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Prepare thy stomachs! The Great Eldraine Bake-Off is a baking competition from Wizards of the Coast to support "Magic: The Gathering" expansion.

Today I want to go into this discussion from the angle of tabletop wargames and discuss why these games falter often as well. First, though, I want to express that this is strictly my experience with these games and companies, and the world is large – while I may not be playing a given game, that[...]

"Gaslands: Refueled", a new edition of the "Gaslands" game by Osprey Games, has come out and with it, a new batch of miniature wargame players have arisen from the woodwork.

...And there was much rejoicing. Throne of Eldraine, Magic: The Gathering's 82nd expansion set, has been fully revealed at long last, and with it, its tokens and a release notes document.

Magic: The Gathering is well into its 26th year of play, and with its 82nd expansion set, Throne of Eldraine, Wizards of the Coast has outdone itself yet again.

Games Workshop has come out with a lot of games in the span of their existence - and I mean a lot.

Magic: The Gathering's 82 expansion set, Throne of Eldraine, is coming out remarkably soon - October 4th, or, if you play Magic: The Gathering: Arena

Over the past year, I've been looking at the prices of individual Magic: the Gathering cards get progressively more expensive.

When Wizards of the Coast came out with their Dominaria expansion set, they revealed their initial plans of bringing Brawl into their gallery of formats, but many players played it for a very short while before sloughing it off to play either Standard, which boasts the same list of cards that Brawl's format consists of,[...]

Besides just being a global sensation, Magic: the Gathering is a local one too.

Magic: the Gathering is such a popular game that a good number of competitive venues operate at any given time.

"Magic: The Gathering" has made a decision to roll back on some of the changes they have been thinking of instituting for their software interface, "Arena."

It's clear that games like Magic: the Gathering and Yu-Gi-Oh! are games which hold a crowd's gaze for a long time.

If you recall from that article, in 2020 Wizards of the Coast will be implementing a number of changes to their competitive structure both online and on the tabletop. Writing this article made me start to wonder if Arena was perhaps a good fit for me to play as well, so I made an account and[...]

Of all Games Workshop's published games, Warhammer 40,000 is arguably their most famous.

On Wednesday, the NOVA Open, a large wargaming convention and tournament site, began, renewing old grudges and starting bitter new rivalries.

Throughout the history of wargaming, companies have tried and tried again to appeal to different audiences.

But what has gotten most of my attention has been Critical Role, as well as its former home on the Geek and Sundry channel, especially Tabletop An independent channel since earlier this year, Critical Role has made 2019 their breakout year. Somehow, given all of the stress and intense heat of summer, nothing has been as[...]

Joseph A. McCullough hit the table top world in a big way with the release of Frostgrave: Fantasy Wargames in the Frozen City in 2015. Frostgrave earned

We got the chance to check out the newest Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game: The Battle of Pelennor Fields at Warhammer Hillsboro.

As we review them, we're going to take a look at each one and what they bring to the table whether you're playing Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, or any other tabletop RPG. As we look at the Boy Cleric and Winged Snake below, the basic tone for each of these is to give you a specific[...]

The publisher's deckbuilding game set in the Valiant Universe, inventively titled "Valiant Universe: The Deckbuilding Game," will be featured as one of 16 tabletop games as part of the 2018 Unrivaled Tournament, claimed to be the world's largest tabletop gaming tournament by a press release If you're skilled player, you can get in on the[...]

Free League Publishing has opened pre-orders for the latest expansion to their hit tabletop RPG Mutant: Year Zero The Mechatron expansion is as robot-filled as it sounds. If you'd like some game fluff to explain the expansion for you, the expansion description reads: In a huge facility hidden underneath the ocean, an army of robots continues to carry out[...]

David LaRocca's Elder Dice are a nice treat for tabletop enthusiasts who just really want to bring a touch of eldritch horror to every game they play Even the sci-fi RPGs, D&D sessions, anything that requires a handful of dice is a great choice for these, because they're pretty snazzy The project started as a[...]

Within just a few hours of launching on Kickstarter, Monolith Games' Batman: Gotham City Chronicles has managed to more than double their campaign goal of $500,000 USD. At time of writing, the campaign had raised $1,498,452 USD and it continued to rise as we covered the story, so it has likely increased since then.

But that's not all the Legend of Korra we have to look forward to. IDW is getting in on the Legend of Korra action through their tabletop games department The company is making a new Legend of Korra game based on the show's professional bending sport, Legend of Korra: Pro Bending Arena From IDW's press release: Designed[...]

If you're like me when it comes to D&D, you probably ditched the paperwork involved with creating a character a while ago in favor of one of the apps

The schedule includes the Titania box set for Malifaux 2E, Wyrd Games' tabletop skirmisher Naturally, Titania's box is called The Queen's Return and belongs to the Neverborn faction  Like most Neverborn masters, Titania looks goddamn awesome Her primary mechanics are already known, and will definitely benefit players who want to exert absolute control over the[...]

Chris Ahrnsbrak writes for Bleeding Cool from PAX South, The explosive regrowth and rediscovery of tabletop gaming was more and more evident throughout wandering the PAX South show floor Many well-known brands were on full display, but the one area that constantly had a line for their experience was Reaper Miniatures. Reaper Miniatures is well known to[...]

Last Friday night I rounded the troops for another game of Pandemic Legacy. We arrived at April, our fourth month, and anxiously wondered what would