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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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Exclusive: a|state 2e cover reveal and sign-up launch

July 7, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

a|state is a world of both beautiful and baroque, a sprawling urban nightmare, with the second edition based on Forged in the Dark.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: astate, forged in the dark, handiwork games, Jon Hodgson

TSR Games (3) now distances itself from TSR Games (1)

July 7, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

At this point, TSR Games (3) was quick to say that they are not, in any way, the old TSR and are entirely new.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dave Arneson, Sandy Petersen, tsr games

On track? Call of Cthulhu Classic on the way to be the first $1m Cthulhu RPG

July 6, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Chaosium is republishing its classic Call of Cthulhu boxed collections with the assistance of the Kickstarter community. The campaign target is thrashed, and while it’s early days and highly likely to change, Kicktraq suggests the $1,000,000 line will be crossed. CMON’s board game “Cthulhu: Death May Die” nearly hit $2.5m, but the highest Cthulhu-themed (mentioned […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium, cthulhu, horror, kickstarters

Tabletop gaming dangers: A life of pain turns out to be a game piece stuck up nose

July 6, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A woman from Christchurch has discovered that the nose pain she has felt for almost her whole life was caused by a game piece. A tiddlywink token had been wedged up in there, with calcified material growing around it.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games

Cursed Captains of Cthulhu bring combines cutlasses and cosmic horror

July 6, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Explore a Parallel Golden Age of Piracy and the Lovecraft Mythos. Fight with – or against! – famous pirates, explore the pirate republic, and delve into the unknown depths with all their dangers and untold knowledge. But should it even be uncovered, or will that knowledge drive you to the edge of your courage and into the abyss?

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

Vast Grimm offers up $1,000 to be a groundbreaking tabletop RPG on Gamefound

July 6, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Infinite Black is gearing up to launch a Mork Borg powered sci-fi horror and has some impressive ways to lure you in.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Brian colin, gamefound, infinite black, mork borg, vast grimm

Explore Kobold Press’s Midgard, Zobeck and the Empire of the Ghouls with this bundle deal

July 5, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Zobeck is a free city in the heart of Midgard’s crossroad region. It’s a protectorate of the Clockwork Goddess Rava, borders the Ironcrag cantons, the Blood Kingdom of Margau, some human realms, and, of course, the Ghoul Imperium prowls beneath!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, Dungeons & Dragons, kobold press

Superhero Week: A review of magic girls and Kindred Souls

July 5, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

A magical girl game about saving the world, magic, hope, and hopelessness.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: reviews, superhero week, superheroes

Superhero Week: Capes & Crooks aims to bring superpowers to 5e

July 5, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In the Capes & Crooks setting, supers (deviants) have been appearing for years. The world is trying to adapt to this. Now about 20% of the population has some powers, and that includes super-geniuses.

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

44 years of tabletop gaming changed this weekend as GAMA votes in new membership structure

July 4, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

GAMA votes overwhelmingly to transform itself.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: gama, Mark Diaz Truman

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