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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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Genre Police: Notes From The Field Part 2

March 26, 2025 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

It’s also crucial to make sure that you pace yourself in game prep. Make sure you’re not overdoing it. You owe it to yourself to occasionally take a breath and make sure everything feels like you can handle it.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: genre police, rpg tips

Forge your legend in shadowed forests: The Wyrd and Wild bundle beckons

March 26, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This comprehensive collection delivers a treasure trove of resources for gamemasters seeking to expand their campaigns with richly detailed, system-neutral content.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, wet ink games

Split Fiction: Where Sci-Fi & Fantasy collide in a spectacular co-op experience

March 26, 2025 by Guest Reviewer Leave a Comment

Split Fiction takes place as two young women, Zoe and Mio, are offered a publishing deal for their respective stories.

Filed Under: Console, PC Tagged With: playstation 5, reviews, Steam, xbox

The 2024 SWAG Award Winners have been announced

March 25, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This year, announcing the 2024 SWAG Award Winners, a live stream hosted by J-M DeFoggi and Chris Landauer ran for about an hour.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: john-matthew defoggi, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, savage worlds

Paksworld comes to the tabletop: A new RPG from Brittannia Game Designs

March 25, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Wizards of the Coast’s SRD 5.2 rules will offer a new, more flexible approach to 5E compatible gaming—and these are the current version of the rules that originally inspired Elizabeth to create Paksenarrion Dorthansdotter.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Brittannia Game Designs

Frostpunk is getting a TTRPG from Shadowrun publisher Catalyst Games

March 24, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Kickstarter for Frostpunk: The Roleplaying Game has hit target. It’s shattered the campaign goal like a sheet of ice falling off the roof.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Catalyst Game Labs, kickstarters

Free5e Kickstarter: Open-source D&D alternative is already free to download ahead of crowdfunding

March 23, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Wyrmworks Publishing, a family-run venture committed to enriching the tabletop gaming community, is set to launch a Kickstarter campaign for their ambitious project: Free5e.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, tales of the valiant, Wyrmworks Publishing

Oni Press to oversee Magnetic Press distribution

March 23, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Oni Press and Magnetic Press, both part of David Steward II’s Polarity media company, have announced a new strategic partnership.

Filed Under: Comics, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: magnetic press, magnetic press play, oni press, Planet of the Apes

Greg Stafford posthumously honoured with 2025 Gygax Award

March 23, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The award, a prestigious recognition in the tabletop gaming industry, is presented annually at Gary Con, a convention celebrating the legacy of E. Gary Gygax, the co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chaosium, gary con, Gary Gygax, Greg Stafford, luke gygax

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #301

March 21, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

WotC cut VTT staff, Roll20 and Demiplane persist, UK Games Expo plans a large TTRPG event, Gary Con XVII occurs, and a new Stonehome Games interview is available.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Arkham Horror, edge, Emily Allen, Marvel Multiverse Tabletop Role-Playing Game, routinely itemised

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