tabletop games
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Let’s All Rate Henry Cavill’s Warhammer 40K Paint Job
It’s known that we’re big fans of Henry Cavill’s Warhammer 40K obsession around here. Here’s a guy pouring his hard-earned Hollywood Superman money into one of the most beloved wargames of all time. I simply have to respect it. Any further questions I might have had about the man’s real-world personality were dismissed when he revealed…
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Video Game Publisher Wants To Buy Board Game Giant Asmodee For Over $4.34 Billion
The Embracer Group, a collection of companies like Gearbox, THQ Nordic and Deep Silver, announced today that they’re in the process of trying to buy Asmodee, perhaps the single biggest name in specialist board gaming, for €2.75 billion (A$4.34 billion).
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Marvel’s Villainous Adds Loki, New Skyrim Board Game Details, and More Gaming News
Welcome back to Gaming Shelf, Gizmodo’s column all about board games and tabletop roleplaying games. I’m back at the wheel after several months of maternity leave, and I’m ready to dive back into the latest games and announcements. This time around, we’ve got an expansion for Marvel’s Villainous, more details about the hugely anticipated Skyrim…
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Frosthaven Is Rethinking Its Fantasy ‘Races’
Gloomhaven sequel Frosthaven isn’t even out yet and it’s already tracking to be one of the biggest board games of the last decade, so it’s very cool seeing the way the game is going to taking a different approach to the way its “races” are depicted compared to more traditional fantasy storylines.