News
Warhammer: Age of Sigmar RPG Soulbound will let you play as the undead later this year
Reap what you roll.
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News
Dungeons & Dragons’ Gothic Lineages offer an alternative to race, but not yet a replacement
Moving the needle on character creation options - just.
Opinion
Vampire: The Masquerade shows the right way to confront an RPG's problematic past
Listen up, D&D.
News
Alice is Missing publisher shreds into the apocalypse with new RPG Gods of Metal: Ragnarock
Poseurs need not apply.
News
Grab 60+ indie RPGs on Itch.io and help designers create better-looking games
Itch.io bundle runs until February 1st.
Deals
Expand your RPG art library with Vampire: The Masquerade, Symbaroum and more during DriveThruComics’ book sale
Inspiration for your next setting - or just something for the coffee table.
Video
What would make a good Monopoly? We answer the impossible question on this week's Dicebreaker Podcast
Plus: the least foot-friendly gaming components to step on.
News
Gun&Slinger lets you play a sentient, magical gun in the RPG’s weird and dangerous world
Go fish, pardner.
Feature
Our Shores designers want their Kickstarter to be the first wave of Southeast Asian RPGs going mainstream
Together, they hope to overcome national restrictions and find a deserving audience.
News
John Wick writer developing live-action Dungeons & Dragons TV series
Hasbro previously said it was considering "a couple of different approaches” to adapting RPG for small screen.
News
Carly Rae Jepsen RPG Boy Problems is getting its own Side-B expansion
You roll and I'll say stop.
Deals
Solo RPG bundle raises funds for tabletop-focused suicide prevention organisation
Jasper’s Game Day will receive and direct the proceeds from the Itch.io bundle.
News
Dungeons & Dragons publisher Wizards of the Coast sued by Dragonlance authors
Upcoming trilogy cancelled following alleged breach of contract.
News
Mix up D&D-inspired drinks with RPG cocktail book Mystic Libations
Co-created by Supernatural actor and Disney Imagineer.
News
World of Darkness and D&D RPG writer and designer Jackie Cassada dies of COVID-19
Fundraising efforts launched to support collaborator and widow Nicky Rea.
Video
What are the best board games and RPGs of 2020? The team decides in a special GOTY Dicebreaker Podcast!
2020: good for games, bad for just about everything else.
Video
We cast the D&D movie, remix Scrabble and pour one out for Catan beer in the (almost) last Dicebreaker Podcast of 2020!
Having our Christmas cake and eating it.
Deals
Get both The Expanse RPG and Modern Age for just over $30 on Bundle of Holding
A delightful duo.
News
World of Chaldea is a YouTube series based on Wizards of the Coast founder’s eighties D&D campaign
Includes animated videos and live-action short films.
Deals
Dunder & Blixem Itch.io bundle features 69 indie RPGs to be gifted to a lucky roleplayer
Reindeer games.
Deals
Star Wars: The RPG’s 30th anniversary edition is almost half price right now
Includes core rulebook and sourcebook as you remember them from the eighties.
News
Tabletop RPG releases 2021: 10 upcoming roleplaying games you should play
Prepare to lose yourself in some of the most exciting RPGs arriving in the next 12 months.
Deals
Pathfinder sourcebook Humble Bundle unleashes demons and dragons from $5 for a good cause
Pay what you want for classic creatures and fearsome foes.
News
Cyberpunk by Asian Creators game jam spotlights neon-and-chrome tabletop RPGs without the racism
Imagining their own dystopian future.
Feature
The Dungeons & Dragons movie at 20: How the RPG’s first big-screen blockbuster suffered a critical fail
A D&D film was promised to rival Star Wars, but its cinematic debut ended up a box-office bomb. What happened?
News
PAX Unplugged dated for December 2021
Tabletop convention set to return next year after cancellation due to coronavirus.
Video
Emma Partlow joins us to talk Magic: The Gathering, D&D and the best Trivial Pursuit replacements on this week’s Dicebreaker Podcast
Plus Uri Geller’s 20-year Pokémon beef, overlooked board game themes and how to kill Hitler.
News
Quest RPG’s narrated rulebook melds tutorial, actual play and scripted audio drama
Aural adventures, ahoy.
News
Colonial Marines Operations Manual enlists players for new Alien RPG adventures next March
Another glorious play in the Corps.
Deals
Pick up Warhammer 40,000 RPGs Black Crusade and Only War with all their expansions for under £14
Includes core rulebooks and all supplements for Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay’s Chaos and Imperial Guard titles.
News
Southlands sends Dungeons & Dragons to mythical Egypt in updated setting from Kobold Press
Promises a more informed and thoughtful take on North Africa this time around.
News
Blades in the Dark designer unveils Chamber, a sci-fi RPG setting inspired by X-Files and Control
Secure. Contain. Playtest.
Feature
“It's more important for us to be deeply loved than to be deeply successful”: How dark fantasy RPG Blackbirds took flight
Lead designer Ryan Verniere talks team building and trusting vision to others.
News
Here are some of the best indie RPGs to pick up on Itch.io during Black Friday
The platform is waiving revenue cuts for designers on top of regular sales.
Video
The Crew 2, Uno on TV and the worst (and best) board game cash-ins: it’s the Dicebreaker Podcast!
This week's board game news and tabletop talk, straight to your ears.
Deals
Alien: The RPG, Tales from the Loop and Mutant: Year Zero are half price for Black Friday
Core rulebooks, starter sets and supplements discounted as part of Free League Publishing’s sale.
News
Dungeonbreaker merchandise is here! Plus, a sale!
Grab Dicebreaker merch for 30% off during Black Friday.
News
Dark fantasy RPG Blackbirds brings a world of chaos and godlessness powered by Zweihänder
We’ve been waiting for this moment to arise
News
Social RPG app Role is opening up early access and adding custom game support this week
Ahead of full launch next spring.
News
Explore Scarred Lands in massive Dungeons & Dragons adventure Dead Man’s Rust
Wave goodbye to Waterdeep.
News
You can own a replica of Dungeons & Dragons' Yawning Portal Inn next year for $350
Seriously, mind the gap.
News
Dungeons & Dragons’ first attempt to address RPG’s race problems disappoints its community
More like Rule Zero Effort.
Deals
Snag over 20 roleplaying games on Itch.io while raising funds for Trans Day of Remembrance
Donated funds will help provide food, shelter and healthcare for trans people in need.
Video
We create the Love Letter expanded universe and pick our real-life RPG classes on the latest Dicebreaker Podcast
Plus lots of roleplaying advice.
Deals
Cyberpunk Red’s starter set and Cyberpunk 2020 are just £6 in the latest RPG Humble Bundle
Along with a lot of sourcebooks for the seminal tabletop game.
News
Save a dying world without metal in dark fantasy RPG Asunder
But what do they use for belt buckles?
Video
There’s new Warhammer, the Terminator RPG and plenty of pickles on this week’s Dicebreaker Podcast
It’ll leave you smirkin’ like a gherkin.
News
Kids on Bikes studio becomes new publisher for World of Darkness RPGs as Paradox brings development in-house
All future releases to be developed with sensitivity reviews in place.
News
Vampire: The Masquerade 5E is getting new clans, powers and rules for mortals in a free supplement out next month
VTM Companion introduces shape-shifting Tzimisce, illusory Ravnos and healing Salubri.
News
The Wanderer’s Guide packs a campaign of creativity into an RPG fantasy atlas
Writing in this one is encouraged.
News
Upzone’s 3D terrain is like a pop-up book for your Warhammer and D&D battles
All the benefits of a gaming table you can store in a box.
News
Numenera RPG studio takes a crack at super powers with Heroes of the Cypher System
Spandex sold separately.
News
Critical Role will explore the Mighty Nein’s origins in a new series of graphic novels
Like a backstory wiki, with pictures.
News
D&D combat wheelchair designer releases free resources for approaching disability in the Witcher TRPG
Teleport by smell, or beat a striga to death with your prosthetic.
Deals
Starfinder bundle includes rulebooks, adventures and bestiaries to get you started in the sci-fi RPG from £10
Save some galactic credits.
News
The Terminator RPG on the way, quickstart rules out next month
There is no fate, nor a release date.
Deals
D&D 5E gift set, including three essential rulebooks and a DM screen, is 25% off right now
Get your party started.
News
The One Ring RPG is a “proper 2E” releasing in 2021, with new Moria adventure planned - Free League
D&D 5E-compatible version to follow release of standalone Lord of the Rings game.
Video
This week’s Dicebreaker Podcast talks Descent: Legends of the Dark, Catan shoes and Critical Role games
Conversation hotter than a crispy lizard.
News
Dungeons & Dragons live-action TV series in the works
“A couple of different approaches” being discussed.
News
Learn to communicate with aliens in Arrival-inspired tabletop game Xenolanguage
Close Encounters of the Word Kind.
News
Catch our chat with Games Workshop co-founder Ian Livingstone about Warhammer, Fighting Fantasy and more later this week
As part of Steam’s Digital Tabletop Festival.
News
“Ultimate edition” of RuneQuest creator’s King Arthur Pendragon RPG on the way, 6E quickstart and adventure out now
Sixth Edition announcement follows passing of designer Greg Stafford in 2018.
Video
We flirt with board game romance novels and resist the tastiest tabletop pieces on the Dicebreaker Podcast
Oh, and there’s the latest news too.
News
Mörk Borg’s Putrescence Regnant is a grim ‘bog crawl’ adventure releasing as a vinyl music album
From creators of RPG LP Death Robot Jungle.
News
£44 dice advent calendar lets you count down the d12 Days of Christmas
Features 24 dice, including a Christmas-themed set.
Feature
“We had to quarantine our games”: Friendly local game stores’ struggle to survive during coronavirus
Board game café owners and retailers on the impact of lockdown and social distancing.
News
Awfully Cheery Engine is a fast, flexible, beginner-friendly RPG releasing in comic book issues
Headed to Kickstarter next year.
Video
This week’s Dicebreaker Podcast explores Dinosaur World, plays A Game of Cat & Mouth and deals with RPG rules sticklers
Roll again, with feeling.
News
Cyberpunk Red RPG has a release date and price, launching alongside Cyberpunk 2077
Following delay from summer.
Best Games
10 best horror tabletop RPGs for telling spooky stories
Zombies, vampires, aliens and monsters galore await you.
News
Tiny Towns named Game of the Year and Best Board Game at 2020 Origins Awards
Following cancellation of convention and awards show over the summer.
Interview
D&D and Betrayal co-designer Elisa Teague to head up Clank!, Kids on Bikes and Overlight studio’s RPG output - exclusive
Senior producer talks next year's 5E adaptation of Power Rangers, Renegade’s plans for original games and the potential of a Clank! RPG.
How To
How to make a great puzzle in Dungeons & Dragons 5E
Top tips to keep players guessing, not stressing.
Deals
'D&D meets Jumanji' comic book Die is under £1 on Humble Bundle
Along with the entire run of writer Kieron Gillen's The Wicked + The Divine and Phonogram.
News
Power Rangers is morphin’ into a new RPG and deckbuilding game
G.I. Joe, Transformers and My Little Pony also headed to the tabletop.
Deals
Get dozens of D&D books, including R.A. Salvatore’s Legend of Drizzt series, for under £12
Including the complete Cleric Quintet.
News
The Wagadu Chronicles is an ambitious Afrofantasy setting for D&D 5E with a tie-in MMO
300-page RPG supplement including world detail, a complete adventure and creature appendix free to download now.
News
Race against the clock to stop the apocalypse in real-time tabletop RPG Arc
The end of the world as we roll it.
News
HeroQuest RPG publisher confirms Hasbro has acquired trademark, roleplaying series rebranded as Questworlds
Following surprise reveal of crowdfunded return for 1989 board game.
News
Here's a Come Dine With Me-inspired tabletop RPG from Wicked + Divine and Die writer
I hope it makes you very happy.
Interview
Lancer: Inside the cockpit of the mech RPG looking to a positive future for roleplaying - and the universe
Co-creators Miguel Lopez and Tom Parkinson-Morgan on drawing from classic sci-fi and moving away from D&D’s “old racist shit”.