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This revolutionary trading card game wants to fix one of the worst things about Magic: The Gathering and Pokémon
Altered TCG will let you print as many copies of a card as you like.
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Critical Role studio’s horror tabletop RPG, Candela Obscura, will come out next month
Just missing the Halloween period.
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Teatime Adventures studio introduces awards for nonbinary representation in RPGs and board games
"We hope that this program gives more folks in the industry the recognition that they deserve, because there is so much amazing work in tabletop that is going underappreciated right now."
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Magic: The Gathering’s head designer says new Play Boosters will "save" TCG's Draft and Limited formats
“If we didn't do anything, draft boosters were going away. This whole change was to save drafting.”
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Star Wars TCG Unlimited already has its first nine sets planned, with releases due through 2027
Fantasy Flight says its biggest team ever is working on the upcoming trading card game, but promises that won’t affect development of its other games.
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Here’s how MTG’s Play Boosters will change The List
One of Magic: The Gathering’s more confusing features gets simplified in 2024.
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Magic: The Gathering’s new Play Booster will increase the cost of limited events, but WotC isn’t worried
The “increased value” of cards included in the new booster pack will presumably make up the higher price of entry
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Magic: The Gathering kills both draft and set boosters to create a unified product - the Play Booster
“Our goal was to combine the play experience of a Draft Booster with the fun opening experience of a Set Booster.”
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Warhammer: The Old World announces release date for long-awaited fantasy wargame reboot
Warhammer Fantasy’s return lands in “early 2024”, according to Games Workshop.
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Star Wars: Unlimited TCG could include characters from video games, comic books and novels on top of the movies and TV shows
Anything from “modern Star Wars” is game, says maker Fantasy Flight.
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Neil Gaiman, His Dark Materials and Worzel Gummidge inspired this creepy folk RPG
Step Through the Hedgerow.
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Van Gogh Pikachu promo card to disappear from Pokémon museum exhibit following scalper frenzy
The Van Gogh Museum blames a “small group of individuals creat[ing] an undesirable situation.”
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After one of the world’s best Go players lost to an AI, he designed his own abstract games
If you can’t beat them, make your own game.
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Warhammer: Age of Sigmar video game Realms of Ruin gives us our first look at Stormcast Eternals Liberators in Thunderstrike Armour
New armour created by Games Workshop’s own Warhammer Design Studio - could models be on the way?
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Don’t expect another MTG set like March of the Machine: Aftermath anytime soon, lead designer suggests
Mark Rosewater admits it’s “pretty unlikely” the criticised Epilogue format will return.
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Pokémon's sold-out Van Gogh Pikachu card is coming back, god help us all
After “overwhelming demand” demolished stock of the promo at Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum.
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Xbox looks to Zoo Tycoon board game as possible model to revive stagnant video game series
“Even if certain franchises aren’t currently undergoing active development, they can still be actively appreciated by their fans.”
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Scooby Doo, Scream actor Matthew Lillard wrote a free haunt for Betrayal at House on the Hill board game
Zoinks, Scoobs! That’s our last omen!
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Disney Lorcana, Cyberpunk and Critical Role’s Matthew Mercer head to PAX Unplugged in December
The Critical Role DM will open the tabletop convention with a Storytime keynote.
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Monsters Encyclopedia is like a Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? board game, with a touch of roguelites
Around the world in 80 plays.
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Outer Rim: Uprising is a Mothership RPG setting-in-a-box full of android unions and cracks in the universe
Everything you need to work and die alone in the black void space. Hooray!
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Warhammer 40,000 quietly announced a wide reprint of its first ever rulebook
The largely roleplay-focused Rogue Trader looks very different from modern Warhammer.
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MrBeast, YouTube’s biggest name, won $10,000 playing Dune: Imperium Uprising
The self-styled philanthropist currently embroiled in a burger lawsuit can apparently also handle his Spice.
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Dungeons & Dragons' latest playtest wants to sell you the dream of being a fantasy landlord
NIMBY subclass not yet included.
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Titanfall 2 and The Expanse inspirations for the next Undaunted board game
“I don’t think you can make a game with mechs without mentioning Titanfall 2.”
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Planet Unknown and Mysterium Kids clinch wins at German Deutscher Spiele Preis board game awards
Dorfromantik and Heat: Pedal to the Medal take second and thorp place, respectively.
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Baldur’s Gate 3, Final Fantasy 16 and The Witcher actors party up for D&D actual play series Natural Six
Join the performers behind Clive, Geralt and more on a fantasy adventure.
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Dungeons & Dragons might be about to vanish from your local bookstore - here's why
Wizards of the Coast drops longtime distributor ahead of the RPG's next edition.
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Rhino Hero publisher Haba lays off more than 650 workers in “extremely aching" self-administration process
Haba Family Group filed for insolvency last month and will reportedly refocus on toys and board games.
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Essen Spiel 2024 dates will see the world’s largest board game event return next October
Remains in slot at beginning of the month.
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This year’s Essen Spiel was the biggest in the Germany board game convention’s 40-year history, say organisers
Almost 200,000 people flocked to the world’s largest tabletop event.
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You’ll soon be able to finally play Twilight Imperium online
Committing your friends to a months-long campaign is easier from the comfort of their own homes.
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Baldur’s Gate 3 creators have ideas for another board game after Divinity: Original Sin - but don’t expect it anytime soon
‘If our fans are happy, then we'll talk about doing something else.’
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Aqua is a deeply satisfying board game about supporting sealife, developed by Heat: Pedal to the Metal creators and co-designed by a seven-year-old
Place colourful tiles to brings animals to your reef.
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Semi-co-op board game Fall of Fafnir pits your 3D defences against a marble-spitting dragon
Great marbles of fire!
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Dixit and Mysterium makers’ new board game will take Azul fans to the next level - literally
Create an island sanctuary for animals.
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Strategic video game Armello trades a digital board for a real one in upcoming adaptation from D&D 4E designer
From pixels to plastic.
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Star Wars: Unlimited will release the core set for its Light vs Dark trading card game in early 2024
March the 8th be with you. Wait a minute…
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Saw: The Jigsaw Trials will bring the gory horror franchise to board game night via Kickstarter
Here’s hoping for a Billy the Puppet miniature.
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Tigris & Euphrates designer revives classic auction game Medici, partners with Dark Souls board game studio
Reiner Knizia’s Italian trading title will sport new artwork, but the gameplay remains untouched.
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Explore haunted heartlands and flooded coasts of a post-apocalyptic America in Backwards’ two new RPG books
America is dead, long live America!
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Surprise, surprise: sold-out Pikachu Van Gogh promo card is already being resold for hundreds of pounds online
Merchandise from the museum exhibit crossover is also popping up at exorbitant mark-ups.
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World's biggest board game expo Essen Spiel admits using AI artwork but claims “protection of artists rights has priority for us”
Newly created mascot Meeps is nowhere to be seen.
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Two-player RPG Eldritch Escape: Tokyo mixes Dark Souls’ deadliness and Attack on Titan’s terrifying monsters in modern-day Japan
Standalone release grew out of combat system in a Japanese magazine.
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Magic: The Gathering Doctor Who set will feature cards based on lost episodes
Blast from the Past.
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Here’s every legendary Doctor card from Magic: The Gathering’s Doctor Who set
That’s 60 years of television history.
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Kickstarter rival Backerkit bans crowdfunding projects solely using AI-generated art
“It’s important for us to recognize both the immediate and long-term adverse effects [AI] may pose to the creators and creative communities we serve."
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Join us at Essen Spiel 2023 for four days full of LIVE board game news, reveals and previews!
We’re trying something new for this year’s German board game extravaganza.
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Essen Spiel 2023 Day 4: News, reveals and previews live from the world's biggest board game convention
It's the last day of Essen, but there are always more games to be played!
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Essen Spiel 2023 Day 3: News, reveals and previews live from the world's biggest board game convention
We roll into a weekend of gaming at the massive Germany tabletop event.
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Essen Spiel 2023 Day 2: News, reveals and previews live from the world's biggest board game convention
Get that Friday feeling as we return to Germany's enormous board game fair.
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Essen Spiel 2023 Day 1: News, reveals and previews live from the world's biggest board game convention
Join us on the show floor as we give our thoughts on this year's must-see releases.
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Zenobia Award returns to highlight more underrepresented creators in historical tabletop design
The annual award and mentorship programme was founded in 2020 by Root creator Cole Wehrle and a team of historians and game designers.
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Tabletop Awards 2023 return to celebrate the year’s best board games and RPGs: nominations and People’s Choice voting open now!
With designer and publisher categories for both established and up-and-coming talent, as well as a new award for Best Art.
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Superb WWII deckbuilder Undaunted heads for a sci-fi spin-off in next year’s Undaunted 2200: Callisto
Miners vs megacorps.
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Passo is like if checkers met Fortnite, a sentence I can’t believe I’m writing
Dances optional.
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Pokémon apologises for "disappointment" after Pikachu Van Gogh promo card sells out in museum chaos
More cards featuring Pikachu in a grey hat will be available at Pokémon Centres in the future.
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Queer Halloween Stories Bundle funds mutual aid with tabletop RPGs about too many Draculas and horny skeletons
22 spooky tabletop games stuffed in this multimedia bundle tells stories about haunted houses, cryptids and undead Victorian lovers
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Risk 2210 and Nexus Ops among board games slated for reprints by Vampire: The Masquerade studio
Renegade Game Studios continues scooping up publishing rights to previous Hasbro titles.
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Disney Lorcana's First Chapter reprint lands sooner than expected, with Rise of the Floodborn included in plans
Ravensburger’s Ryan Miller tells ComicBook the Disney-themed TCG will be injecting plenty of both sets into retail.
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Acclaimed mecha tabletop RPG Lancer announces second physical printing with Dark Horse Comics
Massif Press' teaming with the comic book leader could signal a huge boost in Lancer's popularity.
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Rebel Moon tabletop RPG studio sues Netflix over cancelled adaptation of Zack Snyder movie
Publisher Evil Genius says the streaming giant unfairly pulled the release of its finished Rebel Moon RPG.
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The Mandalorian-inspired solo RPG Notorious explores the edges of a war-torn galaxy in Outsiders expansion
Once more into a life of scum and villainy.
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WarBarbie challenges Warhammer 40,000 players to mix dolls with miniatures in monstrous creations
She is become Death.
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Pokémon’s latest promo card turns Pikachu into Van Gogh - and it’s already ridiculously popular
Follows Edvard Munch-inspired cards released in 2018.
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Star Wars Unlimited’s prerelease sets and starter kits cleave close to MTG’s well-trodden ground
Organised play for Fantasy Flight and Disney’s upcoming TCG looks mighty familiar.
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Starfinder Enhanced’s new species will let you play as an ewok-like rodent, AI hologram or tiny sentient star
An exclusive look at the new and returning species in the sci-fi RPG's upcoming rules revision.
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Five new Halloween tabletop RPGs inspired by horror cinema come collected in their own trick-or-treat bag
Game night just became fright night.
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This D&D 5E book wants to give your characters A Life Well Lived away from dungeons and dragons
Upcoming supplement lets you generate lifepaths, allies and activities in downtime between adventures - as well as eventually retiring your hero.
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Dimension 20 is returning to Fantasy High for a third season in Junior Year
The D&D 5E series heads back to school in January.
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Ravnica Remastered cards show what a Magic: The Gathering anime could look like
Follows anime treatments and trailers for Kamigawa and Wilds of Eldraine.
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Magic: The Gathering’s Jurassic World cards will let you fight a dinosaur with commander Jeff Goldblum
Ian Malcolm can face off against Indominus Rex in upcoming set Lost Caverns of Ixalan.
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Magic: The Gathering is getting Evil Dead, Princess Bride and Doctor Who Weeping Angel cards in a spooky Secret Lair
Along with a Creepshow crossover and pixel lands.
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Dark fantasy board game Tainted Grail is being made into a tabletop RPG
Based on the Shadows of Esteren system.
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Pax Pamir and John Company studio’s next board game Molly House explores the joy and betrayal among queer communities in 18th-century London
Jo Kelly’s design picked up by Wehrlegig Games after Zenobia Award nomination.
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Magic: The Gathering will pay tribute to late Commander creator Sheldon Menery in an upcoming card
Commander Rules Committee co-founder passed away earlier this month.
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Pokémon TCG’s nostalgic Classic set - featuring OG Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise cards - will cost you an eye-watering $400
Vintage pulls, plus six new cards and the first international release of a Mr. Mime.
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Pokémon Trading Card Game Classic luxury set to be released later in November
Featuring pre-built Gen 1 starter decks.
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Magic: The Gathering is getting more Lord of the Rings cards that form gorgeous scenes and give its characters the rock-star treatment
Four new scene boxes on the way, plus Special Edition Collector Boosters with ‘60s music poster-inspired art.
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A Ghost in the Shell tabletop game is arriving next year
Studio behind My Little Pony RPG and Jim Henson’s Labyrinth board game teases an adaptation of the seminal sci-fi series.
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Dungeons & Dragons creator says Planescape sourcebooks contain no AI-produced art
Wizards of the Coast isn't repeating the mistake of Bigby Presents, but we still don't know what its internal policy says.
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New Planescape adventure and sourcebook will be D&D’s own Marvel-esque multiverse
“A fantastic time to bring Planescape back for a new audience.”
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D&D’s Planescape adventure might begin in the same morgue as 1999 computer game
Morte isn’t interested in a group of fleshy dice rollers.
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Board game masterpiece Food Chain Magnate will finally look as good as it plays with upcoming Special Edition
New art and components - including miniatures - for the base game and its expansion, without changing any gameplay.
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Star Wars: Unlimited reveals flashy Hyperspace and Showcase card variants, along with booster pull rates
Here’s how likely you are to find one of the Star Wars TCG’s artwork variants.
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This comic sci-fi RPG inspired by Hitchhiker’s Guide and Red Dwarf lets you roll up your own space towel
With over 25 million playable characters.
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Guess Who-ish co-op card game gem Similo is headed to Middle-earth with a Lord of the Rings edition
One clue to find them all.
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Folk-horror D&D 5E campaign setting The Crooked Moon channels The Witch, Midsommar and The Wicker Man
From the folks behind actual play series Legends of Avantris.
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Heat: Pedal to the Metal designers working on their 'biggest' release yet as part of a new board game series
With illustrator Vincent Dutrait behind the unannounced game's artwork.
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Yokohama 2E revamps the Japan-set trading board game with a fresh look next summer
Gameplay untouched as Hisashi Hayashi’s game of rival merchants gets a makeover.
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Final Fantasy 7 Remake board game will have you hunting for materia as Cloud, Sephiroth and friends next spring
Go head-to-head or two-on-two.
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Final Fantasy is getting its first official tabletop RPG for FF14’s 10th anniversary
Includes scenarios written by MMO’s devs that tie into A Realm Reborn’s main quest.
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Dimension 20 evokes Watership Down in new D&D actual play season featuring a family of stoats
Furry with a chance of sorrow.