Tag: board game

The creators of Wingspan are ‘suing the president’ to try and save board game publishers from tariff annihilation

The creators of Wingspan…

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how devastating an impact a 54% tariff on imports from China…
The core of the new Dungeons & Dragons rules have been released into the Creative Commons so you can use them when you publish your own D&D material

The core of the…

Last year, Wizards of the Coast announced that when the three core books that formed Dungeons & Dragons’ updated…
Gloomhaven: Second Edition on hold due to Trump tariffs causing a ‘ripple effect’ on the board game industry, says publisher: ‘Our products are no longer retail viable’

Gloomhaven: Second Edition on…

Cephalofair Games, and other board game publishers like it, are in dire straits thanks to Trump administration trade tariffs,…
Games Workshop celebrates the birthday of its killer parallelogram, the Land Raider

Games Workshop celebrates the…

What do you get a tank for its birthday? A new set of treads? One of those aftershave gift…
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…