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Dead Cells’ board game nails the roguelike genre - and I’m finally hooked
Hands-on with the latest video game adaptation.
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Interview
“A lot of people hadn’t even asked about tabletop IPs”: Film producer Chris Kaminski on adapting Terraforming Mars and other board games for the screen
As well as Terra Mystica, Anachrony and Trickerion.
News
Get expert crowdfunding, game design, manufacturing and marketing advice from industry pros at next week’s Tabletop Creators Summit
Hear from BackerKit, Panda Game Manufacturing, Osprey Games and more at the free London event.
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Watch us rank everything in Honor Among Thieves and play D&D live at MCM Comic Con London next week!
Catch our actual play series Storybreakers live for the first time.
News
One-vs-one survival-horror RPG looks like the perfect love letter to Halloween and classic slasher movies
1978: The Night THEY Came Home pits one player’s supernatural killer against the other’s everyday survivor.
News
War of the Ring: The Card Game adds co-op and solo modes in its first expansion
Against the Shadow introduces an AI opponent to the Lord of the Rings title.
News
Get premium dice, game manufacturing toolkits and entry to MCM Comic Con for free at next week’s Tabletop Creators Summit
Industry event on May 26th will be free to attend in London’s ExCeL.
News
Dark Souls, Elden Ring board game maker cut one-third of employees in recent “restructure”
Nearly 20 workers at Steamforged Games were hit with redundancies and left shocked.
News
Dead Cells board game started as an ‘awkward’ clone of the video game
“The game we wanted to make was so closely inspired by Dead Cells that it would have been awkward not to call it that way,” admits Scorpion Masqué studio head.
News
Here’s an exclusive first look at the Dead Cells board game in action
Ahead of its Kickstarter campaign tomorrow.
News
Here’s how the Dead Cells board game’s roguelike and Metroidvania gameplay works
Live, die, live again.
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From real history to great fiction.
How To
How to play Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game: board game’s rules, setup and scoring explained
Join the Rebels or the Empire.
News
Breath of the Wild-inspired board game Leviathan Wilds returns to crowdfunding with tighter focus
Be runnin' up that bull. Be runnin' up that snake. Be runnin' up that big crab.
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Learn how to get your game published and meet industry experts at the first Tabletop Creators Summit later this month
Free London event will include expert talks on design, manufacturing, crowdfunding and marketing, followed by an industry networking event.
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Magic, moles and Mancunians.
News
After raising $1.5m on Kickstarter, Rainbow Six: Siege board game asks backers for more money to receive their copies
Due to costs incurred by COVID and Ukraine war.
News
Boba Fett jetpacks into Star Wars Villainous in new board game expansion
Enter a hive of Scum and Villainy.
News
Halloween: The Board Game sees one player stalking the others as Michael Myers
Watch for The Shape.
News
Elden Ring board game studio picks up HeroQuest spiritual successor Altar Quest
Steamforged acquires Warhammer Quest designers’ co-op dungeon-crawler from Blacklist Games.
Deals
Dice-placement board game Eternal Palace is almost half price at Zatu
Rebuild monuments and paint a beautiful picture to gain the Emperor's favour.
Feature
“It gives us a sense of pride”: Adugo, the Indigenous Brazilian board game helping to teach maths and protect wildlife
The traditional ‘Jaguar Game’ has broken down barriers to education and conservation awareness.
Feature
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Trains, guns and Japanese warfare.
How To
How to play Codenames: board game’s rules, setup and scoring
In Codenames you’ll find all the tension and fun a world full of spies can offer.
News
Hello Kitty is getting a new board game from the folks behind the Binding of Isaac card game
Prepare for a Day at the Park.
Opinion
Clash of Cultures is the greatest Civilization board game without Sid Meier in its name
You have discovered Entertainment.
Best Games
6 best Aliens board games to play this (and every) Alien Day
They’re coming outta the goddamn shelves!
News
Assassin’s Creed board game adds an open-world campaign, grapple and familiar face from the video games in new expansion - exclusive first look
Apocalypse takes Brotherhood of Venice to the jungles of 16th-century Cambodia.
Deals
You can save £50 on dungeon-crawler board game Frosthaven right now
Get the follow-up to Gloomhaven for under £200.
News
SPONSORED: Here’s everyone you’ll be able to play as in Apex Legends: The Board Game - and how to get them
The 13 Legends making their way from screen to table.
News
Call of Duty’s board game adaptation will include a Ghost miniature and iconic multiplayer maps
Pay two bullet resources to de-escalate civilians.
News
Arnak publisher’s new city-building board game asks if collective prosperity is worth its weight in silver
Burnish your sterling reputation.
News
Critical Role publisher announces new tabletop titles and hiatus on Critical Role Adventures
And an update on Guardians of Matrimonia and Syndicult.
News
6 Nimmt! designer’s classic Monopoly-esque board game is getting a re-release
Reach new heights.
Opinion
Poll: How many games do you back on Kickstarter each year?
Put your money where your mouth is.
How To
How to play Splendor: board game’s rules, setup and scoring explained
Get to grips with this gem of a card game.
News
Boop. and Turing Machine among big winners at 2023 American Tabletop Awards
The US’ largest tabletop awards also honoured Carnegie and Planet Unknown
News
New D&D board game Trials of Tempus is an eight-player arena brawl that rewards more than just violence
Brawl that glitters is gold.
Deals
Bag-building board game Quacks of Quedlinburg is over 30% off
Fill your cauldron with some potentially calamitous ingredients.
How To
How to play Frosthaven: setup, character creation and rules explained
Face many dangers while protecting your base in Frosthaven.
News
Trickerion and Anachrony film rights sold to studio producing Terraforming Mars for cinema
Small boards, big screens.
News
Monster Hunter World board game sequel will adapt Iceborne’s clutch claw and mid-fight turf wars
Stay frosty, hunters.
News
Monopoly Go! is a “highly social" mobile game based on the family classic
Build and destroy property empires.
Best Games
9 best 4X board games
A bunch of eXtremely eXtraordinary and eXacting eXamples of 4X games.
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Tell us what’s on your table.
News
New owner of Sub Terra 2, Alba and other board games from troubled UK studio Inside the Box confirms plans for burned Kickstarter backers
Naylor Games acknowledges it’s ‘making the best of a bad situation’ as backers asked to pay shipping again or donate money from missing games to charity.
How To
How to play Carcassonne: board game’s rules, setup and scoring explained
A chill and fun mediaeval experience
News
Star Wars Rivals is the sci-fi giant’s latest lightsaber stab at a collectible tabletop game
On the way from Funko Games, but without Funko Pops.
Opinion
Without Catan, board gaming as we know it today wouldn’t exist
A look back on Catan’s lasting legacy following the death of designer Klaus Teuber.
News
Spider-Man, She-Hulk and Doctor Strange suit-up for Unmatched board game entry
Other new expansion features iconic Japanese warriors.
News
Creator of Catan, Klaus Teuber, has passed away at the age of 70
“Contributions to board gaming industry are immeasurable.”
News
Pathfinder studio’s “first board game in more than a decade” mixes tile placement and secret objectives
Pathfinder Elemental Stones seems tied to the upcoming Rage of Elements sourcebook.
News
Sub Terra and Alba picked up by Magnate publisher as embattled UK board game studio Inside the Box closes its doors
Inside the Box Board Games to liquidate, with all assets acquired by Naylor Games, following claims of unpaid staff and missing pensions earlier this year.
News
Too Many Bones maker’s The Elder Scrolls board game is a more digestible Gloomhaven experience
Keep an eye on that suspicious-looking mudcrab
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Tell us what’s on your table.
News
New Marvel co-op board game sounds a lot like Eldritch Horror with superheroes
Wield the D.A.G.G.E.R.
News
Co-op gem Forgotten Waters’ follow-up is the gorgeous fantasy RPG board game Freelancers
Deal with dungeons, dragons and... taxes?
News
Greek god board game gem Santorini returns with new co-op expansion and deluxe Pantheon Edition
Riddle of the Sphinx will also include a single-player mode.
Feature
An Awkward transition: How the creators of your favourite PS2 quiz game went from pixels to paper
‘I like the purity of board games; you can just really focus on creating the fun.’
Deals
Cross-country train game Ticket to Ride is discounted in the Amazon Spring sale
Collect cards and claim railway routes to race across America.
News
Clank! legacy board game is getting a sequel featuring PvP gameplay
Return to Acquisitions Incorporated.
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Tell us what’s on your table.
News
Sleeping Gods is the greatest video game board game that isn’t based on a video game
Don't sleep on it.
News
Descent: Legends of the Dark’s Act 2 expansion will cost $160, almost as much as the original game
The Betrayer’s War will require a copy of the $175 fantasy adventure to play when it releases this autumn.
News
Undaunted studio announces next title from creator of Merv board game
Put your nose to the grindstone.
News
Arnak expansion The Missing Expedition adds two new leaders and a solo campaign to the hit board game
Journalists do not fare well in jungle environments.
News
‘Inis in space’ board game Galactic Renaissance mixes portals and politics
Influence one planet, outfluence another.
News
General Orders is a World War II worker placement wargame from the creators of Undaunted
David Thompson and Trevor Benjamin return with a two-player title that’s quick to learn and play
News
Root creator’s next board game, Arcs, will feature a two-player mode
Intimate intergalactic competition.
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Deals
Save 50% on Risk, Monopoly, Cluedo and other Hasbro board games in the UK
Get cashback on half of your purchase, on top of any other discounts.
How To
How to play chess for beginners: rules, moves and setup
Learn how to play chess using our beginner’s guide, from basic rules to en passant and castling.
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Deals
Save almost 30% on the award-winning board game Lost Ruins of Arnak
Delve and discover in this deckbuilding adventure for its lowest price to date.
News
Sea of Thieves: Voyages of Legends coming from publisher behind Elden Ring board game
A bootiful announcement.
News
West Kingdom board game maker mix-and-matches over 100 dice in Scholars of the South Tigris
Garphill Games' latest title is another marriage of theme and engine that doesn't skimp of colourblind accomodations.
Best Games
6 weirdest official Monopoly editions you can play for real
From Breaking Bad to bass fishing.
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News
UK board game studio behind Sub Terra and Alba to be liquidated and closed, buyer in talks for games and IP
Accusations of unpaid staff and missing pensions emerged in January.
News
Nemesis: Retaliation board game follows in the footsteps of 1986’s Aliens
“Probably the last part of the Nemesis series.”
News
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. co-op board game adaptation coming from Nemesis publisher
Will be a “zone-crawler”.
News
Cooperative Luddite Rebellion and asymmetric food poisoning among the year’s best unpublished board games
Finalists for the 2023 Cardboard Edison showcase what may become tabletop’s next big hits.
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