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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.

We also keep you plugged into the digital scene, covering highlights from the worlds of PC blockbusters and the latest releases for Nintendo, Xbox, and PlayStation. But whether you roll dice or mash buttons, our heart lies with the tabletop. Power up and dive in.

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Continuing the archive of independent Games reporting (Archive Page 170).

The best selling fantasy RPGs published on DriveThruRPG in 2023

December 19, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Geek Native, once again, is fortunate enough to work with DriveThuRPG to reveal the best selling RPGs from genres and categories that were published this year.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: drivethrurpg, Fabula Ultima, fabula ultima atlas: high fantasy, need games, stats

Genre Police: Joining The Agency

December 17, 2023 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

One of the idioms about GMing games is about making sure your players have agency. And in basic principle this a very good idea. 

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

Free to Download: Rivers of London TTRPG releases its solo “The Domestic” adventure

December 17, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Spring, 2016: the Folly, also known as the Metropolitan Police Service’s “special magic branch,” has received word of repeated domestic disturbances at an address on Prince of Wales Road, London—and very odd ones, at that.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: basic roleplaying, Ben Aaronovitch, Chaosium, free to download, lynne hardy, paul fricker, Rivers of London

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #235

December 16, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Routinely Itemised is a weekly summary of RPG news from Geek Native, mainstream media and other RPG blogs, forums and sites around the web.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: darrington press, Dungeons & Dragons, hasbro, routinely itemised, wizards of the coast

The official Return to Dark Tower TTRPG is available as a download

December 15, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Return to Dark Tower Fantasy Roleplaying is an officially licensed, complete fantasy RPG based on the hit board game.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 9th level games, chris o'neill, polymorph, Restoration Games

Assault on Witchgate 13: A DCC module introduces the cut-scene mechanic

December 15, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

At the crown of the world, far beyond the furthest reaches of civilization, there lies a place of legend – a prison where even the mightiest beings are made to suffer for their ambition.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dungeon crawl classics, kickstarters, Planet X Games

Free League launch an incredible core RPG bundle: Dragonbane, Vaesen, Twilight: 2000 and more

December 14, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The retail value here is $88, and it includes the Nordic horror Vaesen, the sci-fi Coriolis, the post-apocalyptic Mutant Year Zero and hexcrawl Forbidden Lands.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Coriolis, dragonbane, forbidden lands, Free League Publishing, twilight: 2000, vaesen, vaesen: mythic britain, year zero engine

Silent Hill fans stumble upon an Easter egg in Kojima’s OD teaser trailer

December 14, 2023 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

A few days ago we posted the teaser trailer for Hideo Kojima and Jordan Peele’s new horror game project OD – you can check the story here – but now it seems there’s more to it than meets the eye…

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: hideo kojima, Silent Hill

‘Death Stranding’ movie to be produced by A24 and Kojima Productions – won’t be direct translation of game

December 14, 2023 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

In some rather exciting news, it seems Hideo Kojima is pretty busy at the moment, as Kojima Productions are partnering with A24 to develop a live-action Death Stranding movie.

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: death stranding, hideo kojima

The Video Game History Foundation to open digital version of its research library

December 14, 2023 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

The Video Game History Foundation, first established in 2017, has just changed the entire (gaming history) game – again – by offering remote digital access to its archives.

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: video games

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