Katie Wickens
Katie is a freelance writer with almost 5 years experience in covering everything from tabletop RPGs, to video games and tech. Besides earning a Game Art and Design degree up to Masters level, she is a designer of board games, board game workshop facilitator, and an avid TTRPG Games Master - not to mention a former Hardware Writer over at PC Gamer.
Latest articles by Katie Wickens

D&D Sigil VTT Community Manager responds to negative comments about the software on Discord: "Things are not where you want them to be but this is not a full release"
By Katie Wickens published
News Some in the D&D community are picking apart the recently released virtual tabletop

D&D Sigil official VTT is live and totally free to download
By Katie Wickens published
News New Dungeons & Dragons official virtual tabletop just launched

Pokemon Company CEO responds to fans calls for more rare cards to be printed: "Those items are seen to be valuable [...] it's not our place to say that they're not"
By Katie Wickens published
News Pokemon Trading cards are stupidly expensive

You can play Stardew Valley in TRPG form with this completely free Ironsworn & Starforged solo RPG system hack
By Katie Wickens published
News This Stardew Valley solo tabletop RPG is completely free to download

Dimension 20: Titan Takedown will transport four well-loved WWE superstars to ancient Athens for a D&D wrestling bonanza
By Katie Wickens published
News Dimension 20 will be heading to ancient athens for a WWE D&D crossover

Solo RPGs and journaling games give me advantage on mental health rolls in a way D&D couldn't
By Katie Wickens published
Feature Don't sleep on the solo & journalling RPG hype

D&D reveals a trippy alternative to Magic: The Gathering artist Greg Staples' Dragon Delves cover art
By Katie Wickens published
News The upcoming Dragon Delves adventure anthology will feature illustrations from various accomplished artists

Anyone else befuddled that this ancient D&D video game just got a new DLC in 2025?
By Katie Wickens published
News Neverwinter Nights video game just got an official Icewind Dale DLC 20 years on

Designer of TRPG about anthro animals escaping a devilish deal acknowledges stereotypes in both band culture and animal folklore
By Katie Wickens published
News Caro Asercion talks about their Liar's Dice tabletop RPG Last Train to Bremen

"Board games are about to get more expensive" says Arcane Wonders president Robert Geistlinger in talks of publishers on "razor-thin" margins
By Katie Wickens published
News Rising import tariffs could spell issues for the US board game industry as a whole

Practice your ninjitsu because the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are coming to protect the Castle Panic board game
By Katie Wickens published
News Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles version of Castle Panic board game to release in 2025

Kobold Press soon to launch D&D's very antithesis: a cozy cottagecore TRPG that'll have you swaddled in childhood nostalgia
By Katie Wickens published
News RiverBank cozy tabletop RPG set to launch crowdfunding campaign in April

Borderlands and Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands to hit Upper Deck with limited-edition gallery prints, trading card sets, and a trick-taking game
By Katie Wickens published
News Borderlands and Tiny Tina's Wonderlands characters are coming to Upper Deck

Choose-your-own-adventure style RPG Fighting Fantasy was a UK obsession in the '80s, and it's finally coming to the US
By Katie Wickens published
News Fighting Fantasy is back with a Kickstarter and a US book deal

Disney Villainous: Unstoppable! will include refreshed gameplay, a shared board, and communal rules
By Katie Wickens published
News Ravensburger announces Disney Villainous: Unstoppable! with refreshed gameplay, a shared board and communal rules

Japanese game developers are using scent and gesture board games to help battle dementia
By Katie Wickens published
News Board games are being used to battle dementia in Japan

Fallen London tops out as the most funded tabletop RPG in 2025 with a whopping $687,644 in pledges, and growing
By Katie Wickens published
News This gothic TRPG has a fantastic long legacy, and just hit a huge milestone for tabletop games crowdfunding in 2025

Pathfinder NPC romance rules will let players forge loving relationships or "have a villains to lovers arc", much to their GMs dismay
By Katie Wickens published
News Pathfinder's upcoming NPC Core sourcebook adds NPC romance rules to form and mould relationships with non player characters

Wanderhome TRPG designer says pairing with Munchkin and GURPS publisher means the team can create "Without getting bogged down in the administrative weeds"
By Katie Wickens published
News Possum Creek pairs with Steve Jackson Games, alleviating administrative stresses on the indie company

Fluxx designers are on a roll this month with yet another announcement: Mystery Fluxx
By Katie Wickens published
News Fluxx is getting another new edition: Myster Fluxx

Modiphius sets date for delayed Fallout New Vegas TRPG sourcebook, alongside a solo adventure that lets you play as a super mutant, ghoul, or robot
By Katie Wickens published
News Modiphius to bring us two new Fallout TRPGs

6 of the most metal tabletop RPG campaigns crowdfunding right now
By Katie Wickens published
Features The most metal TRPGs currently crowdfunding in February 2025

Critical Role announces release date for D&D alternative Daggerheart
By Katie Wickens published
News The D&D community takes issue with the removal of Orc and Drow stat blocks

D&D community wrestles over lack of Orc and Drow stat blocks in the 2025 Monster Manual: "They should have also removed the goblins, lizardfolk, gith, centaurs, bugbears, hobgoblins, kenku, and kobolds"
By Katie Wickens published
News The D&D community takes issue with the removal of Orc and Drow stat blocks
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