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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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Eyes of Chaos: The giant dice that wins Halloween

October 2, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This particular dice is made from resin, and the eyes inside move around. How? These are some of the popular liquid core die that are all the rage and, the makers insist, still balanced.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dice

Bards of Aratai: Three thespians as vigilantes

September 30, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Dice Legenz’s Vahid Qualls tackled Can introverts play Bards for Geek Native. The GM has no such problem for the Bards of Aratai as he has three stage actors as players in the new D&D show.

Filed Under: Online Shows, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #276

September 27, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Last week, Geek Native struggled to gauge the sales success of the new D&D book. This week, Wizards of the Coast stepped in with a press release to set the record straight. Or did they?

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: deadpool, Dungeons & Dragons, marvel, Marvel Multiverse Tabletop Role-Playing Game, routinely itemised

Experience the Narrativium for free: Discworld TTRPG Quickstart Guide is out in PDF

September 27, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

As an intrepid band of Watchmen, you are charged by Commander Vimes to find out. While avoiding causing any harm to the honest people of Ankh-Morpork*, acting with utmost professionalism, and crucially, avoiding any more paperwork than absolutely necessary.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Discworld, free to download, Modiphius, Terry Pratchett

Ars Magica RPG embraces Open License through crowdfunding

September 27, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We knew the Ars Magica crowdfunder was coming, but there’s been a twist!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: ars magica, Atlas Games, john nephew

Huh-oh! The 2024 Player’s Handbook is the fastest-selling D&D book in history

September 27, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We couldn’t be more pleased with the resounding critical and fan acclaim and record-breaking launch of the 2024 Player’s Handbook, and we have our loyal fans to thank for it.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, jess lanzillo, wizards of the coast

LOOT: West Marshes play meets loot shooter in Spencer Campbell’s latest TTRPG

September 26, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Spencer Campbell is known for adapting ideas and vibes from computer games to tabletop RPGs. It’s been a rocky road at times, but Gila RPG now has a proven track record and many fans.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: gila, kickstarters, lumen, spencer campbell

MIR is a TTRPG that blurs good and evil

September 25, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Ruin has become little more than a legend, the MIR a relic of the past, its agents pariahs. But in the shadow of ignorance, reality is changing. Echoes, incarnations of past suffering brought to life by the energy of the Ruin, are multiplying.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

Flash sale: Hard sci-fi RPG in “Shadows Over Sol”

September 24, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Set in 2241, after the devastation of World War IV, humanity has expanded throughout the Solar System, carrying both past conflicts and emerging conspiracies.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundles, tab creations

Drunkards, Druggies, & Delinquents: Titmouse, the The Legend of Vox Machina studio, launch a TTRPG

September 24, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Drunkards, Druggies, & Delinquents is pitched as a dark comedy, which comes as no surprise based on the name, and as a party game.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: crowdfunding, titmouse

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