RPGs
More people are playing D&D online than ever before
Data from the Roll20 app is hard evidence of the game’s incredibly successful 5th edition<p>It seems like Dungeons & Dragons, the granddaddy of role-playing games, has come through its transition to a millennial audience with flying colors. The team at Wizards of the Coast tells Polygon that one of …
Dungeons and DragonsKingsway review — an addictive RPG with deadly pop-up windows
It’s hard to describe the way Kingsway descends into chaos. As I mentioned in my preview from the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles in June, it takes all the usual role-playing game features and skins them in a retro Windows 95-esque operating system.<p>The entire game takes place in the …
E3Diablo 3 Necromancer guide
How to master the Necromancer<p><i>Diablo 3:</i> <i>The Rise of the Necromancer</i> resurrects the Necromancer class and includes many new skills, runes and items. There’s a lot to take in. Polygon’s guides will help you master the Necromancer and <i>Diablo 3</i> Season 11, which begins July 20.<p><b>Getting started with the</b> …
Gaming'Dungeons & Dragons' Gets a Digital Makeover | Mental Floss
Since the 1970s, players have been constructing elaborate campaigns in <i>Dungeons & Dragons</i> using nothing but paper, pencils, rule books, and 20-sided …
Cool StuffIn 'Commander Anthology 2017,' A Fan-Favorite 'Magic: The Gathering' Format Goes Premium
Of all the formats of collectible card-game <i>Magic: The Gathering</i>, none has as colorful a history as Commander. Originally known as Elder Dragon Highlander, it is played with decks of 100 cards, and “there can only be one” copy of each. Even more unusual, it’s completely grassroots, having been both …
Board GamesFun Looking Free-to-Play RPG Happy Dungeons Loots PS4 in September
Adding to the wealth of free-to-play titles already available on the PlayStation 4, Happy Dungeons is coming to Sony's console at some point in …
PlayStation7 great tactical RPGs that every developer should study
Few genres have the capacity to intimidate newcomers quite like tactical RPGs. With a complex blend of tactical and strategic combat systems and …
Game DesignThe Pyre launch trailer showcases a bright, beautiful fantasy RPG world
Supergiant Games, the developer of Bastion and Transistor, announced in May that its next game, the party-based RPG Pyre, will be out on July 25. So …
PC Gaming'Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age' Remasters an Oddity—and Gives It New Room to Breathe
When <i>Final Fantasy XII</i> first came out on the PlayStation 2, 11 years ago, no one knew what to do with it. Up until then, each game in the Japanese …
Cat Quest’s Dev Diary Is Everything We Ever Needed
PQube and The Gentlebros are pawtnering up to release the adorable indie adventure game <i>Cat Quest.</i> It’s a wonderfully cute RPG where you play as a cat …
CatsGM’s Can Create an Adventure in Five Easy Pieces
In the video above from the Nerdarchy YouTube channel Nerdarchist Dave, Nate the Nerdarch and Nerdarchist Ted explore an approach to creating …
Dungeons and DragonsThe 4 Best Improv Rules To Improve Your D&D Game
<i>Join Dave & Molly and a panel of creatives as they work along with audience chat to write and finalize a short sketch during the show’s two-hour run</i> …
GeekThere's Joy And Frustration In Kingsway, The Operating System RPG
If the operating system on the PC I used in the ‘90s was anything like the one in Andrew Morrish’s OS/RPG <i>Kingsway</i>, I would have gotten a lot more …
Operating SystemsHearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne — creating Death Knights and Un’Goro’s legacy
Hearthstone is as alive as a game can be, but it’s about to get a heaping dose of death. The digital card game’s next expansion, Knights of the Frozen Throne, comes out in August for PC and mobile. It’ll add 135 new cards, including some that will turn Hearthstone’s classes into Death Knights, …
Board Games40K: Imperial Assassins Are Trouble
Imperial Assassins open up a can of worms with 8th Edition. Here’s what you need to know:<p>Let’s start off with a confession – I love Imperial …
Review: Warhammer 40,000 (8th edition) | Shut Up & Sit Down
<b>Eric</b>: For any of what follows to make sense, I need to take you to a place in my past. Imagine the house where I grew up. Follow me down into the …
Board GamesTabletop Kickstarter Alert: Hand of Glory
If you spend any time trawling miniatures gaming forums, it won’t be long before you find somebody talking about magnetizing their minis. Why do they …
The Water Cooler: Revisiting 'A Wrinkle in Time,' Disney's New 'Fantasmic,' and a Great New RPG – /Film
Welcome to <b>The Water Cooler</b>, a weekly feature where the /Film staff is free to go off-topic and talk about everything <i>except</i> the movies and TV shows …
Walt Disney CompanyGW: Rumor Engine "What's in the Box"
Looks like Games Workshop is showing off some skeletons in the closet with this new Rumor Engine.<p>The Rumour Engine is back – and it’s got something …
How D&D Beyond brings Gary Gygax’s role-playing game into the digital age
The toolset launches on August 15th<p>In March, Wizards of the Coast announced at PAX East that it would be bringing the traditional pen-and-paper role-playing game <i>Dungeons & Dragons</i> into the digital age with a new tool: <i>D&D</i> Beyond.<p>Wizards of the Coast describes <i>D&D</i> Beyond as a “digital toolset” for …
Dungeons and DragonsWhy some women call their partners ‘daddy’ in bed
“The first time it happened, I was even surprised by it. The word just came out – I wasn’t really even thinking about it. But then I said it again …
RelationshipsMy Son Has Ruined Zelda: Breath Of The Wild
In the past couple of months there’s been a phrase that haunts me. It reverberates in my dreams and my darkest nightmares. It’s the first words I …
Breath of the WildDarkest Dungeon: hack-and-slash with a heart
In most games, the characters cheerfully butcher their foes without a second thought. Here, they get PTSD<p>All genres of entertainment – from literary …
Our 10 Most Anticipated RPGs Of Fall 2017
No games can craft immersive worlds or tell complex stories quite like RPGs. This year has already seen some fantastic entries in the genre, like …
Xenoblade ChroniclesTabletop RPG About Breaking The Rules Has Way Too Many Rules
Image Source: Misspent Youth playbook<p><i>Misspent Youth</i> is a tabletop RPG about young people fighting against authority. Unfortunately, it has a lot of …
Final Fantasy VIII: Every Summon Ranked From Worst To Best
Let’s be honest, one of the best elements of any game in the <b>Final Fantasy</b> series is the selection of summons available. Leveling opponents with …
Final FantasyThe Elder Scrolls Online is Ready to Unleash PvP Mayhem
Get ready for all of the digital blood-letting your little PvP’ing heart can handle with the upcoming Midyear Mayhem PvP event in The Elder Scrolls …
GamingD&D's New Digital Toolset Is A Convincing Argument Against Pen And Paper Purists
When everything in the physical world is getting uploaded onto some great supercomputer in space, you will find me hiding somewhere dark, clinging to …
Dungeons and DragonsClassic-Style PS4/PC Tactical RPG Children Of Zodiarcs Out Now
The latest game from Square Enix's indie-focused Collective unit has been released. Children of Zodiarcs, a "deck and dice" tactical RPG reminiscent of Final Fantasy Tactics and Fire Emblem, is now available for PlayStation 4 and PC.Developed by Cardboard Utopia, an indie studio comprised of …
Gaming40K: Taming the Alpha Strike
With all the talk of Alpha Strikes out there in 8th, let’s brainstorm how to put Pandora back in the box.<p>Some decent sized competitive events have …