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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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Acheron brings the Dantesque Inferno to D&D RPG Publisher Spotlight: Dyskami Publishing Company Solo RPG Journey releases a new version Chthonstone Games is the new name for Red Box Vancouver An exclusive look inside The Deck of Many Quests

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Acheron brings the Dantesque Inferno to D&D

March 28, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We have studied the original poem for years and translated in the game every monster, phenomenon, environmental effect, situation, and peril of Dante’s Inferno, to let the players having a complete, philological experience of the content.

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

RPG Publisher Spotlight: Dyskami Publishing Company

March 28, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Dyskami Publishing Company is a tabletop game publisher headquartered in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dyskami, spotlight

Solo RPG Journey releases a new version

March 28, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In Journey, you are a traveller exploring worlds of your own creation. The game’s designer, Luke Miller, suggests it’s a good tool for writers, designers, game masters and the uncommonly curious.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: journey, solo rpgs

Chthonstone Games is the new name for Red Box Vancouver

March 28, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Red Box Vancouver, known for games like The Nameless Grimoire, Class Warfare and The Nightmares Underneath has rebranded to Chthonstone Games.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chthonstone Games

An exclusive look inside The Deck of Many Quests

March 27, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Will The Deck of Many Quests become discussed among GMs as D&D’s The Deck of Many Things is between players?

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

Luke Crane apologises and leaves Kickstarter after The Perfect RPG

March 27, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 3 Comments

After a discussion about what is best for Kickstarter and our team, we came to the mutual decision with Luke Crane for him to leave Kickstarter.

Filed Under: Sites, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Adam Koebel, kickstarter, Luke Crane

DriveThruRPG offers 33% off at classic digital to TTRPG sales event

March 26, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In total, there are 172 items, including quickstarts and supplements, in the sale.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: alien rpg, Call of Cthulhu, Cyberpunk 2020, cyberpunk red, drivethrurpg, sales, Shadowrun, the witcher, vampire: the dark ages, warhammer, warhammer age of sigmar, Werewolf: The Apocalypse

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #93

March 26, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In this week’s RPG news round-up, we confirm Free RPG Day will happen, why the D&D TV show might be like First Blood and the character portrait generator site NeverEnding on adding prosthetic options to illustrations.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: against the darkmaster, agon, Auroborus: coils of the serpent, awfully queer heroes, candlekeep mysteries, Chaosium, derek kolstad, epic, fallout, free rpg day, GURPS, Hero Games, Hero Kids, Ill Gotten Games, Jim Pinto, Legendary Games, Modiphius Entertainment, Paizo Publishing, postworldgames, rangers of shadow deep, roll20, routinely itemised, runequest, Skirmisher Publishing, star trek adventures, Steve Jackson Games, the fantasy trip, warchief gaming, wizards of the coast, xploringmap

Steampunk hip hop RPG: Welcome to Professor Elemental’s Garden of Escapades

March 26, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

British “chap hop” performer Professor Elemental has a tabletop RPG full of whimsy and inspired by Lasers & Feelings.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: competitions, lasers & feelings, professor elemental

Free to Download: Hero Kids – Fantasy RPG

March 26, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Justin Halliday’s adamantine best-seller Hero Kids is free to download, but only until April 1st.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, Hero Kids

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