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In its ongoing attempt to recreate the entire world, Netrunner heads to India
Hacker culture meets Hinduism.
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Vin Diesel is the nicest Dungeon Master ever
We talk to the game’s creator about how it’s not a joke.
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An experiment in composing a soundtrack for a tabletop game as it’s being played
When you think of tabletop gaming what do you hear? It’s probably stone-cold silence as players shoot glances at each other, peering between decks and figurines, trying to weigh up one another. Or a monotone voice reciting the rules for the 34th time in order to explain why you can’t make that move
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How to make a boardgame, from one of the best designers in the world
French designer Antoine Bauza has helped the European boardgame industry thrive.
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What videogame RPGs could learn from Community
Remember the beginning of Skyrim? Yeah, neither do we.
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Learn to laugh at terrible stereotypes with this upcoming card game
We might all be terrible, but at least we can laugh about it with a card game.
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Red Flags is a card game of perfect partners and terrible dates
You meet the person of your dreams. They have everything you want in a partner: a love for dogs, the ability to write poetry that is not in any way embarrassing, unrivalled loyalty, and a yacht. There’s just one catch. This potential match calls you by their ex’s name. And this isn’t an isolated inc
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Brewin’ USA: A tabletop game that fits right in at the bar
Drinks are on you!
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Playing The Quiet Year, a tabletop game about building communities
Where contempt is a mechanic.
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Monikers wants its box to be as much fun as the game inside
It’s an ode to gif culture, on cardboard.
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I fell in love with a sex ninja at the end of the world
How Apocalypse World sets players free by taking away control.
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Boardgames are a pain. This app may help
Boardgames are great, but they are an enormous pain in the ass. This is both part of the appeal and the reason more people don’t get into them. They’re heavy, generally expensive, they require hours to set up and take apart, as well as gobs of free time penciled into a handful of people’s schedules.