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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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A sneak peek inside the Tome of Peculiar Discoveries

August 31, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The project wants to add colour to your 5e with more mystery that might be cut from a fairy tale. There are some 300+ creative magic items and cute companions in the book.

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

Wyrmworks Publishing shares a free disabled NPC to the DMs Guild every week

August 31, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Wyrmworks Publishing has a spooky name, but a kind heart.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dms guild, Dungeons & Dragons, free to download, Wyrmworks Publishing

It’s time to explore the dreaded City of Mist

August 30, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Son of Oak’s City of Mist is a superhero detective noir RPG based on the Apocalypse Engine with custom tags and a narrative drive at its core.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, city of mist, queerz, Son of Oak Game Studio, superheroes

Kobold Lab’s Radiant Relic dice

August 30, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s not just the unusual shapes of these dice that got my attention (look at the d20 and d4!) but the colours.

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

Feel the darkness: Red Dawn – Into the Dawnlands battles towards funding on Kickstarter

August 30, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Red Dawn positions itself as the spiritual successor to Dark Sun. So, that’s dark D&D.

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

Modify, don’t reinvent: A review of There Once Were Dragons

August 30, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There Once Were Dragons is an old school vibe of a tabletop RPG from One Dwarf Army. It’s been out for a few months and has ticked up to copper best-seller on DriveThruRPG, mainly driven through word of mouth.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: reviews

Legal advice on Intellectual Property in RPGs

August 29, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We kick off with an introduction to what can be protected, which means learning the difference between copyright, trademark and patents.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: legal

Genre Police: Staying On Track

August 29, 2021 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

In reality, some of the comfort of certain games comes from their predictability.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: genre police, rpg tips

Historica Arcanum: The City of Crescent wants to shake up your 5e sensibilities

August 28, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s a free download for this fantasy real-world inspired culture setting.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, Historica Arcanum, metis media

Free to Download: New Call of Cthulhu character sheets for the RPG’s 40th birthday

August 28, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The publisher has released a set of new character sheets, available in aged colour and black and white, which have auto-calculate functionality.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium, character sheets, free to download

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