Forget videogames: All-in-One devices may be the future of boardgames
Things get interesting at the intersection of tablet and tabletop.
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Why a new edition of Dungeons and Dragons matters
The first step in evaluating a new era of roleplaying games.
Tash-Kalar rejoices in your dinkiest accomplishments
Well done, you.
MultipliCITY makes a strong case that SimCity is capitalist hogwash
Turns out, there are problems with playing God.
Expos are so much better with this deck-building business card game
Your de facto business card is a no-frills presentation of your name and number and Twitter handle, so potential business partners can contact you later on. But if you are a game designer among an expo of game designers, it might be advantageous to flaunt your chops by designing an entire game that
The Cards Against Humanity guys are hosting a reality show for tabletop game design
The reality series Tabletop Deathmatch is a no-holds-barred, drama-packed throw-down between 16 aspiring boardgame designers trying to get their projects approved by a ruthless panel of judges who are basically the game design “Shark Tank.” OK, it’s not as misanthropic as I made it sound. But what w
Dark is the stealthy RPG adventure for, uh, playing cards
Tabletop gaming takes another step toward democratization.
Why we need more tabletop game stores
Twenty Sided Store in Brooklyn is, if we’re lucky, a harbinger for the future of gaming.
Last week in boardgames: Bruno Cathala’s new game has men at work, elusive complexity
Celebrated game designer Bruno Cathala’s next game for Days of Wonder looks fantastically complicated. Not much is known about it, as it is still a prototype, but it has something to do with workers, and pyramids, and tile rotation, and a cup of espresso. Come to think of it that could just be someo
How tablets transformed the board game landscape
The die is cast.
Desktop Dungeons brings the metagame full circle
Do we always need progress?
Pathfinder Adventure Card Game loses the trail and gets a little lonely
On being a lone wolf.
The charm of making worlds in The Strange
Designers Monte Cook and Bruce Cordell want to take you places in their new game “The Strange“—their worlds, your own, and those of your favorite films, books, and video games.
Inside the failed, utopian New Games Movement
How a hippy commune prefigured the videogame community’s love of play.
The Machine of Death is a game of Assassin for the utterly insane
The Machine of Death sounds like quite a hilarious device, despite its morbid name. The core idea behind the card/tabletop “game of creative assassination” offers players the chance to deal death via an insane variety of methods, including bananas, sharks, brain melt, and other fun and exciting elem