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

Matt Mercer smiling and Brennan Lee Mulligan talking, with a white line dividing them
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?"

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News Matt Mercer and Brennan Lee Mulligan talk about how to stay cool in the limelight

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The Dungeons & Dragons: Builders of Baldur's Gate board game logo on a D&D dragon image
WizKids to bring us D&D Baldur's Gate city builder board game in Summer 2025, and preorders are far cheaper than I expected

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Deals Dungeons & Dragons: Builders of Baldur's Gate is just $55.99 if you preorder now

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Terminid creature miniature for the Helldivers 2 Board game
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

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Seldeg against the backdrop of the Pathfinder 2E Claws of the Tyrant adventure book cover
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

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Dungeon Master's guide and Player's Handbook (2024) side by side
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

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Lego dark falcon set on table
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

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Shots of Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread in play
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

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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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The 15th Edition Agricola with addons
I wish I'd waited for this discount on Agricola's Limited Edition

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Deals Save $35.50 on the 15th Aniversary edition of Agricola

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People playing Finspan, the new game in the Wingspan series
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

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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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Ticket to Rde and Catan art side by side
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

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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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The Prince John foil Lorcana Promo card
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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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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The Clue: What We Do in the Shadows board game
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

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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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