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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.

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Where horror writes itself: Backwater – Southern Gothic Horror

January 29, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Humanity is rebuilding, characters are Wardens, people tasked with keeping order at civilization’s southern reach. Staying alive requires careful thought.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: apocalyptic, backwater, horror, kickstarters

The combat wheelchair/spider chair comes to Cyberpunk Red

January 29, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We’ve worked with Sara Thompson, one of our freelance writers on the Witcher TRPG line and an advocate for disability representation in gaming to create the Rocklin Augments Cyberchair line, ready for use in any Cyberpunk RED session.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cyberpunk red, free to download, R. Talsorian Games, sara thompson

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #85

January 29, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Routinely Itemised is a weekly RPG news round-up with new releases, interviews, reviews, RPG tips and write-ups from around the web.

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Half a million and counting for the Origins gaming table

January 29, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Origins game table transforms from a dining table to a lined and inset playing surface.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: gaming table, kickstarters

Layout Level-up! 67 RPGs for $20 to buy designers publishing software

January 29, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

For every two bundles bought; 1 designer gets a license for Affinity Publisher.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundles, itch.io, Meguey Baker, sandy pug games, thousand year old vampire, vincent baker

Humble Bundle launches the 5th Edition Dungeon Extravaganza

January 27, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

$415 worth of downloads is available if you hit that third tier. Frog God and Troll Lord dominate the collection, but titles from Whynot Games, Cave Creek, Pacesetter and Flavor Text can be found.

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Be a dragon. Be a monster. Onyx Path take Scion: Dragon and Scion: Masks of the Mythos to Kickstarter

January 27, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In Scion: Masks of the Mythos, it’s not a god the PCs share a lineage with, but something far more alien and strange. In Scion: Dragon, characters are in the bloodlines of dragons.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, onyx path publishing, scion, storypath

Lex Arcana: Ancient secrets of Dacia and Thracia threaten Pax Romana

January 27, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Roman civilization is a pale light staving off the darkness, turmoil and bloodthirsty, violent beasts in these regions.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: lex arcana, quality games

Mighty Narwhal’s Morra RPG revealed

January 27, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Morra is a cinematic game system, a combination of tabletop RPG and live-action roleplay suitable for any genre.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: mighty narwhal productions, morra

Unearthed Arcana: D&D’s Gothic Lineages offers up undead race options

January 26, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This racebook follows Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything and lacks Ability Score increase trait, Language and Alignment. You can be a good Dhampir if it makes narrative sense.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, playtest, unearthed arcana, wizards of the coast

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