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Gaston flexes his way into Disney Villainous' standalone expansion Despicable Plots
No one graces a box likes Gaston.
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Apothecaria mixes Theme Hospital and Stardew Valley for a potent solo journalling RPG
Hair of the werewolf.
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The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls reincarnates on Kickstarter with Requiem expansion
Big box of horrors.
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Netflix’s The Dragon Prince adapted as tabletop RPG Tales of Xadia
Public playtest materials available now.
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Catan VR invites Oculus Quest and Quest 2 owners to trade digital wood
Electric sheep are no longer a dream.
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Magic: The Gathering’s next Secret Lair features alternate art by Black artists
Proceeds benefit Black Girls Code.
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Trace a magical diagram using ice skates and a dry erase marker in tabletop RPG Summon Skate
Triple axel a demon in the face.
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Indie video game Extreme Meatpunks Forever builds a tabletop RPG out of guts and gumption
Quickstart rules already available.
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YouTuber Logan Paul will auction first-edition Pokémon card boosters live on stream
A different kind of boxing.
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Avatar: The Last Airbender and Legend of Korra are being adapted into a tabletop RPG
Roll to smash cabbage cart.
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Hibernation Games bundle delivers five journalling RPGs to help weather the cold
Fun for all ice ages.
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Zinequest 3 delivers a month of indie RPG projects to support on Kickstarter throughout February
Helm a rusted spaceship, fall out of time or solve inter-generational conflict.
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Deep Sea Adventure studio Oink Games debuts on Kickstarter with two new titles and a revisited classic
Time to open the piggy.
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New edition of World’s Fair 1893 makes space for BIPOC exhibitors and attendees
Eat cotton candy on a ferris wheel as Susan B. Anthony.
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Cyberpunk Red releases free Cyberchair DLC in collaboration with D&D combat wheelchair designer
Night City’s hottest new ride.
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Tabletop Simulator’s language support update frustrates players by using machine translation
Press Z to bread.
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Monster Hunter World: The Board Game’s designers on tracking down the perfect tabletop adaptation
“We like people to make difficult choices that are also fun choices.”
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Itch.io bundle raises relief funds for Croatians affected by recent earthquakes
$25 bundle including RPGs and video games runs through February 22nd.
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Warlord: Saga of the Storm celebrates card game’s 20-year anniversary with limited re-release
Happy d20th birthday!
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Monster Hunter World: The Board Game will launch on Kickstarter in April
Grab your hammer and potions, hunters.
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12-year-old stacks a Guinness World Record atop his precarious one-block Jenga tower
Beech Khalifia.
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Dungeons & Dragons’ Gothic Lineages offer an alternative to race, but not yet a replacement
Moving the needle on character creation options - just.
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Joan of Arc designer is working on an open-world cyberpunk board game about solving murders
But early details about Cyber Odyssey’s setting raise questions of cultural sensitivity.
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Autographed Black Lotus just became the most expensive Magic: The Gathering card sold at auction
Winning bid: $511,100
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Cyberpunk social deduction game Human Punishment returns with prequel The Beginning
Turing up the night.
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Magic: The Gathering delays Secret Lair: Ultimate Edition 2, citing production issues
Returned to hand.
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UK Games Expo 2021 announces summer dates for return of in-person convention
Betting large on eight-week delay.
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Alice is Missing publisher shreds into the apocalypse with new RPG Gods of Metal: Ragnarock
Poseurs need not apply.
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Dragonlance authors announce new trilogy of “Classic” D&D novels beginning this year
Wizards of the Coast apparently legally mollified.
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Citadels designer’s next card game lets players concoct their own win conditions
Clowning around.
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Grab 60+ indie RPGs on Itch.io and help designers create better-looking games
Itch.io bundle runs until February 1st.
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Warhammer previews new Kill Team set, next Broken Realms expansion and 40K’s biggest-ever mech
Horus Wait-and-see.
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Warhammer Quest’s next board game entry brings corpses and curses to the tabletop
Rave in the grave.
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Expand your RPG art library with Vampire: The Masquerade, Symbaroum and more during DriveThruComics’ book sale
Inspiration for your next setting - or just something for the coffee table.
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Magic: The Gathering Arena details mobile early access and future updates
At the tap of your fingers.
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Funagain Games CEO steps down after retailer’s employees decry sexist comments
Jeff DeBoer has relinquished control of the company, but many call for divestment.
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Night Market is a Eurogame that wants to celebrate the food stalls of Taiwan
Hungry, hungry meeples.
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Gun&Slinger lets you play a sentient, magical gun in the RPG’s weird and dangerous world
Go fish, pardner.
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Our Shores designers want their Kickstarter to be the first wave of Southeast Asian RPGs going mainstream
Together, they hope to overcome national restrictions and find a deserving audience.
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Marco Polo publisher will no longer work with Daniele Tascini following “racist remarks”
Future sales of his games will benefit anti-racist charities.
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Remix Monopoly, Cluedo and other classics into better games with hack collection A Fine Mend
Milton Bradley, eat your heart out.
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Teotihuacan publisher cuts ties with designer over “racist remarks” and ‘failed’ apology
Tzolk’in co-creator Daniele Tascini faces criticism from the community, as well.
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Mörk Borg Cult: Heretic binds a zine full of chaotic community content for the brutal RPG
Malicious and delicious.
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Digital RPG convention Virtual Horror Con keeps things spooky - and safe - next month
Creeping onto your screen February 19th through 21st.
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Classic starter Pokémon cards return for the TCG’s 25th anniversary
Squirtle Squad, ride or die.
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Origins Games Fair 2021 postpones return of in-person convention until autumn
Columbus-based convention will run from September 30th to October 3rd.
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Above and Below, along with other Red Raven games, is getting audio narration
Alexa, play my board game mix.
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A new board game from Star Wars: Rebellion designer melds comics, codebreaking and ‘90s teens
More than pulp fiction.
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Sub Terra creators Kickstart an interactive story set in a post-apocalyptic wilderness
Fallout sans American chauvinism.
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Uno celebrates its 50th anniversary with new decks and $50,000 world championship
Say Happy Birthday or draw 25.
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Solo RPG bundle raises funds for tabletop-focused suicide prevention organisation
Jasper’s Game Day will receive and direct the proceeds from the Itch.io bundle.
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Dungeons & Dragons publisher Wizards of the Coast sued by Dragonlance authors
Upcoming trilogy cancelled following alleged breach of contract.
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Games Workshop introduces, then appears to erase, Age of Sigmar’s first non-binary human character
Copywriting mistake or performative snafu speedrun?
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Troikafeld! is a Seinfeld RPG zine that you now have another chance to grab
Worlds are colliding!
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Root will introduce a rat warlord, badgers and modular rules in fourth - and possibly final - expansion
Leder Games developers also discuss upcoming Oath and designing around feature bloat.
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Be A Better Cyberpunk bundle collects several RPGs - and other works - for the same price as 2077
Those facing financial insecurity can pick up the same games for a fractional cost.
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Cthulhu Wars: Duel distils Miskatonic mayhem into a travel-ready, two-player clash
Old Ones for two.
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Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall hops into your home with a print-and-play version
Takeaway terror.
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X-Wing 2E senior dev Max Brooke leaves Fantasy Flight Games after nine years
Known for work on Star Wars games and Legend of the Five Rings RPG.
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Pathfinder sourcebook Humble Bundle unleashes demons and dragons from $5 for a good cause
Pay what you want for classic creatures and fearsome foes.
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Cyberpunk by Asian Creators game jam spotlights neon-and-chrome tabletop RPGs without the racism
Imagining their own dystopian future.
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Warhammer 40,000’s mobile app adds army building with Battle Forge beta
Games Workshop is offering a free month to test the feature.
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V-Commandos redeploys in 2021 with miniatures and new gameplay modes
Plus, an update on the status of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood of Venice.
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Doikayt anthologises a dozen tabletop RPGs from Jewish creators
Including “an iconic two-player game about being in a literal wrestling match with god”.
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‘First Inuit-designed board game’ Nunami strives for a natural balance
Always make room for polar bears.
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Magic: The Gathering YouTuber sells $140,000 worth of rare cards for charity
Funds supported Saving Our Sons and Sisters International and the Trans Women of Color Collective.
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This smart wargaming table wants to do all the complex thinking for you
Computer: engage Waagh! protocol.
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House of Cats adds a social deduction bent to the roll-and-write formula
Several floors of fluffy mischief.
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Flash Gordon board game headlines a 40-year celebration of the campy cult-classic film
Flash, I love you! But we only have fourteen hours to play this game!
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Magic: The Gathering’s Secret Lair looks to 2021 with art from Saga’s Fiona Staples and Ultimate Edition 2
2020 was just a drop in the bucket.
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Arkham Horror LCG delivers another new parallel investigator and print-and-play scenario
One bloody night, order up!
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Quest RPG’s narrated rulebook melds tutorial, actual play and scripted audio drama
Aural adventures, ahoy.
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Kids on Brooms RPG ditches collaboration in favour of spell-slinging in card game Duel of the Wands
Like fencing, but with more sparks.
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One Deck Dungeon publisher's Kickstarter game Good Puppers potentially lost at sea
Card-over-board.
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Colonial Marines Operations Manual enlists players for new Alien RPG adventures next March
Another glorious play in the Corps.
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Trismegistus skips the box with Roll & Write edition you can print and play at home
At-home alchemy that won’t stain the carpet.
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New Metallica Monopoly gives fans a chance to hoard Metalli-bucks and play as a toilet
Master of property pulling their pursestrings.
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Blades in the Dark creator John Harper talks Chamber, Paragon and new details on his Fast & Furious-inspired RPG
Life one quarter of a hack at a time.
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Warhammer Underworlds: Direchasm brings two new factions to the miniatures board
Four additional Warcry bands and sourcebooks are also on the way.
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Southlands sends Dungeons & Dragons to mythical Egypt in updated setting from Kobold Press
Promises a more informed and thoughtful take on North Africa this time around.
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Star Trek: Discovery stars share their exploits and lessons from playing Dungeons & Dragons together
Boldly Action/Bonus/Moving where no one has gone before.
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Blades in the Dark designer unveils Chamber, a sci-fi RPG setting inspired by X-Files and Control
Secure. Contain. Playtest.
