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Yu-Gi-Oh!’s new starter set is the easiest the TCG has been to learn in 25 years
The step-by-step intro to the card game’s dense rules is basic, but not boring.
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How To
MTG phases explained: a beginner’s guide to turn structure in Magic: The Gathering
Get yourself in order with our step-by-step guide to a turn in MTG.
News
Disney Lorcana reveals a new two-player starter set and release dates for 2024 sets
TCG’s Gateway box will include two decks that players build up as they learn the ropes.
How To
MTG colour combinations explained: What are the names for MTG’s colour pairs?
Trying to tell your Gruul from your Grixis? Allow us to help with this guide to the names of MTG’s colour combos.
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One of the best Warhammer 40k video games of recent years - maybe ever - is back, and you shouldn't miss it
Chaos Gate: Daemonhunters is essentially Warhammer XCOM, and that’s only a good thing.
Best Games
Best tabletop RPGs 2024 (that aren’t Dungeons & Dragons 5E)
Explore worlds beyond the Forgotten Realms.
How To
How to play Catan: board game’s rules, setup and how to win explained
Wood that it were so simple.
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When Nightmares Come sounds like my dream Call of Cthulhu, Arkham Horror and X-Files co-op miniatures game
Solving paranormal mysteries, chucking dice and wargaming? Count me in!
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Halo is taking another shot at a Warhammer-like miniatures game
From the studio behind Kings of War and The Walking Dead: All Out War.
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SPONSORED: Hot Fuzz and X-Files meet D&D, our comedy-mystery actual play series Storybreakers is back for Season 2!
Our party of fantasy journalists are back for a new mystery in the big city.
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Dimension 20’s first trailer for Fantasy High: Junior Year reveals a rocking theme song and premiere date
“We just saved the world, I feel like that should count for a couple classes!”
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Unreleased Pokémon cards, once believed destroyed, resurface after more than a decade
Seven cards were created as promos for cancelled 2011 tournament.
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Bloody brilliant The Walking Dead miniatures game All Out War is coming back in 2024
After being discontinued two years ago.
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SPONSORED: Go full “Et tu, Brute?” on your friends in UBOOT creators’ backstabby Roman politics board game Triumph
Hitting Kickstarter next month after years in the making.
Best Games
6 board games like Grand Theft Auto to play while you wait for GTA 6’s release date
Criminally good fun.
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Tabletop Creators Summit returns in 2024 with more expert advice and networking for designers, publishers and industry pros
Following success of Dicebreaker’s first-ever B2B event in London last spring.
Best Games
SPONSORED: 10 stunning Pokémon cards that showcase the TCG’s most iconic artwork
This beautiful Pokémon card art would take pride of place in any collection.
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If you like Pandemic, you owe it to yourself to make The ART Project your next co-op board game
Stealing hearts.
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Tabletop Awards 2023 winners: this year’s best board games, RPGs, designers and publishers
Including our first winner in new category Best Art.
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Cyberpunk and Witcher designer’s next RPG is about multiverse-hopping ninja inspired by Naruto, Stargate and Japanese myth
Teased as Project Blue Moon over the summer, Shadow Scar will feature an original setting and a brand new gameplay system.
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The Witcher’s Geralt and Ciri are headed to board game battler Unmatched
Finally, a chance to slay Jurassic Park’s T-Rex with a silver sword.
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Dicebreaker’s owner ReedPop is “investigating” a potential sale of its gaming websites
Including Dicebreaker and video game sites Eurogamer, Rock Paper Shotgun, VG247 and GamesIndustry.biz.
Deals
Best Black Friday 2023 board game and tabletop deals
Deal with these discounted dice-rolling diversions.
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SPONSORED: D&D map set Dungeon Craft helps you create dungeons, battles and cities for your fantasy world in seconds
Travel from fey forests to hellish underworlds in mere minutes.
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Undaunted designers’ pint-sized wargame General Orders pulls the perfect lunchtime battle from its tiny box
It’s bigger on the inside.
Best Games
6 best Rise of the Floodborn item cards in Disney Lorcana’s second set
Kit out your deck.
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SPONSORED: Pulled a rare Lorcana, MTG or Pokémon card? You can now get them professionally graded for just $9
Take note if you find an Enchanted rare in Rise of the Floodborn this weekend.
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Ticket to Ride has a new PC game, but it’s not going down well with fans
Players will need to re-buy all expansions and are unable to play the previous app online.
Best Games
What’s the best Rise of the Floodborn starter deck? Disney Lorcana’s latest starters compared
Amber and Sapphire versus Amethyst and Steel.
Best Games
6 best Rise of the Floodborn action cards in Disney Lorcana’s second set
Ready, set, action!
Best Games
7 best Rise of the Floodborn amethyst cards in Disney Lorcana’s second set
Put your deck in a purple patch.
How To
Disney Lorcana card rarity explained
Super Rare, Legendary or Enchanted? Work out how rare your Lorcana cards are with our guide.
Best Games
12 best Rise of the Floodborn cards in Disney Lorcana’s second set
From iconic Disney characters to imaginative new Floodborn, these are the must-have characters for your next deck.
News
Announcing the finalists for the Tabletop Awards 2023, this year’s standout board games, RPGs and creators
The games you should be playing and the names you should be watching.
Best Games
17 most valuable and expensive Lorcana cards
Wish upon a star to find these valuable pulls in your next booster.
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The bassist from Cherry Bomb band The Runaways is making a board game about being a rock musician
Jackie Fox’s Rock Hard: 1977 will task players with writing songs, playing gigs and trying to make it big.
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Saw board game takes Kickstarter miniatures to a grim new level with a life-sized severed hand
You’ll be able to take on the traps alone, or with - or against - friends.
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Just in time for Attack on Titan ending, the anime is getting a collectible card game next year
Dedicate your cards!
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Android: Netrunner creator loves the fact fans have kept the cancelled LCG alive - and has "considered" designing more cards himself
Richard Garfield says it’s “very satisfying” to return to games supported by passionate players.
Feature
Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield looks back on five of his card games, 30 years after inventing the TCG
“We knew we had a special game when we published it.”
How To
Blood on the Clocktower characters explained: Every Townsfolk, Outsider, Minion, Traveller, Fabled and Demon
Learn how to use your character’s unique ability in the social deduction game.
News
SPONSORED: Loyalty is everything in epic strategy board game WarBonds
Convince your rivals’ troops to change sides while keeping your own units faithful.
How To
How to play Blood on the Clocktower: rules, setup, editions and how to win explained
Where to get started with the social deduction smash hit.
News
DreamEscape is like a choose-your-own-adventure Arkham Horror, with thousands of possible story paths
Part RPG, part card game, part choose-your-own-adventure book.
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SPONSORED: Submarine sim board game U-BOOT resurfaces on Kickstarter with a massive miniature almost one metre long
Publisher Phalanx reckons the 90cm U-boat is the biggest miniature ever made for a board game.
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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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A rich mix of Magic: The Gathering, Oath and auction games, The Old King’s Crown is already my most anticipated board game of 2024
The political subterfuge of Game of Thrones meets the ruthless combo-making of your best MTG deck.
News
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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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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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.
News
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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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.
Deals
Best Prime Big Deal Days board game deals 2023
Grab some of the best board games for the best price in Amazon's second Prime Day sale.
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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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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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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.
News
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.
Best Games
SPONSORED: 5 RPG maps to inspire your next D&D 5E campaign
From a Coral Throne to Hell's Tax Office.
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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.
Review
Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West review - a gentle ride into legacy games with few unexpected turns
A spoiler-free verdict of Pandemic Legacy creators’ next evolving board game.
News
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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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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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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“I wanted players to say ‘screw you’ and break the game”: Deathmatch Island creator on bringing something fresh to battle royales - and why Fortnite can’t match a TRPG
“Friendly competition is so common to other games we play - board games, video games, sports - but it’s kind of taboo in tabletop RPGs.”
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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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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.
Deals
Here’s your chance to win a copy of Yu-Gi-Oh!’s 25th Anniversary Tin, including some of the TCG’s most iconic cards!
Plus a brand new Quarter Century Secret Rare card.
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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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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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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.