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

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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Someone pointing a Sounds Fishy card at someone else
Sounds Fishy bluffing game is enjoying a deep (sea) discout with 27% off right now

By Katie Wickens Published

Deals The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim board game's Dawnguard expansion is at it's second cheapest price ever right now

Deals
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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Meeple in Doggerland on the board
Create megoliths and cave paintings in deep prehistoric strategy board game Doggerland, now half price

By Katie Wickens Published

Deals The Doggerland board game is currently only $40

Deals
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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Cover of Onyx Storm: Empyrean, Book 3
Onyx Storm: Empyrean unabridged audiobook is out now and $41 off with 3 months of Audible

By Katie Wickens Published

Deals Out today, Onyx Storm: Empyrean is cheap on Audible for a limited time

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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 undead creature in raising its hand in an ancient temple
Pre-order the D&D Monster Manual 2024 for cheap before they're consumed by the collective gelatinous cube that is the Dungeons & Dragons fandom

By Katie Wickens Published

Deals D&D 5e Monster Manual (2024) is available to pre-order for cheaper than the expected retail price

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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
Sceenshot from Pillars of Eternity TRPG with the logo on top
RPG veteran Josh Sawyer finally drops screenshots of a potential Pillars of Eternity TRPG rework

By Katie Wickens Published

News Josh Sawyer teases content for a rework of the Pillars of Eternity pen-and-paper TRPG

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Two Metal Gear Funko pops available for pre-order
Naked Snake and The Boss Metal Gear Funko Pops are available to pre-order right now, but they're going fast

By Katie Wickens Published

Deals Metal Gear Funko pops are available to pre-order now

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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
A bunch of 5e compatible sourcebooks side by side
Sharpen your DM skills with $741 worth of D&D 5e compatible books for just $25

By Katie Wickens Published

Deals A bunch of deals on D&D 5e compatible sourcebooks

Deals
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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A bunch of tabletop deals pictured
A game master's starter pack to get your first campaign going, D&D or otherwise

By Katie Wickens Published

Deals A bunch of great deals on useful tools for D&D game masters

Deals
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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