Last year Geek Native pounced on the news that popular RPG artist Tony Diterlizzi would be releasing the first comprehensive collection of it art. The book’s title said it all: The Roleplaying Game Art of Tony Diterlizzi. Diterlizzi is known from key title like Dungeons & Dragons as well as Magic: The Gathering. As a […]
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Kickin’ it Old School: A Review of How to Game Master Like a Fucking Boss
In the wonderful world of tabletop role-playing games, there are two separate yet equally-important schools of thought: the “old-school” style of play perpetrated from classic editions of Dungeons & Dragons through the 80s, and the “new-school” style of play coming from the rising indie RPG movement of the late 90s through now. How to Game Master Like a […]
Another Star in the Night: A Review of River of Heaven
The pathway to the stars is paved with the bodies of the fallen. The slow drift from Earth into the cold void has not gone without hitch or sacrifice along the way. Greed, politics, ideology, nationalism – these and more have made the journey along the River of Heaven a hard one – and yet, […]
Hellish weaponry: Shane Hensley chats about the weird west and The Sixth Gun
It’s the story of six legendary weapons that have existed from near the beginning of time and have the ability to warp (maybe even “reset”) reality.
Is your lucky d20 just a badly made off balance dice?
Ever wondered if your special d20 is lucky or whether you needed to check it to see whether it’s off balance? This video from Daniel Fisher should be used for good; not to find dice you may have innocently bought but now know are more likely to roll 20. Daniel’s video doesn’t pull any punches […]
Who are the Origins 2015 winners?
The Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design (AAGAD) have announced the 2015 Origins Award Winners. The goal of Origins is to reward excellence in game design and takes the top 5 products in various categories into a head-to-head voted on by Academy members. Winners were announced at the Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Ohio. […]
The Sixth Gun RPG Kickstarter and free The One-Hand Gang adventure
This post introduces the Kickstarter from Pinnacle Entertainment Group, the creators of the weird west RPG Deadlands, and Oni Press the publishers of the weird west comic The Sixth Gun. There’s a free adventure from The Sixth Gun RPG author Scott Woodard available at the end and you can check more details on the campaign […]
Will Beserk Games’ Tabletop Simulator open up RPGs to even more players
In recent years we’ve seen a growth of online tabletop RPG software. In particular Roll20 has been very successful, merging with Tabletop Forge, and picking up thousands of players. Now indie developer Berserk Games has created a generic tabletop simulator, suitable for many games, and is well aware of the RPG potential. The RPG section […]
Last chance: Get your weapon PolyHero Dice
Fancy a set of gaming dice that look like weapons? A d20 shield? A d12 helmet and a d4 that looks like a dagger? There are just a few days left in this funded Kickstarter campaign. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/polyherodice/polyhero-dice-warrior-set [Back this Campaign] Are these dice balanced? The short answer seems to be: “good enough for your gaming […]
New Zombie RPG from World of Darkness’ Mark Rein-Hagen
Following on from a Kickstater campaign launched in June 2013 Mark Rein-Hagen’s new RPG “I am Zombie” is due in stores. The game will have a I Am Zombie Field Manual which will cos about $40 and a I Am Zombie Playkit which includes two decks of ID cards, 8 “Brainz” dice, bump chips and […]
