A week ago Paizo announced Pathfinder 2nd Edition. Geek Native has been talking to gamers about the announcement and it seems some people think Pathfinder 2e comes too close to Starfinder RPG. Some people disagree. Are you a Pathfinder fan? What do you hope to see addressed in this new edition? What changes would you […]
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Has Paizo launched Pathfinder 2nd edition too soon after Starfinder?
The big news this week from Paizo Publishing is that Pathfinder 2nd edition is coming. First up, there will be a big playtest. It was May 2016 when the same publisher announced Starfinder. That RPG is a version of Pathfinder in a sci-fi setting, and the hardcover for Starfinder was released in October 2017. Has […]
What do you do as a DM when you realise you’ve made a terrible call?
We’re only human and sometimes we make mistakes. DMs might muddle up initiative order or something just as easy but more serious like forget to act as a helpful NPC or confuse the effects of aggressive magic. It happens. As a rule players are generally good at coping when the DM fesses up to a […]
Pathfinder 2nd Edition announced
Paizo has just announced the second edition of Pathfinder. The popular RPG was released in 2008 and was playtested by over 40,000 people. The new game will have a playtest, too, and the first official post about how that will work has now been shared by the publisher. They write; New, but the SameOur first […]
A secret success? Liminal RPG
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 […]
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 […]
