Back in October 2011, Geek Native posted about game companies battling over Merchant of Venus. It was an awkward situation. Stronghold games signed a deal with the game’s designer and announced a new edition of Merchant of Venus. At the same time, Fantasy Flight Games announced a new edition of Merchant of Venus after signing […]
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Primeval RPG – now open for pre-orders
You can now pre-order your copy of the Primeval RPG from Cubicle 7’s store. Primeval began life as a British sci-fi TV show in which a rather motley group of scientists find themselves investigating anomalies in time. These anomalies manifest as sparkling, magnetic, portals which allow creatures from the past (or the future) to access […]
The Arion Games 7th birthday sale
Arion Games makes paper miniatures and publishes the 1984 classic Maelstrom RPG. This month the company celebrates their 7th birthday and are having a significant sale over at RPGNow. There’s 30% off all products and if you’ve spent more than $10 by the end of the month (after the discount) then you get two more […]
The Gamers: Dorkness Rising spawns a Pathfinder Kickstarter
The Gamers is a basement budget film, a friendly spoof, on gaming from Matt Vancil and Dead Gentlemen Productions. The Gamers: Dorkness Rising is a sequel, set in the same gaming world, but focuses on a different playing group. So, what’s Gamers: Dorkness Rising like? Wikipedia notes, in the style section, that Gary plays a […]
Guest post: Tabletop Nation finds its Captial
This is a guest post from Ivor Whitten of Wee Gamers. The Geek Native guest post series seeks out established bloggers from the geek community who can bring a fresh perspective to this blog’s news feed. Ivor and Wee Gamers are particularly good at covering tabletop games news. Tabletop Nation has just announced further plans […]
Exclusive Cold & Dark art and Quick Guide news
Wicked World Games have been catching the attention of sci-gamers with Cold & Dark. This is a game that blends gritty horror with sci-fi. Space is cold and dark; dangers are extreme, incomprehensible and horrifying. The company, who have partnered Chronicle City to bring us the game, have relased a free download Cold & Dark: […]
RuneQuest 6 readies for pre-order
Lawrence Whitaker of The Design Mechanism has announced that the company is nearly ready to accept pre-orders for RuneQuest 6. The Design Mechanism has a strategic partnership with Moon Design and it’ll be Moon who are handling the print and electronic orders of RuneQuest 6 via their site. The game will also be available at […]
How to join the Warhammer 40,000 RPG beta test
Fantasy Flight games are now asking gamers to sign up for the beta test for their forthcoming Warhammer 40,000 RPG. The game, caleld Only War, has players in the role of Imperial Guardsmen fighting for Adeptus Terra and mankind. Fantasy Flight Games have the Only War: Core Rules Beta available at $20 at DTRPG. The […]
Asssassin’s Creed comes to HeroClix
WizKids and Ubisoft have signed a deal that will bring the French computer game publisher’s smash hit franchise to HeroClix. HeroClix will allow games to have a tabletop experience of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood and Assassin’s Creed: Revelations. In fact, WizKids has designed a split feed gravity display for retailers to promote the items. In a […]
Mateusz Ozminski’s Tephra launch poster
Cracked Monocle built the steampunk roleplaying game Tephra to use their Clockwork RPG system. It’s provided as an alternative to the usual Tolkienesque fantasy and was voted best Steampunk RPG by Facebook’s Steampunk Steampunk. That Facebook group has over 200,000 members. Tephra is already out and requires just a single book to use. However, Cracked […]
