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Anti-Imperialist RPG Bundle funds solidarity kitchens by selling LATAM tabletop RPGs
Food for thought, er... THAC0.
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KiwiRPG takes Aotearoa’s tabletop scene global through a week of podcasts, livestreams and a game bundle
A relatively small but passionate part of the tabletop industry strives to catch the attention of the rest of the world.
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‘NuTSR’ files for bankruptcy, freezing legal disputes with Dungeons & Dragons publisher
Lawsuits between Wizards of the Coast and the latest reanimation of TSR will stay on hold as the latter company liquidates assets.
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Monopoly has lost favour with Gen Z compared to other age groups, says survey
Millennials dominate the hobbyist demographic, but their generational juniors aren’t far behind
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Warhammer 40,000: Leviathan maker turns players towards limited hobby stock after online orders sell out
Games Workshop: 1. Scalpers: 0. Players: also 0.
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Shut down "dodgebrawl” video game Knockout City lives on thanks to a free tabletop RPG adaptation
The future of Knockout City the video game might be an open question, but the hits can continue around your gaming group's table.
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Cluedo Conspiracy twists the murder mystery formula with hidden identities and an island resort vibe
Whodunnit on holiday.
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D&D starter kit and Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion amongst buy two, get one free sale on board games, RPGs
Online sale at Target and Amazon include a wealth of great tabletop titles.
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New Pathfinder video game will deliver Vampire Survivors gameplay in a fantasy RPG wrapper
Bullet hell, sans bullets.
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War of the Ring: The Card Game maker announces price and date for Against the Shadow expansion
Google: Route me to Mt. Doom in incognito mode, please.
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Triangle Agency is a satirical horror RPG of paranormal investigation inspired by Control and The X-Files
Equal parts cheeky and deadly serious in its send-up of corporate overreach and work's stranglehold over our lives.
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Disney Villainous plans Gen Con tournament and introductory board game ahead of Oogie Boogie expansion
You're joking, you're joking. I can't believe my eyes!
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Dungeons & Dragons lead designer says 2024 rulebooks will “prepare the game for its next decade”
D&D's publisher wants to see 5th Edition learn to drive and buy its first beer.
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Trading card vendor posts $1 million bounty for MTG’s serialised The One Ring card
Like a golden Wonka ticket, except nobody should pay $33 for a chocolate bar.
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Battletech community ousts Reddit mods after Pride Month zine bigotry
Catalyst Game Labs steps in to create a new, official subreddit.
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Pathfinder maker’s Open RPG Creative Licence enters final draft and feedback period
This is your last chance to submit corrections and comments before the licence heads to the US Library of Congress.
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Candela Obscura’s first mystery will be solving the horror RPG’s identity crisis
The first new tabletop RPG from Critical Role feels more like Diet Blades with a splash of Vaesen.
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Warhammer 40,000’s streamlined 10th Edition rules drops as a free download
The 60-page document covers new datasheet layout, universal stratagems and building an army
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Grab 100 tabletop RPGs and support independent artists during Queer Games Bundle’s third annual campaign
Monster Care Squad, Glitter Hearts, Cantrip and more are combined with a heap of video games, comics and zines.
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Pathfinder ejects Drow from official lore, says too “deeply enmeshed” in D&D identity
Golarion’s Darklands will trade spider-worshipping elves for snake people.
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Here’s a look at the (Sol) Rings of Power in MTG’s Tales of Middle-earth
Four rings for commanders in their “totally power level 7” pods
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PaizoCon announces post-Remaster Pathfinder books, mech and kaiju adventures for Starfinder
The tabletop RPG’s formal split from OGL begins with Rage of Elements in August
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MTG Tales of Middle-earth Mechanics: Tempting Rings, tempting food and amassing Orcs
Or… tempting Orcs?
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MTG’s four Lord of the Rings Commander decks pits Elven politics against a very chunky Sauron
And to the Command Zone, exile them.
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Board game executive apologises for sexist reply to Wingspan creator’s criticism of industry sexism
AEG’s Ryan Dancey tells tabletop players to “hold me accountable” for publishing projects from underrepresented groups.
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Play the RPG behind Critical Role’s newest show with a free quickstart for Candela Obscura
The quickstart contains an introductory assignment and five pregenerated characters.
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Scarlet & Violet - Obsidian Flames expansion brings Dark-type Charizard to the Pokémon TCG
Tera Pokémon ex will sport different types and weaknesses along with their crystalline crowns
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Dungeons & Dragons tosses out One D&D label but struggles to define next chapter.
Just don't call it 6th Edition.
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Pathfinder Nexus’ open beta brings the RPG that much closer to digital D&D parity
Free accounts can create and save up to seven discrete characters.
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Five new D&D books in 2023 will go back to Phandelver and discuss the origins of a notorious deck of cards
All books will be published under the previously announced higher price tag.
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Tales of the Valiant reimagines 5E roleplay with “cooler spellcasting” and less burden on GMs
Kobold Press’ Project Black Flag sets sail as a fully fledged RPG ruleset.
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Dungeons & Dragons increases price of printed books despite continuous financial success
Higher physical book prices begin later in 2023 while digital editions remain solid, for now.
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Battletech, Shadowrun maker spins up a dedicated board game division for future projects
The first title will be a personal project from the son of a veteran employee.
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Cardboard Edison 2023 winner is a puzzly board game about microscopes, mosaics and algae
Plankton can be beautiful, too.
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Good Omens’ official board game summarises past battles’ between Heaven and Hell ahead of second season
Apocalypse in a box.
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Dungeons & Dragons players torn on playtest Druid and Wild Shape because history is cyclical
Unclear if these are the same players who don’t want paladins smiting from across the room.
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Dark Souls, Elden Ring board game maker cut one-third of employees in recent “restructure”
Nearly 20 workers at Steamforged Games were hit with redundancies and left shocked.
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D&D’s free, 24-hour streaming channel will feature improv, cooking shows and independent creators
Dungeons & Dragons Adventures gives classic cartoons and RPG creators a home on television
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From real history to great fiction.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG prepares for World Championship with Duel Links and Master Duel freebies
Start walking the road to Tokyo Big Sight.
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Breath of the Wild-inspired board game Leviathan Wilds returns to crowdfunding with tighter focus
Be runnin' up that bull. Be runnin' up that snake. Be runnin' up that big crab.
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Critical Role’s new gothic horror series Candela Obscura uses first tabletop RPG built with Illuminated Worlds
Voices speaking from the other side... of the screen.
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Magic: The Gathering Arena hits Steam in May but leaves console arrival unanswered
PC Planeswalkers.
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Magic: The Gathering extends Standard card rotation window in a bid to revive staple format
No current card sets will rotate out until 2024.
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Trains, guns and Japanese warfare.
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Magic: The Gathering publisher hires Pinkerton to seize leaked cards from YouTuber’s house
A mistaken sell leads private investigators to intimidate and threaten an individual and his wife.
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BAD BAD BAD’s mixture of Kingdom Hearts and creepypastas swerves on traditional worldbuilding in RPGs
Imagine flying a gummi ship to the Backrooms.
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D&D created its own “rather desperate” need for more dungeon masters back in 2014
Heavy is the head behind the screen.
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Mall full of D&D players teamed up to defeat Vecna and set a Guinness World Record
Adventurers retired to a lunch of soft pretzels in the food court.
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D&D’s revised Dungeon Master's Guide aims at new facilitators and Critical Role fans
Chris Perkins admits current book “throws you in the deep end of the pool”.
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Call of Duty’s board game adaptation will include a Ghost miniature and iconic multiplayer maps
Pay two bullet resources to de-escalate civilians.
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Into the Mother Lands finds new home at Expanse, Dragon Age RPG publisher
No longer adrift in RPG limbo.
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Infinity spin-off wargame Acheron’s Fall pits fleets of warships in “frenetic and dynamic battles”
Crowdfunding campaign due in late 2023.
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Arnak publisher’s new city-building board game asks if collective prosperity is worth its weight in silver
Burnish your sterling reputation.
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Gorgeous Nausicaä and Delicious in Dungeon-inspired RPG Break!! launches crowdfunding campaign
Give me an entire herd of shaggy bumpo, please.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! announces dates and location for 2023 World Championship
Separate paper TCG, Master Duel and Duel Links events will be held at Tokyo Big Sight in August.
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Boop. and Turing Machine among big winners at 2023 American Tabletop Awards
The US’ largest tabletop awards also honoured Carnegie and Planet Unknown
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New D&D board game Trials of Tempus is an eight-player arena brawl that rewards more than just violence
Brawl that glitters is gold.
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There’s magic in the air.
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Disney Lorcana’s organised play shifts focus from winning to building community
Players will earn points and collectibles for showing up, teaching rules and bringing along friends.
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Trickerion and Anachrony film rights sold to studio producing Terraforming Mars for cinema
Small boards, big screens.
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Monster Hunter World board game sequel will adapt Iceborne’s clutch claw and mid-fight turf wars
Stay frosty, hunters.
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Disney Lorcana's leaked rules show a trading card game eager to be slightly different from its peers
A tap by any other name turns just as sideways.
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Pathfinder Studio releases first draft of ORC universal roleplaying game licence for public comment
Paizo skipped Creative Commons in favour of a highly permissible and unalterable RPG licence.
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Pathfinder studio’s “first board game in more than a decade” mixes tile placement and secret objectives
Pathfinder Elemental Stones seems tied to the upcoming Rage of Elements sourcebook.
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Explore absurd fantasy tabletop RPG Troika! at half price during Melsonian Spring Sale
Starter and adventure bundles offer cheap and easy roads into this weird, Pratchett-esque world.
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Too Many Bones maker’s The Elder Scrolls board game is a more digestible Gloomhaven experience
Keep an eye on that suspicious-looking mudcrab
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Critical Role’s new space-western podcast, Midst, started as a tabletop RPG setting
No one can hear you yeehaw in space.
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Minecraft Dungeons & Dragons DLC won’t be usable in player worlds, and that’s a shame
The developer called the tabletop RPG crossover project “bespoke and purpose-built”.
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Magic: The Gathering introduces dual-faced, transforming Battle cards in March of the Machine
The first new card type since planeswalkers awards victors with a powerful reward.
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Vecna “just the beginning” of iconic villains returning for Dungeons & Dragons’ next narrative phase
The popular RPG increasingly looks beyond the tabletop to inspire its official books.
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Honor Among Thieves Secret Lair gives Chris Pine and D&D movie’s stars their own Magic: The Gathering cards
No word on Universes Within reprints in the future.
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Disney Lorcana teases Tigger and Lady Tremaine for TCG’s first release
The wonderful thing about Tiggers is they aren’t evil stepmothers.
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BattleTech breaks $4.5 million in crowdfunding for Mercenaries expansion to ‘mech wargame
BattleTech’s next expansion paves the way for tanks, advanced tactics and AI opponents.
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Tell us what’s on your table.
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Free RPG Day reschedules 2023 celebration to escape shadow of MTG’s Lord of the Rings set
“We know what side the bread is buttered on for a lot of stores.”
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Arnak expansion The Missing Expedition adds two new leaders and a solo campaign to the hit board game
Journalists do not fare well in jungle environments.
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‘Inis in space’ board game Galactic Renaissance mixes portals and politics
Influence one planet, outfluence another.
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General Orders is a World War II worker placement wargame from the creators of Undaunted
David Thompson and Trevor Benjamin return with a two-player title that’s quick to learn and play
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Magic: The Gathering’s newest official format, Oathbreaker, is a Commander sibling focused on Planeswalkers
The 60-card singleton format, kicking since 2017, already boasts a healthy fan community.
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Disney Lorcana’s second TCG set will drop three months after the first
Disney’s competitor to Magic: The Gathering adopts the latter’s busy release schedule.
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MTG’s latest peek at Tales of Middle-earth set shows cards and publisher tempted by The One Ring
Serialised cards once again rear their head during an extended look at the upcoming Lord of the Rings-themed set.
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King Kong and Pacific Rim coming next for D&D 5E compatible adventure project
Mechanics for mayhem with monkeys and mechs.
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MTG reveals The One Ring and three versions of Gandalf the Grey from upcoming Lord of the Rings set
Multiple cards will explore the different ways characters present themselves throughout Tolkien’s classic fantasy epic.
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Games Workshop wants to recycle your old Warhammer miniatures and sprues
Keep Holy Terra green, for the Imperium.
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West Kingdom board game maker mix-and-matches over 100 dice in Scholars of the South Tigris
Garphill Games' latest title is another marriage of theme and engine that doesn't skimp of colourblind accomodations.
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Pathfinder to add tanuki and a horror-themed RPG adventure path with Tian Xia rulebook duo
Publisher Paizo hired dozens of additional writers to flesh out the East Asian-inspired cultures and myths of Tian Xia.
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Tell us what’s on your table.
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Pathfinder studio to add narrative starship combat and revised classes in sci-fi RPG Starfinder Enhanced
Play as a kitsune or the remnants of a dying star with the upcoming sourcebook.
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Cooperative Luddite Rebellion and asymmetric food poisoning among the year’s best unpublished board games
Finalists for the 2023 Cardboard Edison showcase what may become tabletop’s next big hits.
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Avatar Legends RPG boxed starter set hits Target shelves
The official tabletop adaptation of the beloved animated series gets an exclusive release in US retail.
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Tabletop accessories maker Wyrmwood responds to allegations of mishandled sexual assault claims
CEO Douglas Costello apologises for initial “tone deaf” video response.
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Magic: The Gathering revives 14-year-old multiplayer format Planechase as a Commander offshoot
The first new Planechase cards since 2012 will come bundled with March of the Machines’ Commander precons.
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Commander Masters ‘finally’ focuses a reprint-only set on MTG’s most popular format
Expect some pants-on-bananas box prices, though.
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Magic: The Gathering borrows a few pages from Marvel for new TCG set March of the Machines
Phyrexia doesn’t stand a chance against *checks notes* a vampire riding a T-Rex?
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Project Black Flag’s first crack at a D&D replacement is more retread than reinvention
Kobold Press’ post-OGL efforts feel trapped underneath the shadow of tabletop’s maligned monolith.
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Mutant: Year Zero, Blade Runner RPG maker asks for feedback on two royalty-free tabletop licences
Free League’s Year Zero Engine will be “irrevocable, worldwide and royalty-free”
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D&D maker worried more about recession than OGL controversy’s impact on business
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks is confident the company can recapture angry and upset players.