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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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D&D tribute “Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum” in Lake Geneva in permanently closes

September 12, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

A Facebook update says that the Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum has permanently closed due to “unforeseen circumstances.” For tabletop fans tracking the progress and behaviour of the museum’s social media and founders, the circumstances leading to the closure may have been entirely foreseen. Last year, it was put on the market for $5 million, a rise from its real estate […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, TSR, tsr games, wizards of the coast

Exclusive: Transgender Deathmatch Legend II cover reveal

September 11, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Transgender Deathmatch Legend II is coming to BackerKit. Rat Wave Game House will unleash the wrestling in late October.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: card game

Returning “Root: The Roleplaying Game” bundle offers discounts on the core rules

September 11, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Today, Magpie is back on the crowdfunding platform, not with a ‘revenge’ campaign but with an expansion for a title they’re already looking after, which is good!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, kickstarters, magpie games, root

Review: Neon City Overdrive [Tabletop Scotland playthrough]

September 10, 2024 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

When looking over the Tabletop Scotland games online, I got so excited at the prospect of playing a game about cyberpunks that I immediately signed up for the Saturday game of Neon City Overdrive. I was glad I did!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: neon city overdrive, tabletop scotland

SkeletonKey use Arcane Scrollworks to turn your D&D to art

September 10, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

SkeletonKey Games has a successfully funded Kickstarter for some hand-finished prop scrolls. You can get neat scroll props on Etsy, but this campaign is all about 5e’s top-level spells.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, Skeletonkey games

Session -1: Dawn of Worlds

September 8, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There are games where creating the world in story terms is also part of character generation. It’s an idea I’m fond. Dawn of Worlds is different; this is not a theatre of the mind world. As you play through Dawn of Worlds, you’ll get the names of gods, peoples, technology levels and a complete world map.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, tabletop scotland

Exclusive: Grumpy Gorilla producing a Rosebyrne Manor card game

September 8, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Grumpy Gorilla sells Magic: The Gathering, Drunken Monkey Barrell (DMB) 3d dungeon tiles and Rosebyrne Manor.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, card games, tabletop scotland

Haggis 11: TTRPG zinemaker created this 2-page scenario specifically for Tabletop Scotland 2024

September 8, 2024 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

Never Mind the Dice Rolls has developed a short two-page scenario SPECIFICALLY for Tabletop Scotland 2024! How cool is that?!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: tabletop scotland

Are newbies welcome at Tabletop Scotland? POV from a first-timer

September 8, 2024 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

Despite not being quite over Fringe, having started college again and am throwing self into volunteering in the arts duties, I was super excited to come along to Tabletop Scotland with co-editor – and Tabletop Scotland veteran – Girdy.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: neon city overdrive, tabletop scotland

Rivers of London: “Jimmy’s Last Dance” will follow “The Font of All Evil”

September 7, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Rivers of London TTRPG line editor Lynne Hardy is at Tabletop Scotland this weekend, and while she’s busy dealing with many fans, Geek Native may have managed to wrangle an exclusive.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Ben Aaronovitch, Chaosium, lynne hardy, Rivers of London, tabletop scotland

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