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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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The brutal Viking 5e Svilland RPG has expansion plans: Frejya’s Tears comes to Kickstarter

July 29, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Dream Realm Storytellers have kicked off their expansion plans for their successful Svilland campaign setting with a grim adventure called Freyja’s Tears.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dream Realm Storytellers, Dungeons & Dragons, Freyja's Tears, kickstarters, svilland

Gamegenic and Studio Catan partner for new product line

July 29, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The new goodies include a “CATAN Trading Post” which is a card sorting tray, storage box and integrated dice tray all integrated into a single container.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Catan

The Umbrella Academy game launches

July 28, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The pitch video does a great job of bringing the game to life. It looks straightforward and dysfunctionally fun.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, dark horse, Gerard Way, kickstarters, the umbrella academy

Worth your money: An Elf and an Orc Had a Little Baby: Parentage and Upbringing in D&D

July 27, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A DMs Guild Dungeons & Dragons supplement that lets you design characters of mixed race and different upbringings.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: adam hancock, dms guild, Dungeons & Dragons, reviews

Is there HeroQuest board game relaunch coming?

July 27, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Paperwork for “HeroQuest Legacies” has been filed by Restoration Games, a company that specialises in bringing back old board games.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, games workshop, HeroQuest, Restoration Games

Curse of Strahd Revamped into a coffin-shaped box

July 27, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The vampire Count Strahd Von Zarovich is an iconic villain from Ravenloft, a D&D setting of horror.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, Ravenloft, wizards of the coast

Adam Koebel quits the Dune RPG Adventures in the Imperium

July 27, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

We can’t know the discussions Koebel and Modiphius had behind the scenes, but that statement does say “we feel his journey toward rectifying the situation isn’t yet complete.” Adam is resigning from the project but it feels like he had little choice.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Adam Koebel, dune, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Modiphius Entertainment

Free to Download: Wrath of the Bramble King

July 27, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The 5e adventure is suitable for four 2nd-level characters and is a suitable follow up for the adventure Mushroom Queen’s Pride, but does not need to be used in that way.

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

INSPIRISLES is an innovative RPG for teens and adults that teaches you sign language

July 27, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Traditional RPG mechanics have been politely pushed aside for a system built around Belief, the gameplay teaches empathy, life skills and deaf awareness.

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

A rocky start for the free Warhammer 40,000 App

July 27, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There have been nearly 2,500 reviews and most of them 1/5. At the time of writing, the app has an average review score of 1.2/5.

Filed Under: Cool Tech, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: apps, free to download, games workshop, warhammer 40k

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