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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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The next D&D, One D&D, will drop race

December 1, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In the new playtest material, there’s a look at Clerics, which seem to be more flexible, with options to select Martial Weapon/Armour training, Spellcasting/Channel Divinity, or skills without being so tightly bound by domain.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, one d&d, unearthed arcana

The Hexcrawl Toolbox unpacks into a set of 150 physical tiles, and Kickstarter success

December 1, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Hundreds of gamers are backing Andre Novoa’s deluxe worldbuilding set.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cartography, kickstarters, world building

The alternative hardcover D&D: Dragonlance Shadow of the Dragon Queen might beat the regular book out

November 30, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Wizards of the Coast don’t bend all the way over for Amazon, though, and try and support FLGS and indie book shops. Forbidden Planet catalogue now has the Alternative Hardcover edition open for pre-order at £39.99 with an estimated release date of 5th December.

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

D101 Games’ SimpleQuest RPG wins backer support

November 30, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The finished SimpleQuest will be 6×9 inches, a good size, and with full-colour illustrations from Jeshields, the talented Jon Hodgson will craft the wrap-round cover.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: D101 Games, kickstarters, Newt Newport, OpenQuest

Rowan, Rook and Decard’s DIE RPG is out

November 29, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Indie RPG publisher Rowan, Rook and Decard have refined the game and assisted with edits and mechanics.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Kieron Gillen, rowan rook and decard

Free to Download: Root – Talon Hill Quickstart

November 29, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

As vagabonds, you must navigate these dangerous and complicated state of affairs. You choose whom you will serve, or assist, if anyone… and you may tip the balance of the war in this key location!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, magpie games, powered by the apocalypse, root

Impressive steampunk contraption is a roulette dice

November 29, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The steampunk contraptions are made from a strong zinc alloy that allows for detailed machine-tooling.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dice, kickstarters, steampunk

Three dozen Shadowrun RPG downloads in the new mega-bundle

November 28, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Ten per cent of bundle purchases after the cost of moving money around has been taken off goes to support the Diana Jones Award Emerging Designer Program.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Catalyst Game Labs, Cyberpunk, Shadowrun

Genre Police: All Adventurers Welcome

November 27, 2022 by Ben Jackson-Ellery 1 Comment

The reason I have done this is that I want people to be able to play characters that look like themselves without resorting to stereotypes – not every person with darker skin has to be from some desert empire.

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

Solstice Fantasy is an Itch TTRPG bundle of one-shots to celebrate the long night

November 27, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There are over 50 one-shot games, journalling games and systems with a solstice theme.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundles, itch.io, relics, tin star games

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