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Recently, Andrew Girdwood has been covering topics like Tabletop & RPGs, Geek Stuff, and Interviews for Geek Native.

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Twice the Feng Shui: Two Bundle of Holding offers

April 5, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If you’ve never encountered it, Feng Shui 2 is the high-octane Hong Kong action movie TTRPG. Designed by the prolific Robin D. Laws (known for GUMSHOE and many other great games), it throws players into a whirlwind battle across time.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Atlas Games, bundle of holding, bundles, feng shui, robin d laws

Product Review: Hatching the Rex London Giant Dinosaur Egg

April 5, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The dinosaur definitely grows! The creature that hatches continues to expand over the following week, absorbing water.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Dinosaur, easter eggs, shopping

Sickest Witch: A body part harvesting black magic TTRPG

April 5, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Nostalgia is not what Sickest Witch is going for. There are many old school systems that do that great. Even though this system borrows heavily from the past, it is not looking to recreate it.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, severed books

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #303

April 5, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

RPG news: Tariff worries for TTRPGs, D&D’s Chris Perkins retires, GAMA turmoil, and a 100% off Svilland bundle. Catch up on the latest!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chris Perkins, Dungeons & Dragons, forged in the dark, routinely itemised

Deep Regrets: An opening night review of the fishy board game

April 4, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Geek Native got a sneak peek at Deep Regrets at Tabletop Scotland, and then both Bronwen and I rocked up at Argonaut Books here in Edinburgh, Scotland to play the game on its opening night.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, reviews, uk games expo

Serenissima Obscura: Ready for UK Games Expo with an interview with Vortex Verlag

April 4, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

As with The Straight Way Lost, Vortex Verlag’s 5e fantasy Renaissance Italy, Serenissima Obscura brings the mysterious city of Venice to life for tabletop RPG campaigns.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, Melina Sedo, serenissima obscura, The Straight Way Lost, uk games expo, Vortex Verlag

America’s Game Manufacturers Association comes out against Trump’s tariffs

April 4, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It is a turbulent time in the USA, and we’re feeling the global ripples. Today might have been the first in a global trade war, but GAMA, the American Game Manufacturers Association, does not like it.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: gama, money

UK Games Expo interview: AJM_Nerdcore on first visits and Warhammer

April 4, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

To my delight, Alex agreed to a Q&A with Geek Native, as we are both ready to rock up at the UK Games Expo in a month or so!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Henry Cavill, lord of the rings, pandemic, uk games expo

Aussie gamers spend big: Tabletop gaming survey highlights surprising stats

April 3, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

While most gamers reported spending between $100 and $499 (in their local currency), a significant portion of Australians (twice that of Canadians and Americans) have shelled out over $1,000 on their collections.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: battletech, Cyberpunk, Dungeons & Dragons, kings of war, stats, warhamemr 40k

Patrons can now vote in the May Publisher Spotlight

April 2, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The winner of the RPG Publisher Spotlight for April has been announced, and it’s Keith DEdinburgh. We’ll get in touch with Keith.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: geek native, spotlight, stout stoat, tabletop scotland, tanya floaker

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