Tabletop Gaming Archives

Last weekend I sat down to a nice glass of wine, and some Pandemic Legacy. Sounds pretty great, right? Well…one needs a glass of wine when they’re about

Last night I experienced the beginning of the tabletop board game Pandemic Legacy, which is a follow up the original game, Pandemic. Except this version

By Christopher Helton Shocking news in tabletop gaming came down the other day as it was announced that Paradox Interactive, publishers of video games like Crusader Kings II and Magika, had acquired White Wolf Publishing and the related Vampire: The Masquerade and World of Darkness rights brands from CCP Games The deal for White Wolf Publishing[...]

By Christopher Helton Wednesday I will be in Indianapolis, Indiana for the "Best Four Days In Gaming," Gen Con. The convention itself doesn't start until

by Christopher Helton Gen Con is coming. In just over a week I will be in scenic Indianapolis, Indiana, soaking in the local charm, heavy carbohydrate

By Christopher Helton Depending on whom you ask, Green Ronin's Blue Rose tabletop roleplaying game is the best...or the worst...thing to happen to

By Christopher Helton Coming out of the Edgar Rice Burroughs panel at San Diego Comic-Con came the announcement that the John Carter property was being licensed for tabletop gaming. Modiphius Entertainment (licensee of Gerry Anderson's The Thunderbirds for board roleplaying games, Robert E Howard's Conan for roleplaying, the DUST Adventures roleplaying game) will aggressively produce various tabletop games using the characters and settings of[...]

One of the oldest setting in tabletop gaming, Greg Stafford's Glorantha first saw life as the setting to the fantasy board game White Bear and Red Moon This new guide to the setting was written from the ground up by Stafford, Call of Cthulhu creator Sandy Petersen and Jeff Richards Gorgeously illustrated and designed, this two-volume guide book gives[...]

By Christopher Helton Saturday, June 20th is the eighth annual Free RPG Day, and where will you be? Much like the bigger, and better known, Free Comic

By Christopher Helton At the opening of the Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Ohio today WizKids (makers of the popular HeroClix games) announced a

By Christopher Helton Chaosium Games is one of the very few tabletop roleplaying game companies from the early days of gaming that is still in operation.

By Christopher Helton As we’ve reported already, The Sixth Gun comic from creators Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt, and published by Oni Press is going to be

  Want to recreate your favorite scenes from the Mars Attacks movie or trading cards in your tabletop roleplaying game campaigns? Look no further

Wizards of the Coast announced the next in its line of adventures for the fifth edition of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. Rage of Demons

The list of nominees for this year's Origins Awards have been announced by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design: Best Board Game Abyss-Asmodee,

It seems that Hell has frozen over, at least in part. There really are not many publishers from the early days of tabletop gaming that are still in business these days Yes, some of the names may still be around, but these days they are owned by others and their legacy is carried on by people[...]

The official adaptation to tabletop gaming of the computer games from BioWare Games, the Dragon Age Roleplaying Game has been featured on Wil Wheaton's Tabletop web series as well Written by Green Ronin publisher Chris Pramas (designer of Freeport:  The City of Adventure and lead designer of the revised second edition of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay). The mechanics of these rules make it a good[...]

The newest campaign arc for the 5th edition of the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop roleplaying game from Wizards of the Coast is now available in your

With the upcoming Lankhmar: City of Thieves supplement, Pinnacle Entertainment brings the worlds of Fritz Lieber's classic fantasy characters Fafhrd and

The universe of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay and Warhammer 40K is one of the richest settings in tabletop gaming Stretching across novels, tabletop  games, comics, miniatures and video games, diverse hands have stirred the pot of Chaos, magic and adventure for over three decades now. Fantasy Flight Games announced the latest addition to this rich and growing setting, the Enemies[...]

Something very interesting has been happening for tabletop roleplaying games in Los Angles for the past week. Wil Wheaton's Tabletop web show started

We urge the House to vote this bill down and call on Governor Pence to do the right thing and veto this bill if it makes it to his desk. Tabletop gaming has always had a sizable contingent of LGBT gamers and designers, all of whom would be negatively impacted by this bill Gen Con wrote[...]

By Christopher Helton Reaper Miniatures announced a number of things for retailers at the GAMA Trade Show, but probably the "biggest" announcement was for

Organized Play, which is typically where tournament-style play occurs in stores and at conventions and sometimes has player rankings or prizes, is fairly common in other forms of tabletop gaming, like roleplaying games and collectible card games, but doesn't appear to be as common in the world of board games. Right now the games supported in[...]

By Christopher Helton   In what will definitely be a big announcement for fans of board games, Mayfair Games announced at the GAMA Trade Show that they

By Christopher Helton IDW Games announced at the GAMA Trade Show  an expansion for their translation of the hit Japanese card game, Machi Koro. The

By Christopher Helton With the GAMA Trade Show going on in Las Vegas, the announcements are flying fast and furious for tabletop gaming Here at Bleeding Cool  we are going to sort through all of the releases and teases, and even through in some speculation. GAMA is the Game Manufacturer's Association, a tabletop gaming trade group that organizes[...]

By Christopher Helton Car Wars. That's a name that instills hope and loyalty among tabletop gamers. I spoke briefly last year, during my Gen Con coverage,

Comics benefit greatly at times from the focused and singular viewpoint of the writer/artist being able to interpret what is in their heads, unfortunately this is something that has never been as prevalent in tabletop gaming and I think that it is that singularity of vision that helps to make Red & Pleasant Land such[...]

We have these for comics, for toys, for snack goods, and now we have this for tabletop gaming as well with Mythoard. I'll be completely honest…right now Mythoard is still in that scrappy early phase of the program There is some interesting stuff but the prices, starting at $25 for U.S domestic addresses, might be a[...]