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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.

Pay as little as you want for the Backwater SRD and quickstart

September 6, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Humanity started to rebuild itself, albeit wretched and forlorn. Survivors salvaged what they could of government in the form of the American Lands.

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

Amethyst 5E offers over 1,200 pages as Ultramodern5’s publisher brings the RPG to Kickstarter

September 6, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Described as Dias Ex Machina’s opus, Amethyst is already successfully established and why the giant 1,200-page projection makes sense.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chris Dias, Dias Ex Machina Games, Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters

Black God’s Kiss RPG: Let your gaming celebrate the female author and hero we forgot

September 5, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Now, named after a C.L. Moore story, rushing towards 1000 backers and well funded on Kickstarter, Black God’s Kiss offers 5e and OSR content, models, dice and gaming glory.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, old school essentials

Heroes bundle up: Heroes Unlimited returns on offer

September 5, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Heroes Unlimited is a flexible game, with the second edition dating back to 1998, letting you create all sorts of power levels and potentially even crossovers into RIFTS.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Palladium Books, superheroes

Nebula Chaos is a spacefaring RPG of scoundrels and renegades

September 5, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Geek Native has permission to share a healthy amount of art from the Polyhedra Core Engine-powered Nebula Chaos.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, Polyhedra Games

Free to Download: War Stories Quickstart Year Zero Engine rules

September 4, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Smear on your war paint and haul your gear as you leap into the world of War Stories, a roleplaying game set during the ravage and ruin of World War II.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, year zero engine

YZ Worldbuilding: The One Ring Spider Lore

September 4, 2022 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

Year Zero World Building creates campaign settings using Free League’s RPGs. This month features a return to Middle-earth via The One Ring Second Edition and a look at spider lore that just might uncover the webs they spin to cover Eriador in darkness.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Free League Publishing, lord of the rings, year zero engine, year zero world building

Dungeon Delver’s Guide: Level Up Advanced 5e gets a dungeon supplement

September 4, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The acclaimed Level Up from EN Publishing, the 5e supplement that introduces advanced rules, is expanding with a successful Kickstarter.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, en publishing, kickstarters, level up

The World of Kensei: Award-winning RiotMinds kickstarts the dangerous 5e setting

September 4, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The World of Kensei is dangerous in theme and in style. It could kill characters, and there’s the racism hazard, but RiotMinds handles the latter well.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters, riotminds

Scott Myer’s Workhorse RPG Studio to close, RPGs transferred

September 4, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

On September 30th, the indie games studio Workhorse from Scott Myers. A few products are left up on DriveThruRPG, but the publisher’s main assets have been transferred to others.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs

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