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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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QR code-powered Wrastlevania pits pro wrestlers against Ultra Dracula

October 8, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Explore a gothic castle and suplex vampires in Wrastlevania, a new boxed campaign TTRPG that uses QR codes and legacy mechanics to tell its story.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 9th level games, backerkit, crowdfunding, polymorph

First Look: The Deck of Holding from LunaBear Games

October 7, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Is The Deck of Holding the ultimate accessory for D&D 2024? Get our verdict on LunaBear Games’ monster reference card deck as it hits Kickstarter.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

Frosthaven’s free “Awakening Protocol” update adds a machine uprising storyline

October 7, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Snapshot Games has announced the first major content update for the tactical RPG Frosthaven. Find out what’s included in the free Awakening Protocol expansion.

Filed Under: PC Tagged With: essen game fair, Steam

Exclusive: Mystic Crossroads card reveal & interview with Starlux Games

October 6, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Get an exclusive first look at ‘The Truth,’ a lost tarot card from the Mystic Crossroads game. We also talk to creator Judd King about the hit Kickstarter.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, tarot

Official Ghost in the Shell tabletop RPG announced, and a free quickstart is out now

October 6, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A new roleplaying game set in the world of Ghost in the Shell: ARISE is coming from Mana Project Studio, using the Forged in the Dark system.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: forged in the dark, ghost in the shell, Mana Project Studio, nightfell

Map-maker Inkarnate reverses AI policy following community backlash

October 6, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Popular TTRPG map-making tool Inkarnate has reversed course, announcing a full ban on generative AI for its new marketplace after a user backlash.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: artificial intelligence, cartography, inkarnate

Competition: Win the ghostly Mystrerium board game

October 5, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Can you communicate with a ghost? Become a psychic investigator and solve a murder in the haunted Warwick Manor. Enter our competition to win the Mysterium board game.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Asmodee, board games, competitions, mysterium

Beyond the character sheet: How Vestiges explores the mechanics of memory

October 5, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Explore Vestiges, a haunting zine TTRPG where players are not a team of heroes, but competing aspects of a single mind trying to reconstruct a lost memory.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: nibiru, reviews, thousand year old vampire

The Far Roofs deal: Play a heroic rat fighting the god-monsters that are coming for you

October 5, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Discover a secret world on the rooftops in The Far Roofs TTRPG. Join intelligent rats to confront personal horrors in a game of wonder, mystery, and dread.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding

Lootrion app launches to move TTRPG shopping sprees out of the session

October 5, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A new web app, Lootrion, has been launched to help TTRPG groups handle shopping between sessions, saving valuable table time and keeping players engaged.

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

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