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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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Steve Jackson has designed seeds for the Rose Labyrinth

December 20, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood 4 Comments

Steve Jackson Games and Warehouse 23 have the Rose Labyrinth up on Kickstarter. It’s an adventure set of identical 24″ x 24″ gameboards designed for hex-based RPGs such as The Fantasy Trip.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, steve jackson, Steve Jackson Games

Cursed Mansion: Happy horror holidays

December 20, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The main character is Rose, who must locate clues and vital things that will allow her to solve problems and escape dangerous situations.

Filed Under: PC Tagged With: horror, Steam, wallpapers

Free to Download: 136-page Shadowdark Quickstart set

December 19, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Arcane Library’s Shadowdark RPG quickstart is over 130 pages long and free.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, free to download, shadowdark, the arcane library

Steve Jackson’s The Fantasy Trip OSR bundles

December 19, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

TFT was released in phases by the early game company Metagaming, initially as the fighting board game Melee (1977) and the magic game Wizard (1978), then as In the Labyrinth (1980).

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs

DMsGuild author offers over $280 in savings on end of year D&D bundle

December 19, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Most of the content is $5 Monster Hunts, a weekly series of one-shot adventures complete with colour maps, creatures, magical items, plot hooks and tables.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundles, dmsguild, Dungeons & Dragons

Free to Download: ChaosDream – core system and setting

December 18, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There are seven God-like creatures known as Oaths in ChaosDream. Each has a distinct personality and role within the group.

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

Korg: A solo-TTRPG that fits on a business card

December 18, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Caleb Engelke has an alternative use for business cards; the designer has printed a whole solo-RPG on them.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, solo rpgs

Genre Police: Making Mistakes

December 17, 2022 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

I discussed decoupling narratives and how we can change and challenge stereotypes.

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

Free to Download: Savage Rifts – Palladium Gaming Using Savage Rifts

December 17, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Rifts is a post-apocalyptic science fiction role-playing game published by Palladium Books.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, Palladium Books, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, rifts, savage worlds

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #183

December 16, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A weekly summary of RPGs from Geek Native and around the web complete with RPG reviews, tips, new releases and bundle deals.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: blade runner, blade runner rpg, Dungeons & Dragons, Free League Publishing, gila, IDW publishing, routinely itemised, spencer campbell

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