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Magic: The Gathering borrows a few pages from Marvel for new TCG set March of the Machines
Phyrexia doesn’t stand a chance against *checks notes* a vampire riding a T-Rex?
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Project Black Flag’s first crack at a D&D replacement is more retread than reinvention
Kobold Press’ post-OGL efforts feel trapped underneath the shadow of tabletop’s maligned monolith.
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Ms Marvel, Squirrel Girl and Cloak & Dagger suit-up for Unmatched miniatures board game
Plays like Teen Spirit.
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Mutant: Year Zero, Blade Runner RPG maker asks for feedback on two royalty-free tabletop licences
Free League’s Year Zero Engine will be “irrevocable, worldwide and royalty-free”
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Build and test your own roller coasters in a new board game from Tiny Epic Galaxies’ creator
Rush to play this one.
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D&D maker worried more about recession than OGL controversy’s impact on business
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks is confident the company can recapture angry and upset players.
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The impact of Covid-19 has caused this board game publisher to close its doors
Holy Grail Games is no more.
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Disney Lorcana’s new item card, Magic Mirror, might establish its TCG bona fides
Magic Mirror on the wall, how much must I tap to draw them all?
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Tales from the Loop plans a UK-based season of tabletop RPG adventures in They Grow Up So Fast
Maybe we'll find out Thatcher's thoughts on extradimensional anomalies.
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Demiplane’s new 5E digital toolset drops D&D for independent tabletop RPG publishers
“We have no intent to be partnered with Wizards of the Coast.”
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Disney Lorcana TCG cards are already demanding five-figure price tags at auction
Mint condition D23 Collector Sets fetch prices well above $10,000 on eBay and other online marketplaces.
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Axis & Allies board game series brought back via fresh editions and a new entry
A historical return.
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What are you playing this weekend? Here’s what we’ve been playing!
Let us know what’s on your table lately!
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Senior D&D producer says RPG’s execs “lost sight of the impact” OGL debacle would have on community
Wizards of the Coast’s tardy response “was a delay built out of many small, good decisions”, according to Kyle Brink.
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A solo RPG inspired by Seven, Mind Hunter and Zodiac has players seeking a serial killer
The TRPG for lovers of true crime.
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Ruins of Symbaroum releases two new 5th Edition compatible adventure collections
So many new ways to die in the woods.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden and Limited list update aims the banhammer at Tearlaments archetype
Dry your Tearlaments.
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Here’s a first look at how quests work in the upcoming Scythe sequel
Featuring almost 40 quests and 25 items.
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Morrowind-inspired Zine Month RPG Electrum Archive explores a desert city in newest edition
Sniffed any good ink lately?
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Brennan Lee Mulligan and Aabria Iyengar’s new TRPG podcast finds success well before first episode
Worlds Beyond Number’s Patreon page cracked 16,000 paid followers within the first 48 hours.
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Root and Pax Pamir creator plans to remake historical board game about Chinese opium trade
Jamming traffic for a second time.
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John Company, Pax Pamir maker to produce art installation 1819 Singapore as an actual board game
Cardboard imitating art imitating life.
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Gamefound campaigns made $28 million last year, as Kickstarter’s lead lessens
45% increase in revenue over 2021.
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WW2 strategy series Quartermaster General is getting a new trilogy of two-player board games
This year’s East Front will focus on the conflict between the Soviet Union and Germany, followed by games set on the Mediterranean and Western fronts.
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UK board game studio that made over £1m on Kickstarter accused of unpaid staff and missing pensions
Inside the Box’s own Kickstarter account demands payment for former employees after being hijacked by disgruntled workers.
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Alice is Missing expansion introduces new locations, suspects and clues to the texting RPG
Silence falls in Silent Falls.
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Mörk Borg’s next expansion, Ikhon, is a tabletop RPG “mystery box” about profane folk gods
IKHON-not wait to meet these putrid gods.
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Magic: The Gathering creator's new card game gets a UK and EU release date
SolForge Fusion announces a pre-release weekend ahead of a larger February retail opening.
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Warhammer RPG maker announces new D&D 5E compatible system alongside “tragic fantasy” setting
Broken Weave will crowdfund in February and offer first hints at Cubicle 7’s upcoming C7d20 system
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D&D abandons quest to update OGL after massive negative survey response
Publisher Wizards of the Coast instead puts even more content into the Creative Commons.
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It looks like Kadabra is returning to the Pokémon card game after 20 years in legal exile
The psychic Pokémon last appeared in 2003’s Skyridge set, before vanishing as the result of a lawsuit from Uri Geller.
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Fifth Season RPG brings NK Jemisin’s fantasy novel trilogy to the tabletop
Start with the end of the world, then tell your own story.
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Critical Role’s Mighty Nein are coming to Amazon Prime’s television screens
Get ready to shout “fluffernutter!”
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Magic: The Gathering card sells for six figures, becomes second-most valuable card after Black Lotus
Lord of the Pit in ‘pristine’ condition beat the previous auction price for the card by almost $100,000.
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Workers at eBay-owned trading card game company TCGPlayer announce union plans
Nearly 300 workers have filed in coordination with CWA and CODE-CWA and requested voluntary recognition.
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Marvel Villainous adds Doctor Octopus, Titania and Kang the Conqueror to board game baddie lineup
The power of the sun in the… contents of a cardboard box.
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Unmatched digital arriving next month, additional characters releasing as DLC
Licensed characters no-where to be seen.
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Gen Con 2023 drops COVID-19 vaccine requirement and mask mandate for tabletop RPG convention
Tabletop’s largest US convention relaxes health and safety precautions despite ongoing pandemic.
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Shadows Over Camelot and Nidavellir board game designer Serge Laget passes away
Following ‘serious’ illness.
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D&D: Honor Among Thieves’ latest trailer runs the risk of choking on all that tongue-in-cheek
Kitchen table hijinks on a Marvel film budget.
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Castle Panic's new expansion Crowns and Quests shakes up the co-op board game (Sponsored)
Playable characters and extra challenges bring a fresh experience to the table.
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Here are the character creation options you’ll have in Warhammer 40k RPG Imperium Maledictum
Start planning your Imperial agent early.
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D&D’s latest OGL playtest releases core rules to Creative Commons but deauthorizes past version
The first official pass at D&D’s legal future will still likely upset some fans
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Exec behind Terraforming Mars screen adaptation would love to make a Clank! action movie
Arkham Horror and Scythe also among Christopher Kaminski’s dream projects.
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D&D maker apologises for OGL, will publicly playtest future versions of legal document
“Let me start with an apology. We are sorry. We got it wrong.”
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Magic: The Gathering kills five Planeswalkers and overhauls Infect in Phyrexia: All Will Be One
Well, maybe not Lukka. He deserved it.
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D&D’s golden age is over due to OGL revolt, says Dark Souls RPG writer
"Once that trust has gone, it's gone forever.”
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Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon miniatures game coming this year
From the Batman Miniature Game studio.
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Disney TCG Lorcana announces 2023 release date, starter decks and booster pack details
Mulan and Hades will be included in The First Chapter when the curious new trading card game finally arrives.
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Pokémon fans are snapping up trading cards with Ash and Pikachu before they leave the TV series
Number of people searching for cards with fan-favourite trainer and his electric companion rockets ahead of anime finale.
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New Marvel board games coming from Lords of Waterdeep co-designer and Rap Godz creator
Become a hero of damage control.
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A rare Ancient Mew Pokémon card in perfect condition, typo and all, just sold at auction
First run of Ancient Mew card released for Pokémon the Movie 2000 was printed with an obvious error that only boosted its rarity.
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Dungeons & Dragons publisher responds to OGL criticism: “We rolled a 1”
Wizards of the Coast’s first public statement rescinds royalty tiers but leaves many questions unanswered.
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Award-winning RPG monster series launches werewolf supplement for D&D 5E
You won’t fool the Children of the Moon.
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Tabletop RPG actual play allstars join forces on Worlds Beyond Number podcast
Aabria Iyengar, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Lou Wilson and Erika Ishi form the core of the first campaign
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D&D maker tightens its grip on third-party RPG books with reported OGL changes
Thousands of creators and fans angered by what’s proposed in the leaked document.
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Dungeons & Dragons is being made into a TV series by Red Notice filmmaker
On top of the upcoming D&D movie.
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Mad King Ludwig board game sequel trades tiles for blueprint drafting paper
Trapdoors and geese-filled moats, by royal decree!
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Exploding Kittens’ new shouting word-game is like “Scattergories meets Super Mario Kart”
Be loud in the library.
