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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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Alien RPG 2e (and the Rapture Protocol) is screaming towards us

August 2, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Look out for more news across Free League’s social channels, and then get ready for a whole new chapter of sprawling, stress-inducing, blood-curdling ALIEN RPG adventures for years to come. We can’t lie to you about your chances, but you have our sympathies.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: alien, alien rpg, Free League Publishing, trailers, year zero engine

Dice Hard: Roll all the dice

August 2, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Dice Hard is designed to be played with zero preparation and no learning of rules, you can play a whole session in just an hour if you like or spend the whole evening working your way through the most ridiculous encounters you’ve ever faced!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

Voting open for RPG Publisher Spotlight September 2024

August 1, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Can you believe we’re in August? Where has 2024 gone? It’s the Edinburgh Festival season here at Geek Native HQ but there’s still time for the RPG Publisher Spotlight.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: geek native, Patreon

Steamforged leads Iron Kingdoms: Strangelight Workshop to D&D and Kickstarter success

July 31, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The new standalone game of occult and weird investigation in the steampunk world will use D&D’s 5e system. You can see progress, with about a week on the clock, on the pitch page.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, iron kingdoms, Steamforged Games

Dungeons & Dragons Gamelings are due in November

July 30, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s Gen Con season, and we’re getting D&D news aplenty. As ICv2 points out, WizKids is releasing a new range called Dungeons & Dragons Gamelings.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, wizkids

Spirit possession x ideomotor effect: WB sells Exorcist and Beetlejuice ouija boards!

July 30, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It was the fact that the very American and surely wholesome Warner Bros, WB brand was selling Ouija boards that caught my attention.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: beetlejuice, Warner Bros

Free to Download: “Mooks and Minions” TTRPG promises fun choices

July 30, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Mooks and Minions plays fast, chaotic, and messy. The system uses exploding D6, and the dice even determine movement.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download

Taking the ‘V’ Out Of ‘Virtual Tabletop’ and Onto Your Tables

July 29, 2024 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

I will admit that I have always felt conflicted about playing in-person vs being online – each bringing a completely different experience!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cartography, kickstarters

Iconic BattleTech goes in for Total War … but discounted in this bundle

July 29, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We’re looking at the digital versions of a board game here, and there’s a pair: BattleTech Total War, which returns from a run in 2022, and ebook play aids in BattleTech Readouts.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: battletech, board game, bundle of holding, bundles, Catalyst Game Labs, mecha

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #267

July 27, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This week in TTRPG news: Christmas in July sales continue, Wizards switches to Dark Horse, a new Expanse RPG emerges, CD Projekt Red teases a new game, D&D LEGO minifigs are available for pre-order, and Stormlight Archives RPG reviews are mixed.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: critical kit, dark horse, Dungeons & Dragons, routinely itemised, shadow scar, the expanse

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