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A promotional image for the Undergrove Kickstarter, showing the boardgame on an overgrown mushroom table.
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Undergrove Kickstarter Ends Campaign Over 6000% Funded

Back in November, Elizabeth Hargrave launched the Undergrove Kickstarter. The campaign's success would go on to fund the developer's next major board game after the massive success of the bird-…

December 8, 2023 | 08:31 EST

The logos for Gray Matters Games and Asmodee Publishing on a white background surrounded by a border of colorful game pieces.
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Asmodee USA Signs Distribution Deal With Gray Matters Games

In the tabletop industry, Asmodee Publishing is one of the largest publishers in the world. They have opened studios dedicated to making accessible tabletop games and even tried to make the name…

December 6, 2023 | 07:09 EST

Official box art of the Street Masters board game on a white background.
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Steamforged Games Acquires Street Masters Board Game

Fans of retro-inspired board games have just gotten some great news. Steamforged Games, the tabletop developer that has made its name with crafting bespoke tabletop experiences, acquired the rights…

November 28, 2023 | 07:08 EST

A featured screenshot of the Adeptus Mechanicus army from Warhammer 40,000
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New Warhammer 40k Adeptus Mechanicus Codex Uncovers New Tech

Games Workshop has spotlighted another army codex coming to the latest edition of Warhammer 40k. Specifically, the new Adeptus Mechanicus Codex brings newfound ingenuity and technical cruelty to the…

November 24, 2023 | 07:03 EST

Featured screenshot of the Flesh-Eater Courts army, including the Ushoran: Mortarch of Delusion hero unit.
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Warhammer Age of Sigmar Flesh-Eater Courts Battletome Brings Royal Bloodlust

Games Workshop has previewed another battletome. As part of the newest edition of Warhammer Age of Sigmar, various armies have been getting rules updates, as well as new mechanics and units. Now, the…

November 24, 2023 | 03:02 EST

A promotional banner for Horizon Forbidden West: Seeds of Rebellion.
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Horizon Forbidden West: Seeds of Rebellion Board Game Is A Kickstarter Success

Back in September, Steamforged Games announced a Kickstarter campaign for a Horizon Forbidden West: Seeds of Rebellion board game. Now, that campaign for the canonical companion to Guerilla Games'…

November 21, 2023 | 07:21 EST

The box art for Zombicide DCeased on a white background.
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Zombicide DCeased Brings Anti-Life To The Kickstarter Table and Is Already Fully Funded

CMON's Zombicide board game franchise is quite prolific. The undead-fueled experience has had official steampunk versions, a licensed Iron Maiden crossover, and even a crossover pack with…

November 14, 2023 | 06:24 EST

A photo of the board game Spellbook
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Spellbook Review - We're All Wizards Here

Grab your faithful familiar, construct your books of spells, and start the race against the other wizards to win the Annual Grand Rite. This is Spellbook and in our review, we'll have a look at how…

November 17, 2023 | 10:00 EST

The banner for the Kickstarter project of the board game, Undergrove.
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Wingspan Creator's Next Game, Undergrove, Smashes Kickstarter Goals

Back in 2019, Elizabeth Hargrave released Wingspan. This board game about managing a bird reserve sold almost 750k copies in 2021. Hargrave's newest project, Undergrove, seems ready to repeat that…

November 8, 2023 | 06:32 EST

A promotional image showing a Diablo board game and official TTRPG rulebook.
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Diablo TTRPG Unleashes Hell at BlizzCon; Board Game Also Coming

Diablo fans have been eating well. Blizzard Entertainment's dark fantasy dungeon crawler RPG has received major commercial success with Diablo IV as well as the well-received remaster, Diablo II:…

November 3, 2023 | 01:00 EDT

Box art for the board game, Evacuation, showing a spaceship flying in front of a star.
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Help Escape A Dying Planet in Evacuation Board Game

Rio Grande Games has announced a new board game. The New Mexico-based company has produced many beloved titles in the past like Dominion, Race for the Galaxy, and a wide variety of train games. Now,…

October 13, 2023 | 05:05 EDT

Cards and game pieces for That Sound Game on a white background
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Asmodee To Distribute Indie Hit That Sound Game

A recent hit board game will be getting more shelf space. Asmodee Publishing, one of the largest tabletop distributors in the world, have begun distributing That Sound Game, a board game that has…

October 11, 2023 | 03:36 EDT

A completely set up three player game of Queen By Midnight
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Queen By Midnight Review - I'm The Prettiest Princess

The Midnight Queen has passed, by her dying breath she invokes the rule of midnight. Now it's you against up to five other princesses battling it out in this deck builder battle royale to see who can…

October 12, 2023 | 10:00 EDT

Official Kickstarter box art for Saw: The Jigsaw Trials. The box is on a dirty tile floor with puddles of bright red blood nearby.
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Saw: The Jigsaw Trials Brings Death Traps To Gaming Table

A major horror franchise is getting a board game adaptation. Specifically, Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures have announced the death trap tension of the Saw series will be coming to tables with Saw:…

October 4, 2023 | 03:45 EDT

The Witcher Old World Expansions including three new boxes and the core game.
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The Witcher: Old World Expansions Review

After a successful Kickstarter, Go On Board has released their tabletop board game The Witcher: Old World to retail. Based on the series of books by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, which has also…

October 6, 2023 | 03:08 EDT

The Best New Horror Board Games To Play This Halloween, depicting images from multiple scary board games.
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Best New Horror Board Games To Play This Halloween

Whether cooperative or highly competitive, horror’s one of my favorite themes in board gaming. And there’s no better season to try out a new, scary tabletop game with friends. So let’s get right into…

October 6, 2023 | 09:00 EDT

The Witcher Old World Box and board, along with our TechRaptor Review button
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The Witcher Old World Review - Good Even Without Geralt

The Witcher franchise, which started as a series of books by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, was thrown into the spotlight in the rest of the world when CD Projekt Red released their series of The…

October 3, 2023 | 03:23 EDT

The logo for the Rose Gauntlet Foundation, showing several hands of different colors and sizes joined together in a circle.
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The Rose Gauntlet Foundation Gives Voice To Marginalized Groups

A new tabletop organization has recently launched. While the industry has its share of groups that promote the benefits of tabletop gaming such as The Bodhana Group, the newly launched Rose Gauntlet…

September 22, 2023 | 03:37 EDT

Banner image for Descent Betrayer's War for our interview with the designer.
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Descent Betrayer's War Interview - Inside Look At Tabletop Design

In the tabletop world, few franchises hold as much power on our imaginations as Descent. With the initial release of Descent: Journeys in the Dark by Fantasy Flight Games in 2005, the franchise went…

September 26, 2023 | 11:00 EDT

A display box and machine miniature from the Horizon Forbidden West: Seeds of Rebellion board game.
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Horizon Forbidden West: Seeds of Rebellion Coming to Kickstarter

Steamforged Games announced a new board game Kickstarter. The tabletop studio is known for high-quality board games based on official licenses like Monster Hunter World and Devil May Cry 5. Now, they…

September 19, 2023 | 04:18 EDT

The box art for the Guilty Gear Strive Board Game, May is visible on the left side of the screen.
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Guilty Gear Strive Board Game Fully Funded on Kickstarter

A new tabletop fighting game adaptation has entered the arena. Level 99 Games' Kickstarter campaign for the Guilty Gear Strive board game, adapting Arc System Works' stylish anime action game.to…

September 13, 2023 | 04:17 EDT

Box art of Monopoly: The Witcher, featuring Geralt, Yennefer, Siri, Dandelion, and several monsters.
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Monopoly: The Witcher Brings Commerce to the Continent

Monopoly fans, a new version of the game has been announced. The popular board game, once a critique of capitalism, has crossed over with multiple licensed properties. Roblox, Fall Guys, Animal…

September 8, 2023 | 02:25 EDT

The box art for 3000 Scoundrels Double or Nothing on a white background
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3000 Scoundrels Double or Nothing Ups The Ante

Last Fall, Unexpected Games and Asmodee Publishing released 3000 Scoundrels. It was a Wild West-themed game where players play as gang leaders as they pulled off heists. The latest expansion, 3000…

September 6, 2023 | 02:30 EDT

The display box and game pieces for The Yuletide Tale expansion for Betrayal at House on the Hill on a white background.
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The Yuletide Tale Expansion for Betrayal at House on the Hill Announced

A brand new expansion has been announced for Betrayal at House on the Hill. Hasbro and Avalon Hill's newest addition to the haunted house board game is a special winter season-themed expansion,…

August 7, 2023 | 01:51 EDT

Box art for the Power Rangers SPD Ranger Pack and Merciless Minions 2 on a gaming mat.
Review

Power Rangers SPD Ranger Pack and Merciless Minions 2 Review

Renegade Game Studios continues to support their deep but rewarding co-op board game, Power Rangers: Heroes of the Grid. The game has demonstrated both polish and reverence for the different eras of…

August 1, 2023 | 11:50 EDT

The logo for Vampire: The Masquerade - Milan Uprising atop a dark city line, with figures in silhouette on the rooftops.
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Vampire: The Masquerade - Milan Uprising Fully Funded in 1 Hour

Today, the Gamefound campaign for Vampire: The Masquerade - Milan Uprising went live. It is a coop board game only available for Xplored's Teburu system. It seems that World of Darkness fans have…

July 27, 2023 | 03:32 EDT

The logo for Call of Duty: The Board Game on a black background.
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Call of Duty: The Board Game Deploys To Kickstarter This August

Back in April, Activision and Arcane Wonders announced Call of Duty: The Board Game. Aside from the fact that the blockbuster military shooter franchise would be coming to the tabletop, that initial…

July 19, 2023 | 02:38 EDT

A screenshot displaying boxes for Heroquest and Heroquest Rise of the Dread Moon expansion
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Heroquest Rise of the Dread Moon Breathes New Life Into 30-Year Old Game

in 2020, Hasbro and Avalon Hill announced they would be reprinting the board game Heroquest. This return of the 1989 tabletop classic did have some bumps, including the Heroquest TTRPG being delisted…

July 12, 2023 | 04:27 EDT

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Champions! Review

Champions! from Repos Productions helps you settle the big questions. Who between Luke Skywalker and Captain Marvel uses extra soft toilet paper for comfort? Or who between Velma and Sherlock Holmes…

July 18, 2023 | 10:39 EDT

Marvel D.A.G.G.E.R. displayed with various tabletop pieces on the board, as well as the box art depicting famous Marvel heroes.
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Marvel D.A.G.G.E.R. Review

Marvel D.A.G.G.E.R. is a cooperative board game where players create a team of iconic Marvel heroes from the 20 available, and try to stop the evil schemes of 1 of the 4 villains included in the set…

July 6, 2023 | 10:30 EDT

The box art for Jokkmokk: The Winter Market board game, displayed on a light blue background.
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Jokkmokk: The Winter Market Board Game Announced By Wizkids

In 1605, the Jokkmokk winter market was established in Sweden. It is a market that is held in January and lasts for 2-3 weeks. It was originally the result of a decree by King Karl IX to establish…

June 29, 2023 | 05:10 EDT

The board set up for Star Wars Villainous: Scum and Villainy by Ravensburger.
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Star Wars Villainous: Scum and Villainy Announced

A new expansion to Star Wars: Villainous is coming. The widely popular Star Wars spin-off board game released last August, allows players to step into the shoes of the galaxy's most diabolical…

June 13, 2023 | 03:06 EDT

The board set up for Monopoly: Hasbro 100th Anniversary Edition showing cards, locations, and game pieces.
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Monopoly: Hasbro 100th Anniversary Edition Announced

A new version of Monopoly is on its way. The widely popular board game, originally intended to be a critique of unchecked capitalism, has become ubiquitous in the tabletop space for its multiple…

June 12, 2023 | 02:41 EDT

The board game Heroscape, set up on a black tabletop, featuring colorful miniatures and hexagonal grid.
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Heroscape Returns to Retail By Renegade Game Studios

More Heroscape is coming. In October 2022, Hasbro announced that the beloved tabletop wargame would return through their crowdfunding platform HasLab. This was major since the series was discontinued…

June 8, 2023 | 02:54 EDT

An official promotional image for The Smurfs Board Game.
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The Smurfs Board Game Announced by Maestro Media

Yes, The Smurfs Board Game is happening. The world of tabletop gaming is no stranger to officially licensed titles based on beloved properties. Recently, video games like Metal Gear Solid and Apex…

June 6, 2023 | 03:50 EDT

The official logo for Monster Hunter World Iceborne: The Board Game, showing models for the Bow Hunter and The Shrieking Legiana models.
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Monster Hunter World Iceborne: The Board Game Fully Funded On Kickstarter In Under 30 Minutes

Last April, Steamforged Games announced Monster Hunter World Iceborne: The Board Game. This is an expansion sequel to the studio's Monster Hunter World Board Game,  using the same underlying gameplay…

May 18, 2023 | 04:03 EDT

Official box artwork from the Kickstarter campaign of Apex Legends: The Board Game
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Apex Legends: The Board Game Now Live On Kickstarter

Back in February, Glass Cannon Unplugged announced Apex Legends: The Board Game. They stated that, much like Electronic Arts and Respawn Entertainment's battle royale game, this tabletop adaptation…

May 17, 2023 | 11:03 EDT

An image of the box for the board game Nidavellir against a gray and beige background.
Review

Nidavellir Review - Fast-Paced Fantasy Bidding

For ages, the Dwarf Kingdom of Nidavellir has stood proud, stern, and strong against all who would oppose it. But now, the shadow of the dreaded dragon Fafnir hangs over the Kingdom. It's time for a…

May 9, 2023 | 12:30 EDT

Three miniatures from the Domitan's Stormcoven warband from Warhammer Underworlds
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Domitan's Stormcoven Arrives In Warhammer Underworlds

Another warband is coming to Warhammer Underworlds. Games Workshop's spin-off of their fantasy war game Warhammer Age of Sigmar has received plenty of ongoing support during its current Gnarlwood…

April 24, 2023 | 03:59 EDT

A soldier looking suitably determined in the artwork for Call of Duty: The Board Game
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Call Of Duty: The Board Game Announced, Kickstarter Coming Later This Year

What are the most unlikely properties to get board games that you can think of? Mega Man, perhaps? Fortnite? How about Call of Duty? Well, that last one's now officially real, as Activision and…

April 24, 2023 | 09:40 EDT

A board set up with miniatures and dice for Warhammer Underworlds
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New Stun and Barge Actions Coming to Warhammer Underworlds

New rules are coming to Warhammer Underworlds. Games Workshop is known for having multiple spin-offs of their successful franchises. The grimdark sci-fi series of Warhammer 40,000 has several in the…

April 17, 2023 | 03:29 EDT

Promo art of the game box for Monster Hunter: World Iceborne board game and a gray Rajang miniature on a light blue surface
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Steamforged Announces Monster Hunter World Iceborne Board Game

A Monster Hunter: World Iceborne board game is coming by Steamforged Games. This announcement continues the studio's reputation of producing bespoke board games and expansions based on popular…

April 11, 2023 | 12:01 EDT

The cover of the board game Marvel Dagger, featuring artwork of The Avengers in a team-up pose.
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Fantasy Flight Games Announces Marvel Dagger

Fantasy Flight Games has announced a new board game. The tabletop publisher has a rich history of board game releases throughout the years. These include original works like the sci-fi series…

March 31, 2023 | 03:13 EDT

The promo banner for The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era.
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The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era Is A Gamefound Hit

In May 2021, Chip Theory Games announced they were developing The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era. While this isn't the only officially licensed tabletop adaptation of Bethesda's beloved…

March 29, 2023 | 03:54 EDT

The title of Sea of Thieves Voyage of Legends on a stylized background depicting a pirate ship battle.
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Steamforged Announces Sea of Thieves Voyage of Legends

Tabletop adaptations of popular video games continue their rising popularity. Just recently, board game adaptations of the survival horror series Stalker and the popular battle royale Apex Legends…

March 8, 2023 | 02:59 EST

Official box art of Stalker The Board Game
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Stalker The Board Game Coming To Gamefound

The trend of Videogames receiving tabletop adaptations has only continued to grow. These range from TTRPGs like Modiphius' Fallout and Steamforged Games' adaptation of Dark Souls to direct board game…

March 2, 2023 | 03:05 EST

An image of 7 Wonders Edifice
Review

7 Wonders Edifice Review - Building On A Perfect Base

It's an age of absolute wonders across the known world, from incredible pyramids to the Library of Alexandria, and you're working hard to make sure your culture is the most prosperous amongst a sea…

February 23, 2023 | 05:44 EST

The promo image of Apex Legends: The Board Game, featuring the box and several miniatures.
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Apex Legends: The Board Game Announced

The world of Apex Legends is coming to the tabletop. The battle royale shooter, published by Electronic Arts and developed by Respawn Entertainment, has remained quite popular in the competitive…

February 22, 2023 | 05:56 EST