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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.

Stay ahead of the curve with our popular Routinely Itemised summary. This regular feature is your essential digest of the TTRPG industry, curating the biggest news, trends, and hidden gems into one unmissable roundup. It's the best way to stay informed on the business of tabletop gaming.

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Continuing the archive of independent Tabletop & RPGs reporting (Archive Page 96).

Impressive innovation: Hero Forge offer 3d-printed custom dice

March 11, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I don’t need any more dice and haven’t tested Hero Forge’s claims that their new dice are balanced but I am incredibly impressed at their custom dice offer.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 3d printing, dice, hero forge, kickstarters

Cold City Hot War: Kickstarter brings two scary TTRPGs back to life

March 9, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Cold City and Hot War are different games with different twists and mechanical nuances, but they’re related, and Hot War is the terrifying conclusion to Cold City.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cold city, handiwork games, kickstarters, malcolm craig, Paul Bourne

Satire and raygun eye candy: A review of Dr. Grordbort’s Scientific Adventure Violence TTRPG

March 8, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Dr. Grordbort’s Scientific Adventure Violence looks great. It’s a tabletop RPG from Crowbar Creative and Brian Saliba.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: crowbar creative, Dr Grordborts, Dungeons & Dragons, exalted funeral, reviews

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #299

March 8, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

UK Games Expo press access! Roll20 price hikes, LEGO D&D minifig retirement, new D&D books, and Green Ronin’s 25th.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, lego, routinely itemised

Burry your dice with these Headstone Dice Crypts

March 6, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The tagline? “A vertical dice vault for a deserving upright person such as yourself.” That’s almost a threat!

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

Award-Winning Urban Shadows TTRPG launches expansive second edition – available now

March 6, 2025 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

Almost a full 10 years since the award-winning TTRPG Urban Shadows was first published, Magpie Games have released a long-awaited second edition – and it’s out now!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: magpie games

Caligaes’ Xeno – Invasion: You’re -the monster- in this horror TTRPG

March 5, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You were sent to an experimental planet called EARTH, where you are to destroy your victims, fight Demons, and reclaim your place beside MOTHER.   

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

Free to Download: Helluva Town – the adult toon TTRPG quickstart

March 5, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The 40-page Helluva Town quickstart released to promote the crowdfunding campaign is still live and free.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: acheron, free to download

“Do NOT eat the Goblin Fruit” – Rule 1 in the employee handbook (an RPG)

March 4, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

What’s the point of Do NOT eat the Goblin Fruit? The RPG is about running a weird museum with impression ghosts and other challenges such as an exhibit from the Fae.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

Aaaaand… now you can’t put off buying Mork Borg

March 4, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Mork Borg quickly became famous as a sort of black metal artbook, or artpunk splatbook, or doomdays OSR.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle, bundle of holding, cy_borg, mork borg

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