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

Embrace your inner bear-lover in a Baldur's Gate 3 sidequest-style tale of social turmoil in this Slavic storytelling board game, now crowdfunding
By Katie Wickens published
News This storytelling card game with six Slavic-inspired folktales to play through is crowdfunding right now

F.U.R.R.I.E.S Act could stand to persecute Texas school D&D and LARP groups, in attempts to weed out "any non-human behavior"
By Katie Wickens published
News F.U.R.R.I.E.S Act might see tabletop and live-action groups, not just furries, persecuted in Texas schools

This gorgeous Ghibli-style Dungeons & Dragons 5e campaign setting just dropped on D&D Beyond
By Katie Wickens published
News Obojima: Tales From The Tall Grass is now on D&D Beyond

Save up to 50% on the Tales from The Loop board game and TTRPG: dive into more strange stories wrought by The Electric State author
By Katie Wickens published
Deals Both board game and TTRPG adaptations of Simon Stålenhag's Tales from The Loop are on offer right now

D&D Beyond's Sigil software isn't the worst VTT around, but it has a long way to go to compete with other 3D map makers
By Katie Wickens published
Features Comparing some of the best 3D map makers for D&D and other tabletop RPGs

Save up to $55 on these three essential D&D 5e sourcebooks
By Katie Wickens published
Deals You can buy three D&D 5e sourcebooks for just $114.80, with DM screen and slip case included.

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

Pathfinder 2E RPG: Claws of the Tyrant Adventure is available to preorder at a discount
By Katie Wickens published
Deals Fight Seldeg Bheldis in the upcoming Pathfinder 2E Claws of the Tyrant adventure, currently $9 off for preorder

The new D&D Player's Handbook and Dungeon Master's Guide are still discounted, in case you were thinking of getting into Dungeons & Dragons in 2025
By Katie Wickens published
Deals The new 2024 D&D Player's Handbook and Dungeon Master's guide are up to $5.04 off

Buckle up Nerf Herders, the Lego Star Wars Dark Millennium Falcon has only been this cheap twice
By Katie Wickens published
Deals The Lego Dark Falcon Starship Set is currently £40 off at Amazon

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

I wish I'd waited for this discount on Agricola's Limited Edition
By Katie Wickens last updated
Deals Save $35.50 on the 15th Aniversary edition of Agricola

The must-have fishy successor to Wingspan and Wyrmspan is discounted for the first time
By Katie Wickens published
Deals Wingspan successor Finspan is $5 off right now

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
Features 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

Best gaming chairs 2025: The best options for work and play
By Duncan Robertson last updated
Buying Guide We've picked out the best gaming chairs you could want for work and play, and found the cheapest ways to get them

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

Two legendary essentials for your board game collection are better than half price right now
By Katie Wickens published
Deals Catan and Ticket to Ride are both currently down to $25 at Amazon

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
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