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

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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

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Artwork for The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship board game
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

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An armored woman with a shield casts a spell from her outstretched hand as other adventurers fight monsters in the background, all taken from D&D artwork in the 2024 Player's Handbook
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

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Characters from the Break!! TRPG
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

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The Straw Hat Crew in Netflix's One Piece
Hoist the Jolly Roger, Lego just paired with One Piece and if there isn't a movie in the works I'll eat my straw hat

By Katie Wickens Published

News Lego just announced a collaboration with Netflix and Tomorrow Studios, makers of the One Piece live action show

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The cover of Horrified: Dungeons and Dragons, with smiling Beholder in green and purple
D&D Monster Manual eat your heart out, a Horrified: Dungeons & Dragons game is coming so no one has to run a oneshot

By Katie Wickens Published

News Horrified: Dungeons & Dragons is coming

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Screenshots from the Realis PDF
Fail hard and realize your true potential through the power of intent in this diceless TRPG

By Katie Wickens Published

News Realis TRPG is available for pre-order now

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LOTR skyline mini Lego MOC
Sate your Cities Skylines obsession with Lego micro skyline MOCs: From Mordor to The Little Mermaid, and heaps of real-life cities too

By Katie Wickens Published

News Lego mini skyline MOCs are a thing, and I can't get over how adorable they are

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An adventuring party points at a tower in the distance
New D&D not piquing your interest? Dragonbane's newest free old-school quickstart adventure will surely sate your appetite instead

By Katie Wickens Published

News Dragonbane's newest quickstart adventure just dropped and its free

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Screenshots from the Dolmenwood TRPG
Dolmenwood Review: "A beautifully dark array of narrative seeds waiting to be sewn"

By Katie Wickens Published

Review Dolmenwood is a deadly but rich and fascinating TRPG

Review
Catan box art with a large sun setting over a medieval scene
World of Warcraft artist who worked Catan 6th edition thinks artists who don't "just reproduce a trending style have [...] better chances to be noticed"

By Katie Wickens Published

Features Catan artist gives advice for aspiring board game artits

Features
An adventuring party descends a darkened staircase beside a winged gargoyle
I just discovered there's a free preview of the Dungeons & Ruins 5e compatible sourcebook and I can't wait to roll up some awful traps

By Katie Wickens Published

News This D&D 5e compatible dungeon designer is available for pre-order right now

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Carcassonne box, meeple, and tiles laid out on a wooden table
Carcassonne review: "Inoffensive family fun with heaps of replayability"

By Katie Wickens Published

Review Should you buy it in 2025?

Review
Exit: The Game - Adventures on Catan game up close on an orange background
There's a Catan version of the Exit board game coming, for which I am both excited and bemused

By Katie Wickens Published

News Exit: The Game is getting a Catan version

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People playing Finspan, the new game in the Wingspan series
Finspan briefly crashes Stonemaier games site in wake of massive wave of Wingspan fans

By Katie Wickens Published

News Finspan site crashes after massive influx

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Baron SmellyBones dice
For the love of Lolth, please don't tell my DM smelly D&D dice exist

By Katie Wickens Published

News Smelly D&D dice are a real

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A Mech and their pilot illustration.
From lo-fi mechs to little witches, and "ancient horrors beyond imagining", here are six up-and-coming Solo TRPGs to play in 2025

By Katie Wickens Published

Features A collection of gorgeous Solo RPGs

Features
Ascendice 2: Levitating Dice for D&D
Hold me back, levitating D&D dice are a thing and I need them

By Katie Wickens Published

News Levitating dice are a thing, and there's not long to go on the Kickstarter campaign

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A recent entry in the Lego Ideas contest
This Lego PS2 design has moving internals, and it could become a reality alongside Simpsons and Jumanji kits

By Katie Wickens Published

News Lego Ideas designers that just passed the 10,000 supporter mark are making some amazing stuff

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A dragon curling around a great gate
In tweaking legendary creatures D&D Monster Manual designers admit DMs don't always "want to choose the most deadly option every round"

By Katie Wickens Published

News D&D Monster Manual 2024 is getting some challenge rating changes

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The Wyrmspan board game being played
Wrymspan feels more complex and isolating than Wingspan, but that's just how spelunking goes

By Katie Wickens Published

Features Wyrmpan is more than just a dragon game, it's a game about extreme caving

Features
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Legend in the Mist beats Discworld and Dolmenwood in Most Anticipated TTRPGs of 2025 vote

By Katie Wickens Published

News Legend in the Mist trumps the rest in 2025 most anticipated TRPG survey.

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Survivor: The tribe has spoken with surrounding flames
Exploding Kittens CEO is helping bring the Survivor reality show to tabletop, having watched "every episode of Survivor since the first season – 24 years ago"

By Katie Wickens Published

News Survivor: The tribe has spoken card game designer speaks about being obsessed with the show for over two decades.

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Bethesda/JeySerpa via NexusMods
I'm no Grinch, but will someone please direct me to the good Christmas games?

By Katie Wickens Published

Opinion Opinion | I've never played a game that captures the true essence of Christmas

Opinion
Xbox Game Pass
10 PC exclusives to play through PC Game Pass this year

By Katie Wickens Published

Sponsored by PC Game Pass

With the holidays fast approaching, here's the games that'll help you get the most mileage out of your PC Game Pass subscription

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