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Everybody knows Cluedo. This legend of a board game turns regular players into master investigators stepping into the footsteps of Hercule Poirot a...

If you have finally managed to get hold of a letter of acceptance to Hogwarts, you will first get a shopping list as long as your arm. Of course, y...

At some point in your adult life, you will probably (like all of us) have come to the sad realisation that you will never get to Hogwarts. Neverthe...

For Henry Cavill, what many gamers dream of has come true: he was allowed to slip into the skin of one of his favourite characters and make him rea...

Who had the cruel idea to call the trusty guardian of Gryffindor's common room "The Fat Lady"? Admittedly, the good woman has a few more pounds on ...

In most role-playing games, we are tasked with slaying dragons and plundering their massive hoards of riches. But if we take a moment to reflect on...

As a successful Magic player, it is of course advantageous to be able to play all colours with equal success. Nevertheless, most players have one o...

Steeping herbs, fruits and leaves in a hot liquid, grinding and boiling exotic beans, adding pinches of fine powder and other liquids as desired......

In The Lord of the Rings, the little dwarves have big principles. Which becomes especially clear when Gimli refuses to be tossed over an abyss. Whi...

To our surprise, even the world of wizards and witches involves dealing with rather mundane problems: plagued by money problems, the Sorting Hat fr...

In addition to their numerous magical properties, unicorns somehow manage to stay clean in every imaginable situation: rain, thunderstorms, mud ava...

It is hard to imagine the world of "The Witcher" without inns. They are the place where Geralt lands new contracts, meets old friends or recuperate...

I'm sure you're wondering whether it's a good idea to bring a Niffler into the house. Both Hagrid and Newt Scamander would strongly advise against ...

Dice play a big role in pen & paper. They decide the fate of your character like nothing else. Not even the Game Master has power over them. With t...

If there’s one thing that the worldwide phenomenon known as Game of Thrones most certainly is not, is boring. The struggle for the Iron Throne of W...

Attention: Game is in German!"A Song of Ice and Fire" is without question one of the most successful fantasy series of all time. So it's no wonder ...

AaaaaughibbrgubugbugrguburgleWhen this battle cry is heard in Azeroth, you either have to pull out your weapons or take to your heels! That’s becau...

The Blue-Eyes White Dragon is, in fact, blue. And actually there are only four of him. Or rather three, after the card that Yugi Moto’s grandfather...

With 20,000 different cards and over 35 million players worldwide, Magic: The Gathering is a giant among collector card games. The premise sounds p...

What does a hero truly need? A magic sword, a mithril shirt and magical powers? Well, those and a proper jacket, of course. After all, what good is...

As is well known, there are different types of players in pen & paper games: those who just want to have fun, those for whom role-playing is most i...

Steeping herbs, fruits and leaves in a hot liquid, grinding and boiling exotic beans, adding pinches of fine powder and other liquids as desired......

This day does not belong to one man, but to all. Let us together rebuild this world, that we may share in the days of peace.– Aragorn/Elessar durin...

To turn a morning shower into a truly magnificent experience, a few essential things are needed: a shower (who would've thought?), warm water, some...

The MACUSA, the Magical Congress of the United States of America, is to the United States of America what the Ministry of Magic is to the United Ki...

Who hasn't experienced it: you just want to apparate home, but something goes wrong and you get stranded in the middle of a Muggle area! It's a goo...

Medaillons have to be earned. In the Lord of the Rings universe, there are more than enough opportunities for that: The defeat of Sauron and the co...

Garden gnomes are a tricky topic... you either love them or you hate them from the bottom of your heart. If you relate to folks who'd love to send ...

These little monsters may look cute, but there’s more than meets the eye under all that fur! If you dare to duel with them as partners, you can be ...

The pen & paper role-playing game “Dungeons & Dragons” has been around since 1975 – back in the day a completely new invention that paved the way f...

Time to move into your own house in Whiterun! The hut is nice and reasonably spacious although still a bit impersonal. Maybe a few pictures on the ...

Few Quidditch fans today are aware that the Golden Snitch was once not made of gold at all, but a living bird. But when the Snitch was soon threate...

You may be a good fighter but are you really the Dovahkiin, the Dragonborn, the chosen one?Are you a mighty dragon soul in a human body, as prophes...

Even though the fight for the Iron Throne of Westeros was decided in the last season of the cult TV series Game of Thrones, most of us still like t...

Hardly any other wand is surrounded by as many mysteries as the wand of Harry Potter’s godfather. Neither the type of wood nor the core material is...