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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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Tabletop & RPGs Reports

Continuing the archive of independent Tabletop & RPGs reporting (Archive Page 566).

1,974 sapphire dice sets available from WotC at $300 for D&D’s 45 birthday

November 12, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Wizards of the Coast will only make 1,974 (D&D was published in 1974) sets of these dice, and even though they cost $300, I suspect they’ll sell out.

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

Space is Hell: A review of Free League Publishing’s Alien RPG

November 11, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I liked the Cinematic preview. Now the £65 book has arrived I’m even happier. It feels like an excellent investment, a good game and a worthy addition to my gaming library.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: alien, alien rpg, Free League Publishing, reviews

Aliens have invaded Dungeons & Dragons: A review of Blades & Blasters

November 11, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Aliens in D&D is a wild-card of an idea, but it’s an intriguing possibility, even though I suspect as many people will wrinkle their nose in displeasure as who’ll embrace the idea.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, reviews

Genre Police: The Truth Is Out There… Somewhere

November 10, 2019 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

While we now have a world where both surveillance and sousveillance technology has openly revealed the flaws of those in power but, paradoxically, every piece of data is seen as a clue to a greater conspiracy.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Delta Green, genre police

Two Cthulhu Humble Bundles from Pelgrane Press

November 10, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Trail of Cthulhu publisher, Pelgrane Press, has two different Cthulhu themed bundles up on the discount website Humble Bundle.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cthulhu, humble bundle, Pelgrane Press, sales, Trail of Cthulhu

Mantic and Dark Horse summon a limited edition Krampus mini for the Hellboy board game

November 10, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Hellboy Board Game Krampus

The 6″ model is unpainted and unassembled but does arrive with exclusive Unexpected Threat cards for Hellboy: The Board Game.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, hellboy, mantic games, models

The most expansive Traveller campaign: The Deepnight Revelation

November 10, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The box set has four books inside; 32-paged Deepnight Legacy adventure that acts an introduction, the 64-paged Terminus Point adventure for the finale, the 104-paged Campaign Guide for the middle and the 96-paged Referee’s Handbook.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, Mongoose Publishing, traveller

Enjoy a cup of tea: A review of Towpath

November 10, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Play begins with a circle being drawn on the sheet of paper the game is using to record the trip. This is your destination.

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

Cubicle 7 reveal more Wrath & Glory Revised art

November 10, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The illustrator featured here is Mark Gibbons, and the art will appear in the Wrath & Glory revised edition.

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

Gothic horror for your tabletop: The Curse of the House of Rookwood

November 9, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In the game you create a cursed family, they’ve troubled relationships but also supernatural powers, and the goal of the RPG is to either bury your skeletons or bring the family to ruin.

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

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