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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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11 Crime & Mystery board games, ranked from best to worst

October 18, 2021 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

Crime and mystery games include elements of deduction, skill, luck – and usually, deception. If you want to know how well you really read other players, try these games next.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, Days of Wonder, Modiphius Entertainment, mysterium, ravensburger, Sherlock Holmes

Pathfinder and Starfinder RPG production is frozen according to senior developer

October 18, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 3 Comments

Paizo relies on freelancers, and the usual staple of reliable writers have simply stopped. Without them, Paizo is stuck. To unstick, Paizo needs to recognise the Union.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Jason Tondro, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, starfinder

Grow the Slayers RPG with the help of indie RPG designers and The Slayers Almanac

October 16, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Spencer Campbell has put together a collaborative project with 10 authors writing for the Slayers RPG.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: jay dragon, kickstarters, spencer campbell

Wooden trackers for D&D character classes

October 16, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The system uses ball bearings and built-in magnets so you can keep track of your spell slots, inspiration, concentration and details like that.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: character sheets, Dungeons & Dragons, Etsy

Mushroom dice set an ambitious goal on Kickstarter

October 16, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A full set of mushroom dice costs only £21.

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

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #122

October 15, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

RPG news at bullet-point speed we headline the sad news that Hasbro boss Brian Goldner has passed away. This week also brings new D&D, a Cowboy Bebop RPG, Hunters: The Reckoning and more from Critical Role.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 0one Games, Achtung! Cthulhu, arc, Cowboy Bebop, critical role, cubicle 7, defenders of the new century, fantasy age, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, Green Ronin Publishing, hasbro, heroic maps, Historica Arcanum, iron kingdoms, Mana Project Studio, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Planet X Games, Privateer Press, routinely itemised, severed books, sharang biswas, sigil & shadow, sigil stone publishing, soulbound, star frontiers, star trek adventures, the gaia complex, wizards of the coast

ATLAS: Hardcover battle map atlas woos 1,000 backers with handcrafted encounter ready locations

October 15, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Now funded, Atlas is a set of battle maps for your tabletop that use static to keep tokens in place and look great.

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

Daily freebie Halloween sale at DMs Guild and DriveThruRPG reminds us how scary gamers can be

October 15, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Headlining the DriveThruRPG is a daily freebie selection. At the time of writing Memento Mori: Ars Technica is free, 2400: Orbital Decay is free, Devil Map pack is free, and Monster Kart Mayhem is free.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dms guild, drivethrucomics, drivethrufiction, drivethrurpg, halloween, sales, storytellers vault

Hunter: The Reckoning coming from Renegade and the World of Darkness, shifting forward in development as Werewolf is delayed

October 15, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

On the World of Darkness Twitch channel Outstar, the community manager interviewed Justin Achilli, the Brand Creative lead about Werewolf.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: hunter: the reckoning, Justin Achilli, Renegade Game Studios, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, world of darkness

Free RPG Day is this weekend; here are some of the freebies

October 14, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There are all sorts of freebies available for people who can venture out and into friendly local gaming stores (FLGS).

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 9th level games, Achtung! Cthulhu, cmon, cubicle 7, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, edge, free rpg day, goodman games, Green Ronin Publishing, hit point press, humblewood, infinite black, magpie games, mantic games, Modiphius Entertainment, need games, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Privateer Press, root, soulbound, star trek adventures, starfinder, Steamforged Games, twilight imperium, vast grimm, Victoriana, wizkids

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