It’s Friday, and the big news here at Geek Native HQ this that nerdy blogger will soon be on the move. A new apartment has been secured and it’s terrifying.
August maybe a month of disruption as PCs and books are packed, put in a truck, unloaded and then rebuilt on the other side of the harbour.
Hopefully, disruption will be kept to a minimum, and it seems to pale in comparison to the logistics of moving crates of RPG books around to stores, conventions and warehouses!
As it’s a new month the RPG Publisher Spotlight is open for Patreon votes. The candidates for September are;
- Play by Action Gaming
- Sanguine Productions
- Jay Dragon / Possum Creek Games
- Jack Harrison / Mousehole Press
- Starshine Scribbles
The winner for August is Trash Mob Minis.
Also, hopefully, it’s been a good few weeks for Patreons. There’s another gift available in the shape of The Gunblade.
Right, now on to the RPG news!
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RPG news from Geek Native
- It’s not common for Kickstarter news to make this section, but Magpie Games’ Avatar Legends Kickstarter became the most successful RPG project in just one day on the platform.
- In potentially huge news, WizKids is getting into sprue-minis and D&D branded paints.
- Webbed Sphere, who own some tabletop retailer brands, supporting eCommerce and logistics functions, have bought the world’s oldest publishing RPG company Flying Buffalo.
- UK Games Expo announced the Award winners for 2021.
- D&D Beyond cancelled an anniversary competition after negative community feedback.
- We got to see how Wizards of the Coast woos influencers when Amy the Amazonian shared their Adventures in Forgotten Realms Magic:TG x D&D pack.
- Highmoon Press is leaving the tabletop RPG business, and there’s an everything must go sale.
- Actor and geek defender, Joe Manganiello hints at a big D&D project.
- Outland Entertainment has acquired the rights for Michael Rookard’s Galefire series for comics and a 5e RPG.
- Geek Native reviewed the Call of Cthulhu scenario At One With Nature.
- I took a look into the hidden dangers of the indie RPG The Unworld Mysteries.
- Also, on the review slate, this week was Through the Veil: Treasure of the Feywild.
- That’s not all, Geek Native also had A Good Death.
- The, finally, Geek Native reviewed XII: Inner Demons.
- The official Earthdawn 4e comes to FoundryVTT.
- The fan-made 5e Spelljammer conversion Wildjammer gets a FoundryVTT module.
- Latinx fantasy comic Helm Greycastle comes bundled with a 5e one-shot set in the same world.
- Chthonstone Games (once Red Box Vancouver) and Lampblack & Brimstone take to the Bundle of Holding with a Dungeon World deal.
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RPG news from around the web

- Paizo Publishing revealed a slate of new releases.
- D&D announced charity support for Mermaids.
- The Dungeon Masters Guild revealed they raised over $9,000 for No Kid Hungry.
- Cubicle 7 talked about Victoriana for 5e and the changes they are making.
- Chase Carter wrote up Lancer co-creator’s new post-apocalyptic RPG Icon has a free playtest version that’s worth a look.
- Modiphius pulled the veil off a series of new Star Trek Adventure titles.
- At EN World, Beth Rimmels had a peek inside Beadle & Grimm’s Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft Shadowy Silver Edition.
- Wargamer wrote up the news that D&D Beyond will no longer support Unearthed Arcana playtest material.
RPG reviews and interviews from around the web
- Jared Rascher reviewed Star Trek Adventures: Mission Briefs 001-003, Matt Colville’s Kingdoms & Warfare, and the 5e Weird Wastelands.
- Also, Jared published a review of Achtung Cthulhu’s Seventh Inning Slaughter.
- Antonios S reviewed the Warhammer adventure Death on the Reik and Chaosium’s Alone Against the Tide.
- Angel’s Citadel reviewed the silent RPG Alice is Missing.
- The Tabletop Almanac reviewed Osprey Games’ Jackals.
- Refereeing and Reflection reviewed Mage 20’s Technocracy Reloaded.
- Reviews from R’lyeh reviewed Adventure Pack 4 for Symbaroum and Fate of Cthulhu’s The Rise of the Quiet.
- At EN World, Egg Embry reviewed Jon Hodgson of Handiwork Games about a|state.
RPG new releases
- Shewstone Publishing released Magonomia: The RPG of Renaissance Wizardry.
- Modiphius published the 2d20-powered Fallout RPG.
- Travis Legge published the sourcebook for Chronicles of Darkness: Mirrors with Bleeding Edge 2.0.
- Caro Asercion released a fantastical cyberpunk RPG called Dwindle.
- Nightpath Publishing continues cyberpunk adventures with Entromancy: The Orichite Age Omnibus.
- Name Your Own Price for this lbonnette’s Cosmic Cowboy Cats RPG>
- Jeroon has a Pay What You want to enhance your current RPG with more Snails. Really.
- Pegasus Press put the Talisman Adventures RPG together with The Briar Rose.
- Lenmos released the Dracodex – The Codex of Dragons for 5e.
- Matara has made the Beta version of the crystalpunk fantasy Megalos available.
- Stygian Fox published an anthology of modern-day Call of Cthulhu scenarios with Occam’s Razor.
RPG bundle deals
- Save $10.95 (30%) with the Miskatonic Repository Classical Era Collection.
- Save $2 (14%) with von Braus publishing’s Dungeoneers with Companions bundle.
RPG ideas, tips and discoveries
- Do you know the phrase “The Wangrod Defence” and how it applies to RPGs?
- The historical-leaning RPG Fragments of the Past has a free to download quickstart.
- Broken Wood Gift’s dice tower tray is impressive.
- Nerdarchy blogged Advancing Your 5e D&D Franchise with Acquisitions Incorporated.
- On C|Net Steph Panecasio revealed that I hate Zoom trivia so much that I became a D&D Dungeon Master.
- Linda Whitson shared insight on Etiquette & Protocol – TTRPG Safety Toolkit.
- Vice’s Tim Fraanje found out that When Drag Meets Dungeons & Dragons, Magic Happens.
RPG Crowdfunding
You can see those Kickstarters and other crowdfunding campaigns that caught Geek Native’s attention over at Kickstarter watch. Here are some industry projects worth a mention;

- Lloyd Metcalf has funded an introductory Swords & Wizardry and 5e adventure with floofy familiars trying to save a swamp. FloofQuest – Hassle in the Quagmire – 5e, Swords & Wizardry
- Michael Anthony DeAnda is creating a single-player RPG about customer service and the apocalypse. It’s Golden Mart.
- Evil Pigeon Games has funded a fantasy black market where you can buy anything, and its suitable for any RPG. It’s The Night Market.
- Racing towards NZ$40K is the Modular Realms Magnetic Terrain – Relaunch!
- Dog Might Games are back on Kickstarter with these silver enamled inlayed Accursed GM Screen Collection.
- Arkhaane – Enjoy and Share Unlimited Homebrew DnD Content
- Unique dice that look at you from Spidermind Games. They are Dragon Eye Dice – The Chromatic Dragon Collection.
- Danny Herrero has a new Lost Adventures 5e supplement and STL offering. It’s the Uncharted Lands: Book & STL Collection.
- Elysian Assembly has a set of characters and dioramas with The Hybrids – STL files for 3d Printing.
- Aaron Prior is funding a location supplement for 5e with The Wailing Fen.
- Free League Publishing has another smash hit on their hands with the Forbidden Lands RPG – Book of Beasts and The Bloodmarch.
- Old Raging Barbarian has crazy OSR rules for The Death Race.
- Mystic.Realm is offering printable Mystic-Realm’s QDS: Quick Dungeon System 3d Tabletop Terrain.
- Designer dice in the shape of Dicebound Volume 2: Sharp Edge & Classic RPG Dice.
- Realmwarp Media are funding a rogue-like horror for 5e 2nd tier adventurers and a Night at Bloodmoon Cairn.
- Tribal Craft Studio have funded real Handcrafted Buffalo Magic Horn Dice.
- Toogs has a collection of original art, stats, models and content with Homebrew D&D Monsters with their own 3D minis and 2D tokens!
- Josh Rottman has OSR meets new in a hardcore and story-driven Neoclassical Geek Revival – Acidic Edition
- Brittannia Games has smashed goals for their Chivalry & Sorcery European Folklore Bestiary.
- Shawn Carman has a set of sourcebooks for Thunderscape, Tiny Legacies and Infinity’s Edge with A Trio of Tabletop Tomes!
- Jason Very is funding a sourcebook for Night Shift: VSW with spells, classes, magic and options in The Night Companion.
- MWRP 3D Designs & Printing have custom DM screens, dice towers and more for 3D printing with Styling your table.
- Christian Eichhorn offers classes, proficiencies, encounters and death locations in Purgatory | A Mörk Borg Supplement.
- Hexy Studio has printable, ready to play 5e encounters, with pre-supported modules. It’s a campaign for Instant Encounters 5E – RPG Module (PDF & STL 3D miniatures).
- 2CGaming have raised tens of thousands for the Epic Legacy Hero’s Handbook.
If there’s a source or news you think is worth monitoring, please get in touch or leave a comment below.
I was so sad when the Modular Realms magnetic terrain didn’t reach its target but they seem to have gone away and really thought about it and they hit their target within 12 hours of relaunch.
Hoping to get all the stretch goals unlocked, I want all the free tiles!