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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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Barkadan: Filipino-inspired survival horror roleplaying game launches on Kickstarter

July 23, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Discover Barkadan, a Filipino-inspired survival horror tabletop roleplaying game setting built around community bonds and classless skill trees.

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

Dungeons and Shakespeare: Bringing tabletop roleplaying to the Edinburgh Fringe

July 22, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Creator Shelby Bond explains how Dungeons and Shakespeare turns classic theatre into interactive tabletop roleplaying games at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, edinburgh, shakespeare

Norse Fantasy Unleashed: The Thrones & Bones TTRPG bundle hits Bundle of Holding

July 22, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Brave the cold realm of Norrøngard with the Thrones & Bones RPG bundle. Explore Norse myth, fight draugar, and claim glory in this mythic campaign setting.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, tales of the valiant, vikings

Children of Time: Sci-fi tabletop novel adaptation hits crowdfunding

July 22, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Rowan, Rook and Decard launches the official Children of Time roleplaying game on Kickstarter, bringing Adrian Tchaikovsky’s sci-fi epic to the tabletop.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky, kickstarters, rowan rook and decard

Tiny Onion, Bad Idea, Mondo, and Naruto TCG reveal San Diego Comic-Con 2026 plans

July 22, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Independent comic publishers and card game distributors are using San Diego Comic-Con 2026 exclusives and city activations to build direct subscriber lists.

Filed Under: Comics, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bad idea, card games, conventions, masters of the universe, Matt Kindt, naruto, sdcc

Interview with the Vampire RPG coming to BackerKit this autumn

July 21, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Renegade Game Studios is adapting AMC’s Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe into a tabletop roleplaying game, launching on BackerKit in autumn 2026.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Renegade Game Studios, vampires

Lord of the Dice II: Modular metal dice replacement hits Kickstarter

July 20, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Discover how Lord of the Dice II replaces standard polyhedral sets with a glueless, modular metal spinner cube for tabletop roleplaying games.

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

Sing the space cowboy blues with two Orbital Blues RPG bundles

July 20, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Explore the melancholic, lo-fi space Western world of Orbital Blues with two huge digital RPG collections from SoulMuppet Publishing.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Orbital Blues, soulmuppet

As Spain takes the FIFA World Cup, why are TTRPGs not playing ball?

July 19, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

As Spain takes the 2026 global crown, why is football still completely missing from modern tabletop roleplaying design?

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs

The Body in the Mage Tower: Frankenstein-inspired Mystery launches on Kickstarter

July 19, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Midnight Tower returns with an 80-page, Frankenstein-inspired Gothic murder mystery adventure for fifth edition featuring scalable encounters and deep investigation mechanics.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters, level up, midnight tower, tales of the valiant

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