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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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Free to Download: Ashes of Power for the Twilight Imperium RPG

December 1, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You don’t need a copy of the Genesys core rules to play Ashes of Power, as it is designed to get you interested in the RPG system in the first place.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: edge, free to download, genesys, twilight imperium

Adventures & Academia 5e: First Class – A flash Kickstarter from Steamforged Games

December 1, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Steamforged Games has run some pretty big Kickstarters with Bard Sung and Animal Adventures. In contrast, Adventures & Academia: First Class feels like a flash campaign.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: animal adventures, Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters, models, Steamforged Games

Free to Download: Unofficial The Matrix tabletop RPG gets an update

November 30, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Wake up Neo.

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

Set the theme: Bullet dice return to Kickstarter with full metal d6

November 30, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

These bullet dice metal d6 lean heavily into gun fetish, which may not be a good thing.

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

Punch a space Nazi Killtrooper and enjoy it: A review of Rebel Scum

November 30, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Rebel Scum is an RPG from 9th Level Games that uses the polymorph engine. It came to us via ZineQuest and is an antifascist space opera.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 9th level games, chris o'neill, polymorph, sci-fi

Brindlewood Bay RPG announces a new edition

November 29, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Platinum bestseller Brindlewood Bay has today announced a new edition. The original was digital-only, but the new edition will be the physical one.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: brindlewood bay, The Gauntlet Gaming Community

Praise the kind Computer! Two Paranoia bundles return

November 29, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Dear friend, if you missed out on these bundles, would you be happy?

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, humour, Mongoose Publishing, paranoia

Free to Download: The NOVA Creator Kit (ahead of the NOVA jam)

November 29, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Sparks are ridiculously powerful, and that is intentional. NOVA’s gameplay loop is about going out on missions, destroying the enemies in the Dusk that stand in your way, and looking badass while doing it.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: gila, itch.io, lumen, Nova, spencer campbell

Slightly supernatural: A review of The Dee Sanction

November 28, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

John Dee and Francis Walsingham, men with very different approaches and outlooks, run a secret agency for the Queen to protect the country from the rising supernatural threat.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: All Rolled Up, just crunch games, Paul Baldowski, reviews, the dee sanction

Freedom from Mechanics: Smoothing out your solo-RPG experience

November 28, 2021 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

Jacob White, the author of the indie project A Many Tale, which began life as a solo-RPG shares some wisdom and learnings around escaping from mechanics and smoothing out kinks from your solo experience.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: rpg tips, solo rpgs

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