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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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Continuing the archive of independent Tabletop & RPGs reporting (Archive Page 257).

SYMA is Gallant Knight’s dark fantasy of incense and iron

December 13, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

SYMA is inspired by games like Dark Souls and Bloodbourne and the real-life history of the Iberian Peninsula and the medieval Church.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: alan bahr, gallant knight games, kickstarters

Free to Download: Star Trek Adventures gets into mysteries

December 13, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The last set of free adventures from Modiphius for Star Trek took us into Spacewrecks. The current mystery for boldly going heroes to boldly go is Mysteries.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 2d20, free to download, star trek, star trek adventures

Rivers of London RPG review: Rich with Ben Aaronovitch’s magic

December 12, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I’m a fan of Rivers of London and have read several books, I enjoyed each one but have not read them all.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: basic roleplaying, Ben Aaronovitch, Chaosium, lynne hardy, paul fricker, reviews, Rivers of London

Mega damage without mega bucks: Rifts Core Mega bundle

December 12, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s a game set in future after dimensional rifts open on Earth and invaders flood out, magic and all.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Palladium Books, rifts

Genre Police: Pacemaker

December 11, 2022 by Ben Jackson-Ellery 1 Comment

We’ve never talked about structure when it comes to the nitty gritty of a game; how to build and run a session, how to build and run a campaign.

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

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #182

December 9, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A speedy recap of TTRPG news from Geek Native and around the interwebz. There are game deals, reviews, new releases and headlines from the tabletop games family.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Free League Publishing, gloomhaven, routinely itemised, vaesen

Ind of the Year 2022: A bundle of indie RPGs to tempt and support

December 9, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s that time of the year again, and we’re at Ind of the Year. That’s an Itch.io hosted bundle of indie games from 50 creators.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundles, itch.io

Silverplate for 5e: An edible D&D setting with hungry dungeons

December 9, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Silverplate mixes D&D with food, so you can be pizza druids or donut barbarians.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dream Realm Storytellers, Dungeons & Dragons, food, kickstarters

Free to Download: Monstrous Compendium Volume Two: Dragonlance Monsters

December 8, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Volume 2 of The Monstrous Compendium features numerous famous monsters and NPCs ranging from pitiful to formidable.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: d&d beyond, Dragonlance, Dungeons & Dragons, free to download, monsters

Poker card creatures: Inkwell tackles Kobold Press’s Beasts with Deck of Beasts III

December 8, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Reprinting all of our prior decks, but in one large deck for each book’s creatures. The new print run’s cards will have the terrain icons & CR color codes implemented as well.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cards, Inkwell Ideas, kickstarters, tome of beasts

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