If you've ever been a Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Master, you know that it's a weighty responsibility. The dice may help decide who wins and who loses, but you and you alone are responsible for everyone's fun. » 7/17/14 9:00pm Thursday 9:00pm

The guys who brought you a card game adaptation of Moby Dick are back with another tabletop literary adaption, this one about Beowulf. King Post is following last year's successful Kickstarter campaign with another crowdfunding drive to make their nerdy dreams come true. If you like the sound of playing a Grendel… » 6/03/14 12:00pm 6/03/14 12:00pm

Imagine a world where you can play the word "selfie" or "twerk" in Scrabble. Sound absurd? Both these words are definitely a playable possibility starting later this year. » 3/12/14 6:00pm 3/12/14 6:00pm

Inceptor is an upcoming board game that is, in everything except name (because that involves licensing), based on Chris Nolan's movie Inception. » 2/25/14 11:30pm 2/25/14 11:30pm

The X-Wing miniatures game is almost the perfect tabletop experience. At least if you like Star Wars and fun things. About the only thing that could make it better would be to start introducing more units based on video game starfighters and oh what's this? » 2/18/14 10:30pm 2/18/14 10:30pm

Well I guess it was bound to happen eventually. » 1/28/14 8:30pm 1/28/14 8:30pm

If there's a tabletop gamer in your life, your gift-giving dilemma is one of abundance – there are so many awesome things to give a gamer, how do you pick the right one? We'll sort you out with this guide to great gaming gifts. » 11/29/13 12:49am 11/29/13 12:49am

At the end of this month, Nintendo will be re-releasing a game. It's beautiful. An all-time classic. And it's...not a video game. » 11/11/13 11:30pm 11/11/13 11:30pm

The best role playing game campaigns create stories you’ll be telling around the gaming table decades later. But what's that magic ingredient that takes a game from great to once-in-a-lifetime? We talked to gamers, game designers, and authors to find out what makes a campaign truly memorable. » 10/28/13 5:01pm 10/28/13 5:01pm

A lot of our love for tabletop games comes down to nostalgia. A game we played in the 80s might have terrible rules and a hackneyed game world, but we love it all the same. Sadly, many of those classic RPGs are long out of print. Here’s a look at the best of these lost games. » 9/24/13 5:39pm 9/24/13 5:39pm

There are genuinely attractive Kickstarters, there are joke Kickstarters, and then there are Kickstarters like this, which somehow manages to be both at once. » 5/19/13 9:00pm 5/19/13 9:00pm

Cards Against Humanity was once a Kickstarter asking for $4000. It's since made over $12 million in revenue. Here's a great writeup on how the game, and its creators, got there. » 5/19/13 8:46pm 5/19/13 8:46pm

Robotech (or, specifically, Macross) games have a chequered past. Some have been OK! Others terrible. Some have even been pretty good, though you wouldn't know it, since the best ones (on PS2 and PSP) have never been officially been released outside Japan. » 5/14/13 3:00am 5/14/13 3:00am

The X-Wing Miniatures tabletop game, which I like very much, has a new line of tiny little spacecraft on the way. » 5/06/13 12:30am 5/06/13 12:30am

"I'M OPTIMUS PRIME AND I SHOT YOU IN THE FACE", "WELL I'M A NINJA TURTLE AND I BLOCKED IT THEN KICKED HIII-YAH", "WELL I USED MY FORCEFIELD TO STOP IT THEN TURNED INTO A TRUCK AND VVRROOMMM DROVE OVER YOUR LEGS". » 2/26/13 3:00am 2/26/13 3:00am

Part of the appeal of playing a game like Dungeons & Dragons is that you've got to use your imagination. If there's a representation of your character at all, chances are it's pretty basic. » 1/25/13 3:00am 1/25/13 3:00am

You all owe Gary Gygax more than you can possibly imagine. The creator of Dungeons & Dragons, who passed away in 2008, had a big impact on tabletop gaming, of course, but those concepts he created for paper and dice are still widely used in video games today, especially RPGs. » 7/27/12 2:00am 7/27/12 2:00am

That's because the folks at Chinese playing card company HCG churn out an array of cards featuring, not only the movers and shakers of modern history, but also those who move and shake in Japanese skin flicks. » 6/18/12 6:40am 6/18/12 6:40am