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TableCon Quest 2026 Is Back This Weekend — Tabletop Gaming and Bushiroad at Suntec

July 29, 2026 Xian Skyrider

Everything to Do at TableCon Quest 2026

TableCon Quest is designed to pull in everyone from hardcore tournament grinders to families discovering tabletop gaming for the first time. The event floor is split into themed zones:

Open Play Area — grab a board game off the shelf and sit down with friends or strangers
RPG & Game Demo Zone — Dungeons & Dragons sessions run by Geekified Games, plus demos of new titles from exhibitors
Tournament Zone — competitive brackets for card games across the weekend
Miniature Painting Sessions — Ranger Cat-led painting workshops for hobbyists of all skill levels
Indie Wavemakers Zone — independent creators and designers showcasing original games and artwork
Creators Alley — original prints, commissions and merch from local artists
Play-and-Win — demo and score prizes

Exhibitor booths line the halls with the latest board games, miniatures, collectibles and hobby supplies. Same-day re-entry is permitted, so you can pop out for lunch at Suntec City and come back.

Bushiroad Card Game Festival — Five Games, Two Big Anniversaries

Occupying Halls 405–406, Bushiroad’s Card Game Festival returns to Singapore with its most stacked card game lineup yet. Five titles are featured this year:

Cardfight!! Vanguard — celebrating its 15th anniversary, with a dedicated booth, tournaments and a Guest Stage for stage shows
Weiß Schwarz — the anime crossover TCG hits its 18th anniversary, with tournaments feeding into the WGP DELUXE Regional Finals Singapore qualifier (Trio format, top 4 teams earn an invite)
Shadowverse: Evolve — demo sessions and competitive matches
hololive OFFICIAL CARD GAME — how-to-play demos with a Takanashi Kiara Acrylic SP Oshi Skill Marker for new BushiNavi sign-ups
Palworld OFFICIAL CARD GAME — launching globally on 30 July, the card game makes its Singapore debut at the festival the very next day

There’s also a Digital Zone with playable demo stations for Cardfight!! Vanguard Dear Days 2, HUNTER×HUNTER NEN×SURVIVOR and BanG Dream! Our Notes, plus a Create Your Own Card station where you design a custom card to take home.

Weiß Schwarz 18th anniversary special rubber playmat exclusive to Bushiroad Card Game Festival 2026 Singapore — Image courtesy of Bushiroad

Exclusive Merch and Purchase Bonuses

Bring S$45 on top of your admission ticket and you can pick up one of two Singapore-exclusive rubber playmats: the Cardfight!! Vanguard Special Rubber Playmat or the Weiß Schwarz 18th Anniversary Special Rubber Playmat. Stock is limited, so early arrival is a good idea.

Palworld OCG fans get their own deal: buy one of each Palworld OFFICIAL CARD GAME Trial Deck and you’ll score an exclusive Palworld OCG backpack, available at the festival booth.

Palworld OFFICIAL CARD GAME Trial Deck bag exclusive purchase bonus at Bushiroad Card Game Festival 2026 Singapore — Image courtesy of Bushiroad

Tickets, Venue and How to Get There

Admission is S$16 per day for general entry. Students and BushiNavi or Ultra League members pay half price (S$8). Children under 12 enter free. Tickets are available through Eventbrite or at the door.

The venue is at 1 Raffles Boulevard, Singapore 039593 — the Suntec Convention & Exhibition Centre, Level 4. The closest MRT is Esplanade (CC3) on the Circle Line, with paid parking available at Suntec City Mall. The event runs both days from 10am to 8pm.

Bushiroad Card Game Festival 2026 Singapore floor map showing hall layout with Cardfight Vanguard, Weiss Schwarz, Shadowverse, hololive and Palworld OCG zones — Image courtesy of Bushiroad

For a full look at what Singapore’s tabletop scene has been up to, check out our other event coverage. See you at Suntec this weekend.

News

Pokémon’s New Team Rocket Card Game Drops November 2026

July 14, 2026 Xian Skyrider

A Villain-Themed Pokémon Card Game With a Twist

The key visual says it all: a hooded Rocket Grunt grins in the centre, flanked by a snarling, red-eyed Pikachu and a Koffing sporting a jolly-roger-style logo against a vivid yellow background. Two in-progress card samples appear in the lower corner — the images are explicitly marked “development versions” and subject to change.

Team Rocket Grunt, villainous Pikachu and Koffing from the Pokemon Are You Perhaps Team Rocket key art — Image courtesy of The Pokémon Company

Gameplay details — player count, card mechanics, win conditions — have not been revealed yet. The Pokémon official account simply teased: “續報をお楽しみに” (more information to come). What the key visual does confirm is that this is a card-driven game developed through the “ポケモンボドゲくらぶ” (Pokémon Boardgame Club) label, the same initiative that brought us Pokémon Goita in December 2025 and Pokémon Plakoro, which we covered last week. The Pokémon Company is clearly on a serious analogue-gaming run, with the Boardgame Club label becoming a proper sub-brand.

Who Is YOKA Games?

YOKA Games is a Chinese board game designer and publisher with a global catalogue. Their best-known title in Western tabletop circles is Sanguosha (三国油 / Three Kingdoms Kill), a popular elimination card game that has sold millions of copies across Asia and beyond. More recently, they co-produced the widely praised Slay the Spire: The Board Game. Their involvement signals that “Are You Perhaps Team Rocket?” is aiming for a polished, strategically meaty experience rather than a casual party game — though we’ll have to wait for the full reveal to be sure.

What Singapore Pokémon Fans Need to Know

As of this announcement, the November 2026 release is confirmed for Japan only. No English localisation, no Singapore or Southeast Asia release date, and no price have been disclosed. Given YOKA Games’ international distribution track record, a wider release is plausible — but for now, plan for this to be an import if you want it at launch.

If you’re into importing Japanese analogue games, your usual go-to stops — import retailers that ship from Japan, Japanese online platforms like BOOTH, and local tabletop shops that stock Japanese imports — should be on your watchlist. Pokémon Goita and Plakoro both found their way to local collectors through those channels, and “Are You Perhaps Team Rocket?” should follow the same path. Watch for pre-order windows opening closer to November.

Singapore’s tabletop scene has been in excellent shape — WSBG Asia 2026 just wrapped at Suntec City last weekend — and a Pokémon card game built around playing the bad guys sounds exactly like the sort of title that’ll generate buzz at local game nights. Check out more upcoming gaming events in Singapore while you wait for the full reveal.

Event

WSBG Asia 2026: Singapore’s Biggest Board Game Weekend Is in Its Final Day

July 13, 2026 Xian Skyrider

Asia’s Biggest Board Game Championship, Right Here in Singapore

WSBG Asia is the official Asia satellite of the World Series of Board Gaming (WSBG), backed by the Singapore Tourism Board. Building on its inaugural 2025 edition, the 2026 event is significantly larger — more championship titles, a bigger game library, and an experience that literally takes place on the Singapore Flyer.

The event spans three zones: competitive tournament brackets, a sprawling Carnival Zone, and exclusive social game experiences, making it accessible to everyone from first-timers to seasoned competitive players.

Compete for a Seat at the Vegas Global Final

This is where the stakes get real. WSBG Asia 2026 runs official tournaments across 16 championship titles. Every Asia Champion walks away with a Global Ticket — a first-round bye at the WSBG Global Final in Las Vegas. The overall grand champion also takes home a SGD $1,000 flight sponsorship to make the trip.

Brackets run across Phoenix Games and Asian Playoffs formats. If your game of choice is sold out, waitlist slots can be applied for at thejokergame.com/wsbg-waitlist.

WSBG Asia 2026 新加坡 — via Joker Game 愚人博弈 on YouTube

The Carnival Zone — 250+ Games for Everyone

Not here to compete? The Carnival Zone is a library of over 250 board games, open to Carnival ticket holders. It’s a space built for exploring, demoing, and casual play — with scheduled workshops running throughout the weekend:

Intro to Tabletop Gaming
Becoming a Game Master
How to Design Your Own Board Game

Social game experiences on offer include Blood on the Clocktower, Joker Game Experience, The Hero Is Dead, and Murder Mystery of The Dead — familiar names to anyone in Singapore’s tabletop scene.

Players at a WSBG Asia event session with the WSBG Asia Singapore banner in the background — Image courtesy of WSBG Asia

Celebrity Lineup — Including The Devil’s Plan’s Tino

WSBG Asia 2026 has put together a pan-Asian creator lineup that bridges competitive gaming and tabletop culture:

Dr. huoshu — Tsinghua PhD, strategy icon, and brain-show TV star with over 5 million followers
Xiao Cang — esports veteran and the iconic Mandarin voice of League of Legends, with over 7 million followers
Tino — familiar to Singapore fans of Netflix’s The Devil’s Plan, and a board game YouTuber with 42K followers
Jiaqi Lin — China’s number-one board game content creator with 3 million followers

WSBG Asia 2026 Dream Lineup of Game Icons featuring Dr. huoshu, Xiao Cang, Tino, and Jiaqi Lin — Image courtesy of WSBG Asia

The World’s Highest Board Game Match — On the Singapore Flyer

The VIP Skyline Challenge is the event’s signature set piece. A featured board game match is played by invited guests and celebrities inside a Singapore Flyer capsule — billed as the world’s highest rotating board game showcase. VIP ticket holders get a dedicated viewing window, premium hospitality, priority access to guest interactions, and an exclusive commemorative gift pack.

Can You Still Go Today?

Today (Monday 13 July) is the final day of WSBG Asia 2026. Walk-in Carnival Zone access may still be available, though most competitive tournament brackets will have concluded their qualifying rounds. For live availability, check the official event page or Klook.

Events like WSBG Asia — Singapore Tourism Board-supported, with Las Vegas qualifier routes and a multi-million-follower creator roster — reflect just how far Singapore’s tabletop gaming scene has come. Keep an eye on our events archive for more of what’s on.