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Tabletop games had a record-breaking start to 2020 on Kickstarter, including their biggest-ever month
Gloomhaven sequel Frosthaven raised more money in May than every April campaign combined.
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Massive Darkness 2 will include new narrative campaign mode in day one expansion
Rules rebuilt from the ground up.
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Scrabble community bans offensive words, including racial slurs, from competitive play
North American Scrabble Players Association removes 200 words from permitted tournament spellings.
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Star Trek Adventures RPG finally lets you play as a Klingon in new core rulebook
Play of Honour.
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Warhammer: Age of Sigmar’s 2020 General’s Handbook brings multiplayer team battles to the minis game this week
Alongside aerial combat rules and expanded narrative play.
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Darkest Dungeon, the video game about the horrors of adventuring, is getting a board game
From Solomon Kane and Time of Legends: Joan of Arc maker Mythic.
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Quest, Alien and Mörk Borg among nominees for best RPGs of the year at 2020 ENnie Awards
Mech RPG Lancer withdrawn from shortlist in opposition to 2017 controversy.
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WWE Legends Royal Rumble Card Game sees a cavalcade of classic wrestlers enter the ring
Including ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage and Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts.
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Pandemic Legacy: Season 3 revealed as prequel Season 0 in announcement trailer - exclusive
“Every end has a beginning.”
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First Undaunted expansion adds a solo mode to the two-player board game series
Here comes the cavalry.
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An anniversary edition of The Lord of the Rings co-op board game is on its way
The Reiner Knizia classic is revived after 20 years.
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Shadowed Paths, Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth’s first expansion, is coming this month
Featuring Gandalf and Arwen as playable characters.
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New TRPG series Adventure launches next month with a game by Grant Howitt and Chris Taylor
Adventure Presents: Tartarus Gate is on Kickstarter now
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Scythe publisher’s next game, Pendulum, sees players literally investing their time
Have you clocked it yet?
Best Games
Best app-assisted board games
You'll appsolutely love these 11 board games for how they seamlessly integrate technology into gameplay to make for an experience unlike any other.
News
Kult: Divinity Lost RPG gets scenario book featuring Swedish horror writer Anders Fager
Alongside a supplementary sourcebook and a map-making guide.
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Sorcerer expansion Endbringer smashes Kickstarter target, introduces co-op play
New sorcerer packs also on offer.
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EGX 2020 has been cancelled due to COVID-19 and replaced by an online event
EGX Digital to run from 12-20 September
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Munchkins & Mazes edition doubles-down on the Dungeons & Dragons references
Is this a parody within a parody?
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BoardGameGeek Con 2020 cancelled in response to COVID-19 concerns
Another Virtual Gaming Con coming.
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Artificial Intelligence company DeepMind is teaching AI how to play classic board game Diplomacy
How do you backstab a robot, though?
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National Parks: Get Wild helps players to have fun supporting local US wildlife
With a portion of the profits going to the National Park Foundation.
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Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps gets its third release date and two newly announced expansions
Aliens: Ultimate Badasses and Get Away From Her, You B***h!
Video
Dungeonbreaker returns and we regret to inform you everybody is in hell
But at least they’ve made a friend
Deals
Gloomhaven, Carcassonne and Ticket to Ride are amongst the digital games on sale right now
One steamy summer.
News
Kilmonger and Taskmaster deliver the pain in Marvel Villainous: Infinite Power
They join Thanos, Hela and Ultron.
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Lost Cities designer returns to Schotten Totten with a two-player asymmetric sequel
Highland hijinks.
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Canopy is a two-player board game about tropical climes from the creator of The Grimm Forest
Tree what you can grow.
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Co-op sci-fi game Intrepid is the next release from the co-creator of Hardback
Boardly go where no-one has gone before.
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Gamewright releases free print and play version of Sneaky Cards for socially distanced stealth
Can you win? Sure-you-can!
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Import characters into Roll Player Adventures, the co-op sequel to the original fantasy dice game
I hereby degree, you have graduated from hero school.
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Android: Netrunner’s fan-made successor Project NISEI is getting a major new starter set this year
Alongside a set of 70 unique cards in System Update 2021.
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Domination is the next WWII board game from the creator of sub sim Uboot
Spiritual successor to 2018’s Mini WWII.
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Former Cards Against Humanity employees allege “toxic working culture” at party game company
Writers share experiences under hashtag #CAHisOver, but company refutes them all.
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Cards Against Humanity responds to allegations of “toxic work environment”
“We are committed to rebuilding a workplace that the partners and staff can be proud of."
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Wild West stealth-action video game Desperados III sneaks out a free pen-and-paper RPG
Whose western is it?
Video
This week’s Dicebreaker Podcast unlocks Star Wars, unboxes Warhammer 40,000 and unleashes the Rule of Fun!
Listen and watch now.
Deals
Tabletop Simulator, the popular digital board game sandbox, is half price on PC
Analogue online.
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Dungeons & Dragons is addressing problematic elements of the RPG’s races
Promises to tackle “legacy D&D content that does not reflect who we are today”.
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Boss Monster board game Overlord escapes its video game-inspired dungeons into the overworld
Pixel of the bunch.
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Roll20’s first exclusive RPG Burn Bryte releasing next month, designed specifically to be played online
Exclusive to virtual roleplaying platform.
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Dissident Whispers is a collection of adventures for D&D and other RPGs in aid of Black Lives Matter
Featuring over 50 scenarios for different tabletop titles.
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Unlock! Star Wars takes the escape room game series to a galaxy far, far away
Make it out in time, you must.
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PC survival game Frostpunk is getting a board game from Nemesis designer
Shivering with anticipation.
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Game of Thrones’ Hodor, Ramsay Bolton, Yara Greyjoy and more are playing D&D for Red Nose Day
TV show’s stars, including Kristian Nairn, Daniel Portman and Gemma Whelan, form a party for charity.
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Warhammer 40,000’s new ninth edition box set Indomitus is out next month - here’s what’s inside
No dice or measures, but lots and lots of miniatures.
Video
The Dicebreaker Podcast is back to talk solo RPGs, classic board games and more!
Plus, we say goodbye to Sara.
Deals
DriveThruRPG Black Lives Matter bundles include Cyberpunk, Zweihander, Spire and dozens of RPGs for $10
Proceeds from six collections to benefit Black Lives Matter, NAACP and the National Police Accountability Project.
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Bite-sized restaurant management board game Foodies is free to print and play
Publisher CMON encourages donations to the NAACP.
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Magic: The Gathering bans racist and ‘culturally offensive’ cards
“Racism in any form is unacceptable and has no place in our games, nor anywhere else.”
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Origins Online cancelled following backlash over Black Lives Matter silence
Trade body organiser GAMA admits it was “too late in making that statement”.
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Rebooted Vampire: The Masquerade card game Eternal Struggle delayed to autumn
New edition of CCG by Magic: The Gathering creator.
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Root studio’s next game Fort gets a release date this summer
Cutesy remake of civilisation-building card game SPQF.
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Upcoming WWII deckbuilder Undaunted: North Africa has an official demo on Tabletop Simulator
Play your corps right.
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Vampire: The Masquerade and World of Darkness RPG studio Onyx Path is holding a virtual gaming convention
Taking place this weekend.
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City-building PC game Anno 1800 is getting a board game
From Wildlands and Brass designer Martin Wallace.
Feature
How Magic: The Gathering’s biggest fan landed the role of a lifetime as its head designer
Mark Rosewater on discovering the card game, working with Richard Garfield and balancing his professional and personal passion.
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Slick online RPG platform Role is like a ‘dating app for roleplaying groups’
Includes player-matching, video chat and DRM-free marketplace.
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Terraforming Mars’ Big Box expansion brings 3D terrain to the surface of the Red Planet
A new dimension.
Deals
Get Blades in the Dark, Lancer and 700+ RPGs and games for $5, with all proceeds going to the NAACP and bail funds
Itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality has already raised over $2.3m.
Deals
Pick up inventive indie RPGs to benefit Black Lives Matter and local bail funds in Itch.io bundles
Solo, rules-light and fantasy games on offer for a good cause.
News
Massive Darkness 2 teaser trailer reveals that the fight for light isn’t over
Going underground.
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Merchants of the Dark Road is a dangerous delivery simulator set in a fantasy world
Wagons & Dragons.
Opinion
Oath could finally deliver on the exciting lost potential of legacy board games
All of the memories with none of the sacrifice.
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Roll for the Galaxy digital beta arrives on mobile and PC
In space, no-one can see your screen.
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Pokémon TCG’s first board game Battle Academy makes it easier to learn the card game
Pick your starter.
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Masters of the Universe board game will let you wield the power of Grayskull
Don’t be a Skelebore.
Video
New Warhammer 40,000, costly Magic: The Gathering cards, out-of-print games and more: it’s this week’s Dicebreaker Podcast!
Plus, your chance to judge our lockdown takeaway habits.
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Magic: The Gathering cancels all remaining in-person events for 2020 as result of COVID-19
Outstanding tournaments to be held in MTG Arena, with new season format for Zendikar Rising.
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Twilight Struggle follow-up Imperial Struggle is finally seeing a release
Originally announced in 2016.