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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.

Stay ahead of the curve with our popular Routinely Itemised summary. This regular feature is your essential digest of the TTRPG industry, curating the biggest news, trends, and hidden gems into one unmissable roundup. It's the best way to stay informed on the business of tabletop gaming.

Swyvers: A TTRPG where the PCs aren’t heroes, and it’s always bloody raining

February 13, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Swyvers, which has now surely been safely funded, will have rules for generating your own version of the corrupt city of ‘The Smoke’ and the underbelly of ‘The Midden’.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, Melsonian Arts Council

Free to Download: Dark Age of Man quickstart

February 13, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Fan and YouTuber Eloy Cintron was able to distil the Dark Age of Man’s rules and core down to a two-page Players quickstart guide.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download

Midnight Glamours: You’re cursed and investigating the fae

February 12, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The setting of Midnight Glamours is an alternate version of our world, where entities known as the Fae coexisted with mankind and helped shape the world as we know it.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, zine quest

D&D 50th: Timeline for new rule books and Vecna’s arrival

February 12, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

D&D turns 50th with Vecna: Eve of Ruin announcement and an official timeline.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, fashion, lego, wizards of the coast

Worldbuilding Troika!: Books Full of Weird and Astonishing Adventures

February 11, 2024 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

Troika! is a true treasure and a great system for world building and running exciting adventures. The science-fantasy RPG includes old, decadent crystal Spheres; worlds hung across a hump-backed sky and reachable by golden-sailed barge, labyrinths of non-Euclidean geometry, and eldritch portals.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Melsonian Arts Council, troika, world building

When the GM needs to quickly correct a mistake

February 10, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We see how this GM effortlessly re-did history to return to the current scene as planned. Was this the right thing to do?

Filed Under: Comics, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: rpg tips, the immortal think tank

Diceomatic: A Kickstarter recreating 1920s mechanical dice crosses half a million

February 10, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Diceomatic incorporates alternating gears to achieve complete randomness.

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

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #243

February 10, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Lightforge Games receives critical acclaim, Paizo expands staff, D&D marks 50th anniversary, Zine Quest sees activity shift, Evil Genius experiences staff departures.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: chamomile has adventures, Mongoose Publishing, routinely itemised, traveller

Wurm: A pitch-black TTRPG of Vile horror is a temptation

February 9, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Uncover disturbing lore and unspeakable monsters as you explore the wastelands in gameplay modules built to challenge your table and introduce you to the world of Wurm.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, zine quest

Yo Netrunner, this bundle has classic and Cyberpunk RED TTRPGs

February 9, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This Humble bundle explodes with the rules, sourcebooks, and everything you need to run both Cyberpunk RED – the bleeding edge of this iconic RPG – and Cyberpunk 2020, where the dark future was born.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundles, Cyberpunk 2020, cyberpunk red, humble, R. Talsorian Games

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