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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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Tabletop & RPGs Reports

Continuing the archive of independent Tabletop & RPGs reporting (Archive Page 264).

Traveller, the iconic sci-fi RPG, is 45

July 25, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

MegaTraveller followed Traveller in 1978, then Traveller: The New Era in 1993 and Marc Miller’s Traveller in 1996. Since then, there have been d20 versions, GuRPs versions, Traveller5, and Mongoose Publishing released the Traveller Core Rulebook Update 2022.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: marc miller, Mongoose Publishing, sci-fi, traveller

Kids on Bikes RPG co-creator Doug Levandowski Kickstarters Calls To Action: Extraordinary Party Backgrounds for 5e

July 24, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Calls To Action: Extraordinary Party Backgrounds for 5e is a modest campaign, asking for just $100 to fund, offering only a PDF.

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

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #162

July 22, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The big event this week is SD Comic Con. I’ll be at the not-for-profit Capital Sci-Fi Con 2022 instead.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dice, Dungeons & Dragons, dungeons & dragons movie, Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel, routinely itemised, runequest

The Fallen Few is a d20 motorcycle club RPG

July 22, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Campaign missions include collecting debts, building your club in the town of Chapel Hill, dealing with law enforcement, running guns for the Irish mafia and protecting your territory and clubhouse.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

The Star Trek Adventures tabletop RPG boldly returns to bundle

July 22, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The core rules are in the bundle and the Player’s Guide and supplement for The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundles, humble bundle, Modiphius Entertainment, Shackleton Expanse Campaign Guide, star trek, star trek adventures

Free to Download: Wretched Époque Quickstart

July 21, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In Wretched Époque we;re dealing with the time and (fictional) place Umberto Eco’s Simone Simonini crosses paths with Jacques Tardi’s Adèle Blanc-Sec, Edgar Allan Poe’s Chevalier Auguste Dupin and Maurice Leblanc’s Arsène Lupin.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download

Roll or Die! Dice heroes versus Dice monsters

July 21, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s a dice-themed game with dice monsters, dice heroes and dicey situations. To win? Tactics, points and dice.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

Old D&D fans, take note: 26 books of magic in this d20 RPG system bundle

July 21, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This Encyclopedia Collection deal is all-new and available only until Monday, August 1st.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, d20, Mongoose Publishing

What are the best-selling games in DriveThruRPG’s Christmas in July mega sale?

July 21, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

DriveThruRPG’s big Christmas in July sale has been on for a few days, with about two weeks left. That’s enough time to see which games are contenders for the best sellers.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: conan, CONAN Adventures In An Age Undreamed Of, cyberpunk red, drivethrurpg, Expeditious Retreat Press, Free League Publishing, kids on bikes, Modiphius Entertainment, Monte Cook Games, Ptolus, sales, Shadowrun, star trek, star trek adventures, the halls of arden vul, The One Ring, thought police interactive, traveller, Vampire: The Masquerade, worlds without number

D&D fans take 8 minutes to fund Steinhardt’s Guide to the Eldritch Hunt (free sample)

July 21, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Wearing a “Project We Love” from Kickstarter, MonkeyDM’s Steinhardt’s Guide to the Eldritch Hunt took eight minutes to fund.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, free to download, kickstarters

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