Tabletop Games

Your primary source of all things tabletop on Polygon, from pen-and-paper RPGs to deep, strategic board games.

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Detail of the cover of the Living Greyhawk Journal #0 depicting the Circle of Eight
A Gygax is finally returning to D&D for more Greyhawk

Luke Gygax announces collaboration with Wizards of the Coast to bring more Greyhawk to D&D

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Candy Land’s creator is the kindest one-hit wonder of all time

Eleanor Abbott set out to help sick kids pass the time and accidentally created one of the greatest board games ever

A detail of the cover of the D&D adventures book Faster Purple Worm everybody dies
This brutal D&D adventure taught me 5e’s challenge ratings don’t make sense

Even hitting players with double what they should be capable of handling is sometimes not enough in D&D 5e

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Monopoly's mascot, who wears a top hat and a black and white suit, as depicted by the McDonalds promotion that gives out free food in exchange for codes and playing pieces.
Parker Brothers canonized the wrong version of Monopoly

The original Landlord’s Game was designed to warn players about wealth inequality. The version that survived did the opposite.

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Cyberpunk TCG already smashed through Kickstarter records — with 30 days to go

$8M in roughly 24 hours makes it the most-funded TCG ever

The cast of Dimension 20 stands in “the Dome,” their specially-lit set. In front of them is an elaborate diorama.
Dimension 20's next season finally revealed in cryptic new teaser

'The rumors are true: our mayor is a dog'

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Deadpool’s latest Magic cards turn Secret Lair into a joke (in a good way)

If you run Deadpool, Trading Card as your commander, this could be a must-buy

An image of Matthew Mercer standing back to back with his Campaign 4 character from Critical Role, sir Julien Davinos.
Matt Mercer explains Daredevil subclass for Critical Role's Campaign 4: 'High risk, high reward'

Riding the edge of combat

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Art featuring the D&D vampire lord Strahd
D&D's best villain remains an irredeemable monster

Chris Perkins reflects on D&D's most famous vampire for Curse of Strahd's 10th anniversary

two big gold fish swimming together
Magic scalpers are already reselling the latest Secret Lair at an absurd markup

Chaos Vault Dandan decks are already selling for 2.5x the sale price — or more

Logo for The Gathering is the Magic documentary
This Magic: The Gathering documentary says the real magic isn’t the cards

A Kickstarter to help fund its completion launches April 7

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10 years later, Curse of Strahd is still reshaping modern D&D

Chris Perkins reflects on the legacy of D&D's best-selling adventure

The 12th Doctor tries to press a door closed while monster hands reach for him
I turned D&D’s Death House into a Doctor Who time-loop nightmare

To celebrate Curse of Strahd's 10th anniversary, here's how you can do it too

Art from the Pokémon TCG of Mega Greninja
Mega Greninja finally arrives in the Pokémon TCG's Chaos Rising set this May

It's a first-ever for the trading card game

Sephiroth
Tetsuya Nomura reveals his favorite Final Fantasy Magic cards

The FF7 Rebirth creative director still has a lot of love for Sephiroth

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StarCraft makes a comeback this May

Pre-orders for the StarCraft Tabletop Miniatures Game just opened up

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turtle power
Magic's new TMNT commander deck fixes one of the most annoying things about precons

The lands in this precon alone make it worth buying

Art of Donatello the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle from Magic: The Gathering
Hasbro CEO swears they're not using AI to design Magic and D&D

But AI tools remain crucial to the workflow for the wider company

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The box for Sensu is laid out on a table along with cards and playmats
Sensu transforms Rummy into a gorgeous modern card game

Stunning fan-building cards and simple, Rummy-style gameplay make it easy to share with any play group

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This overlooked Final Fantasy Magic card just exploded in value

Universes Beneath: Prompto is here to copy one of your permanents