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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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Tabletop & RPGs Reports

Continuing the archive of independent Tabletop & RPGs reporting (Archive Page 116).

Nobi Nobi RPG: Turn-based GMing

October 17, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Illustrated by Takashi Konno and coming from Paris’ Ynnis Editions, Nobi Nobi RPG has a group of players take turns being the GM and the main character. It wraps after three rounds.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dark Souls, kickstarters, love death and robots

DIE in a Dungeon: Nigh-Infinite Doom

October 17, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Your gamer dice are the characters in DIE in a Dungeon, one meaning of the name, who are adventurers trying to rescue a village on the edge of the horrible place. The other meaning of the name comes from the likely death.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: card game, kickstarters, rollinkunz

Nightmares, not dreams, come true as Call of Cthulhu launch a bundle for Halloween

October 15, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The bundle includes the Call of Cthulhu Starter Set, the Investigator Handbook with expanded character creation rules, and the Keeper Rulebook for managing gameplay.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundles, Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium, humble, lovecraft

Getting physical with the TTRPG darling Armour Astir – Advent

October 15, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Briar Sovereign found success with the indie TTRPG in which you push back against authority and so as a pilot of a steel-clad Astir. The number one request has been for a physical edition of Armour Astir: Advent, and so the Manchester-based designer has turned to Kickstarter and found success. The crowdfunding campaign for the […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, mecha, powered by the apocalypse

Genre Police: Developing A Complex

October 13, 2024 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

I’ve gone through periods of going very hard and very dark in some games, not always to the games favour.

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

Worldbuilding Dolmenwood

October 13, 2024 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

When starting a new campaign in Dolmenwood, the following steps are recommended.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dolmenwood, old school essentials, reviews, worldbuilding

The big geeky Halloween board game roundup

October 13, 2024 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

Yes, folks. It’s that time of year again; it’s getting cold, it’s officially past the 1st October and everyone’s beginning to enjoy the spooky autumnal vibes – AND STAVE OFF CHRISTMAS PROMOTIONS!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, halloween

Chaosium have launched a new Pendragon community content programme

October 12, 2024 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

Chaosium have partnered with DriveThruRPG to launch a new community content program for Pendragon 6th Edition entitled The Champions of Arthur.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chaosium

We can look forward to new ALIEN: ROMULUS content with Free League’s ALIEN RPG Evolved Edition

October 12, 2024 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

Today we’ve got a first look at new ALIEN: Romulus content to be included in Free League’s upcoming “Evolved Edition” of ALIEN: The Roleplaying Game – due out next year.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: alien rpg, alien: romulus

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #278

October 11, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We’re not in the USA so it seems out of place to sign or not sign except to say we hope the next President of the USA is strong against Russia, does not want to bomb Mexico and believes in climate change.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bloat games, Monte Cook Games, routinely itemised, solo rpgs

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