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TTRPG news, reviews and interviews
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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Cypher – Advanced!: Expanding the core mechanics
Monte Cook Games has launched the Cypher—Advanced flash campaign on BackerKit, introducing new modular rules, genres, and over 100 creatures for your roleplaying games.
Genre Police: The fully verbose combat machine
Should players be allowed to talk tactics during RPG combat? This post dives into the debate over in-game communication, GM style, and how much meta-talk can shape your table’s fun.
Dark Conspiracy: Classic modern-day horror returns powered by the Traveller rules engine
Mongoose Publishing revives the classic horror roleplaying game Dark Conspiracy on Kickstarter, adapting the setting to the modern Traveller rules engine.
Invincible: Vigilante City
Free League’s Invincible RPG pairs lethal Year Zero Engine rules with a surprisingly light setting. Here is how to build your own comic-book metropolis.
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Fifth Edition streamlines combat and resource pools
Cubicle 7 announces Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Fifth Edition, streamlining combat rules, merging meta-currencies, and retaining Fourth Edition compatibility.
Routinely Itemised: RPG #374
The Geek Native team reports from the Edinburgh Fringe with news of Rowen, Rook and Decard unionising, Paizo moving to DriveThruRPG, and new GURPS 4e bundles.
Paizo expands DriveThruRPG deal to sell over 1,200 digital roleplaying titles
Paizo brings over 1,200 Pathfinder and Starfinder titles to DriveThruRPG, expanding its digital roleplaying game distribution alongside upcoming print-on-demand options.
Vox Machina adventure dice sets arrive as Sirius Dice reveals Mighty Nein plans
Sirius Dice launches officially licensed Critical Role Vox Machina dice sets, alongside previews for upcoming Mighty Nein and Bells Hells collections.
Last chance to join Section 9 in The Ghost in the Shell Tabletop Roleplaying Game
Mantic Games brings Shirow Masamune’s iconic cyberpunk manga to tabletop roleplaying games. Read our deep dive into Section 9 rules and pledge options.
