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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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Page 653 of Geek Native’s Tabletop & RPGs archive (8,450 total articles).

Free League’s Forbidden Lands RPG offers a twist to the classic fantasy

December 7, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In the game, players take on the roles of rogues and raiders, not heroes, who are brave and bold enough to carve out their names in a cursed world.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: ben milton, Chris McDowall, forbidden lands, Free League Publishing, Modiphius Entertainment, Simon Stalenhag

Download the classic Traveller RPG for free

December 6, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Traveller has continued to evolve, different versions have been created and publishers by many RPG companies, but this original rule collection is known as Classic Traveller. You can now download it for free from DriveThruRPG.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Far Future Enterprises, free to download, game designers workshop, traveller

Gamers supporting Whales Destroying the World

December 6, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The whales have had enough and are out to destroy the world. There are only two things in their way; peace-loving turtles and a superhero spy!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: card games, kickstarters, superheroes

A look at the seven cultures of the post-apocalyptic Degenesis RPG

December 5, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

This post is another art teaser and in it we’re looking at the seven main cultures that you can find in the ruins of Europe.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: degenesis, sixmorevodka, trailers

Warehouse destroys “disgusting” Lamentations of the Flame Princess RPG supplement

December 2, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood 19 Comments

RPG author Elizabeth Chaipraditkul shared on Facebook that a whole batch of her latest game supplement had been destroyed.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: lamentations of the flame princess, Liz Chaipraditkul

Can you sleep in armor?

December 2, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

The question “Can you sleep in armour?” tends to be asked by tabletop roleplayers. It can be a big deal and an awkward one to answer.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: armour, rpg ideas

DHL ruin PAX Unplugged for a small RPG publisher, but you can benefit with free international shipping

November 30, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

SIXMOREVODKA is a German design studio who published the post-apocalyptic RPG Degenesis. Geek Native reviewed the game here and recently published an art teaser but, perhaps, the best way to get a gauge of the game is this intro post complete with video trailer. What went wrong at PAX Unplugged? DHL failed to get the […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: degenesis, pax unplugged, sixmorevodka

Awesome art in Legacy: Life Among the Ruins – The Wasteland Almanac

November 29, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Legacy: Wasteland Almanac is a little supplement for Modiphius’ Legacy: Life Among the Ruins. The sourcebook is just £3.91/$4.99 for 33 pages and is written by Chris Farnell. It’s much smaller than Geek Native would usually cover for a new sourcebook, but interior art for the Apocalypse World Engine-powered setting stands out as exceptional. Legacy: […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Legacy: Life Among the Ruins, Modiphius, post-apocalypse

Is this the best GM screen on Amazon?

November 28, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Strategem’s “The Master’s Tome” will set you back $19.99. After over 450 reviews it has a score of 4.5/5. The GM screen is a 4-panel, dry erase and customisable tabletop RPG accessory that comes in four colours. There are 8 pockets on the back of the screen which are sized to take your printouts. There’s […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: gm screens, shopping

Torg: The Nile Empire going strong on Kickstarter

November 28, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Nile Empire

We had the heads up that a Torg: The Nile Empire was coming to Kickstarter at the start of the month. It looks like it was a Torg book many people have been waiting for or are happy to get behind as with 25 days still to go (at the time of writing) we’re at […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, torg: eternity, Ulisses North America

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