• About
    • Policies
    • Write For Us
    • Ads
    • How We Earn Money
  • Email Digest
  • Patreon
  • Shop
  • Resources
    • Archives
    • Conventions
    • Chat Portal
    • Free eBooks
    • Latest TTRPG News Summary
    • RPG Tips
    • RPG Tools
    • Short Film Roulette

Geek Native

From the land of Geek

  • Books
    • Comics
  • Games
    • Console
    • Mobile
    • PC
    • Tabletop & RPGs
  • Geek Stuff
    • Cool Tech
    • Art
    • Interviews
    • Sites
    • GameWyrd
      • Echoes from the Wyrd
      • Famous Last Words
      • The Lost Archives
      • Weird Awards
      • Wyrd Reviews
  • Movies
  • Music
  • TV
    • Anime
    • Online Shows

TTRPG news, reviews and interviews

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.

Independent Journalism 📜 17+ Year Archive 🔍 Primary Sourced

Tabletop & RPGs Reports

Continuing the archive of independent Tabletop & RPGs reporting (Archive Page 250).

Kobold Press announce a new open RPG system in response to OGL 1.1

January 10, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Kobold Press announce a new open RPG system in response to OGL 1.1 https://www.geeknative.com/150030/kobold-press-announce-a-new-open-rpg-system/ #RaiseTheFlag

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, kobold press, wizards of the coast

Lichoma: Artpunk grimdark tabletop RPG

January 9, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Lichoma is a political, dystopian RPG defined by ecological collapse, social strife, and body-based economics and technology.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

RPG ideas: Sinister military ranks

January 9, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I asked myself if I could come up with other sinister military ranks. Here’s what I managed.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: rpg ideas

Quick Ass Game Systems bundles Rocket Jocks, Leopard Women of Venus and others in a quick deal

January 9, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

QAGS is a terrific game for beginner players and seasoned gamers that enjoy strange surroundings – and munchies.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, food, sales

Fantasy Dice offer illustrations in place of dots or numbers

January 7, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The die has six different fantasy races. Each with a unique design and inspired on well known fantasy ideas.

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

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #186

January 6, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s the first RPG news summary of 2023! Can you believe it?

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 3d printing, Darren Watts, Hero Games, monsters, routinely itemised

Paranormal Power: Psionics for 5e and A5e

January 6, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Paranormal Power has serpentfolk from an ancient empire, now temporally displayed, called Nedraz and a mindscape for battles. There are also new monsters.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, horror, kickstarters, level up

Paizo offer swifter changes and less biological essentialism

January 6, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Starting this year, Paizo will release errata twice per year, once in the spring and once in the fall.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Jason Bulmahn, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder

Western 5e: Classes compatible with the world’s most litigious RPG

January 5, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Classes include the Bandit, the Law, Frontierfolk, Preacher or the Doctor. The download has NPCs, too, so you’ve samples of each class.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: chamomile has adventures, Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters, western

New Year, New Game: 7,327 titles in DriveThruRPG’s push to persuade TTRPGers to try something new

January 5, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Like Free RPG Day, the purpose of New Year, New Game is to make trying a new tabletop roleplaying game less scary and more attractive.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Cepheus Deluxe, cyberpunk red, drivethrurpg, Hero Kids, sales, savage worlds, worlds without number

« Previous Page
Next Page »

Quick Links

  • Archives
  • Become an Event Sponsor
  • Chat Portal
  • Cookie Policy (UK)
  • Geek Conventions
  • Kickstarter Heat
  • Newsletter
  • Patreon
  • Resources
  • RPG Publisher Spotlight
    • RPG Publisher Spotlight Nominations
  • Social Media
  • Tabletop Scotland
  • UK Games Expo
  • Podcast: Audio EXP

Info

  • Contact Us
  • Corrections
  • Privacy

Columns

  • Routinely Itemised TTRPG News
  • Quick mini-reviews
  • Quick highlights podcast
  • Recent Kickstarters 
  • Competitions!

Follow Us

Social Media

Recent Posts

  • 12 Masks of Halloween: #5 Creepy Siren
  • Fall of the Free Rim: Space western sandbox for Darkspace and Shadowdark
  • Dungeons & Dragons partners with The Army Painter for Forgotten Pigments paint line

Supporters

  • Patreon

Copyright © 2026 · News Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

Accept cookies?

To provide the best experiences, we and our partners use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us and our partners to process personal data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site and show (non-) personalized ads. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.

Click below to consent to the above or make granular choices. Your choices will be applied to this site only. You can change your settings at any time, including withdrawing your consent, by using the toggles on the Cookie Policy, or by clicking on the manage consent button at the bottom of the screen.

Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Statistics

Marketing

Features
Always active

Special features

Special purposes
Always active

  • Manage options
  • Manage services
  • Manage {vendor_count} vendors
  • Read more about these purposes
Manage options
  • {title}
  • {title}
  • {title}
pixel