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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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Wood Pirates: Astral Tabletop has a free Cyberpunk Red module

November 14, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Astral Tabletop the web browser-based virtual tabletop has a lightweight and free to use Cyberpunk Red module.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: astral tabletop, cyberpunk red, free to download, virtual tabletop

Old Guns Never Die: The first Cyberpunk Red DLC is already out

November 14, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Old Guns Never Die is a free download which helps GMs convert weaponry from Cyberpunk 2020 to Cyberpunk Red.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cyberpunk red, J Gray, Mike Pondsmith

World of Darkness FAQ: What does Paradox taking control mean for the RPGs?

November 14, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Will the recently released Vampire books be out of date? Will the Werewolf book ever get released?

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: hunters entertainment, Modiphius Entertainment, Paradox Interactive, Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, world of darkness

Game guide: How to win Salvage Hidden Treasures

November 14, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Ocean City Games have a successful Kickstarter campaign for Salvage Hidden Treasures running. There’s just under two weeks to get involved. The Plymouth-based company has put together a “How to win” video for the game. Step one is having the game, and step two is becoming champion of your friends and family, after all. Firstly, […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, kickstarters

Stats: Are people planning to buy more board games this Christmas?

November 14, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

The gift-giving season in 2020 is going to be radically different from last year.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, stats

Upzone’s pop-up gaming terrain transforms tabletops

November 14, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The video shows whole buildings emerging when two halves of a playing mat are opened up. These mats fit together so you can turn a floor or a tabletop into an entire battleground.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: battle mats, kickstarters, models, terrain

The real deal: A review of Cyberpunk Red

November 13, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 3 Comments

Is it worth buying Cyberpunk Red if you already have the quickstart?

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cody pondsmith, Cyberpunk, cyberpunk red, J Gray, Mike Pondsmith, R. Talsorian Games, reviews

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #74

November 13, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In RPG news; it’s Friday the 13th, and there are quite a few big books about to be released; Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything and Cyberpunk Red to name two.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 9th level games, beowulf, carbon 2185, castles & crusades, cawood publishing, CONAN Adventures In An Age Undreamed Of, cortex prime, critical role, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, dark places & demogorgons, darrington press, defenders of the new century, dragon turtle games, Dungeons & Dragons, en publishing, Evil Hat Productions, fandom tabletop, Fantasy Grounds, foundry, goodman games, hammerdog games, handiwork games, humblewood, ivan van norman, jonathan hicks, Keith Baker, kobold press, luke gygax, mausritter, Monte Cook Games, Nightfall Games, osprey games, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Renegade Game Studios, routinely itemised, starfinder, tasha's cauldron of everything, terminator, the witcher, those dark places, vaesen, Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, World Anvil, world of darkness

Luke Gygax joins Bardsung as a guest writer

November 13, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Steamforged Games’ Bardsung is, well, singing. The Kickstarter took just over an hour to hit it’s £76,000 goal and now, with two weeks left, there’s more than £250,000 pledged. Luke Gygax, of the D&D Gygax-line, has become the most recent guest writer announced for the project and joins names like Ian Livingstone, Rhianna Pratchett and […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, Ian Livingstone, kickstarters, luke gygax, rhianna pratchett, sara thompson, Steamforged Games

Free to Download: The Island of the Dead Sand for Lex Arcana

November 13, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In The Island of the Dead Sand the characters are on the way back from a mission in Britannia to Rome on a Greek ship only to be caught by in strangely violent storm right before the Pillars of Hercules.

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

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