Board Games (Page 7)
News
We’ll be playing Cyberpunk, watching Clue and announcing the Tabletop Awards at PAX Unplugged 2022 - here’s when and where to join us!
Come and join the Dicebreaker team - plus guests!
Deals
Gloomhaven, Wingspan and Tabletop Simulator discounted in Autumn Steam Sale
Alongside Root digital and Ticket to Ride.
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Announcing the finalists for the Tabletop Awards 2022!
The best board games, RPGs, designers and publishers of the year, all in one handy list.
News
Kickstarter is releasing its first card game, and you can get it for free at PAX Unplugged
Ask weird questions in Blow My Mind, designed by TEAM3 studio.
Feature
Warhammer Underworlds is a fast and furious entry point to Age of Sigmar and the world of miniatures
Obligatory Punderworld.
Best Games
5 episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender to watch before playing Avatar: Fire Nation Rising (Sponsored)
Immerse yourself in the world of the TV series before you face Fire Lord Ozai in the board game.
Feature
We’ve played the Elden Ring board game - here’s how it works, and what we thought
90 minutes in the Lands Between.
Feature
Dinosaur Island and Machi Koro studio employees allege toxic workplace directly caused by “negligent” owners
Several former employees, contractors and designers say the environment within the rising star publisher grinds people down to “anxious, overworked” stubs.
Opinion
I had never played Catan - one year later, I was a national champion
Canadian Catan pro and World Champion hopeful Sarvat Tahir on her journey from first discovering the board game to competing on the global stage.
News
Elden Ring board game’s first box will cost you $179 - and is just one of “several” releases that will cover the whole video game
Be ready to cough up over $400 if you want everything from Elden Ring: The Board Game’s first Kickstarter, with at least two more to come.
Deals
Get Ticket to Ride, Mysterium and Splendor digital editions for £5 in Humble Bundle
Alongside Blood Rage and Small World.
News
Elden Ring board game trailer reveals Limgrave map, tarnished and miniature for Godrick the Grafted
Prepare for a stand-off at Stormveil.
News
Calico and Cascadia publisher’s next board game is about an animal-run newspaper
Squirrel away those stories.
News
The Last of Us board game has players escorting Joel and Ellie through hordes of Infected
Journey to Jackson.
How To
How to play Cluedo: board game’s rules, setup and how to win explained
Keep the mystery in the murder, not the rules.
News
Tiny Epic Galaxies board game series investigates detective noir in newest entry
Small-time crime.
News
Wingspan, Mystic Vale and Smash Up digital versions discounted in Steam Tabletop Gathering 2022 event
Free demos also featured.
News
Noble Knight Games workers head to a vote after tabletop retailer denies voluntary union recognition
The Wisconsin-based retailer will now hold an official election to ratify the nascent union.
News
Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game will release next March - here’s how it plays
There is no die.
Feature
8 tips on how to master Catan from the board game’s World Champion
Quetzal Jiménez reveals his strategies for trading your way to victory in the tabletop classic.
News
Slay the Spire board game looks like a one-to-one adaptation of the video game
Features four playable characters.
News
The Last of Us board game on the way from Escape the Dark Castle creators
The Last of Us: Escape the Dark hits Kickstarter next week.
News
Exploding Kittens and Penn Jillette’s new party game is for all the rotten liars
Fibbing with family.
How To
How to play Exploding Kittens: rules, setup and how to win explained
Get yourself feline familiar with the party hit.
News
Catan World Championship will pit more than 80 players in a bid for board game glory
The competition will be appropriately held on a small island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea.
News
Queen’s Dilemma board game features a cast of ambitious Game of Thrones-esque characters
Which house will you choose?
News
Elden Ring is so big, its board game’s first box will only include two of the video game’s starting areas
Initial release will focus on Limgrave and the Weeping Peninsula, with future releases set to delve further into the Lands Between.
News
Announcing the Tabletop Awards, a new celebration of the year’s best board games, RPGs and the people who make them
Have your say by voting for our first People’s Choice award!
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Catan’s creator is writing a trilogy of novels based on his classic board game
Anybody want to trade wool for plot?
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Iron Maiden’s zombie mascot Eddie shambles into Zombicide, Ankh: Gods of Egypt board games
Publisher CMON is selling miniature Eddies designed for several of its popular tabletop series.
News
Company of Heroes board game co-designer passes away
Chris Gabrielson died during last week’s Essen Spiel board game fair.
News
Rising Waters transforms the Great Flood of 1927 into a co-op board game of resistance and community
Mississippi meeples.
News
Here’s when the Elden Ring board game hits Kickstarter
As Steamforged says the game has “obliterated” Dark Souls’ pre-launch records.
Feature
Sea Salt & Paper could be the next pocket-sized card game go-to after Love Letter - Essen Spiel 2022 preview
Small deck energy.
News
Terra Mystica: Age of Innovation publisher says standalone board game will be “Terra Mystica on steroids”
New information out of Essen Spiel reveals a bit more about the fantasy terraforming follow-up.
News
The Stifling Dark is a one-versus-all board game with Dead by Daylight vibes
Let’s shine a light on this title.
Deals
Amazon Prime Early Access Sale 2022: Board game deals, dates and what to expect
Where to find the best tabletop deals during the sale event.
News
Essen Spiel keeps its early October slot for 2023 tabletop trade show
Don’t expect the COVID-19 vaccine entry requirement to return.
Video
What were the top board games at Essen Spiel 2022? We share our highlights from the convention
From making deals with the devil to crafting treats with adorable dragons.
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Dicebreaker members can now save 10% off tickets to next month’s TT3 - Tabletop Weekender convention!
Our latest exclusive offer for members.
Feature
Dorfromantik: The Board Game is just as chill and charming as the video game, but you can now play with friends - Essen Spiel 2022 preview
Exactly what you’d hex-pect.
News
Risk, Axis & Allies and Diplomacy are getting reprints and brand new games from Vampire: The Masquerade studio Renegade
Publisher confirms new versions of classic Avalon Hill board games.
Feature
The King of Tokyo co-op board game is a lot more of the same: Essen Spiel 2022 preview
A monster box.
News
Sky Team is a tense two-player co-op about landing a plane, designed with help from Concorde pilots
Releasing next year.
Feature
We tried to land a plane with dice and coffee in co-op board game Sky Team - Essen Spiel 2022 preview
Touching down next year.
News
Elden Ring board game will have an open-world, non-linear campaign
Designer teases “never say never” to a tabletop RPG.
News
Catan: Console Edition brings local co-op and competitive play to Playstation and Xbox in 2023
Minecraft? Nah, these bricks and sheep hit different.
Feature
Wingspan’s two-player version intensifies the original game: Essen Spiel 2022 Preview
And features some fantastic ducks!
Feature
Frosthaven’s characters feel fresh, but its combat system doesn’t: Essen Spiel 2022 Preview
City building elements remain a mystery.
News
Cyclades 2 is a remake of the mythical board game, arriving next year
New rules, artwork and miniatures for a modernised, streamlined experience.
News
Final Fantasy VII Remake and Chocobo’s Dungeon board games in the works from Square Enix
But that’s all we really know at the mo’.
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Birdy board game Wingspan’s Asia expansion will also support solo, duet play and new Flock Mode
Pre-orders open in November of this year and will support avian rescues in Asia.
News
Persona 5 card game is coming to steal your heart (and money) next year
I'm expecting greatness.
News
Cluedo: Treachery at Tudor Mansion reimagines the board game classic’s murder mystery as an escape room in a box
First in a planned series of home escape room games.
Feature
Ahoy is the beginner-friendly Root I didn’t know I wanted - and it’s left me hooked
A-sea-mmetrical.
News
Classic board game Cluedo gets a full relaunch and murder mystery boxes in 2023
Will they add a gamer lounge to the mansion?
Feature
Fantasy adventure board game Oltréé is a brisk, brutal and beautiful successor to Talisman and Eldritch Horror
A modern co-op classic in the making?
News
Games Workshop’s classic Judge Dredd board game is back with a new edition after 40 years
And it’s out next month!
Interview
Kickstarter's new CEO talks future of tabletop crowdfunding, Gamefound rivalry and blockchain plans
"We have a lot to improve on that will keep our hands full."
News
Kickstarter hires Everette Taylor as CEO amid growing competition and blockchain worries
33-year-old Taylor replaces Aziz Hasan after the latter stepped down in March 2022.
News
Chronicles of Crime publisher picks up another game from Flamecraft studio
Playing on the edge.
News
Tigris & Euphrates sequel Yellow & Yangtze finally returns with a new name, new expansions - and miniatures
Huang brings out-of-print spiritual successor to Reiner Knizia’s strategy masterpiece to Kickstarter next year.
News
Isle of Cats board game sequel teams up players to rescue kitties from a fire
Race to the Raft!
Interview
"Daybreak reminds us if we can imagine it, we can make it happen": Pandemic designer on his climate change awareness game
And how Wingspan and Terraforming Mars influenced it.
News
Chess Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen accuses Hans Niemann of cheating in public statement
Carlsen makes no mention of evidence, wi-fi enabled or otherwise.
Video
Is a hot dog limp or firm? Asking the big questions in party game Wavelength with team Eurogamer!
Before we get In A Bind in the Twister-like card game.
Opinion
Like video games, big tabletop games are demanding more and more from players - and it’s harming the hobby
More money, more stuff, less fun.
News
Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game offers a simpler and faster version of the original
Roll for a rover.
Interview
'TCGs are exhausting': Richard Garfield on Netrunner’s afterlife, Keyforge’s future and making a Yahtzee dungeon-crawler
And what he's been playing!
Best Games
12 board games to play at Essen Spiel 2022
Whether you’re looking for a sci-fi adventure or monster competition.
News
Dead of Winter designer’s tasty next board game serves up recipes from Wild Gardens
Forage for ingredients before plating them up for guests.
Best Games
4 brand new and upcoming board games you should play at EGX this weekend
From sci-fi betrayal to the tabletop debut of an indie video game gem.
Deals
Get 50% off Star Wars Villainous, Risk and Catan in Target sale
Alongside Pandemic and Mysterium.
News
Arborea is a gorgeous Ghibli-esque board game about woodland spirits
The best-looking forest game since Root?
News
Cheating allegations, grudges and anal beads: Why the chess world can’t stop talking about Carlsen v. Niemann
A grandmaster chess player's resignation after a single move has lit the online chess community aflame.
News
Pandemic designer’s next co-op game launched on Backerkit today
Environmental title to be made with zero plastic.
News
Not Chess remixes classic chess into a party game with zombies, teleportation and a sniper rifle queen
'Expansion' adds 90 ridiculous powers - and doesn't play anything like chess.
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Watch Dicebreaker play Call of Cthulhu, party games and Pokémonikers at EGX this weekend!
When and where you can catch the team during the London show.