It’s International TableTop Day! You may well have noticed by now as the web is all a flutter about it. How is Geek Native taking part? This blog is covering the virtual side of the event. You might risk a peek at 5 RPG Kickstarters or even join one of 10 Google+ RPG communities and […]
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10 RPG communities on Google+ to check out for #TableTopDay
Today, March 30th, is International TableTop Day. It’s a chance for local stores, gaming groups and even households to get some gaming in. It’s been created by Geek & Sundry and you can, in a way, even have Felicia Day or Wil Wheaton make an appearance at your gaming table! Can’t get out? You can […]
5 Kickstarters to consider for International #TableTopDay
It’s past midnight here in the UK and so Geek & Sundry’s International TableTop Day starts. Europe joins the ranks of Asian and Aussie gamers who’ve been tweeting for hours and turns to watch the US and Canada as they wait to join us. There are lots of great deals on today. Local stores are […]
Eon Altar is a new type of roleplaying game
The goal of Eon Altar is to have that tabletop experience of a traditional RPG and yet it’s been updated with the technology for the 21st century. That’s one mighty big tablet in the middle of the table but these devices are becoming increasingly common. There’s elements in here that help make this feel like […]
Succubus: The Reborn
[Back this Campaign] Mark Rein-Hagen co-founded the RPG publisher White Wolf and created iconic games like Vampire: The Masquerade and Werewolf: The Apocalypse. His next game might be Succubus: The Reborn if this Kickstarter is successful. This game is very different from the storyteller RPGs. This is a card game in which players, working in […]
The best selling RPGs of the winter; Pathfinder rules and D&D slips to third (2012)
ICV2 has released their figures for hobby game sales in the US for the winter of 2012. It’s good news for the year wrap-up with hobby store growth being at 15%, that follows from 20% the year before and in wonderful contrast to the 5% decline we saw in 2008. In fact, 2012 is the […]
A review of Shattered Moon
Shattered Moon is a roleplaying game from Broken Tower and Tim Westhaven. Westhaven is both author and artist on the game, given that the book is 320 pages of colourful art and clever text the project must have been a labour of love. Shattered Moon makes use of the FateStorm VRS. That’s the FateStorm Virtual […]
Monica Valentinelli on the difference between the Firefly RPG and the Serenity RPG
Monica Valentinelli is a game designer, writer, and consultant who will have responsibility on Margaret Weis Productions recently announced Firefly RPG line as both a writer and brand manager. Valentinelli has worked on “All Flesh Must Be Eaten”, “Ninja Burger”, “Strange, Dead Love,” and Posthuman’s Studio’s “Rimward” among others. She was the Marketing Director for […]
Free to Download: 20 RPG goodies for #TableTopDay
“Support International #TableTopDay and grab the free to download RPG Bundle” At the start of the month Geek Native listedd 10 reasons to support International TableTop Day. Here’s a pretty impressive 11th reason; The Table Top Day bundle with more than 20 free RPG Downloads. The deal comes from DriveThru RPG who are now on board […]
Wizards without Coats: Adventure Cards
Welcome to V Shane’s “Wizards without Coats” comic strip. < PreviousWizards without Coats Next > I’m tellin’ ya, in my days we would wipe out an evil overlord, & ranksack his dungeon, all in an afternoon. All kids want to do these days is sit around and play cards, what’s adventuring coming to? Kids […]
