TableTakes News Briefing for April 26, 2021

Weekly Tabletop Gaming News Highlights, Selected by the Hosts and Producers of TableTakes

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Headlines

• Originally Announced During Gen Con Spring Showcase, Steamforged Games Monster Hunter World: The Board Game Cleans Up Big On Kickstarter
  • Dicebreaker: Monster Hunter World: The Board Game Kickstarter gobbles up $1 million in less than two hours
• Wizards Teases and Announces New Secret Lair Release
  • ICv2: WIZARDS OF THE COAST RELEASES PHOTO TEASING THE NEXT ‘MAGIC: THE GATHERING’ ‘SECRET LAIR’ RELEASE
• Disability Representation in Tabletop Done Right
  • Dicebreaker: Disability representation in tabletop gaming matters – here are the games doing it right
• Gaming and Mental Health During Pandemic
  • Dicebreaker: Tabletop roleplaying has given players comfort, connection and control in a world that’s taken them away
• Are You A Werewolf? Getting a Movie Adaptation
  • Dicebreaker: Social deduction classic Werewolf gets a live-action movie adaptation – of sorts – in upcoming horror-comedy Werewolves Within
• A New, Different Metal Gear Solid Board Game Leaked
  • Dicebreaker: An unannounced Metal Gear Solid board game has apparently leaked via box art reveal
• Publisher list for Pop-Up Gen Con Released
  • Gen Con Website
• Gen Con Health and Safety Update
  • Gen Con Blog

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