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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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Continuing the archive of independent Games reporting (Archive Page 90).

UKGE Preview: Unfringed’s Fetching Feathers

May 29, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Experience a novel take on seasonal change by rotating and upgrading location cards each round/season to reflect changing food availability, whilst carefully balancing a variety of bonuses, from bird buddy benefits to full flock freebies.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: card games, previews, uk games expo

Trouble On The Tempus: Minor Disaster Games launch time-travelling Kickstarter (exclusive pictures)

May 28, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

At last year’s UK Games Expo, Minor Disaster Games showed off a cooperative time travel disaster management board game called Trouble On The Tempus. Now, even as UK Games Expo 25 opens, the publisher has launched a Kickstarter for the clever game.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, kickstarters, uk games expo

Serenissima Obscura: Magical Renaissance and Dark Secrets is a massive setting

May 27, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Vortex Verlag has launched Serenissima Obscura on BackerKit, and the scale of the magical Renaissance and dark secrets of the setting is impressive.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: ars magica, Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters, serenissima obscura, Vortex Verlag

Grim Hollow: A bundle deal on dark fantasy for 5e in a godless world

May 26, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

After the godwar, only the Arch Seraphs and Arch Demons survived, and they now indulge their appetites by interfering with mortal life.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Dungeons & Dragons, ghostfire gaming, grim hollow

Free to Download: Beyond the Veil TTRPG prologue is out

May 26, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The supernatural TTRPG from Wrenegade Studios, Beyond the Veil, will be demoed at the UK Games Expo this weekend.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, previews, uk games expo

Astra Arcanum TTRPG: Earth is Lost. Survival is a lie.

May 26, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Metis Media won ENnie gold for Historica Arcanum, and I’m certain their reputation for high production quality is helping boost Astra Arcanum.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, metis media

UK Games Expo: Para Bellum to sell “Peaky Flounder” for four days only

May 25, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Para Bellum Games is the company behind Conquest war and skirmish games. The company is returning to UK Games Expo and is teasing us with a big announcement that they’ll make on Saturday at 11 am.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: conquest, minis, para bellum, uk games expo, Wayland Games

Genre Police: Big Damn Heroes

May 24, 2025 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

I have hit a player issue that I hadn’t thought about before that actually goes back to the first ever Genre Police article I ever wrote.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: genre police, rpg tips

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #310  

May 23, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

White Wolf is back! Paradox brings World of Darkness TTRPGs in-house. Plus, WizKids’ Baldur’s Gate 3 minis apology, a forgotten RIFTS game returns, new Invisible Sun, and Goodman Games’ Judges Guild situation. Catch up on the latest TTRPG news!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: daggerheart, darrington press, Dungeons & Dragons, invisible sun, Monte Cook Games, routinely itemised

UK Games Expo announces changes to Bring and Buy

May 23, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Bring and Buy is a busy and popular part of one of Europe’s largest tabletop gaming conventions – the UK Games Expo.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: conventions, uk games expo

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