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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.

Defiant, the indie tabletop RPG from The Witcher game co-creator Kickstarts an exclusive hardcover

June 18, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Defiant RPG is an urban fantasy game about the mighty, modern-day supernaturals, who rebelled against their destiny and, instead of destroying the world, decided to protect it.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: defiant, Defiant Awakening, game machinery, kickstarters

RPG Publisher Spotlight: Samurai Sheepdog

June 18, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Last month Geek Native patrons voting in the RPG Publisher Spotlight awarded the June title to Samurai Sheepdog.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: mystic eye games, pathfinder, spotlight, wizkids

Twilight: 2000 available for pre-orders as Free League Publishing showcase supplements and prices

June 18, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

After a very successful Kickstarter, one that funded in 7 minutes, Free League Publishing and their partners GDW and Amargosa Press are taking pre-orders on Twilight: 2000.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Free League Publishing, game designers workshop, twilight: 2000

Free to Download: Pathfinder Arena draft rules

June 17, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Pathfinder Arena is a two to four-player game being made by a partnership between Paizo and Giochi Uniti.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, Paizo Publishing

D&D 5e’s Thaemin’s Guide to Gods and Miracles is the halfway project for 12 Kickstarters in 12 months

June 17, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Chamomile Has Adventures has often featured in the weekly Kickstarter roundup in the RPG news summary Routinely Itemised: RPGs. There’s a reason for that. Chamomile will launch 12 Kickstarters in 12 months.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: chamomile has adventures, Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters

Cities, castles and dungeons for VTT as Black Scroll map-tiles lists on Bundle of Holding

June 16, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

As a heads up, these are high-quality images. If you get the whole set, you’ll need to find 4.5 GB of space on your hard drive.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: battle mats, cartography, virtual tabletop

The Witcher meets Honey Heist: On The Path RPG

June 16, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In On the Path by Cat Elm, you are a monster slayer. The game, which is part of the TTRPG charity bundle for Trans support, is heavily inspired by Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Witcher.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, grant howitt, Honey Heist, the witcher

Dungeoneer is an impressive free RPG campaign manager tool that lives somewhere near VTT space

June 16, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The program includes generators to build NPCs on the fly as well as full shops and taverns. Need an encounter? Dungeoneer makes those too.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, rpg tools, virtual tabletop

SkullSplitter Dice’s class inspired gamer 7-piece dice sets

June 16, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Icons trapped inside the magical material that forms transparent die so you can see a bard’s musical instrument inside or your barbarian’s axe

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dice

Wizards of the Coast to supply free Introductory Dungeons & Dragons Adventures and Spellbooks for the Forgotten Realms

June 16, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Wizards of the Coast have told gaming stores part of the Wizards Play Network in the US that they will receive twenty introductory Dungeons & Dragons Adventures and Spellbooks to give freely to customers.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: card games, Dungeons & Dragons, forgotten realms, magic the gathering, wizards of the coast

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