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Saturday 22 August 2026

	D&D: Five Reasons You Should Try Playing An Evil Character Now And Then (RPGnews.com)
	Lugia and Ho-Oh cards are confirmed for the Pokémon TCG's 30th Celebration set (Wargamer)
	TCS: GD’42 Assault on Travino videos (Big Board Gaming)
	MTG's developers are considering making a new 'casual' two player format (Wargamer)
	Moon of the Crusted Snow – Book Review (Meeple and the Moose)
	Design Diary - Pintó (BoardGameGeek Blog )
	RPG: A Look Inside The Upcoming ‘Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: 5th Edition’ (RPGnews.com)
	This Lucha Libre TTRPG is a love letter to Mexican wrestling (Wargamer)
	The Best New Card From Magic's Hobbit Set Made My Dr. Eggman Deck Unstoppable ( Polygon.com )
	Maestro Game Review (Meeple Mountain – Board Game Reviews, Videos, Humor, and more)
	Gen Con 2026 – Upper Deck Entertainment (The Opinionated Gamers)
	Unboxing Video: Sykes-Picot from Hollandspiele (The Players' Aid)
	The dark fantasy that inspired DnD has its very own RPG, and it's 94% off (Wargamer)
	Korpi (Saturday Review) (Tabletop Games Blog)
	TT Combat - New Previww (Tabletop Fix)
	Wargames Atlantic - New Release (Tabletop Fix)
	Wargame Exclusive - New Release (Tabletop Fix)
	Warlord Games - New Release (Tabletop Fix)
	GHQ - New Sale Announcement (Tabletop Fix)
	Dale Yu: Review of Sandcastles (The Opinionated Gamers)
	Victrix - New Pre-Order (Tabletop Fix)
	Lucid Eye Publications - New Sale Announcement (Tabletop Fix)
	Bad Squiddo Games - New Preview (Tabletop Fix)
	North Star Military Figures - New Release (Tabletop Fix)
	Slave 2 Gaming - New Release (Tabletop Fix)
	Rogue Sculpts - Omnibus, Grimdark STLs Kickstarter (Tabletop Fix)
	Tour the World, Make Cakes, and Fill Your Secret Museum (Board Game Beat)
	Marcel - Claws & Blades Kickstarter (Tabletop Fix)
	Got Bored - Gothic D&D Castles & Towers Kickstarter (Tabletop Fix)
	Hetman Miniatures - 28mm Scale Late 17th Century Polish Miniatures Kickstarter (Tabletop Fix)
	Runeheart Designs - TeamBox Kickstarter (Tabletop Fix)
	Snot Goblin Gaming - FutureProof Modular Terrain: Faction Wars Kickstarter (Tabletop Fix)
	DungeonsCo - Dungeons Box HexVault Kickstarter (Tabletop Fix)
	Saga Miniatures - Apotheosis: Tales From The Trenches Kickstarter (Tabletop Fix)
	Griffin Road Games - Miniatures, series 1 Kickstarter (Tabletop Fix)
	News Digest for August 21, 2026 (RPGnews.com)
	News Digest for August 21, 2026 (EN World: D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews)
	designer diary: Pilgrim Poker (Hiew's Boardgame Blog)
	Friday Night Shots – Game Systems (Dude! Take Your Turn!)

Friday 21 August 2026

	You can get a D&D popcorn bucket now (RPGnews.com)
	You can get a D&D popcorn bucket now (EN World: D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews)
	Dicegeeks Office: Down, Down to Goblin Town (RPGnews.com)
	D&D: Spellslinging For A Fistful Of GP, The New Nemesis Sorcerer Subclass (RPGnews.com)
	What’s Next For XCOM: The Miniatures Game? (RPGnews.com)
	The 25 best MTG cards of all time (Wargamer)
	Warhammer 40k Orks army guide (Wargamer)
	Why this MTG format exploded in popularity almost 15 years after it was invented (Wargamer)
	Fall of Berlin — Review / AAR (Big Board Gaming)
	Dev Blog #10: How Do Perks Work In The New Edition? (RPGnews.com)
	After successful debut, Middle East’s first major tabletop games con faces new challenge securing publishers amid US-Iran war ()
	Memoirs of a Lich: Armies – August 21, 2026 (RPGnews.com)
	The Monolith Game Review (Meeple Mountain – Board Game Reviews, Videos, Humor, and more)
	Cuius Regio: The Thirty Years War – Unboxing & Overview (The Boardgames Chronicle)
	Quick Peaks – Inca Empire: The Card Game, ARDEVUR: The Game of Resources, Exactly as Planned , Grimcoven, Vanuatu (first edition) (Meeple Mountain – Board Game Reviews, Videos, Humor, and more)
	Call of Cthulhu: Campfire Tales – Scouts Against Cthulhu Review (Board Game Quest)
	Routinely Itemised: RPG #375 (RPGnews.com)
	Solitaire Playthrough Video: HISPANIA from Draco Ideas (The Players' Aid)
	One of the best Delta Reign Pokémon cards will be much cheaper than expected (Wargamer)
	New D&D Unearthed Arcana adds BG3's gnarliest feature - rules to become a mindflayer (Wargamer)
	FLAMECRAFT with Carl King (EverythingBoardGames.com)
	Archon Studio - New Preview (Tabletop Fix)
	Vallet Miniature Studio - Barbarians. Original paintings,miniatures and stl files. Kickstarter (Tabletop Fix)
	Signum Games - New Sale Announcement (Tabletop Fix)
	Fat Dragon Games - New Preview (Tabletop Fix)
	Steamforged Games - New Pre_Orrder (Tabletop Fix)
	Manufaktura Miniatures - New Sale Announcement (Tabletop Fix)
	Warhammer Tacticus codes for August 2026 (Wargamer)
	S11 E566 – Tabletop Scotland 2026 Preview – David Wright & Gemma Harper (We're Not Wizards)
	Co-Designing Lessons for Tabletop Games (Board Game Beat)
	Play Play Asia opens for business! (Hiew's Boardgame Blog)

Thursday 20 August 2026

	10 Ways to Offer VIP Status Without Exclusion, Gatekeeping, or Elitism (Stonemaier Games)
	D&D Is Playtesting Baldur’s Gate 3’s Nastiest Transformation on Tabletop ( Polygon.com )
	Latest Dungeons & Dragons Underdark Unearthed Arcana Introduces Playable Mind Flayers (TechRaptor Tabletop News Feed)
	Dungeons & Dragons is playtesting new Underdark options, including a player-focused transformation into a mind flayer (EN World: D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews)
	Designer Insights from Unearthed Arcana: Underdark Options (Posts)
	Teasers for Heat, Magical Athlete, Dixit, and Secret Museum (Board Game Beat)
	Hanami board game review: A flawlessly sharp euro that's sweet as saké (Wargamer)
	MTG Arena codes for August 2026 (Wargamer)
	250 spicy Truth or Dare questions for couples, FWBs, and dirty game nights (Wargamer)
	This high octane Warmachine lore bundle packs in 41 fantasy books for $30 (Wargamer)
	Ares Games considers extra website protection after suffering multi-day DDoS attack ()
	Pokémon Pocket reveals Team Rocket set with EVIL legendary birds (Wargamer)
	Malediction Review (Board Game Quest)
	Gingham Game Review (Meeple Mountain – Board Game Reviews, Videos, Humor, and more)
	Gazebo Game Review (Meeple Mountain – Board Game Reviews, Videos, Humor, and more)
	Greylune, Hunt for Blackbeard, Avalon: The Riven Veil (Board Game Gumbo)
	Leaked Secret Lair MTG deck is stuffed with staples and $300+ in card value (Wargamer)
	ANNOUNCEMENT: Courtroom ⚖️ from Mindclash Play (EverythingBoardGames.com)
	History Behind the Cards – A Look at Checkpoint Charlie from GMT Games – Card #5: Berlin Film Festival (The Players' Aid)
	Hit nerd series The Guild gets a D&D crossover full of toilet mimics and "frankly absurd" subclasses (Wargamer)
	Is the 5.5e Dark Sun going to remove controversial aspects of the setting? (EN World: D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews)
	GW seeks new Warhammer Age of Sigmar studio head to take the reigns (Wargamer)
	Akatori Video Game First Impressions (We're Not Wizards)
	Dale Yu: Review of Computer Junkyard (The Opinionated Gamers)
	18RoyalGorge first impressions (Gameblog)
	Games Played: Wingspan Pocket, Don Quixote (Board Game Beat)
	boardgaming in photos: repacking Pinocchio and playing Syzygy (Hiew's Boardgame Blog)

Wednesday 19 August 2026

	Madcala – Druid City Games – First Impressions (We're Not Wizards)
	Welcome to Thay: A Traveler's Guide to the Red Wizards' Dangerous Homeland (Posts)
	Gen Con 2026 – Ultra Pro Entertainment, Vango Toys, and Smart Games (The Opinionated Gamers)
	“Our attempts to do things ‘different from the others’ came back to bite us”: Plaid Hat’s Colby Dauch on The Monolith’s Kickstarter failure and rapid turnaround ()
	Disney Lorcana's new online game could dominate 2027, but only if it moves fast (Wargamer)
	2026 IGA Nominations Announced (The Opinionated Gamers)
	Spirit Train is an utterly gorgeous Ghibli-inspired board game, so why doesn't it entice me? (Wargamer)
	The Mandalorian Saved the Falling Bird from the Pop Art below (BoardGameGeek Blog )
	30th Celebration has a fantastic Base set Charizard figurine, but it's only coming out in one country (Wargamer)
	Get your TTRPG Odyssey fix with these crowdfunders (EN World: D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews)
	Poetry for Neanderthals (Meeple and the Moose)
	Alpha Star issue 3 is incoming--starlane scum, jungle beasts, a murder mystery, and a new heritage! (EN World: D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews)
	BGG Top Games – 4201 – 4300 (Dude! Take Your Turn!)
	This adorable Warhammer 40k cosplay family will melt your heart like a thermal cannon (Wargamer)
	Chai Garam Game Review (Meeple Mountain – Board Game Reviews, Videos, Humor, and more)
	Phenomena of Mike Lambo Solo Designs (The Boardgames Chronicle)
	The Battle of Versailles Review (Board Game Quest)
	D&D Arcana Unleashed review - The best 5.5e book so far (Wargamer)
	The 10 Fastest Bans in Magic: The Gathering History ( Polygon.com )
	Guest Blog: The Battles of the American Revolution (BoAR) Tournament at the 2026 World Boardgaming Championships – After Action Report by Mark Miklos (The Players' Aid)
	MTG fan menaces local game night with 6-foot-tall deck of 2000+ cards (Wargamer)
	RPG Print News – Scalemail, Invincible RPG, Blades in the Dark, and More (EN World: D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews)
	REVENANT – Admiral Edition Review by Carl King (EverythingBoardGames.com)
	The rarest and most expensive Lorcana cards of 2026 (Wargamer)
	Dale Yu: Review of Abroad (The Opinionated Gamers)
	Pics from Gen Con VI (Board Game Beat)
	Quartermaster General: South Front (Hiew's Boardgame Blog)

Tuesday 18 August 2026

	Railroad Tiles, a Tiny Train, and the Quest for Perfection (Gameward Bound)
	MCDM's New TTRPG, Crows: Fortune or Death, Brings Dungeon Crawling Terror (TechRaptor Tabletop News Feed)
	Amoebas Are on the Run in Panic Lab (Casual Game Revolution Blog)
	Lab Notes: The Right Chemistry Between Dice and Compounds? (Casual Game Revolution Blog)
	Magic: The Gathering's treasure-making talent card sees 300% price rise (Wargamer)
	Mid-Year Update: D&D Beyond’s 2026 Development Roadmap (Posts)
	The Surprising Reason 'Pokémon' Fans Are Giving The 30th Anniversary's "Ugly" Cards A Second Chance ( Polygon.com )
	5 old board games I'm still playing, because overconsumption is uncool (Wargamer)
	Best tabletop RPGs 2026 (Wargamer)
	Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario 04 – Closed for Renovation (The Sequel) (Dude! Take Your Turn!)
	Four changes Pokémon Pocket must make to save itself and stop its decline (Wargamer)
	D&D now has a Vampire the Masquerade class, but does it actually work? (Wargamer)
	Unstable Unicorns maker launches new studio led by rising star designer Marceline Leiman ()
	Conludo: An interview with Felicia Day and Wil Wheaton (BoardGameGeek Blog )
	All DnD races and species explained (Wargamer)
	Wingspan Pocket Review (Board Game Review)
	Out of Sorts Game Review (Meeple Mountain – Board Game Reviews, Videos, Humor, and more)
	Rebuilding Chicago Review (Board Game Quest)
	My Favorite Wargame Cards – A Look at Individual Cards from My Favorite Games – Card #90: Mob from Time of Crisis: The Roman Empire in Turmoil, 235-284 AD from GMT Games (The Players' Aid)
	Howl's Moving Castle stomps into the Warhammer world with this magical mini conversion (Wargamer)
	The New Old – classic games vs the cult of the new (Topic Discussion) (Tabletop Games Blog)
	Playte: The Game You Play With Food Kickstarter Spotlight (EverythingBoardGames.com)
	Solving murders with Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan’s Merryshire Detective Club (EN World: D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews)
	Kobayakawa Review – One card, five stars? (Punchboard)
	GREYLUNE: Three Rules You Might Miss (on your first play) (Board Game Gumbo)
	Dale Yu: Review of Brushwood (The Opinionated Gamers)
	Explore GameFiesta! for Latin American Creations (Board Game Beat)
	Dog Poker (Hiew's Boardgame Blog)
	Post Malone Actually Plays His $2 Million MTG One Ring Card ( Polygon.com )
	From the Steel Belt to the Playroom with Steam Power (Gameward Bound)
	Quick Update, Review Recap, and Gen Con Video (Stonemaier Games)

Monday 17 August 2026

	Modiphius Announces Official Discworld Board Games Will Be Available for Pre-Order (TechRaptor Tabletop News Feed)
	Kano Board Game First Impressions (Jesta ThaRogue)
	Pathfinder nails one thing other tabletop RPGs are too scared to touch - metaplot (Wargamer)
	The Pokémon Center just dropped a bunch of rare ETBs for TCG sets everyone wants ( Polygon.com )
	Warhammer's biggest model range is about to get even more massive (Wargamer)
	Fighting Gollum and the Confederate army (Board Game Beat)
	All Pokémon sets in order of release (Wargamer)
	The next Gloomhaven board game turns you into the greatest hero of all - an overworked HR manager (Wargamer)
	MTG has a secret, growing cycle of cards representing Tarot's Major Arcana (Wargamer)
	arsEdition tapped Asmodee for toy trade distribution after launching its board game line last year ()
	350 best Charades ideas for kids and adults (Wargamer)
	Tome for dwarves, runes, mines, and monsters (EN World: D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews)
	Like Cribbage? May we recommend these Board Games you may love? (Pair of Dice Paradise: Newest Additions)
	I Think This is an OSHA Violation – Final Girl – The Marrek Murders Review (Dude! Take Your Turn!)
	Top 50+ most expensive rare Pokémon cards of all time (Wargamer)
	Oasis: New Life on a Distant World Game Review (Meeple Mountain – Board Game Reviews, Videos, Humor, and more)
	INCURSION – August Drop – FREE Downloadable PNP Mission and Content (TableTop BoardGames)
	RPG Evolution: Write for RPGs Professionally (EN World: D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews)
	The best board games of 2026 (Wargamer)
	Interview with Volko Ruhnke Designer of Drachen: Reconnaissance at Verdun 1916 from GMT Games (The Players' Aid)
	30th Celebration squeezes 50 Pokémon onto two cards, and the results are glorious (Wargamer)
	The 15 best card games in 2026 (Wargamer)
	Stack Overflow: Comics for Kids (GeekDad)
	Crowdfunding Campaigns of the Week – 8/17/26 (Board Game Quest)
	D&D Arcana Unleashed is full of potent magic items, especially for martial classes (Wargamer)
	GW seeks new leadership for three key Warhammer spin-off games (Wargamer)
	Registration for CapCon26 is Live! (EverythingBoardGames.com)
	Roux Dat: Wingspan Pocket (with goals), Computer Junkyard, and Hanamikoji (Board Game Gumbo)
	SPIEL Essen 26 Preview: Fragments (Board Game Beat)
	Priced to Move (BoardGameGeek Blog )
	Rikka (Hiew's Boardgame Blog)
	Survive DnD-style wizarding school shenanigans in this TTRPG (Wargamer)

Sunday 16 August 2026

	The latest Warhammer 40k previews are green and very, very mean (Wargamer)
	More Than Just Green Cubes: Theme in Board Games, Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 311 (Tabletop Bellhop)
	Podcast #410 Livestream: Dragonlance, Paizo, unions, and 600% markups (EN World: D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews)
	Member Survey: What Kind of Board Gamer Are You? (Board Game Beat)
	This solo samurai TTRPG tells a story through stones in real life (Wargamer)
	Designer Diary: Pilgrim Poker (BoardGameGeek Blog )
	Euphoria Essential Edition Game Review (Meeple Mountain – Board Game Reviews, Videos, Humor, and more)
	Army of the Potomac: Campaigns of 1862 and 1864 – Unboxing & Overview (The Boardgames Chronicle)
	The Pokémon TCG's Darkrai SIR is worth almost $100 less now than when Pitch Black launched (Wargamer)
	Unboxing Video: The Rock of Chickamauga from Flying Pig Games (The Players' Aid)
	More than 10% of the wolves in MTG were introduced in The Hobbit (Wargamer)
	LAIRS: First Impressions (Board Game Gumbo)
	For the King (and me) (Meeple and the Moose)
	Ukiyo-e (Hiew's Boardgame Blog)

Saturday 15 August 2026

	TCS: Arty GD’42 (Big Board Gaming)
	Learning Board Games the Easy Way: Getting a Leg Up On Greylune (Board Game Gumbo)
	The Ogor Mawtribes' roster of gorgeous new Warhammer minis is now available for pre-order (Wargamer)
	Barely (The Tao of Gaming)
	I hope that the Pokémon TCG's 30th Celebration set remembers to show Raichu some love (Wargamer)
	The secret to success in MTG's newest limited format is… pinecones? (Wargamer)
	Five years of Cube4Me – anniversary sale (The Boardgames Chronicle)
	Jena — Scenario 1, the play-through AAR (Big Board Gaming)
	Designer Diary: Captain Keep Upright (BoardGameGeek Blog )
	Revenant Game Review (Meeple Mountain – Board Game Reviews, Videos, Humor, and more)
	Unboxing Video: Lonely Cairn: The Franklin Expedition 1846-? from Catastrophe Games (The Players' Aid)
	Meow Tiles (Saturday Review) (Tabletop Games Blog)
	Union Pacific Rides Again (Board Game Beat)
	News Digest for August 14, 2026 (EN World: D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews)
	Asian Board Games Festival - Malaysia 2026 - what I saw (Hiew's Boardgame Blog)

Friday 14 August 2026

	Palworld TCG Sells Out From Scalpers, Developers Apologize (TechRaptor Tabletop News Feed)
	Can Warhammer 40k's 11th edition starter set teach me the glory of the Emperor? (Wargamer)
	Why Critical Role's Sallowlands series didn't grip me as much as I'd hoped (Wargamer)
	Fishing Lessons: Finding a New Lesson in the Memories (Gameward Bound)
	Prestige playfulness and "crazy plotlines": Cole Wehrle tells us about Buried Giant's next board games (Wargamer)
	White Dwarf Reflections #43 (EN World: D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews)
	Shadows Of Brimstone - Complete Game Overview (Pair of Dice Paradise: Newest Additions)
	Best Games for 8 Year Olds: Tested by Our Family of 9 (The Tabletop Family)
	This stunning new anniversary Pikachu Pokémon card could get unusually pricey (Wargamer)
	Updated Evolution – Doomlings 3rd Edition Review (Dude! Take Your Turn!)
	Video Review: All Are Brothers: Solferino 1859 from Legion Wargames (The Players' Aid)
	Top 10 Stefan Feld City Collection Games (Board Game Quest)
	Whisperwood Game Review (Meeple Mountain – Board Game Reviews, Videos, Humor, and more)
	Quick Peaks – The Old King’s Crown, Tycoon: India 1981 , Railroad Tiles, Pax Emancipation, Tembo Tiles , (Meeple Mountain – Board Game Reviews, Videos, Humor, and more)
	Africa’s longest-running board game convention eyes grants for local designers as part of 10th anniversary crowdfund ()
	On TTRPG Kickstarters, merchandise, and 600% markups (EN World: D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews)
	Mythic MTG card's 900% price spike driven by new elf and new ooze (Wargamer)
	D&D powers up subscriber-only feats and spells, adds giant merging ooze army (Wargamer)
	10 bangers from the last century according to Greame Johnston (EverythingBoardGames.com)
	Pics from Gen Con 2026 V (Board Game Beat)
	Two Malaysians one Seoul (Hiew's Boardgame Blog)

Thursday 13 August 2026

	Ticket to Ride Boards Legendary Characters (Board Game Beat)
	D&D Beyond’s August Drop: Sewers and Treasures! (Posts)
	Modiphius Announces Fallout: Wasteland Warfare Second Edition Starter Sets Available for Pre-Order (TechRaptor Tabletop News Feed)
	Asmodee UK more than doubles annual operating profit to £34m as TCG boom powers growth ()
	Target Begins Pokémon TCG 30th Anniversary Pre-orders, but There's a Catch ( Polygon.com )
	Deep Print Games Delivers Duplicity, Roommates, and Cuba (Board Game Beat)
	Wargamer Direct 2026 was an absolute BLAST - what should we do for the next one? (Wargamer)
	Pokémon card fans are spending way too much on 30th Celebration pre-sales (Wargamer)
	MTG's story lead hints that future set has "years worth of story value" (Wargamer)
	All Aboard The Royal Limited with Trains and Guests Aplenty (Gameward Bound)
	Symbiosis Review (Board Game Quest)
	Wing It: The Game of Extreme Storytelling! Game Review (Meeple Mountain – Board Game Reviews, Videos, Humor, and more)
	Classic horror Dark Conspiracy RPG returns using Traveller rules (EN World: D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews)
	Castelnuovo 1539 from Draco Ideas – Action Point 2 (The Players' Aid)
	Wargamer needs a new editor - could it be YOU? (Wargamer)
	D&D Arcana Unleashed's new evolving magic items are a great idea, poorly executed (Wargamer)
	BGB Podcast #367 – One vs. Many (Board Game Barrage)
	Rollacrit’s Con Bag of Holding Launching Soon! (EverythingBoardGames.com)
	The Feywild Job review (EN World: D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews)
	‘Lauf’ and ‘minceur’: the words that made a 13-year-old from Melbourne a world Scrabble champion (Board games )
	DTRPG now has Paizo's Pathfinder & Starfinder catalogue (EN World: D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews)
	Providing the Complete Package for Customers (Stonemaier Games)
	Similo (Hiew's Boardgame Blog)