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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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Enhance your D&D and DCC games with the “Monsters, Traps, & DM Tricks” bundle, all for a great cause

June 14, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

At Humble, there’s a Monsters, Traps, & DM Tricks bundle with titles like How to Write Adventure Modules That Don’t Suck.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundles, dungeon crawl classics, Dungeons & Dragons, humble

What are the different types of board games?

June 14, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A table of categorise board game types and define them concisely

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #313

June 14, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A roundup of tabletop RPG news for Friday the 13th, covering Wizards of the Coast’s new RPG ‘Exodus’, Sebastien de Castell on licensing, Free RPG Day, a Hero Forge apology, and Daggerheart’s international expansion. Also includes insights from the Cymera festival.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free rpg day, hero forge, household, Paizo Publishing, routinely itemised, starfinder

KiwiRPG Week returns, showcasing Aotearoa’s TTRPG talent and Te Ao Māori creativity

June 13, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The vibrant and innovative tabletop roleplaying game scene in New Zealand (Aotearoa) is gearing up for its annual celebration as the fourth KiwiRPG Week kicks off on June 15th.

Filed Under: Online Shows, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: fiveevil, kiwirpg, monster of the week

The adults have disappeared: The “On Your Own” TTRPG has a free quickstart

June 12, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A Kickstarter campaign is on the way, and you can sign up for alerts now to get a free copy of the TREngine, the game’s core system.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs

The Third Horizon (gets closer): Coriolis core rules and Mercy of the Icons bundle deal

June 11, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Free League Publishing’s Coriolis – The Third Horizon is a science fiction roleplaying game that uses the acclaimed Year Zero Engine.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Coriolis, Free League Publishing, year zero engine

Play as the living or unliving! The official Return of the Living Dead TTRPG devours its crowdfunding target

June 11, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

For the Return of the Living Dead’s 40th anniversary, official and using the Everyday Heroes RPG system, there’s a Living Dead roleplaying game.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: everyday heroes, evil genius productions, kickstarters, zombies

Swords, Stunts, and Stranger Shores: Getting started with Fantasy AGE Second Edition

June 9, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We’ve got until July 1st to grab Green Ronin’s Fantasy AGE 2e deal from Bundle of Holding.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, fantasy age, Green Ronin Publishing

Sebastien de Castell’s explanation as to why there’s no Greatcoats TTRPG is logical and tragic

June 8, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

At Cymera, the horror and sci-fi festival in Edinburgh, Sebastien de Castell took the stage under the watch of host E.M. Faulds with Scottish author Cameron Johnston to talk about The Malevolent Eight (Sebastien) and The Last Shield (Cameron).

Filed Under: Books, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky, cymera, money

Check out the fun red band trailer for ‘Deadpool VR’ starring Neil Patrick Harris

June 8, 2025 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

The red band trailer for Deadpool VR has just dropped from Meta Quest, and it looks like it’s going to be a fun, off-the-chain wild ride for Meta Quest 3 and 3S owners.

Filed Under: Console Tagged With: Neil Patrick Harris

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