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Tag: board game

The mechs of BattleTech will finally fight some proper kaiju in its first-ever spinoff alternate universe

The mechs of BattleTech…

Tabletop wargame BattleTech is getting its first real alternate universe in its 40 year history, and it’s a pretty…
The Tomb Raider board game will let you shoot dogs while sitting around the kitchen table at last

The Tomb Raider board…

Board game publishers may be lamenting the end of the tabletop boom—the golden age of board gaming that has…
I wish Darktide’s progression mechanics were as straightforward as the miniatures game

I wish Darktide’s progression…

Ordo dockets aren’t the same thing as ordo ingots. Ordo dockets, you see, are earned by doing missions, along…
As a Warhammer fan of over 20 years, I’ve worked out the 3 rules Amazon needs to follow to make a great Warhammer TV show

As a Warhammer fan…

Back in January, as part of its half-yearly report, Games Workshop said of Warhammer that “we own what we…
After a not-so-subtle tease 2 months ago, and 4 years since it was originally announced, Grand Cathay from Total War: Warhammer 3 is finally coming to the tabletop wargame

After a not-so-subtle tease…

Well there we go—just over two months on from Games Workshop’s very unsubtle tease, Grand Cathay has officially been…
Kurt Vonnegut’s lost board game is back in stores after 70 years of obscurity and one sold-out print run

Kurt Vonnegut’s lost board…

Board game enthusiast and NYU Game Center teacher Geoff Engelstein was stunned to find, while trawling the archives of…
HeroQuest: First Light turns the classic board game into something I could actually imagine kids playing today

HeroQuest: First Light turns…

Once upon a time, HeroQuest was the board game equivalent of a gateway drug, only instead of leading to…
The best solo board games

The best solo board…

Best of the best Best board games — Best co-op board games Just because you’re looking for the best…
Though it’s 10 years old, Lost Mine of Phandelver is still a great way to start a D&D 5E campaign

Though it’s 10 years…

Most of the introductory adventures written to ease new players into Dungeons & Dragons over the years have been…
After DMing a bunch of D&D 5e, swapping over to Pathfinder 2e has felt like hanging out with a cool TTRPG uncle that lets you smoke weed

After DMing a bunch…

Listen—I know I like to have a good gripe and groan about Dungeons & Dragons, so much so that…