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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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Delta Green assets for VTTs and hand-outs all packed and on offer

September 9, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Each asset pack includes 15-30 logos and stamps; each image is presented in “clean” and “dirty” versions. This allows you to create handouts that look like they came from various sources, such as a long-abandoned warehouse or a bombed-out drug lab.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Delta Green, virtual tabletop

‘Trail of Cthulhu’ 2nd edition announced

September 8, 2023 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

Exciting news this week for Trail of Cthulhu fans, as the game is getting a second edition – and you may even get to have your say in it.

Interestingly, the original edition’s creator Kenneth Hite and writer-designer Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan are teaming up as part of the revision process, under the influential eye of Pelgrane publisher Cathriona Tobin.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Trail of Cthulhu

Rekindle: Everwynn is a solo RPG that challenges you to survive the frost

September 7, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

The game pits you against the elements of an everlasting winter and challenges you to rebuild a community.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, solo rpgs

Dungeons & Dragons 5.5e: Playtest 7 u-turns on magic

September 7, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Class spell lists are added again, with magic no longer grouped under Arcane, Divine and Primal. Wizards said it was a fun experiment. The sorcerer-exclusive spells, arcane eruption and sorcerous burst return, with changes and are joined by updated counterspell and jump.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, unearthed arcana, wizards of the coast

Free to Download: The Assassin’s Creed RPG quickstart hits DTRPG

September 6, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The TTRPG uses the new Match System, which uses two sets of custom d6 (available as an official app) for fast-paced and fiction-first gameplay.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: assassin's creed, cmon, Francesco Nepitello, free to download

Emberdawn brings Demon Ascendants from Sweden to your TTRPG character list

September 6, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s a free-to-download and 19-page preview of Demon Ascendents available without email capture to check out if you are curious.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: demons, kickstarters

The largest ever Delta Green offer as horror comes to the Bundle of Holding

September 5, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Arc Dream Publishing’s Delta Green is a standalone RPG born from a Call of Cthulhu one. It’s a tabletop experience of conspiracies and horror.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Arc Dream Publishing, bundle of holding, bundles, Delta Green, horror

The Magnus Archives: Free to download and a million Dollar RPG

September 5, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Monte Cook Games now has a Cypher System-powered version of The Magnus Archives on the way, running the crowdfunding project on BackerKit.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: backerkit, crowdfunding, cypher system, Monte Cook Games, rusty quill

Mansters is an RPG of caustic wit and parody horror with political jabs

September 5, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Mansters is a tabletop roleplaying game that uses caustic wit and humor to reveal certain dark blots of the real world.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: black lantern productions, humour

Eldritch Tabletop’s Mimic monster dice box is a horror beauty

September 2, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Yikes! Eldritch Tabletop merges tech with woodcraft and bold ideas. The digital display DM screen is impressive, but the Mimic dice box has blown me away.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dice

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