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

These breathtaking Studio Ghibli Lego sets could one day hit shelves, with your support
By Katie Wickens published
News Some fantastic Ghibli Lego Ideas designs coming out this year

Pokémon Company issues statement around barren TCG stock, with promises of "maximizing production" for new Trading Card Game expansions
By Katie Wickens published
News New Pokemon TCG expansions to see improved stock levels, so says the company's latest official statement

Alien Evolved Edition TRPG just burst through the million dollar crowdfunding mark with the vigor of a face-hugger on steroids
By Katie Wickens published
News The Alien RPG Evolved Edition Kickstarter just hit a million dollars

I'm about to spend over $400 on this iconic T60 Power Armor figurine because "Communism is the very definition of failure"
By Katie Wickens published
News Threezero just launched the T60 Power Armor figurine

Fellow witchcore weirdos, prepare your cauldrons for a classic potion-making board game refresh with Quacks: All-In Edition
By Katie Wickens published
News Quacks potion making board game is back with an all-new All-In Edition

Lego Optimus Prime is currently 5 cents off its best price ever
By Katie Wickens published
Deals Lego Optimus Prime is so close ot its cheapest price ever right now

I hope your affairs are in order, because Bandai Namco just dropped Tekken: The Board Game
By Katie Wickens published
News Tekken: The Board Game is coming soon to Gamefound

Fans react to Sigil shutdown with a callback to Gleemax: the Myspace for gamers that never came to be
By Katie Wickens published
News Gleemax was Wizards of the Coast's attempt at a Myspace for gamers

Agricola review: "Accurate representation of the highly competitive and often unstable world of agriculture"
By Katie Wickens published
Review Grind your way through life as a farmer

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

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
Feature Comparing some of the best 3D map makers for D&D and other tabletop RPGs

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
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