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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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October 4, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The best way to check out a new system is to enjoy a hefty and free preview.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: curious monk, drivethrurpg, free to download, previews

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #16

October 4, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s October and all of a sudden everyone is talking about Halloween. The horror and supernaturally themed Kickstarters are appearing, GMs are plotting scary scenarios, and web hosts are breeding an army of mutant bandwidth bills that feed on blogger blood. The start of the month also means a new RPG Publisher Spotlight poll for […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 13th age, astral tabletop, blue rose, Chaosium, dinosaurs, Dungeons & Dragons, Green Ronin Publishing, lex arcana, Paizo Publishing, Pelgrane Press, quality games, routinely itemised, space 1889, stargate, Ulisses North America, wizards of the coast, wizkids

D&D grows: New Druid, Cleric and Wizard options

October 4, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Wizards of the Coast’s Unearthed Arcana has expanded the ongoing playtest around D&D 5th edition.

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

Night Shift: Veterans of the Supernatural Wars RPG on Kickstarter

October 4, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A pledge of $10 is enough for the PDF, and $30 is enough for a hardback in black and white.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

Feast of Legends: Burger chain Wendy’s just released a tabletop RPG

October 3, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

In the game, the nation of Freshtovia is threatened by the ice Jester and frozen beef.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: humour

Mongoose shows us inside the Sea of Thieves RPG boxset

October 3, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Mongoose essentially put together an unboxing video as a way to let customers see what the £60 box contains.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Mongoose Publishing, sea of thieves

Seekers Beyond The Shroud: A solo occult RPG

October 2, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Seekers Beyond the Shroud has a randomly generated mission system, and it’s that which has you exploring locations.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: exalted funeral, kickstarters, occult

The GamesFest RPG convention descends into far-right bigotry on Twitter

October 1, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 5 Comments

Twitter has begun deleting some of the most extreme posts from GamesFest, a UK RPG convention.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: haunted west, twitter

Haunted West, a Historical Weird West RPG rustles up a posse

September 30, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The sub-title for the Kickstarter is about amplifying the voices of the forgotten people of the old west. The game’s timeline re-writes history and the fate of the South after the American civil war, putting black farmers in charge.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: chris spivey, Darker Hue Studios, Dennis Detwiller, haunted west, Kenneth Hite, kickstarters, weird west

OSR fantasy RPG Humble Bundle

September 30, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The discount site Humble Bundle has $624 worth of OSR RPG goodies in a bundle. It’s a $1 to get a slice of the action.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: frog god games, humble bundle, kobold press, Mythmere Games, North Wind Adventures, Old School Renaissance, sales, Troll Lord Games

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