• About
    • Policies
    • Write For Us
    • Ads
    • How We Earn Money
  • Email Digest
  • Patreon
  • Shop
  • Resources
    • Archives
    • Conventions
    • Chat Portal
    • Free eBooks
    • Latest TTRPG News Summary
    • RPG Tips
    • RPG Tools
    • Short Film Roulette

Geek Native

From the land of Geek

  • Books
    • Comics
  • Games
    • Console
    • Mobile
    • PC
    • Tabletop & RPGs
  • Geek Stuff
    • Cool Tech
    • Art
    • Interviews
    • Sites
    • GameWyrd
      • Echoes from the Wyrd
      • Famous Last Words
      • The Lost Archives
      • Weird Awards
      • Wyrd Reviews
  • Movies
  • Music
  • TV
    • Anime
    • Online Shows

TTRPG news, reviews and interviews

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.

Visual Roundup

A new edition of the Doctor Who RPG is in progress A Chaos Orb of card games: A review of BARPIG After Hours The tabletop Sea of Thieves RPG based on Microsoft’s Xbox game opens for box set pre-orders Fog of Love adds LGBT+ friendly covers DMB Games reveals new Tavern terrain

Trending Tags

UK GAMES EXPO BOARD GAMES CARD GAMES RPG IDEAS CUBICLE 7

Contributors

  • ANDREW GIRDWOOD
  • GUEST WRITER

A new edition of the Doctor Who RPG is in progress

May 31, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s not clear just how many resources the publisher has on the new edition.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cubicle 7, doctor who, Emmet Byrne, uk games expo

A Chaos Orb of card games: A review of BARPIG After Hours

May 31, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s no doubt BARPIG: After Hours will be enjoyed by friends and be involved in forging new friendships.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: card games, reviews, uk games expo

The tabletop Sea of Thieves RPG based on Microsoft’s Xbox game opens for box set pre-orders

May 31, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Sea of Thieves uses the new Avast system and promises quick and straightforward mechanics.

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

Fog of Love adds LGBT+ friendly covers

May 31, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In Fog of Love, much like in life, you rather discover the rules as you play. The goal is, often, to be happy in a relationship.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, uk games expo

DMB Games reveals new Tavern terrain

May 31, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There are even an upstairs balcony and support pillars so, if you wanted, you could build a second floor.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: models, uk games expo

From the Tokyo Game Market to Birmingham: Three new games from Moaideas

May 31, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The art below shows Japanese text as these are the promotional graphics from the Tokyo Game Market.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, card games, uk games expo

The Runelords board game premieres at UK Games Expo

May 30, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

The Runelords board game is set before the books and will begin its Kickstarter campaign this September.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, uk games expo

GM tips: 7 “Dos and Don’ts” for running Era Games!

May 30, 2019 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

With so many games, options and rules, it might be a bit daunting approaching the Era series. Thankfully, here’s Shades of Vengeance’s own Fred Harvey with seven tips to help GMs.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: rpg ideas, Shades of Vengeance

These editable NPC PDF reference sheets help keep track of your game world

May 30, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Reference sheets to record the name and role (such as class or race) of each NPC, three character traits for each, three values for each, one quirk, a secret or plot hook and one bond (good or bad).

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: rpg ideas

Wuxia melodrama from The Gauntlet Gaming Community: Hearts of Wulin romps through Kickstarter

May 30, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Characters are skilled martial artists from a world of rival clans, obligations and conspiracy.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: apocalypse engine, hearts of wulin, kickstarters, wuxia

« Previous Page
Next Page »

Quick Links

  • Archives
  • Become an Event Sponsor
  • Chat Portal
  • Cookie Policy (UK)
  • Geek Conventions
  • Kickstarter Heat
  • Newsletter
  • Patreon
  • Resources
  • RPG Publisher Spotlight
  • Social Media
  • Podcast: Audio EXP

Info

  • Contact Us
  • Corrections
  • Privacy

Columns

  • Routinely Itemised TTRPG News
  • Quick mini-reviews
  • Quick highlights podcast
  • Recent Kickstarters 
  • Competitions!

Follow Us

Social Media

Recent Posts

  • Keep Your Torches Lit: 26 Shadowdark modules from Menagerie Press for under £12
  • Audio EXP Podcast: #329 – Conpulsion catch up, Paizo veterans debut 13 Omens and the Gygax legacy
  • The World Dungeon expands with signed Matt Dinniman hardcover this May

Supporters

  • Patreon

Copyright © 2026 · News Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

Accept cookies?

To provide the best experiences, we and our partners use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us and our partners to process personal data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site and show (non-) personalized ads. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.

Click below to consent to the above or make granular choices. Your choices will be applied to this site only. You can change your settings at any time, including withdrawing your consent, by using the toggles on the Cookie Policy, or by clicking on the manage consent button at the bottom of the screen.

Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Statistics

Marketing

Features
Always active

Always active
  • Manage options
  • Manage services
  • Manage {vendor_count} vendors
  • Read more about these purposes
Manage options
  • {title}
  • {title}
  • {title}
pixel