Callum Bains

Job Title: Freelance writer
Joined: January 2021
Twitter: @callum_bains
Bio: Callum digs TTRPGs like DnD and Pathfinder, and adores board games - especially Gloomhaven. He helped launch the new Wargamer, and wrote many of our most venerable guide articles, including on Pathfinder classes and historical board games - as well as primers on Poker rules and Poker hands. He's now a freelance games writer with words at EDGE, PC Gamer, Wired, Polygon, the Observer, and more.

Best trading card games 2024

Best trading card games guide - Marvel Champions artwork showing an advancing line of Marvel superheroes, with Spiderman in the center

Apr 23, 2024

The best DnD backgrounds in 5e

Apr 23, 2024

The best Pokémon cards of all time

A shiny Charizard, one of the best Pokemon cards - credit to Steven Cordes / Unsplash

Apr 16, 2024

Basic poker rules for beginners

Poker rules - photo of four piles of poker chips

Apr 11, 2024

Best DnD character builds 5e

Popular D&D character build the Sorlock

Apr 4, 2024

DnD races and species guide

Wizards of the Coast art of an elf, one of the core DnD races

Apr 4, 2024

Best board games for adults

Board games for adults guide - publisher photo showing a player placing an egg token in the Wingspan board game about birds

Mar 26, 2024

DnD Warlock 5e class guide

Wizards of the Coast art of a DnD Warlock 5e

Mar 18, 2024

Europa Universalis 5 release date estimate

Europa Universalis 5 release date three soldiers holding weapons

Mar 10, 2024

The best DnD feats 5e explained

DnD 5e feats - Wizards of the Coast art of a lunar sorcerer

Mar 7, 2024

MTG sets – Every Magic: The Gathering set in order

MTG sets, a warrior next to a silver golem and a wizard.

Mar 4, 2024

The best board games to play in 2024

Best board games guide - Wargamer photo showing several board game boxes on a table at the Network N office, including Blood on the Clocktower, 7 Wonders, Sushi Go, Root, and Carcassonne - with Lego in the background

Feb 22, 2024

DnD Paladin 5e class guide

DnD Paladin 5e (art by Wizards of the Coast)

Feb 14, 2024

The 10 best DnD character sheets for different play styles

DnD character sheets 5e and blue and white D&D dice

Feb 12, 2024

The most powerful Pokémon cards 2024

Mew and Mewtwo, a pair of the most powerful pokemon, leaping into the air, while bright light shines around them

Feb 2, 2024

Hearts of Iron 4 console commands and how to use them

HOI4 console commands Rommel standing on top of a tank in the desert

Feb 1, 2024

The best solo board games for one player in 2024

The best solo board games - Photo of the box artwork from the Mage Knight board game

Jan 10, 2024

11 best family board games 2024

Best family board games Takenoko box art

Jan 3, 2024

The best tanks in World of Tanks

Nov 10, 2023

Best tile board games 2023

Best tile board games guide - Wargamer photo showing four azul tiles on a dish

Nov 8, 2023

Poker hands ranked from best to worst

Oct 27, 2023

The best Dungeons and Dragons board games 2023

Best dungeons and dragons board games a medieval adventurer from Betrayal at Baldur's Gate, holding a bloodied knife parallel to his face, while staring forward

Oct 26, 2023

Fun board games 2023

Fun board games Love Letter cards in a line

Oct 26, 2023

Pathfinder classes guide 2023

Pathfinder classes guide sorcerer

Oct 6, 2023

The best historical board games

A picturesque view of medieval France from the cover of best historical board game Castles of Burgundy showing a castle, river and lush green fields

Oct 4, 2023

Best free card games 2023

Oct 4, 2023

The best strategy board games 2023

Best strategy board games guide - author photo showing the board and components of Catan 3D close up

Sep 14, 2023

Best DnD dice sets

Sep 9, 2023

The best Star Wars board games 2023

Star Wars board games Darth Vader holding a lightsaber while surrounded by stormtroopers

Aug 31, 2023

The best Total War games 2023

Best Total War games guide - Creative Assembly packshot showing the cover art for Medieval 2 Total War, featuring an armoured knight wearing a gold crown, resting his hands on the pommel of a sword.

Aug 30, 2023

HoI4 country tags list

HOI4 country tags famous generals of WW2 standing next to each other

Jun 12, 2023

The best escape room games 2023

Escape room games a haunted with ghostly blue light shining through its windows

May 2, 2023