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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.

Beyond the character sheet: How Vestiges explores the mechanics of memory

October 5, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Explore Vestiges, a haunting zine TTRPG where players are not a team of heroes, but competing aspects of a single mind trying to reconstruct a lost memory.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: nibiru, reviews, thousand year old vampire

The Far Roofs deal: Play a heroic rat fighting the god-monsters that are coming for you

October 5, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Discover a secret world on the rooftops in The Far Roofs TTRPG. Join intelligent rats to confront personal horrors in a game of wonder, mystery, and dread.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding

Lootrion app launches to move TTRPG shopping sprees out of the session

October 5, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A new web app, Lootrion, has been launched to help TTRPG groups handle shopping between sessions, saving valuable table time and keeping players engaged.

Filed Under: Sites, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons

Routinely Itemised: RPG #329

October 3, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The latest roleplaying game news, TTRPG reviews, and new releases. This week covers Critical Role’s new campaign, D&D updates, and a host of crowdfunders.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: critical role, Jeremy Crawford, kickstarter, kobold press, routinely itemised

Board game publisher Devir turns to Backerkit for two high-concept TTRPGs

October 3, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Learn about Dracula vs. Hitler and Chaos & Chrome, two low-prep RPGs using the Roleína system, set for an English-language debut.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: backerkit

Into the Abyss: Mammoth Factory on the Sumerian-inspired darkness of their 5E Kickstarter, Dark Descent

October 2, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Explore Dark Descent, the 400+ page 5E tome of dark survival. Features new subterranean races, blood alchemy, 70+ monsters, and over 200 high-quality STLs.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters

The Strong Museum partners with Google for D&D’s 50th anniversary

October 2, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

The Strong National Museum of Play has partnered with Google Arts & Culture to release a free online exhibit exploring the first 50 years of Dungeons & Dragons.

Filed Under: Sites, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dave Arneson, Dungeons & Dragons, google

SPINE is a solo RPG about being consumed by a cursed book

October 2, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Explore a dark tale of possession in SPINE, a new solo roleplaying game from Asa Donald. Download the beta today on a ‘name your own price’ basis.

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

Frostgrave: A Miniature Game that’s more D&D than Warhammer

October 1, 2025 by Paul Leave a Comment

Ditch the bloated rules and massive armies of Warhammer. Discover Frostgrave, the skirmish game where your Wizard’s warband explores frozen ruins for treasure. It’s D&D’s storytelling heart meets miniature combat.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: frostgrave, joseph mccullough, osprey games, skirmish game

New ‘Dungeons Deep’ offers 48 dungeon options for D&D GMs

October 1, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Kobold Press has launched Dungeons Deep, a new book of 16 drop-in dungeons designed for D&D and other compatible systems.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kobold press, tales of the valiant

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