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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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Feuerring

August 21, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Game: Feuerring Publisher: Mongoose Publishing Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 21st, May 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 7/10   [ Good ] Total Score: 7 Average Score: 7.00 Feuerring: Gateway to Hell has exactly the same number of pages as any of Mongoose’s Slayer’s Guides but it feels like a very much more meaty book. There’s […]

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Prophecies of the Dragon

August 21, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Game: Prophecies of the Dragon Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Series: Wheel of Time: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 5th, May 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 7/10   [ Good ] Total Score: 7 Average Score: 7.00 Money. You can tell a lot of money has gone into the production of this book – be it the […]

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The Slayer’s Guide to Trolls

August 21, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Game: The Slayer’s Guide to Trolls Publisher: Mongoose Publishing Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 5th, May 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 6/10   [ On the ball ] Total Score: 6 Average Score: 6.00 I’ve mixed feelings about this book. On one hand it’s the Slayer’s Guide to Trolls and on the other hand it’s the […]

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Deities and Demigods

August 21, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Game: Deities and Demigods Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 4th, May 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 7/10   [ Good ] Total Score: 42 Average Score: 6.00 Deities and Demigods is a 224 page, hardbound book and in those two hundred pages you’ll find an interesting mix, a frustrating mix. There […]

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Encyclopaedia Divine: Shamans

August 21, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Game: Encyclopaedia Divine: Shamans Publisher: Mongoose Publishing Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 29th, April 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 9/10   [ Something special ] Total Score: 10 Average Score: 5.00 The popular Encyclopaedia Arcane series slyly morphs into the Encyclopaedia Divine. It’s absolutely right to do so, not all Dungeons and Dragons spellcasters use arcane […]

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Call of Cthulhu

August 21, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Game: Call of CthulhuPublisher: Wizards of the CoastSeries: Call of Cthulhu: d20Reviewer: WyrdmasterReview Dated: 28th, April 2002Reviewer’s Rating: 8/10   [ Really good ]Total Score: 39Average Score: 5.57 Given that the Wheel of Time roleplaying game was doomed to success, the conversion of Call of Cthulhu was the first real threatening test to the d20 […]

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Stormhaven

August 21, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Game: Stormhaven Publisher: Mongoose Publishing Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 24th, April 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 8/10   [ Really good ] Total Score: 10 Average Score: 5.00 I was sceptical as to whether a series of d20 books based on “Cities of Fantasy” would be up to much. Skraag: City of Orcs proved me […]

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Terrors of the Twisted Earth

August 21, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Game: Terrors of the Twisted Earth Publisher: RPGObjects Series: Darwin’s World: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 24th, April 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 8/10   [ Really good ] Total Score: 13 Average Score: 6.50 RPG Objects seem to be onto a winner with Darwin’s World and it is in no small part due to the hard […]

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Encyclopaedia Arcane: Battle Magic

August 21, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Game: Encyclopaedia Arcane: Battle Magic Publisher: Mongoose Publishing Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 23rd, April 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 7/10   [ Good ] Total Score: 26 Average Score: 6.50 If you use Battle Magic in your campaign then you’ll be introducing two powerful (and possibly over-powering) factors to your game world – mighty spells […]

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The Quintessential Cleric

August 21, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Game: The Quintessential Cleric Publisher: Mongoose Publishing Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 10th, April 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 8/10   [ Really good ] Total Score: 13 Average Score: 6.50 Clerics are like wizards but different. They get their magic spells in a different way and they’re better able to make use of healing magic […]

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