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Contributor: Andrew Girdwood

Continuing the archive of independent Andrew Girdwood reporting (Archive Page 923).

Publisher Spotlight: June poll opens for Patrons

May 2, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If you’re a Geek Native patron, or become one before the end of the month, then you can vote for June’s winning publisher.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: geek native, Patreon

Audio EXP: #42 – Fighting back

May 2, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Are digital games in the UK going to get much cheaper? Maybe. Are there some cool team-ups this week? Yes! And a bunch of exciting games to look forward too as well.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: audio exp, geek native, podcasts

TikTok video brings these cute d20 bags to the masses

May 1, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Over on TikTok, Madeline Lee is putting on a brave face and quite rightly pushing for commission projects after a job she was counting on fell through.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: dice, Etsy, fashion

Are digital RPG books about to become 20% cheaper in the UK?

May 1, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

By 2021, the UK government wants to make ebooks like digital tabletop RPG rulebooks 20% cheaper.

Filed Under: Books, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dndbeyond, itch.io, onebookshelf

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #46

May 1, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Tabletop RPG news for a week squished into a series of easy scan bullet-point lists. Dungeons & Dragons fights, Starfinder dice and more Kickstarters than you can shake a magic item at.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: alien rpg, All Rolled Up, Arion Games, astral tabletop, battlelords of the 23rd century, Chaosium, cubicle 7, destroyer of worlds, Dungeons & Dragons, Free League Publishing, gencon, goodman games, Legend of the Five Rings, Paizo Publishing, paizocon, q-workshop, routinely itemised, soulbound, storm bunny studios, The Design Mechanism, the grinning frog, uk games expo, warhammer, warhammer 40k

Laid off because of COVID-19; The Grinning Frog launches the Adventure Pack

May 1, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Grinning Frog’s Kickstarter funded in three hours and with two weeks still on the clock is currently at 200% of its very modest goal.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: fantasy, kickstarters, the grinning frog

Cloth face masks added to Geek Native’s store

May 1, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You can check out Geek Native’s colourful collection of masks here.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Chaosium, geek native, shopping

Wizards of the Coast will host D&D stream for Comic Relief

April 30, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

WotC will be hosting a D&D stream with comedians Nish Kumar, Sue Perkins, Ed Gamble and Sara Pascoe. Paul Foxcroft, of Questing Time, will be the DM.

Filed Under: Online Shows Tagged With: charity, Dungeons & Dragons, wizards of the coast

An Unexpected Party: Weta to release a new The Hobbit board game

April 30, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The game is designed for ages 10 and up, lasts around 50 minutes and is all about being a messy dwarf and annoying Bilbo!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board game, the hobbit

Competition: World’s first bittray gaming accessories

April 29, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 38 Comments

Geek Native can reveal one of the coolest inventions of the year and give you a chance to win a brightly coloured rainbow pack all for yourself.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: All Rolled Up, board games, competitions, dice

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