Miniature wargaming is far and away one of the most intimidating aspects of the tabletop gaming hobby, especially for newcomers. At least part of that likely comes from the image it has of being ...

Zine Month is back! The month-long celebration of indie RPGs and their creators has returned, combining with Zine Quest for a February full of weird, wild and wonderful roleplaying games. If you’re ...

2. Those Dark Places Horror and sci-fi merge in this Alien-inspired RPG about the desolation of outer space Those Dark Places wears its inspirations on its sleeve. Alien may have its very own official ...

There’s nothing better than losing yourself in a story, especially your own, and the best tabletop RPGs can do that. Tabletop RPGs – or roleplaying games – are pen-and-paper experiences that are ...

Watch on YouTube 2. Mage Knight Epic exploration whether you're with friends or by yourself Mage Knight is fun with friends, but it shines as a single-player RPG board game too. Dungeon crawls are ...

Watch on YouTube There are a range of official Dungeons & Dragons settings that make up the tabletop RPG's universe. Among the most well-known is the high-fantasy Forgotten Realms, predominantly based ...

Watch on YouTube How to set-up a chess board Chess is played by two players on a chess board measuring eight-by-eight squares. The 64 squares alternate between light and dark colours - traditionally, ...

Watch on YouTube The main chunk of play sees you rolling a number of six-sided dice and determining the results on a table, which will instruct you to add or subtract from the map you’ve already made.

Sara Elsam: Sara has been writing since 2017, contributing news, features and more to outlets including Eurogamer, Rock Paper Shotgun, Variety, The Guardian, BBC and Tabletop Gaming magazine. An ...

If you’re a fan of tabletop RPGs, you’ve likely come across OSR. But you might be wondering what that even stands for, what OSR games are and why people are playing them. Let’s clear up one quite ...

How to set up Monopoly Unpack the main board and place it on the table. Shuffle the Chance and Community Chest decks of cards and put them on the matching spaces in the middle of the board. Each ...

How many cards do you need to play Pokémon TCG? Each player has a deck of exactly 60 cards, consisting of Pokémon cards, energy cards, item cards and trainer cards. Apart from energy cards, you can’t ...