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Page 523 of Geek Native’s Tabletop & RPGs archive (8,450 total articles).

Nightfell to bring grimdark horror to D&D and make it look good

July 10, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Nightfell is a world in which the undead have risen and eternal beings, doomed to exist forever, crave the end of reality.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters, Mana Project Studio, nightfell

Myrrk: The Blighted Well is a new type of solo-RPG gamebook

July 9, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Blighted Well takes the idea of Fighting Fantasy style gamebook, adds isometric dungeons, more rules and creates a more fully-fledged solo RPG experience.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, solo rpgs

$118 million: Tabletop games booming on Kickstarter, despite Covid

July 9, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Now, new data from ICO Partners shows that the start of 2020 was a record-breaking six months despite Covid.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: ico partners, stats

20 years and 16 ENnies later: The Iron Kingdoms RPG returns for 5e

July 8, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Iron Kingdoms launched in 2001 and used D&D 3 to fuel a steampunk setting populated with Warjacks and Gun Mages.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: iron kingdoms, Privateer Press

D&D gets a combat wheelchair

July 8, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 19 Comments

Starting with the note that anyone can be an adventure, the D&D-designed combat wheelchair grants the user with proficiency with Land Vehicles and Tinker’s Tools.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, free to download, sara thompson

Philip Reed’s The Book of Dungeon Encounters enters final stretch

July 7, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A pledge of $1 is enough to secure the PDF version of Philip Reed’s “The Book of Dungeon Encounters”.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, Philip J Reed

Break the System: Shadowrun 5e in two Bundle of Holding deals

July 7, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Shadowrun 6e is out, and to mixed reviews. That means we should be alert for cheap Shadowrun 5e deals from Catalyst Game Labs.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Catalyst Game Labs, Shadowrun

Kobold Press appoints Amanda Hamon as Editorial Director

July 7, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

As Editorial Director, Amanda will be managing the company’s Kickstarters, looking after the Warlock Lair publications that come out each month and working out the schedule.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Amanda Hamon, kobold press

Roll for good: Black Lives Matter dice set

July 7, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

HeartBeatDice sell a rainbow of shiny polyhedrals, pins, trays and even lanyards.

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

Genre Police: The Quickie

July 6, 2020 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

When we talk about the third dial of game structure – Duration – perhaps we should just pause and understand that often, this dial is dictated by people’s lives.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: genre police, rpg tips

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