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

Drow and Tiefling Toughs
D&D community wrestles over lack of Orc and Drow stat blocks in the 2025 Monster Manual: "They should have also removed the goblins, lizardfolk, gith, centaurs, bugbears, hobgoblins, kenku, and kobolds"

By Katie Wickens Published

News The D&D community takes issue with the removal of Orc and Drow stat blocks

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The Asmodee logo
Asmodee to saddle over $920 million debt as parent company splits in 2025

By Katie Wickens Published

News Asmodee to gain a chunk of its parent company's debt in restructring

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Captain Sisay holding her sword high a the helm
MTG lead designer says "Trans people, people of color, and women playing a larger role, are all part of modern fantasy because they’re all part of the actual world"

By Katie Wickens Published

News Magic: The Gathering lead desginer responds to anti-diversity sentiments

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One of Ids de Jong's Febrovery rovers complete with aliens
I just discovered Lego Febrovery 2025 is a thing and these amazing Sci-Fi designs are making me want to get back into building again

By Katie Wickens Published

News Some fantastic designs for the Febrovery 2025 Lego event

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Brandon talking about Magic: the Gathering on his YouTube Channel
Brandon Sanderson doubts MTG Aetherdrift's storytelling methods: "Something about it is not clicking with me"

By Katie Wickens Published

News Brandon Sanderson talks about his concerns over MTG storytelling around the upcoming Aetherdrift set

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People playing Expeditions: Around The World
Trot the globe for next to nothing with this half price board game deal

By Katie Wickens Published

Deals Globetrotting board game Expeditions: Around the World is down to just $17.49 right now

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Photo of the Glumdark book
Come all ye metalheads, behold this system-agnostic TRPG sourcebook for my fellow chaos goblins

By Katie Wickens Published

News Glumdark is available now on Kickstarter

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Screenshots from the Legend in the Mist TRPG
D&D is "Great for sh*ts & giggles, but it's so saturated with magic that magic doesn't matter" says Legend in the Mist's lead designer

By Katie Wickens Published

Features An interview with Son of Oak lead Amit Moshe

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Drink My Sweat header image
Now's the time to launch that queer TRPG idea for Zine Month, to help remedy what's been a dark journey for tabletop media

By Katie Wickens Published

News Zine Month is the perfect time to launch your queer TRPG crowdfunding campaign

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The box art for Word Fluxx
Word Fluxx to join the Fluxx franchise almost 30 years after the original game's release

By Katie Wickens Published

News Word Fluxx to join the Fluxx card game lineup in March 2025

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The Merwyrm in situ
Designer says Warhammer's returning Merwyrm took "a lot of adjusting and a fair bit of unladylike language" to sculpt

By Katie Wickens Published

News The Merwyrm to return to The Old World of Warhammer

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Fluff n' Fury Kickstarter material - a bear holding two huge modded guns
Take down the motherfluffling system with this Cy_Bear Punk TRPG

By Katie Wickens Published

News Fluff n' Fury cyberpunk TRPG Kickstarter is open for pledges now

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Gardevoir life-size plushie front and side views
Pokemon store is now selling life-size Gardevoir plushies which don't look creepy at all

By Katie Wickens Published

News Pokemon Center Online has started selling life-sized Gardevoir plushies

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Character from Malediction
Fully funded in 12 minutes, this card game combines 3D printable miniatures with deep strategic deckbuilding

By Katie Wickens Published

News Malediction mini infused card game closes funding today

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The Stewpot book
Build a tavern with your pals in Stewpot, a cozy worldbuilding TRPG

By Katie Wickens Published

Features Preview of Stewpot, the tavern building TRPG

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Silkshore illustration from Blades '68
I'm getting big Disco Cop vibes from Blades in the Dark's upcoming swinging sixties supplement

By Katie Wickens Published

News Blades in the Dark is getting an official '60s themed supplement

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A selection of playable character species, ranging from a mustachioed rock-person, cat-woman, robot, ooze, and armored goblin
Break!! TRPG's moral alignment system is far more relaxed than D&D and reminds me why I love tabletop all over again

By Katie Wickens Published

Features An interview with Break!! TRPG designer

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Cover of eat the Reich tabletop roleplaying game
Feel like punching some Nazis? Now you can with this Punch Nazis! TRPG Bundle of Holding discount

By Katie Wickens Published

Deals Save $117.80 on this bundle of ten Nazi punching tabletop roleplaying games

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D&D art of a tavern scene, adventurers sit around a table drinking from tankards
D&D Unearthed Arcana teases psionically bonded Dragon Knights, frigid incorporeal Rangers bursting through enemies, and Rogues teleporting on a bloodlust high

By Katie Wickens Published

Features Exploring some of the subclasses from D&D's most recent Unearthed Arcana release

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Someone rolls dice at the table while playing Catan
I haven't seen Catan this cheap since the sales some two years ago

By Katie Wickens Published

Deals Catan is currently its best price since 2023

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ENNIEs badges beside a dragons hoard of dice
ENNIES tabletop RPG award makes a U-turn on AI submission policy

By Katie Wickens Published

News The ENNIE awards will no longer be accepting AI submissions

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The Diamond logo on a gradient background
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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A yamper multiplied on an electric background
Good boy Yamper joins Build-A-Bear and comes with a teeny tiny cape

By Katie Wickens Published

Deals Yamper is now available on the Build-a-Bear online store

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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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