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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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Here are the racist Magic cards Wizards have banned Routinely Itemised: RPGs #52 Free to Download: A code of  conduct for your RPG projects D&D leak: A closer look at Icewind Dale – Rime of the Frostmaiden It’s not subtle, it’s “Bardic Inspiration”: Cannabis-themed dice

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Here are the racist Magic cards Wizards have banned

June 12, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The “Invoke Prejudice” card was filed into the Magic: The Gathering database using supremacist terrorist parlance.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: card games, magic the gathering, wizards of the coast

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #52

June 12, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A roundup of TTRPG news, including The Rime of the Frostmaiden leak from D&D, virtual conventions being announced or cancelled at short notice, reviews and interviews.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Adam Koebel, Cyberpunk, cyberpunk red, dms guild, drivethrurpg, Dungeons & Dragons, fiasco, Helmgast, kobold press, kult, magpie games, Monte Cook Games, onyx path publishing, origins online, R. Talsorian Games, rime of the frostmaiden, role, routinely itemised, the grinning frog, wizards of the coast, World Anvil

Free to Download: A code of conduct for your RPG projects

June 11, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A code of conduct is one of the things you should never have to discover you’re missing at short notice. When it does become exciting, it’s probably too late.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: ethics, free to download

D&D leak: A closer look at Icewind Dale – Rime of the Frostmaiden

June 11, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 5 Comments

D&D Beyond allegedly ran a trailer on their YouTube channel before pulling the video

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: D&D Next, dnd beyond, Dungeons & Dragons, icewind dale, rime of the frostmaiden, wizards of the coast

It’s not subtle, it’s “Bardic Inspiration”: Cannabis-themed dice

June 10, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Well now, Awesome Dice will be selling these “Bardic Inspiration” dice. [Make these mine] The company is being up-front; these are Cannabis-themed dice. What’s the opening line? “Take your character to new heights…” I’ll bet. These resin dice have a smokey vapour inside and are inked in the green shades you would expect. There’s a […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: awesome dice, dice

The strangest Invisible Sun book yet: The Threshold opens for pre-orders

June 10, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Threshold takes us to the Labyrinth, that final challenge faced by the vislae before they transcend.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, invisible sun, Monte Cook Games

Dungeons, Mazes & Barrows 5e on Humble Bundle

June 10, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Humble raises money for charities with each deal, and this time the Book Industry Charitable Foundation is getting a slice of the action.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundles, frog god games, greg gillespie, humble bundle, kobold press, Planet X Games, sales, Troll Lord Games

Maximum Apocalypse Kickstarts its way to life as a TTRPG

June 10, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Characters have to find enough food to survive while handling alien invasions, stalking zombies, robots, mutants and, well, … it’s Maximum Apocalypse.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

DMs Guild and DriveThruRPG launch Black Lives Matter D&D & RPG bundles

June 10, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Onebookshelf and Wizards of the Coast’s DMs Guild and the sister site DriveThruRPG have today launched spotlights and bundles to raise money for Black Lives Matter and the National Police Accountability Project.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundles, charity, dms guild, drivethrurpg, money, sales

The Toughest Dungeon in the World

June 9, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

The original Toughest Dungeon was published back in 1980, not by Flying Buffalo, but by the (original) Judges Guild. The new version has been released by Trollhalla Press and is 48 pages long.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: flying buffalo, Ken St Andre, tunnels & trolls

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