
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

Matt Mercer thanks "lifelong threat of imposter syndrome" for keeping him and Brennan Lee Mulligan grounded, despite still thinking "People like it, what the hell?"
By Katie Wickens published
News Matt Mercer and Brennan Lee Mulligan talk about how to stay cool in the limelight

Helldivers 2 board game inbound from the same studio as the Monster Hunter World adaptation
By Katie Wickens published
News Helldivers 2 is getting a board game adaptation from Steamforged Games

RPG board game designer's revelation was searching for a D&D quick start guide to find "You needed to pull together lots of different pieces in order to play"
By Katie Wickens published
News Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread designer talks about his narrative influences for the game

Legendary farming board game Agricola just announced a zombie-fueled horror standalone, but fans seem to think it's an early April Fools joke
By Katie Wickens published
News Agricola: Dead Harvest just announced as a standalone horror take on farming board game Agricola

Hasbro CEO, D&D DM, and self-professed "AI bull" Chris Cocks says AI is "supercharging fandom" which is "just net good for the brand"
By Katie Wickens published
News Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks has a lot to say about the use of AI

This board game TRPG hybrid delivers something D&D hasn't quite managed to capture for me
By Katie Wickens published
Feature Arydia has a lot to offer with GMless play

Hero Forge custom dice Kickstarter is live, and will let you design your own additions to the asset catalog
By Katie Wickens published
News Hero Forge brings us a custom dice maker with its latest Kickstarter campaign

Dungeon Alchemist community manager is "a little concerned how it's behind a paywall to run games" in D&D's official Sigil VTT
By Katie Wickens published
News Dungeon Alchemist community manager talks about D&Ds official new Sigil VTT

Fans are concerned Critical Role's Suikoden one-shot will be ruined by one player's "complete incompetence and blaming the game"
By Katie Wickens published
News Critical Role to air Suikoden one-shot podcast

Doggerland review: "A delicate dance of survival and management that doesn't feel weighted toward a single strategy"
By Katie Wickens published
Review A Peleolithic delight of a board game

This Slavic folklore inspired TRPG is the Thea-style D&D 5e supplement I always wanted, and it's live on Kickstarter right now
By Katie Wickens published
News Son of Oak launches Slavic and Balkan folklore inspired TRPG Zamanora: Ballad of the Witch on Kickstarter

Fame & Fable is a post-lockdown D&D Dungeon Master's baby, born of "homebrew characters, monsters, and artefacts"
By Katie Wickens published
Feature Interview with Fame & Fable designer Owen Davey

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
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