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Experience espionage alone in a solo card game about spies called Harsh Shadows
Me, myself and spy.
Deals
Stationfall is like an Among Us board game where everyone has something to hide
Spacechimp seems sus.
Best Games
10 best movie board games that are actually good
Not all games based on movies are bad - and we’re here to prove it!
Video
Stardew Valley: The Board Game impressions, board game storage tips and our favourite legacy games - it’s the Dicebreaker Podcast!
We talk Stardew Valley: The Board Game, MTG Arena, Gloomhaven Digital, Unmatched and more.
News
Catan: Treasures, Dragons & Adventures expansion is arriving in English this summer
For the first time since its release in 2009.
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Green Hell, a survivalist video game set in a deadly rainforest, is being adapted into a board game
Adventures in the Amazon.
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Hellboy: The Dice Game is a fast-paced exploration title about fighting frog monsters
Rolling against ribbits.
Best Games
The best board game box art you could hang on your wall
This gallery of beautiful box artwork has everything from adorable woodland critters to a noir crime scene.
News
Follow in the gruesome footsteps of your forebears in the Frankenstein-inspired horror board game, My Father’s Work
An experimental experience.
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20 Questions-meets-Mastermind party game Master Word gets free two-player rules and family-friendly mode
Available to download now, with inclusion in future printings.
News
A third game in the Undaunted deckbuilding series is on its way
Could be set in either the Pacific Theatre or Eastern Front.
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Wavelength publisher set to release catapulting dexterity game Hurlyburly
“When the battle’s lost and won.”
Deals
Catan is under £23 on Amazon UK, the lowest price it’s ever been
With the 25th Anniversary Edition cheaper than ever on Amazon US.
Video
Do we need a Metacritic for board game reviews? We discuss on this week’s Dicebreaker Podcast!
And choose our favourite meeple shapes.
News
Fantasy Flight founder and ex-CEO has bought and rebranded the publisher’s Game Center
What’s in a name?
Deals
Dead of Winter spiritual sequel Gen7 is 50% off in Plaid Hat board game sale
As well as Comanauts, Super Punch Fighter and Crossfire.
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Pletrix is a roll-and-write game that challenges you to play Tetris using dice
Hectic geometric fun.
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Next entry in the Dice Hospital board game series is one heck of a roller coaster ride
Welcome to Dice Theme Park.
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Galaxy Trucker, the sci-fi board game from the creator of Codenames, is ready for relaunch this summer
Terrestrial transport.
News
Monster Hunter World: The Board Game Kickstarter gobbles up $1 million in less than two hours
A beastly amount of money.
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It’s a Wonderful World spin-off takes the civilisation tabletop series on a flight of fantasy for two players
Called It’s a Wonderful Kingdom
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Yellow & Yangtze publisher cancels Knizia reprints, including Medici Reformation
Grail Games will not pick up designer’s titles from ‘Euro Classics’ line dropped by Z-Man.
News
Classic board game Guess Who? is being adapted into a television game show
Who would have guessed?
Opinion
Disability representation in tabletop gaming matters - here are the games doing it right
Recent years have seen stories and characters that avoid ableist tropes, though there’s still work to be done.
News
Monster Hunter World board game adds lance and hunting horn weapons after ‘community feedback’
Included in the Hunter’s Arsenal expansion.
News
Arkham Horror co-designer’s next board game will provide some much needed calm
Raindrops keep falling on my head.
Best Games
9 best Disney board games for House of Mouse fans
When going to Disneyland isn’t an option.
News
Empyreal: Spells & Steam is Ticket to Ride in a fantasy world, back on Kickstarter with a reprint and expansion
After selling out last year.
News
An unannounced Metal Gear Solid board game has apparently leaked via box art reveal
Psycho Mantis Battle surfaces following cancellation of Specter Ops creator’s board game adaptation.
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Garry Kasparov and other chess experts will teach aspiring grandmasters how to play with new online platform
Start from square one.
News
Do coffee and puzzles make a balanced breakfast? The Conundrumug thinks so.
Bean-flavored brain teasers.
Deals
Grow a tidy collection of board games for cheap during publisher Pandasaurus’ Spring Sale.
Up to 85% off select titles.
News
Pirate card game Libertalia could see a return after ten years thanks to Wingspan publisher - report
The tabletop title has been out of print for several years
News
Board Game Atlas wants to be a Metacritic for board games, review aggregator launching next month
Feature will include scores from “hand-selected” critics alongside existing user ratings.
News
Marvel United: X-Men Kickstarter campaign X-ceeds $1 million in less than one day
Co-designer Eric Lang calls the game’s success a “validation”.
News
Roblox fans will soon have a themed Monopoly board game of their own
Ask your parents about monopoly; ask your kids about Roblox.
News
7 Wonders Mystery game revealed via a speculative trailer
With ‘something’ beginning at the end of the month.
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Climate Crisis co-op board game from Pandemic creator changes name to Daybreak
Set to be published by Monikers studio.
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Ensemble is a co-op game like The Mind, but where players must vote together
English language version coming later this year.
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Attend LGBT balls, fight French colonialists and serve a Hawaiian king in the shortlist for the Zenobia diversity award
46 concepts have been selected from 145 applications.
News
Corner the carbonated beverage market in competitive card game Top Pop
Launching a Kickstarter in July.
News
Save your soul in a battle between good and evil in the co-op game Virtue
Tranquility on the tabletop.
Feature
Green Players: The tabletop studios and designers incorporating sustainability into board games
How publishers are adopting eco-friendly practices to help the planet.
News
The Crew: Quest for Planet Nine among big winners at the 2021 American Tabletop Awards
Deep-space decorations.
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Here’s an edition of Monopoly where you trade in Spongebob Squarepants memes
I’ll take one Handsome Squidward.
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Administer aid to ancient Grecians in competitive board game Hippocrates
Two bottles of smelly unguent, stat!
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Lil Bub and other famous felines feature in party game Catastrophe: A Game of 9 Lives
Social me-owdia.
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Marvel Villainous expands its competitive card game's rotten roster with Mischief & Malice expansion
Yes, finally, it’s Loki.
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Solve murder mysteries by deciphering dice rolls in board game Chronicles of Crime: The Mystery of Teotihuacan
A team-up between Lucky Duck Games and Board&Dice's popular series.
Feature
Monster Hunter World: The Board Game shows the right way to adapt a video game for the tabletop
It stands heads, shoulders and horns above the disastrous Dark Souls.
News
John Company 2E Kickstarter demolishes its crowdfunding goal on the first day
Thanks to the ‘Wehrle Effect’?
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Sentinels of the Multiverse announce an anniversary definitive edition of its comic book card game
Tights and tabletops.
News
Cancelled Bomberman board game published as free mod on Tabletop Simulator
Mod created by fan using official assets.
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New game modes, miniatures and box components revealed for Warhammer Quest: Cursed City board game
Pre-orders start April 3rd.
Deals
Snag Tabletop Simulator and all of its DLC games for half price on PC this weekend
Discount also applies to 4-pack bundle
News
Climate Crisis is the next co-op board game from the creator of Pandemic
From outbreaks to emissions.
News
In the Hall of the Mountain King is getting a prequel game coming to Kickstarter this summer
Troll! Troll in the dungeon!
Opinion
Dead of Winter bridges the intimidating gap between casual and complex board games
Gravely underappreciated.
News
Descent: Legends of the Dark has been delayed until August
Originally slated to release in Q2 2021.
News
Monopoly to update Community Chest cards with fan vote and celebrity game for charity
No more bank errors in anyone’s favour.
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First character from next Unmatched release revealed as Ghanaian warrior princess Yennenga
Battle of Legends, Volume 2 set to be released later this year.
Video
What are the best parts of bad board games? We discuss in the 50th Dicebreaker Podcast!
Along with our biggest Kickstarter disappointments.
News
Gen Con pushes back dates to September, will host digital and pop-up events at FLGS alongside in-person convention
Now running September 16th - 19th.
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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World board game releases early next month
After a revised Kickstarter campaign in 2019.
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Ghost Writer is a haunted party game mixture of Mysterium and Decrypto from Mechanica creators
Deducing with the dead.
News
Z-Man Games sunsets Euro Classic line of board games, including in-progress Princes of Florence
These titles are history.
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Super Bomberman board game cancelled due to “unforeseen issues”
Follows recent cancellation of Metal Gear Solid board game.
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‘Arena battle’ board game from Magic: The Gathering creator on the way from newly-renamed Star Realms studio
Wise Wizard Games also details prequel title Rise of Empire and two new deckbuilding games.
News
Clank! In! Space! Adventures’ series of mini-expansions for the deckbuilder begins with Pulsarcade
Gaming in the galaxy.
Video
What’s the most underrated class in tabletop RPGs? The answer to this and more on the latest Dicebreaker Podcast
Plus, the birth of a must-have piece of cutlery.
News
Stellaris: Infinite Legacy board game details easy drop-in, drop-out and clean storage between sessions
As Kickstarter exceeds $1.3m.
News
Secret Squad is a party game mixture of Spyfall and 20 Questions from Sushi Go! studio
Clues in colour.