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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.

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #217 & #218

August 19, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Routinely Itemised is a weekly column from Geek Native that summarizes RPG news, reviews, discoveries, tips, and interviews. It is published every Friday evening for RPG enthusiasts everywhere.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Battlefield Press, critical role, cubicle 7, daggerheart, darrington press, Dungeons & Dragons, evil genius productions, Fabula Ultima, fabula ultima atlas: high fantasy, need games, routinely itemised, strange machine games, warhammer

Hundreds of backers for the Dragonbane supplement Windheim & Horn of the Dawn

August 18, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Windheim is an island, a colony of the Bastionian empire ruling most of the known world of Eshfera. The bastionites are a human and halfling culture worshipping Thrakon, the ruling deity of the pantheon. On Windheim their power is strong but not quite as dominant as in the rest of the world

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dragonbane, Free League Publishing, kickstarters

Shadows of the Demon Lord bundles for the Weird Wizard

August 18, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Purchases of either bundle support the charity Robert J. Schwalb selected, the Wildlife Conservation Society.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Robert J. Schwalb, Shadow of the Demon Lord, shadow of the weird wizard

Obojima Tales From The Tall Grass: Studio Ghibli & Legend of Zelda-inspired 5e races towards $1m

August 8, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If you want to look at what the final Obojima Tales From The Tall Grass might be like, there are a few pages of free preview material online provided by 1985 Games to check out.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 1985 games, Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters, Studio Ghibli

D&D’s Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants! uses AI art, and WotC has changed the rules

August 6, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Fans spotted details in the illustration, tell-tale signs that a machine had rendered the image in the D&D sourcebook.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: artificial intelligence, Dungeons & Dragons, wizards of the coast

Aetherflask’s Flaskworld brings affordable magnetic dungeon titles to the tabletop

August 6, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

We have created a tile based system that can be used for Tabletop RPG, and dungeon crawling games that supports Square bases.

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

Everyday Arcana: Evil Genius confirm WotC copyright clash

August 5, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The rebooted Urban Arcana is now Everyday Arcana and Geek Native asked Evil Genius to confirm why the Everyday Heroes supplement changed names.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: everyday heroes, free to download, Rambo, urban arcana, wizards of the coast

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #216

August 5, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Gen Con is this week, and Routinely Itemised is Geek Native’s weekly RPG news roundup that provides a one-stop shop for reviews, discoveries, tips, and interviews.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: artificial intelligence, coyote & crow, Dungeons & Dragons, hasbro, Paizo Publishing, routinely itemised, schwalb entertainment, starfinder, When the Wolf Comes

Interstellar: Metal mechanical Rubik’s Cube-style dice

August 4, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

These are complex dice to build, and the Kickstarter pitch makes it clear the Californian team know their stuff.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

Welcome to Night Vale to get its own RPG

August 3, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Joseph and Jeffrey have created a fantastic world full of vibrant characters, mystery, and rich engaging stories. Roleplayers around the world have long been fans of the series and we’re excited to now allow them to have their own adventures in the world of Night Vale.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Renegade Game Studios

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