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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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Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King – A Pandemic board game launched by Blizzard and Z-Man Games

July 21, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In the style of the co-operative Pandemic, the Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King board game is a journey across Azeroth, battles and quests to stop the spread of the Lich King.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Blizzard Entertainment, board games, pandemic, World of Warcraft, z-man games

Gold-plated mythos models among the rewards for Cthulhu Rises

July 21, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In time for Call of Cthulhu’s 40th birthday, Polyglot Studios have a range of Cthulhu and mythos models as rewards for a Kickstarter.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cthulhu, Cthulhu Mythos, dice, kickstarters, models

Modiphius pauses development on The Elder Scrolls and will offer free replacement rulebooks

July 20, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Gavin Dady, Senior Project Manager, conceded that there is an impression the rules are not consistent or consolidated, and that product quality in some cases had not been good enough.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Modiphius Entertainment, skirmish game, the elder scrolls

The Doctor Who RPG Collector’s Edition is revealed to be a TARDIS

July 20, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Cubicle 7 has revealed the stunning covers for the new edition of the Doctor Who Roleplaying Game.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cubicle 7, doctor who, tardis

The Evolutionist: Paizo announces a new playtest for Starfinder

July 20, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Fans will be given a chance to play evolutionist characters, and they’ll be a preview of an upcoming Starfinder game that Paizo hasn’t yet announced.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Paizo Publishing, playtest, sci-fi, starfinder

Space hulks and Genestealers invade Wrath & Glory: Redacted Records for the Warhammer 40K RPG

July 20, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This magazine-style collection of articles uncovers numerous secrets of the Gilead System opening up new settings and antagonists for players to explore and confront, and new character options to increase Agents’ chance of surviving these new and perilous situations.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cubicle 7, warhammer 40k, wrath & glory

D&D combat done better: A project to enhance 5e with Injuries and Vile Deeds comes to Kickstarter

July 20, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Injuries and Vile Deeds has a fresh take on combat, and I was able to speak to Josh Rosing, the designer, about it.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, injuries & vile deeds, kickstarters

Evil Hat brings $335 worth of FATE to the Bundle of Holding

July 19, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

The Fate rules shaped like Core, Accelerated and Condensed, and tokens make up the toolkit and a host of worlds from Cthulhu and other Kaiju to Shadow of the Century make up the bonus.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Evil Hat Productions, FATE, fate core, fate of cthulhu

D&D transformed: A review of Matthew Colville’s Kingdoms & Warfare

July 19, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Matt Colville’s 5e D&D-does-battles supplement is 320-pages long, but I’m pleased to say you don’t need to learn a 320-page wargame to get the most out of it. Not even close.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Celeste Conowitch, Dungeons & Dragons, James Introcaso, Matt Colville, mcdm, reviews, strongholds & followers

Reject authority and dream: The surreal Dreampunk RPG finds its wings

July 19, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

At night, you dream. Your dreams are not idle imaginings, but visits to a persistent world of wonders and dangers both personal and alien.

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

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