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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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Boar Games magnetic Castle System terrain attracts plenty of tabletop gamers

January 31, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s lots of energy in the tabletop terrain space right now, lots of competing systems hoping to be the one you invest in to secure your custom for years to come.

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

Knightmare Chess official reprint might bring to the end the multi-hundred dollar ebay boom

January 31, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I found this 3rd edition copy of Steve Jackson Games’ Knightmare Chess on ebay with an asking price of $335. It was one of a few on auction with similar prices.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: chess, Steve Jackson Games, warehouse 23

The best of both (all?) worlds: Dragon Drop AR for Tabletop RPGs

January 30, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There are no cards or markers to cover your table with, but Dragon Drop can still generate an augmented reality battle map and minis for your table.

Filed Under: Mobile Tagged With: Augmented reality, battle mats, kickstarters

The loss of innocence: A review of Wine, Meat, Milk, Cake

January 29, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Wine, Meat, Milk, Cake is an RPG by fiercefully / Chloe Sobel in which you play a wolf and several innocents.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: itch.io, storybrewers

Dogs doin’ dog stuff: Heckin’ Good Doggos! RPG

January 29, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The word “doggos” seems to divide people, some of whom really dislike it, but the choice hasn’t stopped Wet Ink Games’ Heckin’ Good Doggos!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, wet ink games

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #137

January 28, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Do you think the deadly Dark Souls computer game would work as a 5e RPG on the tabletop? Steamforged will try, and they’re going to do the same with RuneQuest. Paizo make a critical hire, Monte Cook Games make a free preview available and more this week.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: alien rpg, Babies and Broadswords, cubicle 7, Dark Souls, Darklight Interactive, doctor who, dog might games, drivethrurpg, Dungeons & Dragons, ed greenwood, edge, fasa, Free League Publishing, gale force 9, goodman games, lancer, legends of avallen, midnight, Modiphius Entertainment, Mordenkainen Presents Monsters of the Multiverse, mork borg, Paizo Publishing, parts per million, pathfinder, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, ravenloft: mist hunters, rick and morty, root, routinely itemised, rowan rook and decard, runescape, Shackleton Expanse Campaign Guide, sideshow collectibles, star trek into darkness, Steamforged Games, the oracle, warehouse 23

Blood Bowl scores in Fanatical’s Build Your Own Fantasy bundle

January 28, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Fanatical’s Build Your Own Fantasy Bundle has three tiers; 1 for £0.89, 5 for £2.65 and 10 for £4.39.

Filed Under: PC Tagged With: blood bowl, bundles, fanatical, talisman

Long Lost Noir: Gumshoes and weird fiction in 5e

January 28, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The material in Long Lost Noir is inspired by noir films, hardboiled detective stories, pulp magazines, and weird fiction, though it’s not explicitly or exclusively intended for those settings: a gnome gumshoe or a dwarf professor would fit well in any high fantasy campaign.

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

Free to Download: Monte Cook Games’ Break the Horizon preview

January 27, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Monte Cook Games has a Cypher System expansion to the Ninth World coming with Break the Horizon. It’s a supplement all about the few people in the far future who travel more than a few miles from their homes. The free preview is 13-pages long and contains new mounts, common vehicles and far less common […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Bruce Cordell, cypher system, free to download, Monte Cook Games, Numenera

Doctor Who: The Roleplaying Game 2e Starter Set goes on pre-order

January 27, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You can now get a look inside the £22.99 Starter boxed set of the Doctor Who 2e RPG care of Forbidden Planet.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cubicle 7, doctor who

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