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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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Continuing the archive of independent Tabletop & RPGs reporting (Archive Page 136).

Metamorphosis Alpha  the sci-fi TTRPG from 1976 returns to the Bundle of Holding

June 16, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The late James M Ward created Metamorphosis Alpha in 1976 and populated a generation starship with mutants and monsters.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, goodman games, James M. Ward, TSR

DC20: The next million-dollar TTRPG

June 16, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In summary, DC20 has only four attributes Might, Agility, Intelligence and Charisma and characters get four action points to spend during combat.

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

Create marvellous maps for your TTRPGs thanks to this awesome Humble Bundle deal

June 16, 2024 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

If you’re a DM, you probably already know the value of a good map for your TTRPGs – and now, there’s a Humble Bundle for that!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: humble bundle

Calling DMs: Grab these cool D&D tools to help you manage Vecna: Eve of Ruin as you run it

June 15, 2024 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

If you’re a DM about to embark on the new Dungeons & Dragons adventure Vecna: Eve of Ruin, we have something for you that might be super helpful – in the form of Vecna: Eve of Ruin DMs Checklist Bundle from Gabby Bangert.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dms guild, dmsguild, Dungeons & Dragons

AniMort: Cuphead meets black metal in this Mork Borg compatible RPG

June 15, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Steamborg Willie is coming, says Shakesomespear, but I get Cuphead vibes too. You can see for yourself at the pitch page.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, mork borg

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #261

June 15, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

It’s that time again – Friday! Unless it’s already Saturday for you. This week, we’ve our routinely rounded up and itemised TTRPG news!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Origins Award, routinely itemised

A review of Outgunned Adventure Quickstart – a PWYW that adds Death Roulette to Discord

June 14, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Two Little Mice’s Outgunned Adventure Quickstart is a ‘Pay What You Want’ download.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: outgunned, pay what you want, review, two little mice

Ring the bundle klaxon for Operation Unfathomable, the gonzo FRPG campaign setting

June 14, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Designed by Jason Sholtis, this campaign setting offers an adventure for both OSR retro-clones and Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG by Goodman Games.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, dungeon crawl classics, Old School Renaissance

Pendragon 6e, as elusive as the holy grail, is finally out

June 13, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Pendragon is set amidst the glory and grandeur of King Arthur’s Britain.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chaosium, Greg Stafford, pendragon

Be rewarded for being awesome: A review of Outgunned

June 12, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood 3 Comments

Outgunned in a genre action TTRPG that lets you play games like The Fast and the Furious, Kingsman and Bad Boys.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: broken compass, outgunned, reviews, riccardo sirignano, simone formicola, two little mice

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