Geek Native was lucky enough to be able to report on some of the successes at DriveThruRPG in 2018. We don’t have access to sales volumes but we did get the by-genre top ten. The genre charts looked to be quite a battle with some games storming up the rankings in only a matter of […]
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A “quick and easy” guide to picking your D&D 5e character class
There are some unexpected outcomes in the flow of decisions including the recommendation that you should pick the Artificer character class because you’re weird.
Heartbroken Matthew Mercer replies to frustrated DM
Matthew Mercer, the DM of the hugely popular Critical Role, admitted a comment left by a fellow DM on Reddit’s DM Academy left him feeling a little heartbroken.
The ‘other’ best selling RPGs of 2018
If your RPG doesn’t fit nicely into any of the provided genres or it can also be used in extra genres then DriveThruRPG provides the ‘Other’ tag as a place to put your game.
A look inside: Degenesis – The Killing Game
The Killing Game is a 208-paged hardcover that takes players deeper into the darkness of the southern coast of Franka.
The best selling Western RPGs of 2018
To round off the year Geek Native and DriveThruRPG has been going through the best selling RPGs from the retailer’s genre tags.
Memories as mechanics: Nibiru RPG persuades Kickstarters to back its new approach
Nibiru isn’t shy about being a quirky game. It has inspiration drawn from Ancient Mesopotamia and a mechanics system which builds out PCs by retelling their past.
The best selling horror RPGs of 2018
The empire is split asunder by a terrible tear in space and for trillions of people, every day is a living hell.
Dungeons and Dragons: What is a Coffeelock?
A “Coffeelock” is a multiclass Sorcerer / Warlock. A Coffeelock is built to use the Flexible Casting rules of the Sorcerer in conjunction with the Pact Magic ability of the Warlock.
Will it be enough? More updates from Mage Company as they partner with Quartermaster Logistics
Mage Company was very busy a few years ago running a number of Kickstarters. It’s been disastrous since then with many backers still waiting for the early games. The Athens based board game publisher simply hasn’t been able to deliver on its promises. In June the company announced it had been hacked, and an unknown […]
