News
Warhammer Underworlds expansion Arena Mortis adds a six-player free-for-all mode
Out later this week.
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News
Bardsung is a new dungeon-crawling roguelike board game from Dark Souls: TBG studio - exclusive
Hitting Kickstarter in November.
Video
This week’s Dicebreaker Podcast sees us fix almost great board games, deal with sore losers and push our luck
Plus what we’ve been playing, the latest news and more tabletop discussion!
News
Castle TriCon is an online board game convention held in a 3D virtual world
Taking place next week.
News
Surprise! Mechs vs Minions creators’ second tabletop game Tellstones: King’s Gambit is out now
Intrigue of Legends.
News
Decrypto and Stay Cool studio’s next game Master Word is Codenames meets Mastermind
Releasing this month.
News
Mysterium Park, standalone sequel to the spooky deduction game, receives the vision of a release date
Out in time for Halloween.
Video
‘Just because some people are successful doesn’t mean we’ve cured inequality and racism in the tabletop industry’
Discussing the model minority myth in the tabletop gaming industry at PAX Online x EGX Digital.
Best Games
10 most influential board games since Catan
The brightest spots of the tabletop’s golden age.
News
Detective: Season One, the beginner-friendly intro to the crime-cracking board game, is out this week
Includes three new cases and suspect images to pin on a cork board.
News
Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 release date and price announced, out next month
Third and final instalment in the acclaimed trilogy.
Video
How can tabletop gaming impact and aid mental health? Find out in this panel from PAX Online x EGX Digital
Join Ronnie, Maya and Johnny for an open and honest discussion.
Video
We brave terrifying aliens, vengeful Greek gods and flying poo on this week’s Dicebreaker Podcast
Featuring a guest non-appearance from Kiefer Sutherland.
News
Wingspan creator’s new game Mariposas receives purple butterflies pack in memory of fan’s late daughter
Publisher AEG donating to charity in Lexi Berry’s name.
News
Civilization: A New Dawn has a new solo mode and AI opponent you can download for free
From Terra Incognita expansion designer.
News
Learn where to start with board games and play a Shakespeare CYOA book with us at EGX Digital!
Kicking off this Saturday.
How To
How to play Azul: board game’s setup, gameplay rules and scoring explained
Tiling without the tiring.
News
Neuroshima Hex 3.0 celebrates the Year of Moloch with a new big-box limited edition
Including new campaign, visual overhaul and more.
Video
The Dicebreaker Podcast returns to talk Detective, Alien RPG, Blood Rage 2 and the hottest board game of 1970
Hot releases, hot takes and hot gammon - we’ve got it all.
News
Watch us play Cyberpunk Red with co-designer Cody Pondsmith next week at PAX Online!
Then learn how to run an amazing RPG session with tips from roleplaying experts and star GMs.
News
Anachrony designer, Undaunted publisher and Raiders of the North Sea artist join forces for two new deckbuilding games
Civ-builders Imperium: Classics and Legends can be played alone or combined.
Feature
‘It was a mess’: The disappearance and return of legendary ’80s board game Dark Tower
In 1981, there was no game bigger. Then it vanished. What happened to Dark Tower, and why is there such hunger for it to come back?
Best Games
10 best Games Workshop games that aren’t Warhammer
Some hidden gems from the biggest miniatures company on the planet.
Video
We go digital with Root, dig up hidden board game gems and dive into D&D’s Cauldron of Everything on this week’s Dicebreaker Podcast
Happy Birthday, Dicebreaker!
News
Love Letter designer’s latest game The Last Brave is getting an English release this November
Following original Japanese edition released in 2018.
News
Votes for Women board game marks 100 years since women’s suffrage in the US
Kickstarter campaign launched on centenary of 19th Amendment.
News
Monster Hunter World board game teased as Dark Souls: TBG studio’s next video game adaptation
Headed to Kickstarter next summer.
News
Warhammer 40,000 board game Blackstone Fortress’ final expansion is out next week
New rules mean “it's almost impossible to play the same game twice”.
Video
What are the team's most embarrassing board games? Find out in this week's Dicebreaker Podcast!
Plus RPG tips, our thoughts on upcoming releases and what we've been playing.
Review
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective - The Baker Street Irregulars board game review: the classic mystery series has never been better
Exemplary, my dear Watson.
News
Jurassic Park-inspired board game Dinosaur Island evolves with a sequel called Dinosaur World
Hold onto your boards.
News
Budget wargame Skirmish gives you Warhammer-like battles for a tenner
The only miniature thing here is the cost.
News
Iberian Gauge is the third train game in Irish Gauge and Ride the Rails series
The train in Spain hauls mainly on the plain.
Video
The Dicebreaker Podcast heats up with beach-ready board games, chaotic camel racing and tabletop football
Burning questions, cool conversation.
News
Warhammer 40,000, Age of Sigmar and Blood Bowl are all getting new board games
Blitz Bowl: Season 2, Space Marine Adventures and Crypt Hunters releasing later this year.
News
Altered Carbon’s brutal Fightdrome is becoming a card game series
First game set in Panama Rose arena, with more to follow.
News
Flash Gordon is being turned into a card game for its 40th anniversary
I like to play with things a while.
News
Guess Who meets Mysterium card game Similo is coming to mobile and PC
Sign up for app's beta next month.
Feature
"We had big dreams!": Dice Throne Adventures creators on going co-op and making 'Gloomhaven Lite'
“I would lie awake at night thinking how fun a dungeon crawl would be.”
News
Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth has a new DLC campaign and figure pack expansion on the way
Requires this year's big-box release Shadowed Paths.
Video
We solve crimes with Sherlock Holmes, beef with D&D gods and go uncover in Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 in this week’s Dicebreaker Podcast
ENnie-mentary, my dear Wibbles.
News
Co-op Disney board game Shadowed Kingdom pits Mickey, Goofy, Donald and more against Doubt
First in new Disney series from The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31 studio Mondo.
Review
Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 board game review (spoiler-free) - fantastic finale to an outstanding tabletop trilogy
Tinkered, Tailored, Bolder Bye.
News
BlazBlue Exceed brings the anime video game fighter to the tabletop
16 characters join card game's roster of fighters.
Best Games
17 best Tabletop Simulator mods for popular board games
Play some of the most popular board games on your PC with these top Tabletop Simulator mods.
How To
How to play board games online with friends
The best ways to play board games online with friends when you can’t be together in person, from voice chat to digital tabletops.
News
Illustrious tabletop prize Diana Jones Award celebrates “Black excellence in gaming”
More than two dozen designers, creators and other members of the industry recognised.
Video
A slightly shorter Dicebreaker Podcast crams the same bevy of board game and RPG chatter into just one hour
60 minutes of thoughts, Fort and tangents.
News
Leaked Descent board game confirmed as Legends of the Dark, artwork revealed
“Brand new edition of the hugely popular game” previously named by tie-in book The Shield of Daqan.
Opinion
Digital board games don’t match the physical experience - and that can be a good thing
Some tabletop games aren’t the same when you can’t touch their bits and pieces... or are they?
News
HeroQuest Legacies trademark filing hints at possible return for beloved ‘80s dungeon-crawler
From Return to Dark Tower studio Restoration Games.
Video
The Dicebreaker Podcast kicks back with soft drinks, pizza forts and the best board games of the year (apparently)
Shake it up, pull the tab and let the opinions spill.
News
Have something interesting to say about games? Submit your talk and panel ideas for EGX Digital and PAX Online
Talks, workshops and panels running at this September’s super-sized event.
News
Everdell, A War of Whispers and Black Orchestra devs open indie tabletop studio Quillsilver
Co-founders include former creative director and brand manager at Starling Games.
Deals
Warhammer Humble Bundle includes Blood Bowl 2, Deathwatch, Battlefleet Gothic and more on PC for £10
Spanning tabletop adaptations and other spin-offs.
News
Spiel des Jahres 2020 winners: Pictures and The Crew collect ‘Game of the Year’ awards
Party game and co-op card game follow last year's recipients Just One and Wingspan.
News
Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 was almost a ‘sixties Bond film’ with a working slide projector
“It’s not Twilight Struggle, nor is it space lasers.”
Video
Pandemic Legacy: Season 0, Fort and haunted board games: it's this week's Dicebreaker Podcast!
We take no responsibility for any rodent hauntings as the result of listening to this episode.
News
Dixit and Mysterium studio Libellud has been acquired by Catan, Pandemic and Ticket to Ride owner Asmodee
Fantasy Flight, Z-Man and Catan Studio parent picks up French publisher.
Interview
“I feel like we told a good story”: Pandemic Legacy creators Matt Leacock and Rob Daviau on ending the series at its beginning
The designers discuss closure in Season 0, the trilogy’s influence and whether there’s a chance they’ll ever return.
News
Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 revealed as Cold War spy thriller set in the 1960s - watch the exclusive cinematic trailer
Includes real passports, branching story paths and new gameplay elements.
News
Star Wars: Destiny has a new print-and-play expansion, Transformations, you can download for free
Despite the collectible dice game being brought to an end in February.
News
Ascension Tactics turns the fantasy deckbuilder into a miniatures game
From card game’s co-creator.
Opinion
Black board games are key to the future of tabletop
New voices and perspectives at the table benefit everyone.
Video
The Dicebreaker Podcast travels to the past, present and future with Pandemic Legacy, 2020’s best RPGs and Star Trek
Available to download whatever timeline you’re in.
News
Tabletop games had a record-breaking start to 2020 on Kickstarter, including their biggest-ever month
Gloomhaven sequel Frosthaven raised more money in May than every April campaign combined.
News
Scrabble community bans offensive words, including racial slurs, from competitive play
North American Scrabble Players Association removes 200 words from permitted tournament spellings.
News
Pandemic Legacy: Season 3 revealed as prequel Season 0 in announcement trailer - exclusive
“Every end has a beginning.”
News
EGX 2020 has been cancelled due to COVID-19 and replaced by an online event
EGX Digital to run from 12-20 September
News
Artificial Intelligence company DeepMind is teaching AI how to play classic board game Diplomacy
How do you backstab a robot, though?
News
Kilmonger and Taskmaster deliver the pain in Marvel Villainous: Infinite Power
They join Thanos, Hela and Ultron.
News
Former Cards Against Humanity employees allege “toxic working culture” at party game company
Writers share experiences under hashtag #CAHisOver, but company refutes them all.
News
Cards Against Humanity responds to allegations of “toxic work environment”
“We are committed to rebuilding a workplace that the partners and staff can be proud of."
Video
This week’s Dicebreaker Podcast unlocks Star Wars, unboxes Warhammer 40,000 and unleashes the Rule of Fun!
Listen and watch now.
News
Unlock! Star Wars takes the escape room game series to a galaxy far, far away
Make it out in time, you must.
Video
The Dicebreaker Podcast is back to talk solo RPGs, classic board games and more!
Plus, we say goodbye to Sara.
News
Bite-sized restaurant management board game Foodies is free to print and play
Publisher CMON encourages donations to the NAACP.
News
Root studio’s next game Fort gets a release date this summer
Cutesy remake of civilisation-building card game SPQF.
Opinion
Oath could finally deliver on the exciting lost potential of legacy board games
All of the memories with none of the sacrifice.