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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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D&D campaign setting Vast Kaviya offers up free 40-page preview

October 23, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s a 40-page preview of the game that’s free to download or check out online.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, Mike Myler, previews

Against the Darkmaster funds in a day as gamers flock to the fantasy metal mashup

October 23, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Heavy metal combat mixes with epic fantasy in a d100 using RPG. The Kickstarter is to pay for a physical book.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: against the darkmaster, kickstarters, open ended games

Romance and danger: GrymmWorld for 5e

October 21, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A goal of GrymmWorld is to get players and DMs to collaborate on the story. To help achieve this, designer Grant Ellis has introduced the ‘Narrador’.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 2CGaming, Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters

Read for free: GAMA’s brand new gaming magazine

October 21, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

“Around The Table” is intended for tabletop gaming professionals and the articles (and ads) inside it reflect that.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, gama

Deep Magic has more than $100,000 in pledges on Kickstarter

October 20, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A pledge of $25 means you get a copy of Deep Magic in PDF. You also get to submit a spell.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters, kobold press, Steve Winter

Genre Police: The Flasher In the Jitty

October 20, 2019 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

The genre police take a look at urban myths and how to spin an RPG out from them.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: genre police, horror

Werewolf: The Apocalypse 5th Edition (W5) in progress

October 20, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Paradox Interactive has found a partner to work on the next edition of Werewolf: The Apocalypse.

Filed Under: PC, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: trailers, Werewolf: The Apocalypse

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #18

October 18, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Speed-read your way through this week’s RPG news from Geek Native and around the web.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Andrew Peregrine, Carnival Row, cubicle 7, eric bloat, gale force 9, lord of the rings, Modiphius Entertainment, paizo, Pelgrane Press, routinely itemised, Shades of Vengeance, soulbound, The One Ring, Troll Lord Games, wizards of the coast, wrath & glory

The Lord of the Rings RPG map reveal

October 18, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Cubicle 7 has given fans a look at the cartography from the forthcoming second edition of The One Ring RPG.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cartography, cubicle 7, lord of the rings, maps, The One Ring

The World of Darkness is on Humble Bundle

October 18, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

All the downloads on offer are expansion books, with many from the “by Night” or “Rage Across” series. These are Vampire and Werewolf sets.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: humble bundle, Vampire: The Masquerade, vampires, werewolf, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, world of darkness

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