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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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Beyond the Pale: A horror RPG inspired by Jewish folklore and mysticism

December 4, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The action is first set in a village called Kest, also based on a real place, and the characters will meet dodgy politicians, scholars, trickers, witches and then creepier encounters once they move out into the dark forests.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cairn, horror, kickstarters

Shadowrun first edition to reprint after 35 years

December 4, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Catalyst Game Labs live-streamed from PAX that they would be reprinting the first edition of the fantasy cyberpunk RPG Shadowrun.

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

Genre Police: What’s For Who

December 3, 2023 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

I recently had an interesting conversation about flow, and I want to share it because I think it reveals some things about RPG that we don’t talk about often. 

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, feng shui, genre police, rpg tips

Worldbuilding with The One Ring: Tales from the Lone-lands

December 3, 2023 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

While the setting and adventures contain much that makes The Lord of the Rings amazing, it is set at more of a scale to match the adventure Bilbo had in The Hobbit. Perfect for RPG world building.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Free League Publishing, The One Ring, world building, year zero world building

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #233

December 2, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

WotC reveal their D&D 2024 roster and timeline, The Walking Dead shamble to RPG life, not everyone is impressed by the Indie RPG Creator Summit and Matthew Mercer talks about the bubble bursting.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, Free League Publishing, ghostfire gaming, Matthew Mercer, routinely itemised, the walking dead

Cohors Cthulhu RPG: Romans and Lovecraftian horror for free

November 30, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Far from the Eternal City, deep in the forests of a hostile frontier, unravel the mystery of a village overcome by nightmares its people are forced to reenact on the waking world.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 2d20, Cohors Cthulhu, free to download, lovecraft, Modiphius Entertainment

The macabre and emotionally powerful Bluebeard’s Bride horror TTRPG is on offer

November 30, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

As they unravel the tales of Bluebeard’s past brides, the Sisters confront the chilling horrors concealed behind locked doors.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bluebeard's bride, bundle of holding, bundles, horror, magpie games

Ker Nethalas: Into the Midnight Throne offers dark fantasy as a solo TTRPG or co-op

November 30, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s a single PC in the Ker Nethalas: Into the Midnight Throne. The system uses a D100, and checks must roll equal to or lower than the character’s skills.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

Back or be damned: Knock! Issue Four Kickstarts

November 30, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Once again, The Merry Mushmen have cobbled together a bric-à-brac of game design insight, random tables, rules suggestions, monsters, classes, maps, adventures… the lot.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, knock!, Old School Renaissance, the merry mushmen

Lazy Dungeon Master for Fantastic Adventures together in a bundle deal

November 30, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This bundle of TTRPG downloads helps raise money for the medicial and pandemic-related charity Direct Relief.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Mike Shea, sly flourish

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