Katie Wickens

Katie Wickens

Freelance writer

Katie is a freelance writer with over 5 years experience 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

Agricola: Dead Harvest zombie farming board game artwork
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

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Chris Cocks with a transformer grimmacing behind him
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

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Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread in play
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

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Screenshots from the Hero Forge custom dice designer Kickstarter campaign
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

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Upcoming support for underground and multi-level dungeons in Dungeon Alchemist
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

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The White Deer Inn in the Suikoden game
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

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Doggerland player board
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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Screenshots from the Son of Oak Kickstarter page
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

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Screenshots from the Fame & Fable Kickstarter
Fame & Fable is a post-lockdown D&D Dungeon Master's baby, born of "homebrew characters, monsters, and artefacts"

By Katie Wickens Published

Features Interview with Fame & Fable designer Owen Davey

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A dwarf with a pipe and weapon on their shoulder stands in front of a table, chair, and fireplace
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

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A group of model adventurers on a dark bridge, with one firing fire at bat-like creatures
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

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A selection of Pokemon from Stellar Crown, Shrouded Fable, and Twilight Masquerade divided by white lines
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

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Screenshots from Iron Valley
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

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Brennan Lee Mulligan of Dimension 20: Titan Takedown
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

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A little witch reads on a ledge in a chasm.
Solo RPGs and journaling games give me advantage on mental health rolls in a way D&D couldn't

By Katie Wickens Published

Features Don't sleep on the solo & journalling RPG hype

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Dragon Delves artwork
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

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Screenshots from Doom of Icewind dale
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

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Characters from Last Train to Bremen
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

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Control board game on production line in factory
"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

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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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RiverBank TRPG characters in a line
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

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best Borderlands games
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

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Covers of the new Fighting Fantasy books
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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The Disney Villainous Unstoppable box and components on a shelf
Disney Villainous: Unstoppable! will include refreshed gameplay, a shared board, and communal rules

By Katie Wickens Published

News Ravensburger announces Disney Villainous: Unstoppable! with refreshed gameplay, a shared board and communal rules

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A noh mask on a black background
Japanese game developers are using scent and gesture board games to help battle dementia

By Katie Wickens Published

News Board games are being used to battle dementia in Japan

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