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A new board game based on The Rocketeer lets anyone strap explosives to their back
Neville Sinclair's a… board game character? Saboteur? Fascist? All of the above.
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Inaugural Zenobia Award nominees include Haitian revolution, Indonesian independence as historical board games
Winners will be announced October 15th.
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Mascarade, the classic hidden role game, is getting a make-over later this year
Polish language version coming first.
Deals
Kids on Bikes, The Fox in the Forest and Aggretsuko games included in Renegade anniversary sale
Happy 7th birthday to Renegade Game Studios.
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Return to Dark Tower board game retail price increased due to shipping woes
Continued lack of containers causing costs.
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Is it better to stack board games upright or sideways? It's the Dicebreaker Podcast!
Plus our thoughts on Descent, Avatar Legends, Jaws, Villainous and more.
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House that inspired Haunted Mansion and American Horror Story episode featured in new version of Floor Plan board game
The Winchester Mystery House needs an architect.
Best Games
5 best Catan expansions for every type of player
Freshen up the classic board game with these essential expansions.
Best Games
10 best zombie board games
Grab your shotgun, your chainsaw and your most durable friends.
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Lost Cities designer terminates all planned releases with Grail Games, Matagot and Kolossal Games due to ‘contract breaches’
“These publishers no longer have the rights to sell our games.”
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Narrative board game That Time You Killed Me lets players engage in temporal assassination
Tick, tock goes the murder clock.
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Before Carcassonne, there was Bus: a board game classic that rewards patience and planning with meaningful connection
A personal history of a worker-placement pioneer, 20 years, two continents and multiple generations in the making.
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Comedy clickbait website ClickHole has made a party game, Business Walrus
Create a game-changing toilet accessory haunted by the ghost of a Victorian child, then sing its jingle.
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Cult psychedelic-fantasy board game Dungeon Degenerates is weird, wild and back on Kickstarter
Offering fourth printing of co-op adventure, as well as new booster packs and dungeon-crawl module.
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We play the Board Game Thesaurus Game, check out the Avatar RPG and flirt with Thanos on the Dicebreaker Podcast
Romancing the Infinity Stone.
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Race for the Galaxy designer’s next release is a dice rolling game that costs over $100
Ruling and rolling.
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The Warhammer Fantasy RPG is getting a card game
Elector Counts inspired by games played by ‘ruffians and gamblers’ in the Old World.
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Gen Con 2021 makes face masks mandatory for all in updated COVID-19 guidelines
Drops option for vaccinated visitors to attend without mask.
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Show off your love of board games in style with new Dicebreaker merch!
Tees, a hoodie and pin badge inspired by Werewolf and classic game night experiences.
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Former Z-Man Games exec Sophie Gravel rejoins Pandemic and Carcassonne publisher as studio head
After founding Azul and Century: Spice Road studio Plan B Games.
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Adults buying board games as “stress relief” during lockdown has boosted tabletop sales - report
Games and Puzzles market to exceed $13bn value in 2022 after double-digit growth last year, says Euromonitor International.
Interview
Adventure Zone DM Griffin McElroy and Bureau of Balance co-designers chat about their new board game
And why there isn’t an Adventure Zone RPG yet.
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Tiny Epic Galaxies’ creator has designed a new entry in the Almanac series
Can you climb the Crystal Peaks?
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Rome: Total War is being made into a board game about amassing armies
When in Rome, crush your enemies.
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Great Western Trail designer’s next board game also involves caring for cattle
Set sail for Boonlake.
Best Games
The best modern alternatives to replace classic board games
Swap out Monopoly, Cluedo and Scrabble for these fresh tabletop experiences.
News
The Game of Life: Super Mario Edition contains more Bowser and fewer bills
Better have health insurance for those Goomba attacks.
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Adventure Zone: Bureau of Balance board game expansion “in the works”
Printing halted due to shipping costs.
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James Bond board game SPECTRE will let you play - and finally win - as 007 villains
Cat not included.
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Dustbiters is basically Mad Max: Fury Road as a card game, from Minit, Broforce and Disc Room devs
I live, I draw, I live again.
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Wingspan Nesting Box can hold base game, European, Oceania and four additional expansions
That’s a lotta birds!
Best Games
The 14 best two-player board games 2022
Work together or against each other, these great two-player board games will keep you occupied for days.
News
Horrified brings the hunt stateside in cryptid-infested board game sequel American Monsters
Kill Mothman and we riot.
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G.I. Joe deckbuilding game revives the classic cartoon and toy line in card form
As Cobra slithers out once again.
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Dune: Betrayal social deduction game on the way from Avalon and The Resistance creator
Paul the other one.
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Cryptid: Urban Legends is a two-player game between a monster and its seeker
Bug in the Big City.
Best Games
5 most exciting board games for tabletop thrillseekers
Searching for non-stop action for your next game night? You’ve found it.
News
Oceanic worker-placement puzzler Oros looks fun, except for the appropriative aesthetic
The first title from designer Aesc Games borrows heavily from several disparate cultures.
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“When we release a new game, we want people to take notice”: Fantasy Flight reaffirms pledge to “more thoughtful releases”
Slower, more meaningful games and expansions still the plan, says maker of Arkham Horror, X-Wing and Descent.
News
Disney Villains is the latest spin on the classic Werewolves formula
Set to be released next month.
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Board game publishers don’t expect shipping woes to end soon, prepare for higher fees and longer delays
Leder Games’ Patrick Leder and Marshall Britt discuss the rippling effects on smaller publishers.
Video
What’s the best board game of the last 10 years? We decide the Über Spiel des Jahres on the Dicebreaker Podcast!
It's time to decide the ultimate Game of the Year.
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There are no more Mansions of Madness 2E expansions on the way, Fantasy Flight says
“We aren’t prepared to talk about the series’ future at this time."
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The Thing board game Infection at Outpost 31 is returning this autumn
Why don't we just wait here for a little while?
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Colt Express: Big Box version is chugging onto shelves later this year
A stonkingly big steam-engine game.
Deals
Arkham Horror, Scythe, Terraforming Mars and more are all under £10 on PC
As part of GOG’s Board and Card Games sale.
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Energetic party game Happy Salmon is being re-released “with an Exploding Kittens twist” after acquisition
Cats and fish - a match made in heaven?
Interview
Descent: Legends of the Dark designers on why it’s not a Journeys in the Dark sequel, making an app essential and why it took 10 years
“If there’s going to be a new Descent game, it has to come from a great idea and not just exist for the sake of being made.”
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Hero Realms, Star Realms’ fantasy deckbuilder spin-off, is coming to PC and mobile
Beta launching next month ahead of August 2022 release.
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Batman: Escape from Arkham Asylum casts players as the Rogues’ Gallery in a “semi-cooperative” board game
Filling a villain’s (clown) shoes.
News
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King introduces quests, mounts and miniatures to the Pandemic spin-off
Releasing this autumn.
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OverDrive packs the multiplayer modes of TimeSplitters 2, Overwatch and other video games into a board game
Colourful roster of characters includes a space jellyfish, robot spider and mind-controlling alien.
Best Games
Board games to play if you like Catan
Don’t settle - trade the tabletop classic for something fresh.
News
Throw Throw Burrito sequel adds aerial avocado to Exploding Kittens creators' dodgeball card game
Throw Throw Avocado can be played alone or combined with original using combo deck.
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How well do you know your D&D monsters? Test for knowledge on this week's Dicebreaker Podcast!
Creature teacher.
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Spiel des Jahres 2021 winner: MicroMacro: Crime City takes home German ‘Game of the Year’ prize
Paleo awarded this year’s Kennerspiel des Jahres.
News
Monopoly Animal Crossing officially releasing in August, despite already selling out in stores.
Currently only available through third-party resale.
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Assassin’s Creed Valhalla fans fund Kickstarter for physical version of dice game Orlog within an hour
Drinking horn literally sold separately.
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The Three Little Wolves turns the fairytale on its head in a competitive house-building card game
Huff and puff stuff.
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UK Games Expo 2021 revises COVID-19 guidelines to make tests, vaccination and masks mandatory
Estimates 50% of regular attendance at return of board game convention later this month.
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Do you know your Orks from your Orruks? We put our Warhammer knowledge to the test on the Dicebreaker Podcast!
Pokémon, D&D in MTG, Muppet RPGs and much, much more.
News
The house that inspired Cluedo’s murder-mystery mansion is up for sale
Complete with a secret passage.
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Exploding Kittens studio to release kids board game collection
Designed for preschool children.
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Essen Spiel 2021 to require proven COVID-19 immunisation or negative test for entry, will enforce mandatory face masks
“Masks will be mandatory at Spiel in any case, even if the government does not make it mandatory.”
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Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth expansion sounds the Horn of Gondor
Spreading War in Rohan and Gondor.
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Takenoko’s free co-op game mode sees players becoming pals over pandas
It takes two to grow bamboo.
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Gen Con 2021 will enforce face masks for attendees without proof of COVID-19 vaccination
Vaccinated visitors can choose whether to wear a mask, with event “strongly recommending” protection indoors for all.
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The Queen’s Dilemma will expand the narrative legacy framework of its board game predecessor
Punting the patriarchy.
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UK Games Expo 2021 drops all COVID-19 safety requirements, including masks, tests and social distancing
“UKGE will not enforce any requirements that are not legally required as we do not believe that will be practical on the day.”
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“I'm hoping to offer something different in the co-op space”: Earthborne Rangers creator talks RPG influences and sustainability
“If this is the only game I ever get to make, I should just do the thing I love the most.”
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Classic chassis smashing board game Thunder Road to enter Restoration Games’ garage
Rev those miniature engines.
News
Unmatched volume 2 brings Achilles, The Monkey King and Bloody Mary into the fray
Alongside the previously revealed Princess Yennenga.
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Artisans of Splendent Vale is a new narrative board game from designer on Mansions of Madness 2E
Kickstarter campaign coming in September.
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World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King to get a Pandemic-style board game adaptation
Arthas Menepill, more like.
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Machi Koro 2 will release in October, rezones rules for the popular city building board game
Updates rules on attractions and add an initial buy phase.
Best Games
11 hidden board game Easter Eggs you might’ve missed
In-jokes, pop-culture references and tributes to other tabletop titles a-plenty.
News
Power Rangers: Deck-Building Game’s first standalone set features more playable heroes and villains
Harness the power of the Zeo Crystal.
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Animal Crossing-themed editions of Monopoly spotted on retail shelves across US
Visit your favourite animal villager... in jail.
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Party game Million Dollar Script combines Snake Oil with the silver screen
Persuade the producers.
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Fan-made ‘Ultimate Pokémon board game’ features whole of Kanto and takes 23 hours to beat
Don’t get Drowzee.
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What Next? is a co-op choose-your-own-adventure with physical mini-games, out next month
Flick your path.
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It looks like a Resident Evil 1 board game is on the way
The Master of Unlocking stretch goals.
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Not Enough Mana is the first tabletop game from Superhot dev’s indie games fund
No current plans for more board games, studio says.
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Sushi Go! creator’s latest board game is called Super Mega Lucky Box
Cross-off till you drop-off.
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12-year-old becomes youngest-ever chess grandmaster, breaking Sergey Karjakin’s 19-year record
Abhimanyu Mishra earns chess’ top title at age of 12 years, four months and 25 days.