Firaxis announced the upcoming XCOM board game in a celebratory blog post. Soon you'll be able to weep at the loss of your ...

Nothing enhances the mood of a backyard dinner or cozy gathering like a crackling fire pit (and a few helpings of s’mores)—but for many homeowners, space can be a serious constraint. Luckily, unlike ...

One of my favorite things to do with friends is to get together for a good tabletop session. While the games that get the most press as “party games” are things like charades, card games, and Monopoly ...

A new study in Transcultural Psychiatry finds that strong emotional bonds with characters in tabletop role-playing games can measurably improve players’ self-concept and self-esteem. Researchers say ...

Dungeons & Dragons have spawned a multitude of campaign worlds since it began, including the Forgotten Realms, Mystara, Eberron, Dark Sun, Spelljammer, and many others. I often look beyond these D&D ...

The year is 2032, and the tabletop landscape is composed far more of ones and zeroes than cardboard and plastic. With the advancements in VR technology and virtual tabletop services, digital versions ...

Finally, we chatted with the brand’s design team to understand how they distill trends from trade shows, the fashion world, ...

I recently talked to renowned tabletop designers Jay Dragon (Wanderhome, Sleepaway), Kazumi Chin (Invincible Sword Princess, Rogue 2E), and Rae Nedjadi (Apocalypse Keys, Our Haunt), about games ...

There’s something innately special about pen-and-paper, tabletop role-playing games. The combination of collaborative storytelling in, most commonly, a fantasy setting is basically mythological improv ...

There's a veritable ocean of tabletop RPGs out there, and it can be a daunting task to find the game that best fits your gaming group. Whether you're looking for a new game to try or just curious what ...

A new study in Transcultural Psychiatry finds that players who form deep, personal bonds with their tabletop role-playing game characters experience measurable improvements in self-concept, ...

Tabletop games are currently enjoying a period of unprecedented popularity; not only do they dominate the top-funded section of Kickstarter, with projects like Kingdom Death: Monster 1.5 bringing in ...