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TTRPG news, reviews and interviews
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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Genre Police: Staying On Track
In reality, some of the comfort of certain games comes from their predictability.
Historica Arcanum: The City of Crescent wants to shake up your 5e sensibilities
There’s a free download for this fantasy real-world inspired culture setting.
Free to Download: New Call of Cthulhu character sheets for the RPG’s 40th birthday
The publisher has released a set of new character sheets, available in aged colour and black and white, which have auto-calculate functionality.
An interview with James Introcaso as MCDM’s Arcadia future is confirmed
When Matt Colville announced that MCDM would start a magazine, he was very clear about the commercial requirements. Arcadia would need to be a success, and the first few issues would be a test.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #115
RPG news in a week of new game announcements, franchise deals and licenses. We’ve attracted lots of Cthulhu, too.
An argument for more sophisticated Tier 1 adventures
I will go over some reasons for why many of the Tier 1 adventures are designed as simple fetch or kill missions and over some exceptional books you can use to fuel your need for more sophisticated Tier 1 Dungeons & Dragons adventures.
Hasbro approve the release of the Essence 20 RPG system
Wizards of the Coast have a new RPG system in the ecosystem to be mindful of, and it’s connected to their parent company Hasbro.
Free to Download: Cyberpunk RED Jumpstart Conversion Guide
That’s eleven new NPCs, all with Roles, ready for you to plug into your campaign. You can use them as is, reskin them, or use them as inspiration for your own statblocks!
Nightfall Games returns to Kickstarter for more SLA Industries RPG
SLA Industries is the megacorp of the conspiracy future, a dark and rainy world in which the public is distracted from their mundane horror by reality horror on TV.
