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New bundle offers deep dive into history of sci-fi RPG classic ‘Traveller’

May 5, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This is Free Trader Beowulf, which explores the stories behind Traveller’s key publishers and numerous licensees, delves into its challenging “Long Night” period, and celebrates its eventual resurgence.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, shannon appelcline, traveller

Star Wars Day: Generate your own personal crawl

May 4, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The opening text to Star Wars is iconic. Yellow text crawls across the darkness of space, readying us for an adventure of good versus fascist evil.

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Audio EXP Podcast: #285 – Star Wars Day and Bad Passwords

May 3, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This episode covers the Star Wars Day celebrations, the dangers of bad passwords (and a fun generator), FGG Games winning the RPG Publisher Spotlight, legal troubles for Diamond Comics, Roll20 integrating with Demiplane, Kickstarter’s new tariff tool, and sci-fi RPG bundle deals.

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Just in time for Star Wars Day: ‘Essential Star Wars Insider Collection’ Launches on Humble

May 3, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Star Wars enthusiasts have a new mission: Humble Bundle and Titan Comics have just launched ‘The Essential Star Wars Insider Collection,’ offering an unparalleled journey through nearly 50 years of the beloved franchise.

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: humble, star wars, star wars day

Vampires and Werewolves: Mammoth – The End

May 3, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Fronted by  Wolfgang Van Halen, son and nephew of Van Halen, this band has an alt-rock video of geeky note!

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: vampires, werewolf

Short film: Can you distinguish dream from reality?

May 3, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I’m playing in a TTRPG, and I’m not sure the characters aren’t dreaming. Has that happened to you?

Filed Under: Online Shows Tagged With: animation, short film

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #307

May 2, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s May. We’ve celebrated the ancient European festival of May Day and had RPG news.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: crow land publishing, demiplane, dice, marvel, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, roll20, routinely itemised, wizards of the coast

Patrons can now vote in the June Publisher Spotlight

May 1, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Geek Native would be worse off without our amazing patrons. Thank you for supporting the site.

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Aetherdark: Sail the Astral Seas is Shadowdark airship pirates

April 30, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Kickstarter runs until May 20th, but is already several times over the funding goal and with several hundred backers. You can see progress on the pitch page.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, shadowdark

Roll20 and Demiplane launch integration Beta, unifying VTT experience

April 30, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Roll20 and Demiplane, known for digital character tools, today announced the beta launch of a significant integration, aiming to streamline the online tabletop roleplaying experience.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: cosmere, daggerheart, demiplane, roll20, virtual tabletop

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