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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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Mushroom dice set an ambitious goal on Kickstarter

October 16, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A full set of mushroom dice costs only £21.

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

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #122

October 15, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

RPG news at bullet-point speed we headline the sad news that Hasbro boss Brian Goldner has passed away. This week also brings new D&D, a Cowboy Bebop RPG, Hunters: The Reckoning and more from Critical Role.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 0one Games, Achtung! Cthulhu, arc, Cowboy Bebop, critical role, cubicle 7, defenders of the new century, fantasy age, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, Green Ronin Publishing, hasbro, heroic maps, Historica Arcanum, iron kingdoms, Mana Project Studio, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Planet X Games, Privateer Press, routinely itemised, severed books, sharang biswas, sigil & shadow, sigil stone publishing, soulbound, star frontiers, star trek adventures, the gaia complex, wizards of the coast

ATLAS: Hardcover battle map atlas woos 1,000 backers with handcrafted encounter ready locations

October 15, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Now funded, Atlas is a set of battle maps for your tabletop that use static to keep tokens in place and look great.

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

Daily freebie Halloween sale at DMs Guild and DriveThruRPG reminds us how scary gamers can be

October 15, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Headlining the DriveThruRPG is a daily freebie selection. At the time of writing Memento Mori: Ars Technica is free, 2400: Orbital Decay is free, Devil Map pack is free, and Monster Kart Mayhem is free.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dms guild, drivethrucomics, drivethrufiction, drivethrurpg, halloween, sales, storytellers vault

Hunter: The Reckoning coming from Renegade and the World of Darkness, shifting forward in development as Werewolf is delayed

October 15, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

On the World of Darkness Twitch channel Outstar, the community manager interviewed Justin Achilli, the Brand Creative lead about Werewolf.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: hunter: the reckoning, Justin Achilli, Renegade Game Studios, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, world of darkness

Free RPG Day is this weekend; here are some of the freebies

October 14, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There are all sorts of freebies available for people who can venture out and into friendly local gaming stores (FLGS).

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 9th level games, Achtung! Cthulhu, cmon, cubicle 7, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, edge, free rpg day, goodman games, Green Ronin Publishing, hit point press, humblewood, infinite black, magpie games, mantic games, Modiphius Entertainment, need games, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Privateer Press, root, sirius dice, soulbound, star trek adventures, starfinder, Steamforged Games, twilight imperium, vast grimm, Victoriana, wizkids

WotC offers official DM guidance with the release of Ravenloft’s The Amber Dirge

October 14, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Adventurers League, the official D&D organised play program, has released the latest Ravenloft: Mist Hunters scenario The Amber Dirge.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, Ravenloft, ravenloft: mist hunters, wizards of the coast

Finally risen: The Traveler’s Guide to the Toxic Seas

October 13, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This 5e setting book offers up a range of cultures for this unusual setting.

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

Name Your Own Price: MINIMAL BORG is an alternative take on the entire MORK BORG

October 13, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I don’t regret paying $2 for MINIMAL BORG. I don’t. It’s not that much less than the core rules, but it’s less than a coffee and feels more like a community purchase.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, itch.io

Knights of the Round: Academy – an anime RPG from the design team who’ll turn to Cowboy Bebop next

October 13, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Knights of the Round: Academy is a narrative-based TTRPG is inspired by shonen anime.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, fumble gdr, kickstarters

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