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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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Death on the Cards: Modiphius Entertainment collaborates with Agatha Christie Limited

June 5, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Every character is guilty of something, but only one of them is the murderer!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: card games, Modiphius Entertainment

The ultimate guide on TTRPG shops: Remarkable Shops & Their Wares on Kickstarter

June 4, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Remarkable Shops & Their Wares has 100 pages, is system neutral but also includes some “5e-ish” rules for special effects.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, loresmyth, nord games

Clockwork Publishing goes bankrupt

June 4, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

The crowdfunding for Clockwork Publishing’s Dark Conspiracy only just finished, it raised nearly $40,000 but it wasn’t enough.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: clockwork publishing, Dark Conspiracy, money

Space is vast, dark, and not your friend: A review of the Cinematic Starter Kit for the Alien RPG

June 4, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 6 Comments

A great way to learn the game and an acceptable way to pass the time while we wait for the main book to hit the printers.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: alien, alien rpg, Free League Publishing, horror, reviews, sci-fi

Wizards of the Coast change the rules to Magic: The Gathering

June 3, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Out goes the current Vancouver mulligan system and, from the Core Set 2020, in comes the London mulligan. This effects competitive play.

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

Post-apocalyptic action for Savage Worlds: The After RPG funds on Kickstarter

June 3, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The After uses the newly retooled Savage Worlds Adventure Edition and is set in a post-apocalyptic sci-fi world.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: apocalyptic, kickstarters, savage worlds, the after

Free RPG: Jason Statham’s Big Vacation

June 3, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You play together as an elite team of secret operatives trying to make sure Jason Statham has a great vacation. You’ll be opposed by the Wesley Sniper.

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

Competition: Win a copy of BARPIG

June 3, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 16 Comments

BARPIG was one of the hits of this year’s UK Games Expo. Their stand was always busy as gamers herded forward to hear about this fun card game you can play with or without real-life drinks in your hand.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: competitions

You have two cows… the roleplaying game edition

June 2, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 19 Comments

You have two cows. On a 10+ they graze peacefully without incident.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeon World, Dungeons & Dragons, fiasco, GURPS, humour, Legend of the Five Rings, pathfinder, savage worlds, Shadowrun

Dungeons & Dragons did you know: Avernus is a real place

June 2, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s a volcanic crater in Italy and is believed to be the entrance to the Underworld.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: baldur's gate, Descent into Avernus, Dungeons & Dragons, history

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