News
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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How To
Yu-Gi-Oh! card types: Every monster, spell and trap type explained
Get up to speed with everything you might encounter during your next duel.
Deals
Avatar Legends, Root RPG, Bluebeard’s Bride and more offered cheap in Magpie Games’ charity bundle
Proceeds will benefit Child's Play Charity.
Feature
Critical Role's D&D rival Daggerheart plays tabletop RPGs' greatest hits well, but struggles to be more than a covers band
For all the smart evolution it makes from its forebears, the fantasy RPG is still searching for its own identity.
News
Rapscallion wants to be One Piece and Our Flag Means Death fans’ favourite tabletop RPG
A “strange pirate” RPG five years in the making.
News
Super-lightweight RPG Cairn dives back into the forest with a more fleshed out second edition
Putting the “Oh, sh–” in OSR.
Deals
Troika! knocks down price of several weird-fantasy RPG books to benefit charity
Proceeds from all books will be donated to Doctors Without Borders.
Deals
Pathfinder’s latest tabletop RPG Humble Bundle is a $5 ticket to the Wild West
Rootin’ and tootin’ and rolling dice.
News
Cyberpunk 2077 - The Board Game sees players strutting around Night City as V, Judy, Panam and Jackie
From publisher behind The Witcher: Old World.
News
Halo miniatures wargame will include slayer, oddball and capture the flag modes
Two starter sets to be released later this year.
News
D&D’s Quests from the Infinite Staircase adventure anthology is chockablock with beloved crawls
One mustachioed genie, six classic adventures.
News
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.
Opinion
The Arkham Horror Files RPG needs to take risks, like the franchise always has
Investigators meets innovation.
News
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.
News
Wingspan maker’s sales decline for second consecutive year, but the board game company isn’t worried
Infinite growth is for the birds.
News
Belgian McDonald’s mixes Yu-Gi-Oh! and Hello Kitty in latest Happy Meal offering
Keroppi dressed as Kuriboh is inspired, no notes.
News
God of War two-player board game bridges the gap between the 2018 video game and Ragnarok
Dad of Boy: The Board Game.
News
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.
News
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.
News
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.
News
Video game-inspired Boss Monster board game gets a hardware upgrade with new title
A super addition.
News
Blade Runner RPG’s first expansion evokes the original film’s ethical dilemmas and empathy for replicants
Study up for your Voight-Kampff test.
Opinion
The Avatar: The Last Airbender roleplaying game succeeds where the live-action series fails
Expansion over imitation.
News
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.
News
Beloved Gundam-meets-D&D RPG Wares Blade gets first English translation after nearly 40 years
Sword and sorcery and super big mechs.
News
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners official miniatures game sends you skirmishing through the streets of Night City
Fast is what these Edgerunners do best.
News
Travel board game from Ticket to Ride creator redesigned with fresh art
Play 10 Days in 30 minutes.
How To
How to play Ticket to Ride: rules, setup and how to win explained
Get on board with the classic train game.
News
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.
News
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.
News
Dungeons & Dragons survival sim video game on the way from studio behind Disney Dreamlight Valley
Plowshares to swords.
Opinion
Is the next version of Dungeons & Dragons coming too late?
Slow and steady has not won this race.
News
Avatar: The Last Airbender deckbuilding game will take players through the entire series
Seize Aang’s Destiny.
News
Fall of Rome maker and Undaunted studio set sights on accessible wargames with Battalion: War of the Ancients
Roman wars on a Gaul budget.
News
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
News
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.
News
Deadpool Role-Plays the Marvel Universe is part comic book, part playable RPG adventure
Ahead of new movie Deadpool & Wolverine.
News
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.
News
Almost a fifth of money raised by Kickstarter projects goes to scam campaigns, report alleges
Crowdfunding platform denies claim about its own internal figures.
News
Dune: Imperium Digital lets the spice flow on mobile and Xbox as it exits early access on PC tomorrow
Arrakeen to take a look?
News
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.
Best Games
5 best Yu-Gi-Oh! structure decks in the TCG’s history
Build a solid foundation for your next duelling powerhouse.
News
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.’”
Feature
Before Denis Villeneuve’s Dune movies, the sci-fi epic’s best adaptation was a board game no-one could buy for decades
The groundbreaking Dune board game changed everything - and then vanished.
News
Battle cosmic horrors as kitties in rules-light RPG Cats of Catthulhu, back with a 10th anniversary edition
Dare you read the Nekonomicon?
News
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.
News
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.
How To
How to play Star Wars: Unlimited: TCG’s rules, setup and building a deck explained
May the Force - and our guide - be with you.
Opinion
Can't wait for the Discworld RPG? Become an Auditor of Reality in this free fan-made game
A One in a Million Chance at Adventure is a rules-lite narrative delight.
News
One of the oldest board games in existence seeks crowdfunding for a brand new version
The Royal Game of Ur wants a facelift.
News
Monster Hunter World board game maker to publish D&D alternative Tales of the Valiant’s starter set
New RPG rules, same ol’ fantasy.
News
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.
News
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.
Opinion
Like everything else, tabletop gaming would look very different without Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama
The influential mangaka and iconic designer for Dragon Quest has passed away at age 68.
News
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.
News
Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG brings back one its most iconic monsters as a 5-card Fusion Summon
Those two words everyone wants to hear: “Exodia, obliterate!”
Feature
Magic: The Gathering’s Fallout Commander decks struggle to find personality in the video games’ atomic wasteland
Hooray for Dogmeat.
Opinion
The best adventure board game you've never heard of turns translating medieval manuscripts into a compelling odyssey
Paint a Vulgari picture.
News
Heroscape’s second miraculous revival is everything the failed Hasbro relaunch should have been
A timely rescue pivots away from expensive boxes and towards organised play and a traditional look.
News
Call of Cthulhu maker offers $10,000 worth of cash prizes to aspiring tabletop RPG designer
Chaosium’s inaugural BRP Design Challenge will spotlight “new and upcoming” talent.
News
Arkham Horror RPG will introduce new investigators to a world of miskatonic mysteries this summer
Adventures in Rokugan studio translates the popular LCG into dice pool-driven roleplay.
How To
How to play Monopoly: rules, setup and how to win
Ditch the house variants and avoid arguments with our recap of the classic board game's official rules.
News
Balance cats on electricity cables in cute dexterity board game Nekojima
Hanging on by a whisker and a prayer.
News
NASA (yes, that NASA) has released its first D&D-compatible tabletop RPG adventure
Science and magic meet to solve the mystery of the missing Hubble Telescope
Best Games
12 best Into the Inklands cards in Disney Lorcana
Power-up your decks with this excellent characters.
Best Games
The 23 Most Rare and Expensive Pokémon Cards
From Pikachu Illustrator to Shadowless Charizard, here are the most expensive Pokémon cards ever made.
News
Puerto Rico 1897 publisher promises no AI art in final release after deluxe edition backlash
"Generative AI cannot be used in any part of the art process for this Ravensburger game."
News
Shakespeare and Hamlet battle with barbed words in latest Unmatched release
The pen is mightier than the sword.
News
First look at Halo: Flashpoint miniature game revels in the video game's intense multiplayer
All that’s missing is a Warthog and a flag.
Deals
Dune RPG bundle lets you continue your Adventures in the Imperium for under £15 after you watch Part Two
A spicy proposition.
News
Mass Effect co-op board game will see players battling Cerberus as Shepard, Tali, Garrus, Liara and Wrex
Co-designed by creator of Blood Rage.
News
Mega Civilization, the 18-player, 12-hour-long board game covering 8,000 years of history, returns in a new edition this year
War of the Ring publisher plans future additions to Mega Empires after revised West and East boxes.
News
Pandemic Legacy creators reunite for a new co-op legacy adventure board game
Matt Leacock and Rob Daviau’s Ziggurat is a family-friendly affair that looks to be based on Leacock’s Mole Rats in Space.
News
Honey Heist creator’s 2 Rapid 2 Righteous is an RPG about being Fast & Furious - and Family - played with wind-up toy cars
Serve with tuna sandwiches.
News
Netrunner meets Werewolf in two-player witch-hunting card game Pagan: The Fate of Roanoke
Core game and expansions will see a re-release later in 2024 after launch at Gen Con.
News
Altered becomes biggest-ever TCG Kickstarter after raising $7m for groundbreaking approach to collecting cards
Revolutionary CCG from Dixit creator’s new studio will let players print as many cards as they like.
News
Pokémon TCG’s new Pocket app fixes a glaring 25-year-old mistake in the card game
How does a Poké Ball open, anyway?
News
Shadowverse: Evolve’s new Gloryfinder format is like an anime MTG Commander, arriving this summer
A casual multiplayer mode emerges into the light.
Opinion
Diablo artist's gorgeously grimdark miniatures game is World War I by way of Warhammer 40,000
Mike Franchina's hellish visions come to life in new playtest rules.
News
Arkham Horror LCG co-creator and Lord of the Rings designer leaves Fantasy Flight after 11 years
MJ Newman’s last expansion was the ambitious non-linear campaign The Scarlet Keys.
News
Terry Pratchett’s Discworld gets its first new tabletop RPG in over 25 years, with board games also on the way
“Terry had a lifelong affection with roleplaying games.”
News
You'll be able to play Critical Role's D&D rival Daggerheart soon, as the fantasy RPG gets a public playtest
Ahead of its full release in 2025.
News
Dying Light’s parkour-loving zombie killers will roam an entire modular city block in the official board game
Roll dice for both combat and wall jumping across a city with a vicious day/night cycle and UV components.
News
SPONSORED: Our Brilliant Ruin RPG brings the social drama and romance of Downton Abbey to a doomed world with no happy endings
Struggle your way up the social ladder - and to survive.
