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Welcome to the GameWyrd archives. This section is a special look back into the history of Geek Native, as GameWyrd was the original site that started it all. As one of the first TTRPG review sites online, its content represents a foundational piece of both our own story and the broader history of tabletop gaming culture.

Here you can explore the preserved content from that pioneering era, sorted into its original sections. Delve into the historic discussions in Echoes, read the final thoughts in Famous Last Words, uncover lost gems in The Lost Archives, look back at the quirky Weird Awards, and browse through the classic Wyrd Reviews that started our journey.

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Blood and Space

August 21, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Game: Blood and Space Publisher: RPGObjects Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 30th, May 2003 Reviewer’s Rating: 7/10   [ Good ] Total Score: 11 Average Score: 5.50 Blood and Space seems to confuse people and I don’t know why. It’s not a campaign setting; it’s a “Starship Adventure Toolkit”. Oh. Okay. I suppose that […]

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Todd Gamble’s Cartographica

August 21, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Game: Todd Gamble’s Cartographica Publisher: Green Ronin Series: generic Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 29th, May 2003 Reviewer’s Rating: 7/10   [ Good ] Total Score: 7 Average Score: 7.00 Wow. Okay. Let’s try that again. Wow. No. There’s no escaping Todd Gamble’s Cartographica’s “wow factor”. Mind you, there’s no escaping the “Get your dirty minis […]

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GM Mastery: NPC Essentials

August 21, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Game: GM Mastery: NPC Essentials Publisher: RPGObjects Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 29th, May 2003 Reviewer’s Rating: 8/10   [ Really good ] Total Score: 8 Average Score: 8.00 The contents page is a bit of a mess. It’s nice and thorough – that’s good. The page entries are out by about four – […]

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Tarot Magic

August 21, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Game: Tarot Magic Publisher: Mystic Eye Games Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 29th, May 2003 Reviewer’s Rating: 7/10   [ Good ] Total Score: 7 Average Score: 7.00 Take your copy of Tarot Magic and being careful not to bend the front cover, use your thumb to quickly flick-book the top right hand corner. […]

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Blood and Space

August 21, 2009 by Guest Reviewer Leave a Comment

Game: Blood and Space Publisher: RPGObjects Series: d20 Reviewer: oldgunner Review Dated: 29th, May 2003 Reviewer’s Rating: 4/10   [ Just shy of the mark ] Total Score: 11 Average Score: 5.50 I give it a so-so rating (4 out of 10 stars). Yes I bought the book. You can find some usefull things that […]

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Ghost Stories: Horror Mystery Adventures

August 21, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Game: Ghost Stories: Horror Mystery Adventures Publisher: Politically Incorrect Games Series: genreDiversion Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 23rd, May 2003 Reviewer’s Rating: 8/10   [ Really good ] Total Score: 8 Average Score: 8.00 Politically Incorrect Games’ Ghost Stories are a bit like haunted bullets; quick and scary. The experience points paragraph in the game starts […]

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Epic Tales: Volume 1

August 21, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Game: Epic Tales: Volume 1 Publisher: Bard’s Productions Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 22nd, May 2003 Reviewer’s Rating: 6/10   [ On the ball ] Total Score: 6 Average Score: 6.00 The four component parts of Epic Tales: Race for Retribution have been kicking around for a little while, available, I think, as downloads […]

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When the Sky Falls

August 21, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Game: When the Sky Falls Publisher: Malhavoc Press Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 21st, May 2003 Reviewer’s Rating: 7/10   [ Good ] Total Score: 7 Average Score: 7.00 When the Sky Falls is an event book. An event book, by its very nature, is a one horse trick. An event book is only […]

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Guilds and Adventurers

August 21, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Game: Guilds and Adventurers Publisher: Mystic Eye Games Series: The Hunt: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 19th, May 2003 Reviewer’s Rating: 7/10   [ Good ] Total Score: 7 Average Score: 7.00 Mystic Eye’s Guilds and Adventurers contains some victories on the battle ground of lateral thinking. The book contains a guild system that makes […]

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The Penumbra Pentagon

August 21, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Game: The Penumbra Pentagon Publisher: Sword and Sorcery Studio Series: Scarred Lands: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 16th, May 2003 Reviewer’s Rating: 3/10   [ Not good enough ] Total Score: 3 Average Score: 3.00 It just doesn’t work. Sword & Sorcery’s Scarred Lands campaign setting is one of very few campaign settings that I […]

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