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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.

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Genre Police: I’m In Charge! Routinely Itemised: RPGs #240 Greenhorns: Unthinkable anomalies and a weird space RPG Icons of Rage: The very last Werewolf – The Apocalypse 20th Anniversary book Onyx Path will publish Free to Download: Valiant Adventures RPG Quickstart via DriveThruComics

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Genre Police: I’m In Charge!

January 21, 2024 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

I want to now look at a few other ways hierarchical structures in RPG groups can sometimes cause conflict at the table.

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Routinely Itemised: RPGs #240

January 19, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Geek Native’s Routinely Itemised: A daily dose of geeky news, reviews, and insights, delivered in bite-sized chunks.

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Greenhorns: Unthinkable anomalies and a weird space RPG

January 18, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Planet creation missions feel like dungeon diving. Bounty hunting missions challenge the crew to topple enemy schemes and eliminate lethal adversaries.

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Icons of Rage: The very last Werewolf – The Apocalypse 20th Anniversary book Onyx Path will publish

January 17, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

These tales may be long or short, but they tell of Garou who overcame their challenges, who became pinnacles of their auspices and whatever goals they pursued. They tell of those Garou who we should hold up as examples to what can be accomplished even in the face of the onrushing Apocalypse.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: onyx path publishing, werewolf, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, world of darkness

Free to Download: Valiant Adventures RPG Quickstart via DriveThruComics

January 17, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Indeed, we’ve had Valiant RPGs before, but this third edition is powered by Green Ronin’s Mutants & Masterminds system.

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Geektopia Games goes looking for the Essence of Eternity

January 17, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Essence of Eternity is a card game on Kickstarter this month from Geektopia Games. It plays in under an hour and has two to six players battling monsters, perhaps helping each other, in the quest for eternal life.

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Tomb of a Thousand Doors: Kickstarter to stitch 30+ community Mausritter dungeon designs into a megadungeon

January 16, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Don’t want to wait? You can name your own price for the digital content via Itch. That is; the megadungeon in its current form.

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Inside Marco Cormagi’s “The Wanderer’s Memories” for 5e journalers

January 16, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Over at Amazon, you can find The Wanderer’s Memories in three colours.

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Henshin: The Sentai RPG expands with a Guest Stars Kickstarter

January 15, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Henshin! is a diceless system with a focus on moving the story forward so players can focus on roleplay and it is a game that won plaudits for its diversity.

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OSR megadungeon: Halls of Arden Vul returns to the Bundle of Holding

January 15, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Impressively, the retail value of this megadungeon would normally tally up to $109. That’s easy to check as the whole thing, minus the optional extras, is also available at DriveThruRPG.

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