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Welcome to the heart of Geek Native: the Tabletop & RPGs category. This is your primary source for the latest RPG news and essential TTRPG news, from blockbuster releases to indie Kickstarter discoveries. We provide in-depth reviews of roleplaying games, board games, and card games, helping you decide what's worth your time and your shelf space. Whether you roll dice, shuffle cards, or push miniatures, you'll find your community and your next obsession right here.

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Twilight Sword: A new anime-style RPG channels Zelda and Final Fantasy vibes

July 31, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In Twilight Sword, players will take on the roles of Champions tasked with a formidable quest: to restore hope to the beleaguered lands of Radia.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Free League Publishing, gen con, twilight sword, two little mice

Critical Role’s Daggerheart expands with high-profile designers, a new Kickstarter, and actual play partners

July 31, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

During its panel at Gen Con today, Critical Role’s publishing arm, Darrington Press, unveiled a significant expansion for its new fantasy roleplaying game, Daggerheart.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chris Perkins, critical role, daggerheart, darrington press, gen con, Jeremy Crawford, Keith Baker

While a protected bat makes headlines, Games Workshop sends lawyers after LARPers and cosplayers

July 31, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The creator received a Cease and Desist from Games Workshop, leading to the removal of over two dozen videos from the platform.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cosplay, games workshop, larp, legal, money, Ultramarines, warhammer

Cypher Evolved: Monte Cook Games reveals new edition ahead of Gen Con

July 30, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The new Cypher TTRPG edition is more of an evolution than a revolution.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cypher, cypher system, gen con, Monte Cook Games

First Look: Test the rules for grimdark RPG Gallows Corner with free Prerelease Guide

July 29, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Gallows Corner pits these characters against the established powers of the crown, nobility, and church in a struggle for England’s future.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, gallows corner, three sails studios

To Hell and Back: A Look at the Apocalisse-Inferno 5e Bundle

July 29, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Just when is the end of the world? We have until August 19th for the end of the Apocalisse.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: acheron, bundle of holding, bundles, Dungeons & Dragons, simone formicola, two little mice

The “Dice of Stars & Stone” fund, and here’s a sneak peek at the Cosmic Sorcerer

July 29, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Starlux Games’ pitch is that some people spend hundreds of hours with our characters, and so the dice we should roll should also be in-theme. They’ve hit their crowdfunding goal in the opening hours.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dice, kickstarters

Free D&D and Shadowdark adventure unleashes the Honkdra, the goose hydra

July 29, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The 17-page scenario, titled King Honk, is designed for level 8 characters.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, Elven Tower, free to download, shadowdark

Acheron brings the undefeated Roman Empire of Lex Arcana to 5e

July 29, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Lex Arcana is set in a compelling alternate timeline where, through the successful use of divination and magic, the Roman Empire never fell.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: acheron, gen con, lex arcana

“A soulless cash grab”: Codenames publisher CGE under fire for new Harry Potter game

July 29, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Tabletop Game Designers Association (TTGDA), a professional body established by prominent designers such as Elizabeth Hargrave (Wingspan) and Sen-Foong Lim (Mind MGMT), was swift to condemn the move. In a public statement, the organisation expressed its disappointment.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: gen con, harry potter

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