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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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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

Game Start funds the world’s first interactive miniatures on Kickstarter

March 25, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The concept is this; the minis have unique bases on which you can attach or remove, accessories such as special effects, game status or even hit point counts.

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

Osprey Games announce The Silver Bayonet: A Wargame of Napoleonic Gothic Horror

March 24, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The award-winning designer of Frostgrave, Joseph McCullough, has teamed up with the illustration team at Brainbug Design and Osprey Games to release The Silver Bayonet: A Wargame of Napoleonic Gothic Horror.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: joseph mccullough, osprey games, wargames

After surviving COVID-19, Steve Jackson Games may not release any new games in 2021

March 24, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Steve Jackson Games made money in 2020, although slightly less than in 2019 and managed to keep all staff employed despite the devastating effect global lockdowns have had on the tabletop gaming scene.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: GURPS, philip reed, Steve Jackson Games, the fantasy trip

HC SVNT DRACONES expands as the 2nd edition gets a companion book

March 24, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

HC SVNT DRACONES is a transhuman RPG. All that’s left in space are races born from genetic manipulation, sentient AI and astral horror.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, sci-fi

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