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Tag: board game

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…
The Slay the Spire board game might be a little too faithful to the videogame, but its co-op mode offers a whole new perspective on the iconic roguelike

The Slay the Spire…

Is the Slay the Spire board game a faithful adaptation? 100%—I’m not sure you could make a more accurate…
As an unrepentant tabletop obsessive, I reckon these are the 5 coolest board game deals in this year’s Prime Day sale

As an unrepentant tabletop…

It's amazing how cheap it can be these days to amass a killer board game collection, if you strike…
D&D reveals the cover art of its revised 2024 Player Handbook—a sweet reminder that not all dragons are trying to eat your face, plus some deep-cut callbacks

D&D reveals the cover…

D&D's revised ruleset—previously OneD&D, or 5.5—is difficult enough to explain that I'll need a couple of sentences to get…
Remembering the weird HeroQuest novel that combined Beowulf, Discworld, Dying Earth, and American Psycho

Remembering the weird HeroQuest…

It can't be easy turning a board game into a book, though at least with a fantasy game there…
Roll20 will cut out the alt-tabbing middleman and let you run your D&D and TTRPG games directly in Discord, which you were probably using for voice chat anyway

Roll20 will cut out…

If you play D&D online, there's a chance you use—or have used—Roll20. While it's far from the most versatile…
With streamlined rules and an all-in-one box set, Fallout: Factions could be a perfect first step into wargaming

With streamlined rules and…

Tabletop wargaming is brilliant fun. Building miniatures, painting them, and pushing them around a table—it's an exciting, multi-layered hobby.…