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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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Roll a “natural 21” thanks to this Kickstarter Free to Download: Boss Monsters Second Gygax Will brings the family to court as a D&D legacy battle brews This D&D race uses Illithid larvae to recreate Stargate’s Jaffa 52 Fates: One pack of cards to run a fantasy RPG

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Roll a “natural 21” thanks to this Kickstarter

May 25, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If you’re in the States, then a pledge of $5 will get you a Nat21 dice or $25 will get you four and a game token.

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

Free to Download: Boss Monsters

May 25, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

14 baddies worthy of being your big bag in any 5e campaign.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Celeste Conowitch, Dungeons & Dragons, free to download, kobold press

Second Gygax Will brings the family to court as a D&D legacy battle brews

May 25, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Luke Gygax has a second Will that his father wrote, and it may replace the one Gail has been using to date.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Gary Gygax, legal, luke gygax

This D&D race uses Illithid larvae to recreate Stargate’s Jaffa

May 24, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Long ago, a dying hive of mind flayers discovered a prosperous nomadic clan of strong warriors.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dms guild, Dungeons & Dragons, stargate

52 Fates: One pack of cards to run a fantasy RPG

May 24, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

52 Fates frees players from the uncontrolled, random results of throwing dice, as they need to make conscious choices on which cards to use, when to use them, which cards to save for later, and how many cards to use in a certain play.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cards, itch.io

Trudvang Adventures brings its grim fantasy to Kickstarter

May 24, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Trudvang has 20 years of real-life history to explore and as RiotMinds are keen to point out, the D&D community has been eager to get its collective hands on it for a while.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters, riotminds, Trudvang Adventures

New Warhammer 40K announced, and it’ll be backwards compatible

May 23, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Today, Games Workshop announced a new edition of Warhammer 40K – their iconic grimdark sci-fi wargame.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: games workshop, wargames, warhammer 40k

Free to Download: Warhammer 40K RPG Wrath & Glory’s Graveyard Shift

May 22, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Written by Robert Buckey and Zak Dale-Clutterbuck this 19-paged PDF 40K mission acts as an introduction to the horrors of the 41st Millennium.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cubicle 7, free to download, warhammer 40k, wrath & glory

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #49

May 22, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Cancellations strike the big conventions, but there’s more happening online, and such an event might introduce a new campaign setting for Dungeons & Dragons.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Age of Ambition, astate, bundle of holding, chris spivey, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, d&d live, dnd beyond, ENnies, essen game fair, fate of the norns, gail simone, gen con, gen con online, Harlem Unbound, humblewood, kobold press, lord of the rings, Mike Mearls, Nightfall Games, Paizo Publishing, paizocon, Palladium Books, pathfinder, realmwarp media, Renegade Game Studios, roll20, routinely itemised, soulbound, stargate, storybrewers, tab creations, the expanse rpg, the fantasy trip, The One Ring, World Anvil, zweihander

Free League’s The Lord of the Rings RPG is due out early 2021

May 22, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Francesco Nepitello will be making changes to the rules. The game will not use the Year Zero engine.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Francesco Nepitello, Free League Publishing, lord of the rings, The One Ring, Tomas Härenstam

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