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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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Free to Download: Mazes Zero Prep Introduction to Fantasy Roleplaying

August 24, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Mazes uses the Polymorph system, which does away with any form of maths. Each Polymorph game player only uses a single polyhedral die: a d4, a d6, a d8, or a d10.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 9th level games, mazes, polymorph

Historica Arcanum brings the deadly Crusades to 5e

August 24, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The two books, Era of the Crusades and The Sigil of Jerusalem, include a large adventure and details on fantasy 1182 Jerusalem and Cairo. There are new character creation options, subclasses, a bestiary, rules for the Deck of the Damned, professions and Knight Orders.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, Historica Arcanum, kickstarters, metis media

RPG Publisher Spotlight: Gamenomicon

August 23, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In this interview, we dare a little close to Lovecraft controversies and talk about All4Two mechanics and the Ozarks. I’m embarrassed to say this Scottish blogger had never heard the word “Ozarks” before…

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: lovecraft, spotlight

Rowan, Rook and Decard want you to Eat the Reich and drink the blood of Hitler

August 23, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

EAT THE REICH is a tabletop roleplaying game in which you, a vampire commando, are coffin-dropped into occupied Paris and must cut a bloody swathe through nazi forces en route to your ultimate goal: drinking all of Adolf Hitler’s blood.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: grant howitt, kickstarters, rowan rook and decard

Be Like a Crow is an award-winning solo RPG, and ahead of Tabletop Scotland, we speak to Critical Kit about Be Like a Cat

August 23, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

My working theme is Cat Mafia. I’m really excited about this one, especially the ancient Egyptian expansion, Book of Bastet, where your cat will explore the Pyramids and go up against ancient gods.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: be like a crow, critical kit, tabletop scotland

Everywhen expands Barbarians of Lemuria and is a bundle offer

August 22, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Everywhen is a roleplaying game that allows you to play in any era or background. It includes rules for vehicles, chases, investigations, social conflicts, psionics, and mass battles so that you can create the adventure of your dreams.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: beyond belief games, bundle of holding, bundles

Ecryme finally brings its acidic steampunk menace to the RPG community

August 22, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Ecryme game engine focuses on roleplaying as the game itself is an adaptation of Mathieu Gobarit’s books. The mechanics reward investment in skills, though, rather than luck. The margin of success and failure of the rolls are a thing.

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

Null Signal Games: On Phoenix games, the future of Netrunner and going to Tabletop Scotland

August 22, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Null Signal Games is a games publisher operating as a registered nonprofit company. Our only current product is the expandable card game Netrunner, which we are continuing following the end of its support by its previous publisher, Fantasy Flight Games. 

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: fantasy flight games, tabletop scotland

Free to Download: Blood and Glory – Gateway to the North for 5e

August 21, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The adventure introduces the dangers of the Dauthur Isles to an existing party. The idea is straightforward; take your current D&D heroes and drop them in the icy heartlands of the evil Clan Vidarri lead by Ibar the Bloodless.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, free to download, hive mind games, tabletop scotland, vampire, vikings

Hyperborea 3e: All new sword-and-sorcery RPG bundle offer

August 21, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Purchases of North Wind Adventures’ third edition game go to support the Millstone Wildlife Center, the charity selected by designer Jeffrey P. Talanian.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, North Wind Adventures

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