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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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Continuing the archive of independent Tabletop & RPGs reporting (Archive Page 62).

Eisner Award-winning noir comic Blacksad is now a tabletop RPG

August 29, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Following the popular video game, the world of private investigator John Blacksad is now a TTRPG, complete with rules for noir action and stats for key characters.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs

Harlem Unbound creator Chris Spivey joins Delta Green’s Arc Dream Publishing

August 29, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Arc Dream Publishing, the team behind Delta Green, has hired Chris Spivey of Harlem Unbound fame and confirmed The Black Company RPG is still in the works.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Arc Dream Publishing, chris spivey, Delta Green, Harlem Unbound, Shane Ivey, the black company

Free to Download: The Gamemaster’s Tome of Infinite Treasures – Preview

August 29, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Gamemaster’s Tome of Infinite Treasures, which will have its wire-bound edition limited to the USA due to shipping challenges, is being sent to us via Kickstarter.

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

A review of Victoriana core rules (5e D&D edition)

August 29, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The game, designed by Walt Ciechanowski and Dominic McDowall, uses the 5e system and presents a world teetering between old traditions and a revolutionary future.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cubicle 7, Dominic McDowall, Dungeons & Dragons, reviews, Victoriana

Zozer Games drops two Hostile bundles for Alien-inspired roleplaying

August 29, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Your mission briefing is time-sensitive; however, the deals are scheduled to be removed from the Bundle of Holding system on Tuesday, 16th September. Don’t get caught in the cold of space without backup.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Cepheus Engine, hostile, sci-fi, traveller, Zozer Games

Troll Lord Games releases starter set for OSR pioneer Castles & Crusades

August 28, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Learn to play the classic fantasy roleplaying game Castles & Crusades with a new starter set, now available on DriveThruRPG.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: castles & crusades, Dungeons & Dragons, Troll Lord Games

Tabletop Scotland now officially shapes a piece of D&D’s Forgotten Realms

August 28, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Find out how the Scottish convention Tabletop Scotland became a D&D Adventurers League Premier Organiser, giving it exclusive control of the Forgotten Realms region of Murghôm.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: adventurers league, conventions, Dungeons & Dragons, forgotten realms, tabletop scotland

Enter a world of neon grime with the free Quickstart for Dirt City Blues

August 28, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Step back into a world of VHS static, cheap cologne, and flickering motel signs.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, the world anvil publishing

Free League releases irrevocable open license for Coriolis: The Great Dark

August 28, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Following a trend in the TTRPG space, Free League has launched an irrevocable open license for Coriolis: The Great Dark, but it comes with some specific rules for creators.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Coriolis, Free League Publishing

Son of Oak launches community content program for Legend in the Mist

August 27, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Son of Oak Game Studio has launched the Cauldron of Mist, a new community content program on DriveThruRPG for the Legend in the Mist TTRPG.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: :otherscape, drivethrurpg, legend in the mist, Son of Oak Game Studio

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