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

Trot the globe for next to nothing with this half price board game deal
By Katie Wickens published
Deals Globetrotting board game Expeditions: Around the World is down to just $17.49 right now

Come all ye metalheads, behold this system-agnostic TRPG sourcebook for my fellow chaos goblins
By Katie Wickens published
News Glumdark is available now on Kickstarter

D&D is "Great for sh*ts & giggles, but it's so saturated with magic that magic doesn't matter" says Legend in the Mist's lead designer
By Katie Wickens published
Feature An interview with Son of Oak lead Amit Moshe

Now's the time to launch that queer TRPG idea for Zine Month, to help remedy what's been a dark journey for tabletop media
By Katie Wickens published
News Zine Month is the perfect time to launch your queer TRPG crowdfunding campaign

Word Fluxx to join the Fluxx franchise almost 30 years after the original game's release
By Katie Wickens published
News Word Fluxx to join the Fluxx card game lineup in March 2025

Designer says Warhammer's returning Merwyrm took "a lot of adjusting and a fair bit of unladylike language" to sculpt
By Katie Wickens published
News The Merwyrm to return to The Old World of Warhammer

Take down the motherfluffling system with this Cy_Bear Punk TRPG
By Katie Wickens published
News Fluff n' Fury cyberpunk TRPG Kickstarter is open for pledges now

Pokemon store is now selling life-size Gardevoir plushies which don't look creepy at all
By Katie Wickens published
News Pokemon Center Online has started selling life-sized Gardevoir plushies

Fully funded in 12 minutes, this card game combines 3D printable miniatures with deep strategic deckbuilding
By Katie Wickens published
News Malediction mini infused card game closes funding today

Build a tavern with your pals in Stewpot, a cozy worldbuilding TRPG
By Katie Wickens published
Feature Preview of Stewpot, the tavern building TRPG

I'm getting big Disco Cop vibes from Blades in the Dark's upcoming swinging sixties supplement
By Katie Wickens published
News Blades in the Dark is getting an official '60s themed supplement

Monster Hunter World: The Board Game - Wildspire Waste review
By Katie Wickens published
Review

Break!! TRPG's moral alignment system is far more relaxed than D&D and reminds me why I love tabletop all over again
By Katie Wickens published
Feature An interview with Break!! TRPG designer

Feel like punching some Nazis? Now you can with this Punch Nazis! TRPG Bundle of Holding discount
By Katie Wickens published
Deals Save $117.80 on this bundle of ten Nazi punching tabletop roleplaying games

D&D Unearthed Arcana teases psionically bonded Dragon Knights, frigid incorporeal Rangers bursting through enemies, and Rogues teleporting on a bloodlust high
By Katie Wickens published
Feature Exploring some of the subclasses from D&D's most recent Unearthed Arcana release

I haven't seen Catan this cheap since the sales some two years ago
By Katie Wickens published
Deals Catan is currently its best price since 2023

ENNIES tabletop RPG award makes a U-turn on AI submission policy
By Katie Wickens published
News The ENNIE awards will no longer be accepting AI submissions

Comic book company that owes WotC and Hasbro over $1,900,000 files for bankruptcy
By Katie Wickens published
News Diamond Comic Distributors files for bankruptcy but not all is lost

Good boy Yamper joins Build-A-Bear and comes with a teeny tiny cape
By Katie Wickens published
Deals Yamper is now available on the Build-a-Bear online store

Pandemic designer's upcoming Lord of the Rings board game will let Sam's big heart boost your rolls
By Katie Wickens published
News Pandemic board game creator is making a Lord of the Rings board game

D&D subreddit moderator says the Twitter link ban has "done a great job pulling all the shitheads out of the woodwork"
By Katie Wickens published
News Reddit moderators rally against Musk

I just spotted Break!! TRPG designer dropping heaps of free content, now I'm tripping over the ominous capitalization of something called "the Ending"
By Katie Wickens published
News Break!! TRPG designer teases new lore for the game around something called the Ending in their blog

Sounds Fishy bluffing game is enjoying a deep (sea) discout with 27% off right now
By Katie Wickens published
Deals The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim board game's Dawnguard expansion is at it's second cheapest price ever right now
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