Paul Mitchener’s Kickstarter for the Liminal RPG looks like it does everything wrong. Like Summerland we have a vertical video, just the author dialogue and in this case shaky cam footage from Mitchener’s lap. Easy to give a miss? Right? Stick with it. You’ll be able to tell that Paul Mitchener isn’t reading off a […]
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The world has changed: Summerland 2e Kickstarts
This is one of two British RPGs that are doing well in Kickstarter that Geek Native will look at tonight. Like Liminal the pitch video is… poor. A vertical shot of the author explaining his game. No art. No wow. Nothing. But what Summerland offers is intelligence. This is a sequel as well, the second […]
Hexcrawl mashup with sandbox as The Demonplague takes us post-apocalyptic
Geek Native will find a lot of time for Johnn Four of Roleplaying Tips.com. Four has contributed hugely to the online RPG community and written many books. His first Kickstarter, The Demonplague, asks for just CA$2,500 and its very close to making that target. At the time of writing there are two weeks still on […]
Is this the best ‘dice bag’ you’ve ever seen?
Dungeons & Dragons tabletop RPGer Melissa Alexandria likes her dice. Don’t we all? Those shiny little sparkle polyhedral. The problem? No pretty dice bags to match! Now Geek Native has blogged about impressive dice bags, dragon dice bags and even Total War dice bags but I admit Melissa has a point. In a Facebook share […]
Palladium Books looses the Robotech license after 30 years
Palladium Books has published Robotech games for 30 years but the license has now expired and it will not be renewed. This is especially bad news for the already problem haunted Robotech RPG Tactics (RPT) Kickstarter which took US$1.44 million in 2013. The second wave of backer rewards will not be coming but Palladium founder […]
Awesome (Revised): Far Away Land RPG returns to Kickstarter
It hardly feels like four years since Geek Native covered the first Far Away Land RPG on Kickstarter. That campaign was a success and now, back five times as strong, the updated version is smashing funding goals. You can follow the progress on the Campaign page. [Back this Campaign] At the time of writing Far […]
25 strange weather effects for your fantasy RPG
As a GM you might be populating a world full of magic, gods might battle in the skies and demons stalk the night. Despite all this magic, despite the strange elements and powers… the weather remains pretty much boring. In fact, it rarely rains and only when you remember! This post contains a bucket of […]
International GM’s Day 2018
March 4th is International GM’s Day (and the anniversary of Gary Gygax’s death). Every year the RPG publisher community rallies around to support GM’s Day in the form of sales. It can be a bit busy and a bit hard to keep track of. The purpose of this page is to keep tabs on the […]
Tomb Of Horrors: Inside D&D’s most deadly, divisive and downright famous dungeon
It’s 2006. Our party are trapped on a frozen island on a forgotten continent, miles from Faerun. Unable to leave due to a binding spell placed on us by our enemies, we have searched the island for a way out. Finding evidence of ruins beneath us, we start to dig our way in. After the […]
35 ideas for a non-musical bard
Bards are an important character class. They can make the difference between party success and party failure… but do they need to have some skinny character prancing around with a lute? No, they don’t. Here’s some ideas for a non-musical bard! Orators Your bard could be a storyteller, diplomat, motivational speaker, poet, philosopher, puppeteer, political […]
