Crosspad Weekly Brief: what you missed in Christian gaming (Jul 6-12, 2026)
Jul 6-12, 2026
This is the weekly Crosspad catch-up: one calm place for the gaming stories you missed while life was busy. It is preference-aware, so readers who choose coverage lanes only see those lanes; readers with no preferences get the full brief.
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Video Games
Warframe: Tau finally gives Digital Extremes a second solar system to explain
Digital Extremes used TennoCon 2026 to reveal Warframe: Tau, and this is bigger than another mission node. Rock Paper Shotgun describes Tau as Warframe’s long-awaited second solar system, with the first revealed area, Fornax, leaning into noir imagery, corrupting rain, and a...
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D&D is promising a 2027 roadmap reveal at Gen Con 2026
Dungeons & Dragons is preparing a large Gen Con presence, and the centerpiece is a keynote aimed squarely at the future of the game. Wizards of the Coast’s official D&D Tower page lists the D&D Vision Keynote 2027 for Thursday, July 30, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Eastern.
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Mini Rogue is getting a major wave of new board game expansions
Mini Rogue is preparing to grow far beyond its original small box. Wargamer reports that four releases are expanding the solo and cooperative dungeon crawler across summer and autumn 2026.
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Pokémon TCG’s Delta Reign introduces a two-card healing Stadium
The Pokémon Trading Card Game is experimenting with a Stadium that takes two cards to build. Wargamer and PokéBeach have both reported on Legendary Ocean Trench, a split Stadium revealed for Japan’s Storm Emeralda set.
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Hero in Training is quietly shaping MTG Marvel Limited drafts
A Magic draft is often won by the unglamorous cards people underrate. Wargamer makes that case for Hero in Training, a common from MTG Marvel Super Heroes that it calls one of the strongest cards to draft in the set’s Limited format. The reason is practical.
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Games Workshop is making the new Warhammer 40K starter path easier to read
Games Workshop has previewed a clearer entry path for the current Warhammer 40,000 edition, and that is more useful than it may sound.
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What I would watch next
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