As it’s Superhero Week here on Geek Native let’s head to Kickstarter and see which RPGs might fit the bill. Eric Bloat’s OSR inspired ‘Survive This!!1 Vigilante City is an easy game to pick for the week as it made 100% of its (modest) goal in just 3 hours. If you’re quick enough you can […]
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Free to Download: Get the preview of Vampire 5e right now
Update — Vampire: The Masquerade 5e is now available to download at the Storytellers Vault. A free preview is also available. Has it been a while since you played in the World of Darkness? The 5th edition of Vampire the Masquerade will be released this August in GenCon, but in the meantime, you can help yourself […]
Artful D&D and RPG custom character sheets from Jillian of Midgard
Pop over to Etsy and visit Jillian of Midgard if you have a character sheet. This talented artist can take a D&D or other RPG character sheet and personalise it with a portrait of your character and for very reasonable prices too. Don’t believe me? Check out some Instagram teasers of her work! Jillian of […]
Wow! These Printable Heroes really work!
This Orcus was shared by Aaron Dias a gamer from Calgary. The demon isn’t a D&D miniature in the traditional sense. It’s paper and Aaron printed out the beast himself. Impressive, huh? No wonder the Patreon behind the project, Printable Heroes, has nearly $8,000 a month in donations and almost 3,000 gamers backing it. They’re […]
15 alternatives to starting your fantasy RPG in a tavern
It’s not wrong to start your fantasy adventure with your to-be-heroes in a tavern but it is a cliche. What if you want to do something different? An accessible and wise approach is to have your players work together to build some reason to care for the other PCs into their own character’s background. ‘Session […]
Genre Police: The Only Good Pirate Is A Fake Pirate
Hoist the mainsail! Stow the booty! Set Sail For Outer shores! And while we’re at it, make sure we paint over anything that might make a bunch of bandits at sea look like criminals! Spend some time with us and let investigate the genre of pirates and how its far from a guide to the […]
Trade and tactics: Efemeris – Celestial Domination navigates Kickstarter
There’s a lovely “old school” sketch style to DTDA Games’ Efemeris – Celestial Dominations board game. At a glance you might think it’s about the European nations expanding out to subjugate and trade with the rest of the world. Well, it kinda is… but in space. You can follow the progress on Kickstarter here. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dtdagames/efemeris-celestial-domination/ […]
7,764 free RPGs! It’s Free RPG Day
It’s Free RPG today. Gamers around the world are encouraged to pop into their local store and try a new RPG for free today. It’s made possible by a host of sponsors which Geek Native thank and will mention a little later on. Since 2014 Geek Native has been tracking the number of free RPGs […]
Roll20 introduces character builder and shines the light on which RPGs are hot
The Orr Group is the company responsible for the very popular Roll20 virtual tabletop that lets you and friends play RPG online even if you’re thousands of miles apart. Just how popular is Roll20? The latest industry report from the software developers looks at the first quarter of 2018 and has a player sample size […]
FFG announce new Legend of the Five Rings RPG
A new version of the popular Legend of the Five Rings RPG is due out in the third quarter of this year. There will be a Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Core Rulebook, the Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Dice Pack and the Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game Master’s Kit. The […]
