Ascendancy – Rogue Marshal from Broken Tower is a 288-paged RPG with 5 unique races, 200 magical weaves, 40 unique vocations and which uses the FateStorm RPG system. FateStorm sounds grandiose. Broken Tower use the phrase “virtual reality system” to describe it. It’s taken some 5 years, we’re told, to pull FateStorm together and it’s […]
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How to play Lords of Waterdeep
Lords of Waterdeep is an official, Wizards of the Coast, Dungeons & Dragons game. Waterdeep is from the Forgotten Realms setting – sometimes called the City of Splendors and is known for political intrigue and lords wrestling for power. The game is for 2 to 5 players. It looks like a fairly complex game with […]
Exclusive: A first look at Cold & Dark
Cold & Dark is a science fiction RPG from Sweden based Wicked World Games (English language site). Geek Native has been lucky enough to score an exclusive look at the game’s front cover which you can see below. Mischa Thomas, the Lead Designer at Wicked World, described the game; “Cold & Dark is a gritty […]
Cute Critical Hit Dinosaurs D&D adventurer t-shirt
This is a best selling tee on shirt.woot! right now. Woot! marks the design as “Soon to conclude” which, I think, means it may not be for sale for very much longer. It was designed by Spiritgreen who has been featured on Geek Native before. Via Fashionably Geek.
Chronicle City calls in Dungeonslayers
Dungeonslayers is a popular RPG that you pay for – if you want. The game has an old school feel, level-based and fantasy but with a modern set of rules. The rules themselves aren’t very long – just 10 pages long. They’re also free as a download. Created by Christian Kenning in 2008 in Germany, […]
Who are the #DnDnext thought leaders? [infographic]
The rather useful infographic search engine and hosting platform Visual.ly has launched a beta project that lets you build your own infographics. You can access it for free at create.visual.ly and dabble with a few pre-made templates that plug into public data sources. I had to give it a go while it was still in […]
Competition: Spot Dungeon Master to win $10
There’s a $10 gift voucher for DriveThru RPG to be won in the next seven days. To win you just need to make a perception check and luck roll. Are you familiar with the 80s cartoon of Dungeons and Dragons? If not then I suggest a quick Google to catch up. To win the gift […]
Felt lined castle dice tray
Want to roll your die in style? Okay, okay… do you just want to roll your die in such a way that they don’t bounce off the table, clatter loudly to the floor and then hide under the sofa? Dapper Devil have a rather impressive looking and not too expensive felt line castle dice tray […]
Review of Dronolan’s Tower and Journeys in Darkness
Sometimes I enjoy the slow process of sourcing music for tabletop RPGs. It involves hunting around in Spotify or Last.fm to look for the right sort of ambience. Sometimes I know background music will be really important for the game or key scence. Of course, this also means I’m subject to the awkward combination of […]
The real Dungeons and Dragons
Are you playing Mass Effect 3 or D&D this weekend? The two are now connected. Mark Meer is a Canadian comedian… but also a favourite voice actor for BioWare. He has featured in the likes of Baldur’s Gate II, Jade Empire, Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark, Dragon Age and Dragon Age II. He’s probably […]
