For as long as I can remember, one of my oldest friends, a game designer, has been trying to come up with a game using nothing more than a normal deck of playing cards. It's harder than you'd think as we've been throwing ideas back and fort...

CD Projekt RED's anticipated RPG Cyberpunk 2077 might still be a bit of aways away, but that hasn't stopped the merch machine from getting into gear with a selection of spin-off items, including this neat-sounding tabletop card game adaptat...

A few months ago I did the Lord's work by reporting on a tabletop RPG based off of the music of Carly Rae Jepsen. I also shared a sad, sad story of remorse and regret regarding the immaculately poor decision to not go see her in concert. My...

Although publisher Asmodee Digital has been teasing various bits of Gloomhaven PC gameplay on Twitch, the first actual trailer just dropped, and so far it looks promising if you're a fan of the tabletop game. This version will launch w...

So Google got to steal that massive Baldur's Gate III reveal away from E3 last week. Rad for them right? Well it's also on PC, not just Stadia, so don't get too upset. Developer Larian Studios took to the stage at the PC Gaming Show to...

Tabletop is taking over in ways it never has before. "Blame" Settlers of Catan or Dominion, but tabletop Kickstarters have been seeing a surge these past few years, taking up myriad spots on the all-time most funded Kickstarter list. W...

Well this is a pretty interesting development to randomly happen on a Monday. Confirmed to Destructoid, Netflix has announced, in conjunction with Hasbro (who owns Wizards of the Coast) and their Allspark Animation studio, that they're team...

What you you do for the king? Enter today's contest for a Switch or Xbox One copy of RPG For the King! Somewhere around the end of the PS2/beginning of PS3 era, RPGs turned their collective backs on the turn-based combat system, opting for ...

We're in a resplendent era of RPG tabletop games, with Gloomhaven leading the charge. Over the past several years there's been a resurgence in the DragonStrike-esque D&D-lite genre, and many IPs, from Dark Souls to Fallout, ha...

Publisher BigBen Interactive announced in a tweet (which has since been removed) that they are working with studio Big Bad Wolf to produce a "narrative RPG" based on popular tabletop role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade.Details are sca...

One of the greatest things about Destructoid is its sense of community. I've made life-long friends here and meet folks who share the same passion as myself nearly every single day. Bartek Kubica, who resides in Poland, is one of those peop...

Tabletop games rule, and over time many more folks have picked up on that, lending credence to smaller conventions and molding them into gargantuan gatherings. Gen Con was once a small affair decades ago in Wisconsin and has since grown int...

[Image credit] As is customary with Magic: The Gathering as of late, the War of the Spark set's release is going to be staggered now that Arena is in the picture. The Planeswalker-heavy set is actually live today, with pre-release events (m...

Those of you who haven't been directly injected with enough Devil May Cry in 2019 will be pleased to hear that there is currently a board game adaptation of the hip action series in the works, with a crowdfunding campaign set to start very ...

I'm going to tell you a quick story of the biggest regret of my life. About three years ago now Carly Rae Jepsen rolled into town at a really cool local venue. Obviously, I was super excited because she's the greatest being alive. I went on...

I, personally, was never really into Talisman, the fantasy tabletop game that blew up huge during my formative years. I did take a stab at it several years back, in an evening that lasted a lifetime and ultimately ended with us designating ...

Header Image: Box art commissioned from MangAsepTalented tabletop game designer Brother Ming has created a great looking new game based on Atlus smash-hit RPG Persona 5. The Unofficial Persona 5 Phan-Game includes characters and events from...

With the advent of Magic: Arena, the release of Magic sets isn't as easy to keep up with. Here's a quick rundown.

Although the magic of online play and the near eradication of split-screen has informed my multiplayer gaming habits, there once was a time where, outside of PC LAN parties and dial-up, local play was the only option. Some of my fondest mem...

Metal Gear Solid is the gift that keeps on giving. Having redefined a genre - and in many ways an industry - when released for PlayStation back in 1998, Hideo Kojima's stealth classic refuses to die, repeatedly popping up in re-releases, me...

For those of you who like your gaming in both digital and analogue form, then Square Enix might have something in the works for you. A new board game is currently in the works based on the tomb raidin' crusades of the irrepressible Lara Cro...

In the lead-up to their full launch early next year, Failbetter Games has released a pen and paper RPG companion to Sunless Skies and best of all it is free! Skyfarer is meant to help acquaint players with the neo-gothic theme and feel of S...

Tabletop game publisher Asmodee is bring a range of globally popular board games to Nintendo Switch. The news was announced during today's Nintendo Direct presentation.Carcassonne, Pandemic and Lord of the Rings: The Living Card Game are al...

Magic: The Gathering is getting ready for a massive shakeup in October. In less than a month standard (read: the most popular competitive mode) is cycling out a whopping five sets (Kaladesh, Aether Revolt, Amonkhet, Hour of Devastation, and...

PAX West weekend is here and I know one game many people are eager to check out is Super Meat Boy Forever. Team Meat is bringing an Xbox One build to the big show, but it isn't the only game it'll have for event goers to try out. Anybody wh...