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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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Why your 5e potions should be infrastructure, not just loot

May 16, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Discover how The Black Book of Potions for 5e transforms basic loot into vital world-building infrastructure for your tabletop roleplaying games.

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

Prowl and Fly Solo: Critical Kit solos bundle lands on Bundle of Holding

May 16, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Prowl city alleys as a feisty feline or take flight as a cyberpunk crow with the Critical Kit Solos Bundle, featuring highly thematic solo journaling RPGs.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: be like a crow, bundle of holding, bundles, critical kit, solo rpgs

Glasgow Tales and Tabletop Gathering launches free funded roleplaying weekend this July

May 16, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A brand-new, publicly funded roleplaying festival is coming to Glasgow this July, offering free introductory sessions and late-night gaming events.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: convention, Venger Satanis, west end games

Routinely Itemised: RPG #361

May 15, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Osprey exits board games, Daniel D. Fox threatens legal action over Zweihander, and Kickstarter tightens adult content rules. Catch up on the week’s biggest tabletop roleplaying game news and exclusive interviews.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cortex prime, daniel d. fox, dice, jay dragon, kickstarter, osprey games, Ravenloft, routinely itemised

Inside Mantic’s lethal Ghost in the Shell TTRPG: An interview with Alessio Cavatore and Zak Barouh

May 15, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We interview Alessio Cavatore and Zak Barouh about The Ghost in the Shell TTRPG. Learn about hacking, brutal combat, and the Synthesis Conflict mechanic.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: mantic games, river horse, uk games expo

The D&D 6 Ownership Crisis: Why you might access, but never own, the next edition

May 14, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Is D&D 6 moving to a “Live Service” only model? As Wizards of the Coast rebrands to 5.5e and plans the Project Sigil sunset, the era of owning your roleplaying games is under threat.

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

Free League Publishing brings acid western Frontier Scum to hardback

May 14, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Frontier Scum returns in an expanded hardback from Free League, adding 19 new backgrounds and “gun hand” rules to the psychedelic acid western roleplaying game.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Free League Publishing, uk games expo

The future of Osprey Games: Roleplaying games remain as board game division hits the market

May 13, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Osprey Games owners Bloomsbury Publishing have announced the sale of their board and card game line to refocus on roleplaying games and wargames.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Asmodee, osprey games, rebellion unplugged, Steamforged Games, uk games expo

Step into the shadows with this Delta Green cosmic horror bundle

May 13, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Step into a bleak world of federal conspiracies and unnatural terror with the new Delta Green bundle from Arc Dream Publishing on Fanatical.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Arc Dream Publishing, Delta Green, fanatical

BREAK!! START: Expanding the ENNIE-winning anime TTRPG

May 11, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Discover BREAK!! START, the new companion book for the gold ENNIE-winning anime roleplaying game. Explore the Shadowed Lands with this 200-page hardcover expansion.

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

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