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

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

I don't get how this Disney Villainous: Introduction to Evil board game is under $9 right now, when it has a free Prince John Disney Lorcana foil card inside
By Katie Wickens published
Deals Disney Villainous: Introduction to Evil plus free Shimmering Skies Promo Card for Disney Lorcana is just $8.87 on Amazon right now

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

Of course the Clue: What We Do in the Shadows board game is cheap right now, as normies tell me constantly "It's not like it's Halloween"
By Katie Wickens published
Deals Clue: What We Do in the Shadows is down to $40.27 at Amazon right now

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

Play as King of the Wild Hunt in this new Witcher skirmish card game thats discounted right after release
By Katie Wickens published
Deals Play as Eredin, King of the Wild Hunt in this Unmatched Witcher game that's just $37.99 right now

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

Sandbox sci-fi adventure board game Wandering Galaxy just hit stores, and it's already cheaper than the Kickstarter price
By Katie Wickens published
Deals Recently Kickstarted Wandering Galaxy board game hits stores at the discounted price of $55.99

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

This board game about hyper-intelligent dinosaurs in lil' space suits is at it's cheapest price ever
By Katie Wickens published
Deals Escaping Extinction is just $20.30 on Amazon right now

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
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