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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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Continuing the archive of independent Tabletop & RPGs reporting (Archive Page 526).

Hot: LoreSmyth launches Heroic Challenges for players and GMs

April 7, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The cards are system-agnostic, and the starter set provides 200 combinations.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cards, kickstarters, loresmyth, rpg ideas

D&D 5 contributor named as an alleged online harasser

April 7, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Today, Daniel D. Fox the developer of the award-winning ZWEIHÄNDER RPG has posted a public statement regarding Tarnowski / RPG Pundit / Kasimir Urbanski.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: daniel d. fox, legal

Sine Nomine Publishing’s Godbound hits the Bundle of Holding

April 6, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Godbound is an RPG set after fall of gods and when Heaven’s throne is empty. Players are new Godbound, those new deities determined to make a better world out of the fragment of the old one.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, godbound, kevin crawford, sine nomine publishing

Free to Download: Drixit, Dobble, Combo Color, Unlock, Cortex and Timeline

April 6, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Asmodee are happy to offer families a way to play together from the comfort and safety of their home.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Asmodee, board games, free to download

Momentum or Chaos: A review of the Dishonored RPG

April 5, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The early reviews are split between hate and love. This is a review of the third update of the game. That, at least, acknowledges Modiphius is being responsive to those negative reviews.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dishonored, Federico Sohns, Modiphius Entertainment, reviews

Genre Police: A Structured Argument

April 5, 2020 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

If you are a GM, you probably think about structure a lot without even trying – balancing combat, intelligence challenging & social encounters, making sure you check the clock to deliver a good cliffhanger, that sort of thing.

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

Out now: Devil’s Run RPG and free quickstart

April 4, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This tabletop roleplaying game is set within Word Forge Games’ Devil’s Run: Route 666 board game.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, red scar publishing, savage worlds

Free to Download: Frostgrave

April 4, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Osprey, the publisher, has released a coupon code that will mean you can download the rules for free.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, frostgrave, joseph mccullough, osprey games

Whispers of Luna: Hunters tease Werewolf 5th edition

April 4, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The “Whispers of Luna” teaser for Werewolf: The Apocalypse 5th edition is due out next week.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: hunters entertainment, werewolf, Werewolf: The Apocalypse

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #42

April 3, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Game companies are making PPE and sounding SOS, magical tattoos and freebies all in one week.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chaosium, cubicle 7, dead channel studios, Dungeons & Dragons, Eclipse Phase, en world, Green Ronin Publishing, loke, loresmyth, oliver mcneil, pathfinder, routinely itemised, runequest, the dark eye, the expanse, the expanse rpg, warhammer 40k, wizards of the coast, wrath & glory

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