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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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Talisman Monopoly agreed by USAopoly and Games Workshop

February 24, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There have been dozens of supplements and different version over the years, including computer game adaptations, and now there will be two new USAopoly editions.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: games workshop, monopoly, talisman, USAopoly

Explore the Hidden World: A review of the Liminal RPG

February 23, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

There might be vampires that hunt blood and the agony of werewolves unable to control the curse, but I think, in any Liminal game, there will always be the sense it could get even worse.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: liminal, paul mitchener, reviews

Wizards of the Coast will purge the name Zak S from all future D&D Player’s Handbooks

February 19, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Wizards of the Coast

We are removing Zak’s credit from future physical printings and digital versions of the Player’s Handbook.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: D&D Next, wizards of the coast

D&D: The ‘What does that stand for?’ list

February 18, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A list of about 120 fairly common acronyms and abbreviations.

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

Will small stores suffer as Magic: The Gathering drops suggested retail prices?

February 18, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Wizards of the Coast will be dropping their support for MSRP. The change starts with War of the Spark.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: magic the gathering, wizards of the coast

Game designer Matthew McFarland closes his company after abuse allegations

February 17, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 3 Comments

Matthew McFarland will close Growling Door Games. In a brief blog post the company said; It is with great sadness that we announce that we are shutting down Growling Door Games, Inc. Matt will be addressing the specific reasons for the shutdown sometime soon. Backers of Growling Door Games’ Undead Kickstarter have been reassured that […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Indie Press Revolution, Matthew McFarland, onyx path publishing

The Witcher TTRPG will get an Easy Mode which will be free

February 17, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Easy Mode is a 24-page booklet that acts as an introduction to The Witcher’s Interlock system, providing a simplified version of the mechanics. The booklet also contains pre-generated characters and an adventure.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free rpg day, R. Talsorian Games, the witcher

You can own the official D&D Stranger Things starter set

February 17, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Stranger Things red box is a set of detailed rules, an adventure book, two demogorgon figures, game dice and adventure written by ‘Mike’.

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

Sentinel Comics: The RPG storming through Kickstarter

February 16, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Greater Than Games team have brought in help for this project and for the last few years have been working with Cam Banks, Dave Chalker and Philippe-Antoine Menard from Critical-Hit Studios.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cam banks, greater than games, Sentinel comics, superheroes

Genre Police: Power Word: R.K.O

February 16, 2019 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

Before we begin, do me a favour: name a medium that has its own genre conventions and mythology. It also has magic items everyone wants, currently possessed by violent giants and evil vegan druids. It has undead wizards, weird cult leaders, demon channellers that are characters, played by people, where the story is ongoing and […]

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