• About
    • Policies
    • Write For Us
    • Ads
    • How We Earn Money
  • Email Digest
  • Patreon
  • Shop
  • Resources
    • Archives
    • Conventions
    • Chat Portal
    • Free eBooks
    • Latest TTRPG News Summary
    • RPG Tips
    • RPG Tools
    • Short Film Roulette

Geek Native

From the land of Geek

  • Books
    • Comics
  • Games
    • Console
    • Mobile
    • PC
    • Tabletop & RPGs
  • Geek Stuff
    • Cool Tech
    • Art
    • Interviews
    • Sites
    • GameWyrd
      • Echoes from the Wyrd
      • Famous Last Words
      • The Lost Archives
      • Weird Awards
      • Wyrd Reviews
  • Movies
  • Music
  • TV
    • Anime
    • Online Shows

TTRPG news, reviews and interviews

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.

Visual Roundup

Green Ronin releases £12 Playtest for next generation of superhero RPG Catalyst Game Labs unveils pre-painted My Hero Academia miniatures game From a teen’s dream to gothic noir RPG: The story of Candlelight Inquisition An Unholy Alliance: Heroes and villains unite in the Doom Guard board game and TTRPG Routinely Itemised: RPG #320

Trending Tags

GEN CON KICKSTARTERS GREEN RONIN PUBLISHING MUTANTS & MASTERMINDS PLAYTEST

Contributors

  • ANDREW GIRDWOOD

Green Ronin releases £12 Playtest for next generation of superhero RPG

August 6, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Available on DriveThruRPG for nearly $15, this playtest edition is a significant step towards the full release of the fourth edition, which was previously confirmed for a 2026 launch.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Green Ronin Publishing, Mutants & Masterminds, playtest, Steve Kenson, superhero

Catalyst Game Labs unveils pre-painted My Hero Academia miniatures game

August 5, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The forthcoming My Hero Academia: Miniatures Game is a competitive experience for two or more players. Each player will take control of a team of three characters, choosing from a roster of aspiring heroes from U.A. High School or the series’ formidable villains.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Catalyst Game Labs, minis, my hero academia

From a teen’s dream to gothic noir RPG: The story of Candlelight Inquisition

August 4, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Imagine putting questions to a questioner. Here, I ask game designer Will Fish questions to uncover the gothic details about the investigation TTRPG Candlelight Investigation.

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

An Unholy Alliance: Heroes and villains unite in the Doom Guard board game and TTRPG

August 3, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Doom Guard roleplaying game is part of the Necessary Evil universe, originally conceived by Clint Black in 2004

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, kickstarters, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, superheroes

Routinely Itemised: RPG #320

August 2, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Alongside promises of change for D&D, major roleplaying game announcements include a new ThunderCats TTRPG, an updated Cypher System, and a host of new books for Cyberpunk RED

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cyberpunk red, Dungeons & Dragons, fantastic four, marvel, Marvel Multiverse Tabletop Role-Playing Game, routinely itemised, thundercats, wizards of the coast

Twilight Sword: A new anime-style RPG channels Zelda and Final Fantasy vibes

July 31, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In Twilight Sword, players will take on the roles of Champions tasked with a formidable quest: to restore hope to the beleaguered lands of Radia.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Free League Publishing, gen con, two little mice

Critical Role’s Daggerheart expands with high-profile designers, a new Kickstarter, and actual play partners

July 31, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

During its panel at Gen Con today, Critical Role’s publishing arm, Darrington Press, unveiled a significant expansion for its new fantasy roleplaying game, Daggerheart.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chris Perkins, critical role, daggerheart, darrington press, gen con, Jeremy Crawford, Keith Baker

While a protected bat makes headlines, Games Workshop sends lawyers after LARPers and cosplayers

July 31, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The creator received a Cease and Desist from Games Workshop, leading to the removal of over two dozen videos from the platform.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cosplay, games workshop, larp, legal, money, Ultramarines, warhammer

Cypher Evolved: Monte Cook Games reveals new edition ahead of Gen Con

July 30, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The new Cypher TTRPG edition is more of an evolution than a revolution.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cypher system, gen con, Monte Cook Games

First Look: Test the rules for grimdark RPG Gallows Corner with free Prerelease Guide

July 29, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Gallows Corner pits these characters against the established powers of the crown, nobility, and church in a struggle for England’s future.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, gallows corner, three sails studios

« Previous Page
Next Page »

Quick Links

  • Archives
  • Become an Event Sponsor
  • Chat Portal
  • Cookie Policy (UK)
  • Geek Conventions
  • Kickstarter Heat
  • Newsletter
  • Patreon
  • Resources
  • RPG Publisher Spotlight
  • Social Media
  • Podcast: Audio EXP

Info

  • Contact Us
  • Corrections
  • Privacy

Columns

  • Routinely Itemised TTRPG News
  • Quick mini-reviews
  • Quick highlights podcast
  • Recent Kickstarters 
  • Competitions!

Follow Us

Social Media

Recent Posts

  • Beyond the gunplay: Why The Division roleplaying game is a story of human resilience
  • Watch the first teaser for the ‘For All Mankind’ spinoff ‘Star City’
  • Check out the raw footage from Daniel Malloy’s band interview in ‘The Vampire Lestat’

Supporters

  • Patreon

Copyright © 2026 · News Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

Accept cookies?

To provide the best experiences, we and our partners use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us and our partners to process personal data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site and show (non-) personalized ads. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.

Click below to consent to the above or make granular choices. Your choices will be applied to this site only. You can change your settings at any time, including withdrawing your consent, by using the toggles on the Cookie Policy, or by clicking on the manage consent button at the bottom of the screen.

Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Statistics

Marketing

Features
Always active

Always active
  • Manage options
  • Manage services
  • Manage {vendor_count} vendors
  • Read more about these purposes
Manage options
  • {title}
  • {title}
  • {title}
pixel