nerd culture
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Baldur’s Gate 3 Is Helping Me Miss Tabletop D&D a Little Less
As I’ve been able to get back to more physical nerdy hobbies recently, one area I’ve not quite ventured back into is playing tabletop RPGs in person. This is, in part, because, unlike Warhammer, it’s been much easier to play something like Dungeons & Dragons remotely (due to the pandemic or otherwise). But it’s also…
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Magic: The Gathering Unveils Its First Lords of the Rings and Warhammer Cards
Yesterday, Wizards of the Coast held its Magic Showcase 2021 — a Magic: The Gathering gathering, if you will — a news event detailing the collectible card game’s next few years. That includes the first peek at the already announced (and much anticipated) Universes Beyond sets inspired by the fantasy classic Lords of the Rings…
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D&D’s Lead Rule Designer Explains Why Actual Play Has Influenced the Game
Dungeons & Dragons is undergoing a popularity boom unlike anything in its existence lately. More and more people are picking up the game — and even more have turned it into its own kind of show, as the “Actual Play” genre of streamed campaigns has shot to its own kind of transmedia boom. So it’s…
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Monterpocalypse Gives Us a Giant Radioactive Corgi, and More in Gaming News
Welcome back to Gaming Shelf, Gizmodo’s column all about board games and tabletop roleplaying games. This time around, we’ve got a $3,200 contest for families willing to play board games for a week, a few exciting crowdfunding campaigns for 5e-compatible systems, and something that’s so gross I refuse to look at pictures of it anymore.…