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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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Mythroll Armory’s TileFormers: Magnetic scenery clicks on Kickstarter RPG and tabletop convention news for 2021 The biggest of the big baddies find Kickstarter success: Epic Legacy Tome of Titans Genre Police: Creation Stories Arcana Familia: An esoteric cyberpunk RPG

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Mythroll Armory’s TileFormers: Magnetic scenery clicks on Kickstarter

January 18, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

These titles click together with magnets, and their modular design means you can quickly snap buildings and dungeons into existence.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

RPG and tabletop convention news for 2021

January 18, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Here’s a look at just some of the early RPG and tabletop convention news from 2021.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: convention, Origins Game Fair, uk games expo

The biggest of the big baddies find Kickstarter success: Epic Legacy Tome of Titans

January 17, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

2CGaming have been steadily building their Kickstarter creds. Epic Legacy Tome of Titans is the company’s 15th project, and it is a runaway success.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 2CGaming, kickstarters

Genre Police: Creation Stories

January 17, 2021 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

The process of character creation is a framing device. It shows us as players what the game cares about, how we are supposed to navigate it and what is likely to be important going forward.

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

Arcana Familia: An esoteric cyberpunk RPG

January 17, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Aurora Torchia has a tabletop RPG based on Blackjack and set on a future Earth where technology and sinister occult arts intertwine. The Arcana Familia are a para-governmental group that protects society from the malevolent influences of the supernatural. However, the Arcana Familia themselves have each struct a deal themselves with unworldly creatures known as […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Cyberpunk, kickstarters

The 5e-powered Beowulf RPG will be ready this month

January 16, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Handiwork Games have shared an art preview from their upcoming 5e-powered Beowulf RPG and confirmed the game will be ready this month.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: beowulf, handiwork games, Jon Hodgson, Scott Purdy

Over $350 worth of RPG goodies for only $30 in this Croatian Earthquake bundle

January 16, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Just before the new year, a deadly earthquake hit Croatia. Extensive damage was caused in Petrinja and Zagreb and surrounding towns.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: araukana media, charity, drivethrurpg, Melsonian Arts Council, nibiru, relics, sandy pug games, tin star games

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #83

January 15, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Routinely Itemised: RPGs summarises weekly RPG news, new releases, interviews with roleplaying designers and handy tips.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: alan bahr, amit moshe, Arcadia, blades in the dark, Brittannia Game Designs, candlekeep mysteries, chessex, Chivalry & Sorcery, city of mist, crafty games, Cults of the Blood Gods, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Dungeons & Dragons, Free League Publishing, Ill Gotten Games, Inkwell Ideas, mcdm, mork borg, onyx path publishing, Outland Entertainment, pathfinder, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Renegade Game Studios, routinely itemised, tombpunk, trokia!, vaesen, w.m. akers, wizards of the coast

MCDM’s Arcadia could wear the D&D magazine crown

January 14, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Matt Colville’s company, MCDM, has launched a new D&D magazine. It’s called Arcadia and its a test.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Arcadia, James Introcaso, Matt Colville, mcdm

Solo but not Alone bundle: $10 for 87 RPGs

January 13, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There are 87 different single-player tabletop RPGs in the Solo but not Alone. That’s an incredible number, and strong evidence that roleplaying by yourself is an increasingly common thing to do.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundles, charity, itch.io, solo rpgs

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