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Welcome to the heart of Geek Native: the Tabletop & RPGs category. This is your primary source for the latest RPG news and essential TTRPG news, from blockbuster releases to indie Kickstarter discoveries. We provide in-depth reviews of roleplaying games, board games, and card games, helping you decide what's worth your time and your shelf space. Whether you roll dice, shuffle cards, or push miniatures, you'll find your community and your next obsession right here.

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Division 6: A future of sci-fi and psions funds on Kickstarter Genre Police: Warning, Content The ENNIE Awards 2024 winners Threadcutters: A TTRPG of Occult Assassins locked in a conspiracy Free to Download: The Smurfs Hidden Village RPG quickstart

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Division 6: A future of sci-fi and psions funds on Kickstarter

August 6, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In Division 6, players step into the shoes of sorcerers and psions working for a law enforcement agency dedicated to protecting humanity from supernatural threats.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, sci-fi

Genre Police: Warning, Content

August 6, 2024 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

Think of the worst thing and make it happen. Puncture arteries, shred flesh, go for the damn jugular.

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

Mazes Fantasy Roleplaying bundle: Reimagined classic dungeon crawling

August 6, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Designed for quick and easy gameplay, Mazes FRP uses the innovative Polymorph system, requiring minimal preparation for players and the Maze Controller

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 9th level games, bundle of holding, bundles, mazes, polymorph

The ENNIE Awards 2024 winners

August 6, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The ENNIES Awards news comes from Gen Con, where the awards are typically held.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: alien rpg, break, dragonbane, ENnies, outgunned, pathfinder, Rivers of London, shadowdark

Threadcutters: A TTRPG of Occult Assassins locked in a conspiracy

August 5, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Chris Longhurst of Pigsmoke is back on Kickstarter with a tabletop RPG based around tarot cards and the Lumen system.

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

Free to Download: The Smurfs Hidden Village RPG quickstart

August 5, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Maestro Media will launch a Kickstarter for The Smurfs Roleplaying Game.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, The Smurfs

Genre Police: Playing The Player

August 4, 2024 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

Running an RPG is a kind of arcane act, weaving an illusionary spell of storytelling for a group to devour. But when we think about spellcasting, it’s often easy to forget the material component of such a conjuring.

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

The Ultraviolet Grasslands Bundle: Everything you need for a mind-bending campaign

August 3, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If you’re not already familiar with and a fan of Ultraviolet Grasslands or if your collection needs a boost, then there’s good news. There’s a Bundle of Holding offer on.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, the ultraviolet grasslands

Fallen Lonon RPG: Magie Games will transfrom Failbetter’s browser game into a tabletop RPG

August 3, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We are giddy to announce that we are working with tabletop roleplaying legends Magpie Games to create Fallen London: The Roleplaying Game, a fully-fledged, custom tabletop roleplaying system for Fallen London, in a big book and everything!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: failbetter games, magpie games

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #268

August 3, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Initial reviews for the first wave of D&D 2024 are mostly positive, while Free League gives us Alien 2e, the United Paizo Workers Union wins the Diana Jones Award, D&D’s Sigil/VTT allows Baldur’s Gate 3 character imports, and Stormborn RPG debuts with wide VTT compatibility.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Diana Jones Award, Dungeons & Dragons, limitless adventures, Modiphius Entertainment, routinely itemised, star trek adventures

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