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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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Cubicle 7 releases Starter Set and GM Screen for Warhammer: The Old World

December 19, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Cubicle 7 has launched the Starter Set and GM Screen for Warhammer: The Old World Roleplaying Game. Explore the river port of Talagaad and the age of the Three Emperors.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cubicle 7, drivethrurpg, warhammer: the old world

Silent Læke: Twin Peaks meets tabletop in new card-based RPG

December 17, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Newborn Games announces Silent Læke, a Twin Peaks-inspired TTRPG using cards instead of dice to solve a 1992 murder mystery.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: backerkit, horror

Son of Oak’s Winter Sale: 40% off pre-orders and a charity vote on every purchase

December 17, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Son of Oak’s Winter Sale is live: Save up to 40% on Legend in the Mist pre-orders and direct 15% of your purchase to a charity of your choice.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: :otherscape, legend in the mist, Son of Oak Game Studio

The Bodhana Group and Onyx Path release therapeutic RPG Branch Riders

December 17, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Bodhana Group and Onyx Path Publishing have released Branch Riders, a new TTRPG that blends dimension-hopping adventure with therapeutic gaming tools.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs

Roll with History: New dice collection embeds 15th-century chainmail and T-Rex fragments

December 17, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

FanRoll Dice partners with Mini Museum for “Roll with History”, a new collection embedding real dinosaur fossils, chainmail, and meteorites into RPG dice.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: backerkit, dice, Dinosaur, dinosaurs

Rob Heinsoo and Jonathan Tweet’s 13th Age gets a definitive second edition

December 16, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

From revised Fighter mechanics to clearer Icon rules, 13th Age 2E is officially out. Here is what has changed in the 350-page core book.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 13th age, jonathan tweet, Pelgrane Press, Rob Heinsoo

Single-player overhaul arrives in Battlemarked holiday update

December 15, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The latest Battlemarked patch overhauls solo play with full custom party support and introduces a holiday quest in the Crown of Frost.

Filed Under: Console, PC Tagged With: battlemarked, demeo, Dungeons & Dragons, resolution games, virtual reality

Dying Light: The Beast Review: A Gritty, Focused, and Triumphant Return to Form

December 14, 2025 by Sergio Salvador Leave a Comment

Kyle Crane returns in a gritty, standalone adventure that corrects the franchise’s course. Discover why The Beast is the true heir to the original Dying Light legacy.

Filed Under: PC Tagged With: reviews

CHEW, mecha pilots, and heists feature in Forged in the Dark 3 bundle

December 14, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Bundle of Holding has a new deal collecting seven “Forged in the Dark” RPGs, including the original Blades in the Dark, CHEW, and DISASTER/WING.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, forged in the dark

Routinely Itemised: RPG #339

December 13, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Australian legislation blocks teens from D&D on Twitch, though VTTs remain accessible. Meanwhile, Jason Carl departs World of Darkness, Justice Arman becomes D&D’s new design director, and a new Google feature allows you to prioritise Geek Native as your news source.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Catalyst Game Labs, daggerheart, draw steel, jason carl, metis media, routinely itemised, thundercats, white wolf, wizards of the coast, world of darkness

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