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Tattoo reinvents '80s classic Taboo as an inkcredible party game of drawing and roleplaying
Latest tabletop hack from Fake Chess creator.
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Infinity studio announces new ‘classic fantasy’ universe Warcrow, miniatures wargame and dungeon-crawler on the way
First games in new setting due to launch this autumn and next summer.
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Dread: Dredd, the Jenga-powered horror RPG and comic-book crossover with the perfect name, is official and out next week
Stack those Mega-Blocks high.
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Inspired by the golden age of martial arts movies, Fight to Survive is an action-packed tabletop RPG with a time-skipping twist
Martial arts through the ages.
Interview
‘My dream is to create the first massively-multiplayer tabletop RPG’
Teburu developer Xplored reveals its ambitions for the tech-enhanced board game platform.
Video
We get a first look at Pokémon TCG Live, the card game’s new digital app!
Join Matt and Liv in an epic Pokémon battle as they take an early access look at the new Pokémon TCG Live
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Warhammer: The Horus Heresy updates the 40K spin-off with a new edition later this year
Prequel game also known as Warhammer 30,000 takes place ten thousand years before wargame’s 41st millennium.
Interview
Dead by Daylight: The Board Game creator on turning the hit video game into “co-op murder Battleship”
D. Brad Talton talks making the ultimate Halloween party game, why bigger boxes aren’t always better and ensuring players have fun 99% of the time.
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D&D 5E’s next adventure collection Journeys through the Radiant Citadel is the RPG’s first book written entirely by people of colour
Anthology releasing this summer offers 13 standalone scenarios from 16 Black and Brown writers.
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The Dungeons & Dragons movie is like Game of Thrones meets Princess Bride, says Chris Pine
With a bit of Monty Python’s Holy Grail and The Goonies to boot.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series dates first in-person tournament for TCG in over two years
Event to return next month following multiple cancellations due to COVID-19.
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Tiny Tome collates 50 one-page RPGs into a single book
From the makers of micro-RPG card deck Tiny Library.
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Dead by Daylight board game creator on future expansions: “Playability is more important”
New killers could come to board game after Kickstarter, but publisher Level 99 says it’s being “really careful”.
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War of the Ring creators to sell last-ever copies of Battle of Five Armies: Collector’s Edition in aid of Ukraine
Final nine copies of spruced-up The Hobbit board game will cost $1,200 each.
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Digital without losing the physical, Teburu is a promising next step for hybrid board games
The app-powered board has a lot of potential - if it can find the right games.
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Dead by Daylight board game nearly had a legacy campaign mode based on The Archives
Mode made it through several rounds of development before being cut.
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The Real Thing is an official Faith No More tabletop RPG inspired by the classic album
From Out of Nowhere.
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Classic D&D RPGs re-releasing on PC via Steam this month, include companion apps and party transfer
Forgotten Realms, Ravenloft and Dark Sun games among Gold Box series.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel gets free single-player content today after passing 20m downloads
Less than two months after launch.
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Alien RPG’s storyline will tie into three official novels, including playable adventures
Books and tabletop RPG will form a “cohesive narrative” in the sci-fi universe.
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Rear Window, Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller film, is being turned into a co-op board game
Play as Jimmy Stewart, Grace Kelly or the Master of Suspense himself.
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This War of Mine: The Board Game creators donate all revenue from remaining Kickstarter copies to support Ukraine
Money from core game and expansions pledged to Ukrainian Red Cross and Rakiety Oncological Foundation.
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Star Wars Villainous will let you play as Darth Vader, Clone Wars and Mandalorian baddies, but not the Emperor
Board game series sets course for a galaxy far, far away this summer.
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Ex-Pandemic devs form new studio, announce co-op board game Leviathan Wilds
Former Z-Man Games and Fantasy Flight veterans reveal Moon Crab Games and release playable demo of debut release.
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Ukraine charity bundle offers over 300 tabletop RPGs for $10, including Thirsty Sword Lesbians, Troika and The Wretched
Plus almost 600 video games and dozens of books in aid of International Medical Corps and Voices of Children.
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Say hi to Maddie, Dicebreaker’s new video producer!
The Dicebreaker team becomes a fabulous five!
Best Games
5 open-world board games to play if you’re enjoying Elden Ring and Horizon: Forbidden West
try game but board
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Over 100 tabletop games made $500,000 on Kickstarter last year for the first time
Crowdfunding site hits another record figure, despite recent blockchain controversy.
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Dead by Daylight board game announced, hits Kickstarter next month - here’s how it plays
Collector’s Edition includes miniature hooks to hang survivors on.
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Yu-Gi-Oh!’s Tin of the Pharaoh’s Gods collects the biggest cards of the last year for the TCG
Final release in mega-set trilogy after Tin of Lost Memories and Tin of Ancient Battles.
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“Now, more than ever, we need to be strong”: Ukraine board game publishers, creators and stores rally in wake of Russian invasion
Tabletop outlets in country urge supporters to donate blood, money and other aid.
How To
How to download Pokémon TCG Live beta outside of Canada
You can check out the limited beta on PC and mobile wherever you are by using a VPN.
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$900,000 Pikachu Illustrator sets new record for world’s most expensive Pokémon card
Overtaking another copy of the same card in the same condition sold last year.
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A Dying Light board game is in development
From Frostpunk: The Board Game studio Glass Cannon Unplugged.
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Zin Never Dies looks like the perfect tabletop RPG for Hollow Knight and Ghibli fans
Grub it while you can.
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Cyran's Magnificent Walking Marketplace brings a touch of Howl’s Moving Castle to your D&D 5E campaign
Including maps from Critical Role cartographer.
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Disney Villainous publisher Ravensburger confirms plans to crowdfund “a handful of projects” following Gamefound investment
Projects will include both original and licensed titles.
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We pick our favourite Valentine's Day board games for two - or one - in the Dicebreaker Podcast!
Plus Cthulhu crossovers, NFTs in tabletop and everything we've been playing.
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Magic: The Gathering Beta Edition starter decks - potentially including a Black Lotus - go under the hammer for $250,000
Sealed box of ten decks could include valuable Power Nine cards.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel’s first in-game event Xyz Festival kicks off next week
It’s pronounced “ex-seez”.
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Uncut sheet of rare first-edition Pokémon cards, including two shadowless Charizards, appears at auction
Includes all 16 holographic cards from the TCG’s Base Set.
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Castles of Burgundy and Villainous publisher Ravensburger gets into crowdfunding with $4.5m investment in Kickstarter rival Gamefound
Over $22 million raised on the crowdfunding platform since launching last year.
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Dungeons & Dragons spin-off d20 Modern is getting a D&D 5E spiritual successor from some of its original creators
We could be heroes, just for one play.
Best Games
Best board games and RPGs to play before you watch the Uncharted film
Fortune favours the board.
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Dark Souls RPG miniatures for bosses, enemies and characters coming later this year
No word on whether they will match board game models.
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Warhammer miniatures are about to cost more, as Games Workshop increases prices by up to 20% next month
Books and scenery also affected, while paints, brushes and tools remained unchanged.
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Dune board game studio’s next release is Stone Age survival semi-co-op Tusk
A mammoth challenge.
Video
What's the most expensive board game you've ever bought? We talk extravagant editions on the Dicebreaker Podcast!
Plus new Dark Souls RPG details, learning sign language by roleplaying and everything we've been playing.
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I Guess This Is It fits an emotional two-player RPG about saying goodbye into your pocket
First wallet-sized RPG from compact game maker Button Shy.
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Tsuro’s Luxury Limited Edition costs $350, includes stone tiles, bamboo rules scroll and a gold dragon statue
Paths paved with gold.
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Exploding Kittens creators return to Kickstarter with new party game Hand-to-Hand Wombat
Marsupial-in pledge.
Opinion
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel finally makes the trading card game more inviting than intimidating
Caught in the trap.
Video
Yu-Gi-Oh! or Yu-Gi-No!? We test our TCG monster knowledge on the Dicebreaker Podcast!
Prepare to have Ghost Beef.
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Classic MMO RuneScape is getting a board game and tabletop RPG
Board game headed to Kickstarter, with RPG releasing later in 2022.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel is currently bigger than GTA 5 and Apex Legends on Steam
Number of concurrent players sees free-to-play card game rocket to third place in the rankings.
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WWII deckbuilding series Undaunted heads to Stalingrad this autumn
Standalone sequel to Normandy and North Africa billed as a “big box” addition to the series.
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Wordle-inspired Guess the Board Game puts a tabletop twist on the viral puzzle game
Do you know your Knizia from your Hargrave?
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7 Wonders creator and D&D writer headline adventure collection for Dungeon Fighter RPG One More Quest
The Adventures Mixtape will include scenarios from 14 different writers spanning tabletop, video games, comics and animation.
Video
What are the most exciting board games and RPGs of 2022? It’s the first Dicebreaker Podcast of the new year!
Goblin in the streets...
Opinion
The Dark Souls tabletop RPG could solve one of Dungeons & Dragons’ biggest problems
Prepare to die.
Opinion
Games of the Year 2021: Matt on the unforgettable stories of Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile
The creator of Root and Pax Pamir does it again.
Video
We recommend the best board games for the holidays on the last live Dicebreaker Podcast of 2021!
It’s a Dicebreaker Podcast Holiday Special!
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Gamefound jabs at Kickstarter in its own ‘vision of crowdfunding’s future’
Outlines incoming tax improvements, recent infrastructure changes and plan for 2022.
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Rare Pokémon card No. 1 Trainer, one of three in existence, appears at auction alongside another Shadowless Charizard
Promo card given to championship winners at 2012 Pokémon World Championships.
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"A slap in the face": Tabletop creators wrestle with the cost of departing Kickstarter in wake of crowdfunding site’s crypto plans
Planned move to blockchain in 2022 leaves designers and publishers desperately seeking viable alternatives to the industry’s dominant crowdfunding platform.
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Catan, Pandemic and Ticket to Ride maker Asmodee set for $3bn acquisition by video game giant behind Borderlands and Saints Row
Video game adaptations of tabletop IP among benefits listed by Embracer Group.
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Tidal Blades 2 and tabletop RPG spin-off hit Kickstarter next February
Board game sequel features co-op campaign lasting 40+ hours.
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Werewolves of Miller’s Hollow, the modern spin on party game classic Werewolf, is being turned into a movie
Lupin co-creator on board as writer.
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Avatar Legends RPG physical release date delayed to summer 2022
Publisher Magpie Games cites paper and cardboard shortages on top of game’s record Kickstarter success.
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Kickstarter is getting into crypto, plans blockchain move in 2022
The announcement has gone down about as well as you’d expect.
Video
What should the next D&D crossover be? We make our case on the Dicebreaker Podcast!
From handsome dragons to bunny bois on the Moon.
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What’s the most board game for the least money? We judge the best gaming deals on the Dicebreaker Podcast!
Along with standout solo experiences, food-themed games and the latest Kickstarter success stories.
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Story-driven Vietnam War board game Purple Haze lands on Gamefound next month
UBOOT creators’ next “immersive simulation” offers players a branching narrative as they command a squad of US Marines in 1967.
Video
Which celebs would make perfect Pokémon cards? We chat 'em all on the Dicebreaker Podcast!
We play the Skyrim board game, Cuphead dice game, sharpen our knowledge for the Trivial Pursuit TV show and look ahead to the return of Atmosfear.
How To
SPONSORED: 5 tips for surviving the Cuphead board game’s brutal difficulty
Here's a real high-class bout!