Here is your Tap Draw Roll roundup for Monday, October 19 to Sunday, October 25, 2026, with the 10 stories that mattered most across crowdfunding, board games and TCGs.
The Top 10 stories this week
1. Arkham Horror Remastered Passes $2 Million on Gamefound Fantasy Flight Games first crowdfunding campaign kept climbing all week, passing $2 million after funding in under 18 minutes. The campaign is still live on Gamefound until Wednesday, November 4, 2026 at 8:00 PM ET.
2. Nemesis Legacy Leads Top 10 Gamefound Games Nemesis Legacy by Awaken Realms led the Gamefound chart at 7,863,244 euros from 21,415 backers as of Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 8:17 AM ET. It closes Tuesday, October 27, 2026, so this is the urgent one for readers who back games.
3. Magic: The Gathering Tops $600 Million in Q3 Magic: The Gathering revenue rose 34 percent to $616.1 million in the third quarter, topping $600 million in a single quarter for the first time. It was the business story of the week for the biggest TCG Tap Draw Roll covers.
4. Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden and Limited List Bans 34 Cards, Effective Today The October 2026 Forbidden and Limited List banned 34 cards and took effect the same day it was covered. Competitive players felt the change right away, with deck building shifting for the new format.
5. Pokémon TCG Aura Seeker Revealed for Nov. 27 Aura Seeker is the next Japanese Pokémon TCG set, revealed for Friday, November 27, 2026 and headlined by Mega Lucario Z ex and Mega Garchomp Z ex. No English release was announced in the coverage.
6. Star Wars: Unlimited Wins TCG Awards Game of the Year Star Wars: Unlimited won Game of the Year at the TCG Awards during SPIEL Essen week. The win was the headline result from the Essen TCG Awards coverage.
7. Disney Lorcana Hyperia City Set Releases Today The Disney Lorcana Hyperia City set, the 14th set, released on Friday, October 23, 2026, bringing Coco characters and the new Ink Drops mechanic. It was a same week set release for one of the TCGs on the Tap Draw Roll watch list.
8. Gamefound Passes 2 Million Backers Gamefound passed 2 million backers in a week when Gamefound campaigns dominated the site. The milestone underlines how central the platform has become for board game crowdfunding.
9. King’s Gambit Closes at $2.58 Million on Kickstarter King’s Gambit closed at $2.58 million on Kickstarter, the biggest closed campaign in this week’s coverage. It is a clean final total for crowdfunding readers to compare against the live Gamefound leaders.
10. Golden Demon 2026: Maxime Penaud Wins Slayer Sword Maxime Penaud won the Slayer Sword at Golden Demon 2026, the headline result from the SPIEL Essen 2026 ceremony on Sunday, October 25, 2026. The story carries the full winner list for Warhammer and Tabletop readers.
Still running campaigns from this week’s coverage
- Arkham Horror Remastered on Gamefound, ends Wednesday, November 4, 2026 at 8:00 PM ET.
- Nemesis Legacy on Gamefound, ends Tuesday, October 27, 2026.
- Satisfactory: The Board Game on Gamefound, ends Tuesday, November 10, 2026.
- Avalon: The Riven Veil (2nd Printing) on Gamefound, ends Wednesday, October 28, 2026.
- Bride of Spooktacular on Gamefound, ends Thursday, October 29, 2026.
- Lorenzo il Magnifico, A New Renaissance on Gamefound, ends Friday, October 30, 2026.
Also coming this week: Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe RPG hits BackerKit on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, and the Cyberpunk TCG Holophone app launches on Friday, October 30, 2026.
Read all of this week’s stories at tapdrawroll.com, and watch for the next Tap Draw Roll Weekly next Monday.
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