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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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Moon Elves

August 21, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Game: Moon Elves Publisher: Dark Quest Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 29th, July 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 9/10   [ Something special ] Total Score: 10 Average Score: 5.00 Wow. I’m surprised. This most recent offering from Dark Quest really impressed me. I was expecting a supplement with about sixty or seventy pages, entirely black […]

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Hell on Earth

August 21, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Game: Hell on Earth Publisher: Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Inc Series: Deadlands: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 26th, July 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 8/10   [ Really good ] Total Score: 21 Average Score: 7.00 D20 Goes to Hell! No, that’s not this reviewer’s opinion of the latest campaign world to see the d20 treatment but the […]

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Giant Monster Rampage

August 21, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Game: Giant Monster Rampage Publisher: Mystic Eye Games Series: Giant Monster Rampage Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 25th, July 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 8/10   [ Really good ] Total Score: 21 Average Score: 7.00 Stomp! Crush! Destroy! Giant Monster Rampage is a set of rules from Mystic Eye Games, perhaps better known for their The Hunt: […]

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Encyclopaedia Arcane: Elementalism

August 21, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Game: Encyclopaedia Arcane: ElementalismPublisher: Mongoose PublishingSeries: d20Reviewer: WyrdmasterReview Dated: 22nd, July 2002Reviewer’s Rating: 8/10   [ Really good ]Total Score: 15Average Score: 7.50 I almost didn’t notice at first. It occurred to me just as I closed the book. I had to go back and flick through the pages – twice! It’s true though. There […]

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The Slayer’s Guide to Rules Lawyers

August 21, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Game: The Slayer’s Guide to Rules Lawyers Publisher: Mongoose Publishing Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 22nd, July 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 5/10   [ Perfectly acceptable ] Total Score: 15 Average Score: 5.00 Ah yes. The dreaded Rule Lawyer. The inside cover of every Slayer’s Guide is given over to a quick biological study of […]

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Pocket Grimoire: Divine

August 21, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Game: Pocket Grimoire: Divine Publisher: Green Ronin Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 21st, July 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 8/10   [ Really good ] Total Score: 13 Average Score: 6.50 The Pocket Grimoire: Divine is the sister of Pocket Grimoire: Arcane and it’ll come as no surprise that the books are very much the same. […]

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Pocket Grimoire: Arcane

August 21, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Game: Pocket Grimoire: Arcane Publisher: Green Ronin Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 21st, July 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 8/10   [ Really good ] Total Score: 13 Average Score: 6.50 256 pages and nearly all of them are entirely given over to arcane spells. 256 pages for $14.95 US; that’s amazing value. Ah yes, so […]

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Urban Blight: Foul Locales

August 21, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Game: Urban Blight: Foul Locales Publisher: Mystic Eye Games Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 20th, July 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 8/10   [ Really good ] Total Score: 9 Average Score: 4.50 Urban Blight is the first offering in Mystic Eye Games’s Foul Locations series. Strangely, the first thing I noticed when I flicked open […]

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Heroes of High Favor: Dwarves

August 21, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Game: Heroes of High Favor: Dwarves Publisher: Bad Axe Games Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 11th, July 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 5/10   [ Perfectly acceptable ] Total Score: 5 Average Score: 5.00 Heroes of High Favor is half a book; at least it is the size of half a book, being only 15cm wide. […]

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Hammer and Helm

August 21, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Game: Hammer and Helm Publisher: Green Ronin Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 10th, July 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 9/10   [ Something special ] Total Score: 10 Average Score: 5.00 Hammer & Helm is the first in Green Ronin’s Races of Renown series. It is also the first book I’ve seen in the new OGL […]

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