News
Battle cosmic horrors as kitties in rules-light RPG Cats of Catthulhu, back with a 10th anniversary edition
Dare you read the Nekonomicon?
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News
One Piece and Digimon tabletop games are on the way to mark the anime's 25th anniversaries
From studio behind Spy x Family card game and Sonic Roll.
Opinion
Can't wait for the Discworld RPG? Become an Auditor of Reality in this free fan-made game
A One in a Million Chance at Adventure is a rules-lite narrative delight.
News
Monster Hunter World board game maker to publish D&D alternative Tales of the Valiant’s starter set
New RPG rules, same ol’ fantasy.
Opinion
Like everything else, tabletop gaming would look very different without Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama
The influential mangaka and iconic designer for Dragon Quest has passed away at age 68.
News
Call of Cthulhu maker offers $10,000 worth of cash prizes to aspiring tabletop RPG designer
Chaosium’s inaugural BRP Design Challenge will spotlight “new and upcoming” talent.
News
Arkham Horror RPG will introduce new investigators to a world of miskatonic mysteries this summer
Adventures in Rokugan studio translates the popular LCG into dice pool-driven roleplay.
News
NASA (yes, that NASA) has released its first D&D-compatible tabletop RPG adventure
Science and magic meet to solve the mystery of the missing Hubble Telescope
Deals
Dune RPG bundle lets you continue your Adventures in the Imperium for under £15 after you watch Part Two
A spicy proposition.
News
Honey Heist creator’s 2 Rapid 2 Righteous is an RPG about being Fast & Furious - and Family - played with wind-up toy cars
Serve with tuna sandwiches.
News
Terry Pratchett’s Discworld gets its first new tabletop RPG in over 25 years, with board games also on the way
“Terry had a lifelong affection with roleplaying games.”
News
You'll be able to play Critical Role's D&D rival Daggerheart soon, as the fantasy RPG gets a public playtest
Ahead of its full release in 2025.
News
SPONSORED: Our Brilliant Ruin RPG brings the social drama and romance of Downton Abbey to a doomed world with no happy endings
Struggle your way up the social ladder - and to survive.
Best Games
The best Dune games to play on the tabletop after you watch Part Two
Add some spice to your next game night.
News
Star Trek Adventures’ Second Edition adds playable Klingons, Romulans and Strange New Worlds this summer
Boldly roll where you’ve gone before.
Feature
“All the benefits of reading also apply to board games”: Why more libraries are adding tabletop classics to their bookshelves
From Wingspan to D&D, local libraries are expanding their catalogues of cardboard.
News
Satirical fireteam RPG Planet Fist is essentially Helldivers 2 on the tabletop
Orbital Strikes: the not-so-silent killer.
News
Official Lara Croft tabletop RPG Shadows of Truth pits your team against would-be tomb raiders
Will directly adapt and expand Crystal Dynamics’ take on the classic video game character.
Feature
From TCGs to TRPGs, Aotearoa New Zealand’s tabletop creators are finding their spotlight on the global stage
“We want to help each other out a lot more because we are so isolated.”
News
Inject some Elden Ring into your D&D 5E campaigns with Kobold Press’ Soulslike Roleplaying
Souls, bonfires, and rude invaders - this book does exactly what it says on the tin.
News
La Desbandá 1937 offers a uniquely human look at war through the lens of a real-life atrocity turned RPG
Translated into English ahead of the Málaga-Almería road massacre’s 87th anniversary.
News
Blister Critters is a Gamma World-meets-Ren & Stimpy RPG where mutated animals rule the world
You can’t spell ‘saturday morning cartoon’ without radiation!
News
Critical Role celebrates Candela Obscura’s first anniversary with a fourth chapter and three new cast members.
Aimee Carrero, Imari Williams and Alexander Ward join the Circle of investigators fighting back a magical blight.
News
The Walking Dead RPG studio’s dark reimagining of Coriolis is “The Terror meets Deadwood in space”
They better have deep-space archaeologist Timothy Olyphant.
Best Games
10 best feats in Dungeons & Dragons 5E
D&D feats that will see your party carving through your enemies.
News
Guide a massive sci-fi caravan with a bag of dominoes in artbook-meets-RPG The Details of Our Escape
Developed as a digital residency in partnership with artist Linnea Sterte and and author Renee Gladman.
News
Pathfinder RPG partners with fantasy music studio to publish official adventure path soundtracks
Lo-Fi beats to loot to.
Opinion
Worlds Beyond Number is the slow-burn D&D actual play I didn't know I needed
Sometimes, slower is better.
News
ARC designer’s hit solo RPG The Magus gets an English print release about power, ambition and sacrifice
Momatoes' meditation on "the infinite loneliness of power" comes with a 78-card, fully illustrated Oracle deck.
News
Revolt against the corrupt Crown - and then be the baddies - in revolutionary RPG Guillotine
Heads (and dice) will roll.
News
Befriend talking rats to take on monstrous gods using Scrabble tiles in RPG The Far Roofs
Attack and dethrone God - or at least nibble at their heels.
News
Community megadungeon honouring late D&D designer Jennell Jaquays seeks an expanded physical book
Proceeds from Return to Perinthos will first benefit Jaquays family to offset medical bills and funeral costs.
News
Alien RPG's answer to D&D Beyond gets a full release later this month
Nexus exits early access into the cold void of the internet - or just your kitchen table.
News
Dungeons & Dragons’ first stage show mixes improv, adventuring and Jackbox-style audience participation
Producer Curious Hedgehog promises trivia, charades and fantasy beer pong amongst high fantasy hijinks.
News
FÄNGELSEHÅLA transforms an IKEA instruction manual into a minimalist tabletop RPG
Flatpack adventures, assembly required.
How To
Dungeons & Dragons 2024: Everything you need to know about the next Dungeons & Dragons edition
Dive into new dungeons.
News
D&D and MTG owner’s $1.06 billion loss dwarfs strong performance from Wizards of the Coast
Layoffs, inventory shedding and the sale of its entertainment branch still leave Hasbro leaning hard on its golden geese.
News
D&D models its digital future on MTG’s Universes Beyond pop culture crossovers
More dolls in the fantasy sandbox.
News
Dungeons & Dragons teases an official LEGO set, Converse shoes and Pop-Tarts
The breakfast of champion-subclassed Fighters.
News
Dungeons & Dragons’ next official adventure Thanos-ifiies Vecna in a multiverse-spanning campaign
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: all worlds are in peril!
News
Dungeons & Dragons’ 2024 core rulebooks get official release dates
D&D 2024's three core books strangely stagger their releases months apart.
News
Studio developing Dungeons & Dragons RPG video game lays off 44 workers, shelves project
Hidden Path sought additional funding for six months amidst a “challenging environment”.
News
Dungeons & Dragons maker kills Dragonlance live-action series, according to Joe Manganiello and series author
Margaret Weis and Manganiello say Wizards of the Coast is not interested in producing anything set in Krynn, at present.
News
Tabletop professional looking to make your game a success? Sign up to attend the one-day Tabletop Creators Summit for free!
London gathering for industry professionals will include expert talks and afternoon networking event, with free entry to MCM Comic Con for attendees.
News
Pen actual songs about a post-apocalyptic UK in lyric-writing RPG Punk is Dead
Be Like a Crow creator’s game riffs on Mörk Borg with a tour to play music and slay capitalist vampires.
News
Kickstarter rival Gamefound had its biggest year yet in 2023, with $12m Nemesis sequel taking the lion’s share
Nemesis: Retaliation and adaptations of The Elder Scrolls, The Witcher and STALKER helped revenue to almost double to $56 million.
News
Sentai & Sensibility is an RPG mash-up of Jane Austen and Power Rangers
Meet me in the Megazoid.
Opinion
Charisma in D&D isn't just about confidence - and that goes for real life, too
What a charmer.
News
Women are Werewolves and Cloud Empress creators honoured at 2024 Nonbinary Tabletop Awards
Board game content creator Matthew Makak of Room 51 also clinches an award.
News
Make real-life masks to explore an enchanted forest as werewolves in folklore RPG Little Wolves
Fae queens and furballs.
News
Next Pathfinder RPG core rulebook joins Starfinder 2E playtest at Gen Con 2024
Paizo will serve fans a feast of new adventures and updated rules at annual Indy convention.
News
Dune RPG's next campaign book will let you play through new movie Dune: Part Two
Paul of the Imperium.
News
How to draft Magic: The Gathering’s Murders at Karlov Manor
A beginner’s guide to Ravnican detective work across 10 dual-colour archetypes.
News
February’s month-long celebration of tabletop RPG zines returns - here’s how you can join in
Zine Month, ZineQuest, it’s all A4 to me.
News
D&D head designer says 2024 books won’t release before summer: “we will still be working on the books in May”
Jeremy Crawford breaks down the very last Unearthed Arcana playtest and kills early 2024 launch wishes.
News
Dungeons & Dragons maker reportedly looks at Tencent to sell future video games like Baldur’s Gate 3
UPDATE: Wizards denies rumours of IP sale
Opinion
This Game of Thrones and Godfather-inspired Blades in the Dark RPG turns heists into gambles for political power
Words are mightier than the sword.
News
SPONSORED: Gothic RPG adventure Veil of the Eternal Night brings Castlevania vibes to D&D 5E
Horror supplement includes dozens of monsters, 13 new subclasses and a huge campaign spanning levels 1 to 20.
News
Call of Cthulhu RPG returns to Arkham with sourcebook next month, new campaign and scenario collection revealed
Three-part 1920s campaign and follow-up to one-shot anthology Gateways to Terror will release this spring.
News
The first-ever copy of Dungeons & Dragons was bought by another RPG industry legend
RuneQuest co-creator Greg Stafford still remembers the one that got away.
News
Exclusive first look at Pendragon 6E’s Player’s Handbook and The Grey Knight, fantasy RPG’s biggest update in almost 20 years
Revised core rulebook and re-release of first-ever adventure will release in April.
Interview
Marvel Multiverse creators on staying true to the comics, going behind the mask of superheroes and making ‘Avengers moments’ in the tabletop RPG
“We focused on making the game feel like a blockbuster Marvel event.”
News
Rebel Moon tabletop RPG studio resolves Netflix lawsuit 'amicably'
Evil Genius Games will soon begin issuing pre-order refunds on the tie-in RPG for Snyder's sci-fi flick.
News
Crime heist RPG Swyvers sounds like an even down-and-dirtier Blades in the Dark
“A grotty system for running a grotty game.”
News
Dungeons & Dragons is adventuring into its first virtual reality video game
I cast Ray of Motion Sickness!
News
Mausritter’s community created a 250-room megadungeon for the mouse-and-magic RPG
Tomb of a Thousand Doors combines an entire game jam into a sprawling, deadly dungeon crawl.
How To
7 essential D&D tips for first-time players
5E etiquette from almost a decade of tabletop roleplaying experience.
News
The most popular D&D character is a human fighter called Bob, according to the RPG's makers
No love for smallfolk, but y’all really appreciate the ‘magic’ of a sharp stick.
News
Ghibli-esque Mothership setting Cloud Empress gets an expansion inspired by Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Land of the Living and Land of the Dead explore two more grand slices of Cloud Empress’ unique post-apocalyptic world.
News
Warhammer Fantasy reboot The Old World is getting a tabletop RPG
Age of Sigmar: Soulbound and Wrath & Glory publisher Cubicle 7 adds a third fantasy Warhammer RPG to its roster.
News
Dungeoneering wizard gang RPG Ars Magica returns with a definitive fifth edition
We will deal with you, me and my wizard crew.
News
Former D&D designer brings Elden Ring's most iconic (and difficult) boss fight to 5E tabletop RPGs
Roll the dice against the Goddess of Rot.
News
Disney Lorcana's official tournaments kick off this spring ahead of 2025 World Championship
US and European championships will award invites to the global competition, while in-store set championships promise exclusive promo cards.
Best Games
Best tabletop RPGs 2024 (that aren’t Dungeons & Dragons 5E)
Explore worlds beyond the Forgotten Realms.
News
Use a tarot deck to weave stories of magical academia and personal growth in solo RPG The Covens of Midnight
Choose your patron, study hard and trust the cards.
News
RPG pioneer Jennell Jaquays to be memorialised with megadungeon inspired by D&D classic Caverns of Thracia
Return to Perinthos, a book full of user-submitted dungeons, will benefit Jaquays’ family and Trans Lifeline.
Best Games
Upcoming RPGs 2024: 14 tabletop roleplaying games you should play this year
Discover new worlds and tell new stories.
News
Weird sci-fantasy RPG Troika makes its core rules free
A digital PDF of the core rules available on publisher Melsonian Art Council's website.
News
Chick-fil-A - yes, that Chick-fil-A - is looking for someone to help make board games
The chicken slinger anti-equal rights funder is on the hunt for the next Sneak King.
News
Jennell Jaquays, Dungeons & Dragons and video game designer, has passed away
Dark Tower and Caverns of Thracia creator dies following battle with Guillain-Barré syndrome.
News
Solo But Not Alone’s fourth annual bundle collects 124 solo RPGs to support mental health charity
All proceeds of the $10 bundle will benefit Take This, a gaming-focused nonprofit.
News
Legend in the Mist turns City of Mist into a rustic fantasy RPG that's more than another D&D
Son of Oak’s dip into the fantasy waters trades endless stats for description-based move sets.
Deals
Call of Cthulhu RPG humble bundle unleashes a world of charity-supporting eldritch horrors for $5
Starter set and beginner scenarios accompany a Chaosium-approved colouring book.
News
YouTube’s favourite dungeon master earns $4.6 million to create a fantasy RPG beyond the influence of D&D
Matt Colville’s MCDM RPG escapes fantasy heartbreaker territory with a mega-successful crowdfunding campaign.
News
Two new Ruins of Symbaroum 5E books beckons players into Davokar’s menacing depths
Throne of Thorns begins a grand campaign, while The World of Symbaroum views the setting from 100 miles above.
Opinion
The biggest D&D 5E problems that One D&D still hasn't fixed
Even One D&D can’t solve everything: here are the key offenders unlikely to change before the new edition comes out.
News
Elijah Wood and Sean Astin indulge a dark urge while playing Baldur’s Gate 3 together
They’re taking the Hobbits to the Nautiloid!
Best Games
From D&D’s Planescape return to Zelda roleplaying in all but name, these are 2023’s tabletop RPG highlights
Knightly valour, planar chaos and Final Fantasy XIV with pen ‘n’ paper.
Best Games
7 indie tabletop RPGs released this year that you shouldn’t miss
Radio waves, wizard keggers and beautiful, violent death.
Video
SPONSORED: Hot Fuzz and X-Files meet D&D, our comedy-mystery actual play series Storybreakers is back for Season 2!
Our party of fantasy journalists are back for a new mystery in the big city.
News
Terminator RPG makers catch and remove AI generated artwork from upcoming sourcebook
“We are a small company who focus on good and original art and pay well for it. We find this situation abhorrent, upsetting and depressing.”