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Welcome to Geek Native's command centre for all things gaming. This is your primary hub for the latest news, reviews, and discoveries from the vibrant worlds of tabletop gaming. We delve deep into immersive tabletop roleplaying games, strategise over the latest board games, and shuffle up for compelling card games. Our passion is for the analogue experience, the roll of the dice, and the community around the table.

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The Gods are back. And they’re wired – Cairo:Otherscape races to a quarter of a million is pledges

April 28, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Two books are being crowdfunded: Cario:Otherscape and Neuro:Otherscape and if you’re new to the cyberpunk TTRPG :Otherscape, you can pick up a copy in the campaign too.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: :otherscape, kickstarters, Son of Oak Game Studio

Wayland Games partners with Army Painter for UK Games Expo 2025

April 28, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

For 2025, Europe’s giant retailer has partnered with The Army Painter, which means guests can sit at the “Paint & Take” table.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: conventions, uk games expo, Wayland Games

Seven ways to make space scary

April 27, 2025 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

Graham Walmsley is a London-based author known for Cthulhu Dark and the forthcoming Cosmic Dark, both of which leverage minimalist mechanics for horror gameplay.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: crowdfunding, cthulhu dark, Graham Walmsley, horror, rpg tips, sci-fi

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #306

April 25, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

D&D released SRD 5.2 with new free rules and commercial terms, Paizo is launching Starfinder Society 2.0, Goodman Games is preparing for Dungeon Con, Philip Reed is creating an RPG-themed soda, and Marvel has announced an Avengers expansion.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: food, marvel, Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game Nexus, philip reed, routinely itemised, stranger things, the twenty-sided tavern

Trump’s tariffs cost more jobs as CMON stops games development

April 24, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The news follows the closure of Greater Than Games for the same reason: millions of dollars of games stuck in China, and Stonemaier Games trying to take legal action against the tariffs.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, cmon, money

A look inside: WFRP’s Lords of Stone and Steel

April 24, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Lords of Stone and Steel provides GMs with numerous ideas for crafting adventures centred around the Dwarfs, their strongholds, and their enemies.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Cubicle 7 Entertainment, previews, warhammer

Did Wizards of the Coast refresh their Deck of Many Things trademark before releasing D&D’s SRD 5.2?

April 24, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s good news. Wizards of the Coast has released the Systems Reference Document 5.2 for D&D.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, law, wizards of the coast

Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered includes a famous voice actor’s fluffed line – fans rejoice!

April 24, 2025 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

Many of us geeks have been enjoying the Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion remaster this week, and now fans have stumbled upon a most joyous discovery.

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: Bethesda

Sigil Stone puts a double OSR deal into the Bundle of Holding

April 22, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The bundle features the 5e-compatible OSR adaptation “Five Torches Deep” and the PbtA-driven OSR title “Vagabonds of Dyfed.”

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, sigil stone publishing

Defy the Gods: A messy and queer romance of swords and sorcery heads to Kickstarter

April 21, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Chris Sellers, the designer of Racoon Sky Pirates, will bring Defy the Gods to Kickstarter later this month.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: apocalypse keys

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