasy NYC to Madison Square Garden
Ticket presales for the live one-shot adventure are planned for April 12th.
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Old-school RPG adventure The Gardens of Ynn takes a roguelike, Annihilation approach to Alice in Wonderland
“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense.”
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D&D and Monopoly maker will publish last year’s winning card game from the Women Innovators of Play
The second annual event makes good on Hasbro’s promise to invest in one of 2023’s winners.
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Disney Lorcana doubles player attendance for its competitive TCG challenge events
Illumineers who missed the first round will have another shot to clinch a ticket.
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Battle cosmic horrors as Roman legionaries in co-op miniatures game Cohors Cthulhu
Et tu, Shoggoth?
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Marvel United board game spinoff tackles the DC Comics universe with Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman
Clown thugs to the left of me, Joker cards to the right.
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Starfinder makers are selling physical copies of the sci-fi RPG’s April Fools prank
The Gap is ostensibly full of material that links Pathfinder to the futuristic setting. In reality, well…
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Dungeons & Dragons’ free LEGO-themed adventure is full of evil wizards and hot wings
The perfect combination of goofy and thrilling.
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Star Wars: Unlimited's second set brings bounty hunters and Baby Yoda to the TCG's Outer Rim this July
Wretched hives of scum and villainy.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel hits 60m downloads, offers up free gems and hot new cards in celebration
That's a lot of activated Trap cards.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! bans non-Japanese players from the TCG's Japan tournaments, even if they live in the country
Rule change would deny non-native duelists from even competing at local store-level qualifiers.
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Bugsnax card game brings the bizarrely charming video game of edible critters to the table
Kinda bug, kinda snack, all cardstock.
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Cyberpunk Red RPG serves up a free crossover expansion with sci-fi bartending video game VA-11 Hall-A
No, it’s not an April Fool's.
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A certain coyote and roadrunner from Looney Tunes race across a pair of new MTG cards
Tap to Meep, Meep!
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Magic: The Gathering plagiarism allegations might cause Trouble (in Pairs) for card artist
Donato Giancola has threatened legal action over allegedly illegal use of Cyberpunk 2020 art in recent MTG card.
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Catan, Exploding Kittens maker called “one of the absolute most important businesses” by Embracer CEO
Sale of video game publisher Gearbox brings a close to the holding company’s sweeping layoffs, for now.
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Sci-fi RPG Substratum Protocol channels the “deep delving mystery” of Subnautica and In Other Waters
Pandion’s latest title supports both subterranean solo play and group delving.
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Don’t Starve’s board game adaptation takes roguelike survival from the wilderness to the kitchen table
Better craft plenty of torches.
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D&D 5E shrinks down to a Borrowers and Arrietty-like world in Adventures in the Household RPG
Diminutive & Dangerous.
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Takenoko and Mind MGMT maker’s new board game follows tiny cats in a bustling Japanese city
A night meow-t on the town.
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Magic: The Gathering’s next set sees a gang of outlaw cowpokes conducting a heist
Be gay, do crimes.
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Railroad Tiles takes the roll-and-write train game on a trip to a Carcassonne-like sequel
One of the best travel board games shakes up its winning formula.
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Rapscallion wants to be One Piece and Our Flag Means Death fans’ favourite tabletop RPG
A “strange pirate” RPG five years in the making.
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Super-lightweight RPG Cairn dives back into the forest with a more fleshed out second edition
Putting the “Oh, sh–” in OSR.
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Cyberpunk 2077 - The Board Game sees players strutting around Night City as V, Judy, Panam and Jackie
From publisher behind The Witcher: Old World.
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Halo miniatures wargame will include slayer, oddball and capture the flag modes
Two starter sets to be released later this year.
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D&D’s Quests from the Infinite Staircase adventure anthology is chockablock with beloved crawls
One mustachioed genie, six classic adventures.
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Star Wars: Unlimited publisher says stock problems, due to “unprecedented success”, will be solved in waves.
Fantasy Flight claims their licensed TCG has already become the best selling release in the studio’s history.
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Disney Lorcana’s next set, Ursula’s Return, brings Encanto characters and a new cooperative game to the TCG
Deep Trouble sends players against a souped-up Ursula, while the Madrigal family arrives in the core game.
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Wingspan maker’s sales decline for second consecutive year, but the board game company isn’t worried
Infinite growth is for the birds.
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Belgian McDonald’s mixes Yu-Gi-Oh! and Hello Kitty in latest Happy Meal offering
Keroppi dressed as Kuriboh is inspired, no notes.
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God of War two-player board game bridges the gap between the 2018 video game and Ragnarok
Dad of Boy: The Board Game.
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LEGO’s official Dungeons & Dragons set will launch with an actual play one-shot featuring the designer
The fantasy-themed inn will include an adventure booklet starring its heroic patrons.
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Lord of the Rings board game - War of the Ring: The Card Game can now support six players thanks to new expansion
Join the war in the North.
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Early D&D designer and co-author of Deities & Demigods James M. Ward has passed away
Ward sat at Gary Gygax’s Greyhawk table and created sci-fi and fantasy tabletop RPGs at TSR for 20 years.
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Video game-inspired Boss Monster board game gets a hardware upgrade with new title
A super addition.
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Blade Runner RPG’s first expansion evokes the original film’s ethical dilemmas and empathy for replicants
Study up for your Voight-Kampff test.
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Grant boons or bane to humans who beseech your monstrous aid in dark fairytale RPG Kedamono Opera
Beauty is in the eye of the legendary beast.
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Beloved Gundam-meets-D&D RPG Wares Blade gets first English translation after nearly 40 years
Sword and sorcery and super big mechs.
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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners official miniatures game sends you skirmishing through the streets of Night City
Fast is what these Edgerunners do best.
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Travel board game from Ticket to Ride creator redesigned with fresh art
Play 10 Days in 30 minutes.
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Pokémon TCG's Twilight Masquerade expansion brings Scarlet & Violet DLC to the card game
Ogerpon’s four masks each get their own ex card, alongside Okidogi, Munkidori and Fezandipiti.
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D&D and MTG have "compelling use cases for AI", says Hasbro CEO
Chris Cocks envisions “mining” tabletop adventures and TCG cards for the toy company’s AI-powered future.
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Dungeons & Dragons survival sim video game on the way from studio behind Disney Dreamlight Valley
Plowshares to swords.
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Avatar: The Last Airbender deckbuilding game will take players through the entire series
Seize Aang’s Destiny.
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Fall of Rome maker and Undaunted studio set sights on accessible wargames with Battalion: War of the Ancients
Roman wars on a Gaul budget.
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Shin Megami Tensei tabletop RPG, based on Persona's video game series, gets an English release after 20 years
D&D, but it stands for Demons and Demi-fiends
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Board-game video game Armello becomes board-game board game as D&D 4E designer's adaptation hits Kickstarter
No need to rabbit on about it.
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Deadpool Role-Plays the Marvel Universe is part comic book, part playable RPG adventure
Ahead of new movie Deadpool & Wolverine.
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Critical Role RPG Daggerheart opens its public playtest, giving you the chance to try the D&D rival for free
Ahead of the beginner-friendly fantasy game’s release in 2025.
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Almost a fifth of money raised by Kickstarter projects goes to scam campaigns, report alleges
Crowdfunding platform denies claim about its own internal figures.
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Dune: Imperium Digital lets the spice flow on mobile and Xbox as it exits early access on PC tomorrow
Arrakeen to take a look?
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Former Arkham Horror LCG lead dev Maxine Newman joins Earthborne Rangers studio as eco card game's lead designer
Reuniting with ex-Arkham Horror: The Card Game creative director and Fantasy Flight studio head to work on co-op title.
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I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream author Harlan Ellison saved the first-ever Dune game
“Frank Herbert said: ‘Don’t worry, I hate lawyers anyway.’”
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Battle cosmic horrors as kitties in rules-light RPG Cats of Catthulhu, back with a 10th anniversary edition
Dare you read the Nekonomicon?
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One Piece and Digimon tabletop games are on the way to mark the anime's 25th anniversaries
From studio behind Spy x Family card game and Sonic Roll.
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Mage Knight’s The Apocalypse Dragon is legendary fantasy board game’s first big expansion in a decade
Fourth expansion for Codename creator’s epic adventure game will hit tables in early 2025.
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One of the oldest board games in existence seeks crowdfunding for a brand new version
The Royal Game of Ur wants a facelift.
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Monster Hunter World board game maker to publish D&D alternative Tales of the Valiant’s starter set
New RPG rules, same ol’ fantasy.
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Fallout TV series miniatures let you explore the wasteland as a tiny ghoul Walton Goggins and a limb-chewing dog
No Kyle MacLachlan yet, alas.
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Unfathomable, Arkham Horror remake of Battlestar Galactica board game, gets an expansion three years later
New monsters, characters and ways to shake up the hunt for traitors aboard a ship.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG’s biggest competition returns to the US for the first time in eight years.
Land of the free, home of the Pendulum Summoned.