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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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Dungeons & Dragons 5.5e: Playtest 7 u-turns on magic

September 7, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Class spell lists are added again, with magic no longer grouped under Arcane, Divine and Primal. Wizards said it was a fun experiment. The sorcerer-exclusive spells, arcane eruption and sorcerous burst return, with changes and are joined by updated counterspell and jump.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, unearthed arcana, wizards of the coast

Free to Download: The Assassin’s Creed RPG quickstart hits DTRPG

September 6, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The TTRPG uses the new Match System, which uses two sets of custom d6 (available as an official app) for fast-paced and fiction-first gameplay.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: assassin's creed, cmon, Francesco Nepitello, free to download

Emberdawn brings Demon Ascendants from Sweden to your TTRPG character list

September 6, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s a free-to-download and 19-page preview of Demon Ascendents available without email capture to check out if you are curious.

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

The largest ever Delta Green offer as horror comes to the Bundle of Holding

September 5, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Arc Dream Publishing’s Delta Green is a standalone RPG born from a Call of Cthulhu one. It’s a tabletop experience of conspiracies and horror.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Arc Dream Publishing, bundle of holding, bundles, Delta Green, horror

The Magnus Archives: Free to download and a million Dollar RPG

September 5, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Monte Cook Games now has a Cypher System-powered version of The Magnus Archives on the way, running the crowdfunding project on BackerKit.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: backerkit, crowdfunding, cypher system, Monte Cook Games, rusty quill

Mansters is an RPG of caustic wit and parody horror with political jabs

September 5, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Mansters is a tabletop roleplaying game that uses caustic wit and humor to reveal certain dark blots of the real world.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: black lantern productions, humour

Eldritch Tabletop’s Mimic monster dice box is a horror beauty

September 2, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Yikes! Eldritch Tabletop merges tech with woodcraft and bold ideas. The digital display DM screen is impressive, but the Mimic dice box has blown me away.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dice

Free to Download: Cities Without Number

September 2, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The tabletop RPG Cities Without Number is designed to bring the chrome and misery of a dystopian future to gaming groups with sandbox adventure in mind.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Cyberpunk, free to download, kevin crawford, sine nomine publishing

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #220

September 2, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Routinely Itemised is Geek Native’s weekly RPG news summary column that is sent to RPG players everywhere on Friday evenings. It is a one-stop shop for reviews, discoveries, tips, and interviews about RPGs.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: aconyte, Chaosium, Dream Realm Storytellers, Dungeons & Dragons, luke gygax, routinely itemised

Free to Download: Macuahuitl Quickstart Rules

September 2, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

RPG publisher The Basic Expert has a Kickstarter lined-up for an OSR-style game called Macuahuitl.

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

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