The go-to instant messaging and VoIP social platform Discord has recently added a digital online alternative of the critically acclaimed board game CATAN to its list of Activities you can do with your friends while in a group call or streaming. The game is not called "CATAN" per se, but uses the apt name "Colonist." For those of you unfamiliar...

Pre-Christmas layoffs have not made much sense historically, but they have been seen as a way to pull the rubber band quickly. After all, why wait until after New Year to give someone the bad news if you can spoil their festive spirits? This is the logic Hasbro has pursued as well, announcing that the company behind Play-Doh, Transformers and...

First, there were birds, then there were butterflies (and foxes!), and now there are mushrooms. Nothing can stop Elizabeth Hargrave from getting inspired by nature and creating a wonderful board game. This time, she teams up with the park ranger-turned-AEG-designer Mark Wootton to bring us Undergrove - a game that truly shows the beauty and magnificence of the mushroom...

The Dungeons & Dragons hype is booming more than ever, stoked by its very successful movie adaptation Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and of course Baldur’s Gate III. Mass media aside, they have been making all the right moves when it comes to updating the tabletop RPG with many gameplay changes, not to mention the upcoming 2024 book...

Wise Wizard Games, LLC, the company behind the Star Realms and Hero Realms deckbuilding games designed by prominent Magic: The Gathering legendary players Rob Dougherty and Darwin Kastle, is launching a new studio that will instead dedicate itself to building family-friendly board games. The studio aptly and perhaps a touch derivatively called Wacky Wizard Games, has already announced a trifecta...

A brand-new fantasy wargame by Mindclash Game is on the cards, with Ironwood due to release in 2024 and designed by Maël Brunet and Julien Chaput, a pair of upcoming designers who will make their debut with the title. Fight for the Coveted Larimor Crystals and Retrieve Ancestorial Heirlooms As any good conflict game would have it, two warring factions vie...

You read that right - you will need to hire a detective for Magic: The Gathering’s upcoming sets Murders at Karlov Manor and Ravnica: Clue Edition. As their names suggest - you’ll be helping Alquist Proft and the Ravnican Agency of Magicological Investigations to uncover a gruesome murder! Or maybe you’ll join the murderers and spread some chaos instead?...

The revival of the HeroQuest dungeon crawler experience has been going well, with the seminal title now getting two more quest packs available to preorder on Amazon. The two packs, Prophecy of Telor and Spirit Queen’s Torment, add to an already rich selection of previous releases that have been going strong since 2021 and the release of the highly...

Wizards of the Coast used their appearance at PAX Unplugged to flesh out more details about the world’s most famous role-playing game, Dungeons & Dragons. With a strong lineup of books due to arrive in 2024 an update on certain rules, and the Monk class at long last, the fresh details are precisely what fans needed. Bringing a Host of...

After being radio silent for new Star Wars: Shatterpoint content for several months, Atomic Mass Games finally announced two new Squad Packs for next year, centered around the beloved Star Wars original trilogy. While there is no shortage of Star Wars board games, fans just can’t get enough of the epic fantasy franchise and just keep asking for more....