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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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Death Sentence: This new one-shot RPG brings slasher horror to your Halloween tabletop

October 18, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Fear in a handful of dice is the tagline for Death Sentence, which you can currently download Leo Andrade’s Itch page for just over $5.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: horror

Be the boss: King Beowulf’s 5e duet RPG

October 18, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

When you play regular 5e, your character moves through a series of locations and events. With a kingdom adventure, a series of events moves through the location of your kingdom.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: beowulf, Dungeons & Dragons, handiwork games, Jon Hodgson, kickstarters

Gubat Banwa: A RPG of tactical martial arts and Southeast Asian fantasy smashes Kickstarter targets

October 17, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You are Kadungganan, a warrior guided by the Umalagad through the world. They are the arbiter of your fate, and you are a warrior larger than life itself.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

Do you dare? There’s new Kult in the Bundle of Holding

October 16, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This extra bundle tempts gaming groups who have already torn aside the veil and are still alive to explore beyond Elysium.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Helmgast, horror, kult, kult: divinty lost, rollvsevil

Negocios Infernales: A beginner-friendly RPG of the Spanish Inquisition interrupted by aliens

October 16, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The collaboration between C.S.E. Cooney and Carlos Hernandez is to make the RPG Negocios Infernales, which is designed to be easy to play and run without a GM. In the game, players explore a world of the Spanish Inquisition interrupted by aliens.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

Kobold Press release the SRD/BFRD for Project Black Flag

October 16, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Kobold has taken another step and released the first version of the Black Flag Reference Document. This document sets out the rules other publishers can use for their RPGs.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Black Flag, free to download, kobold press, tales of the valiant

Genre Police: The People Game

October 15, 2023 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

I’m now looking forward to fixing my mistakes with that group – we haven’t played since things got a little tense, but I know things went wrong and how I can make things better.

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

Christmas-themed roulette dice – maybe by Christmas

October 15, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Roulette dice are made of 100% zinc alloy which makes them extremely robust and they feature incredible surface details.

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

Cave of Monsters: Limited edition risographs and the Elements of Procedure RPG

October 14, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

As in Sapphire and Steel, operatives channelling elements, stones, and metals to investigate weirdness in this RPG.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs

Ritual: Backlash is possible as this solo RPG lures players to the occult

October 14, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The most clever and quick witted have a chance at besting KING; you’d have to be clever to beat the guy the devil is afraid of!

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: hive mind games, occult

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