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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 20).

Lore versus outrage: The curious case of Hommlet’s Inn of the Paladin Prince

April 17, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

The Inn of the Welcome Wench is now the Inn of the Paladin Prince. Discover why this lore-driven change in Legends of Greyhawk is a year old and purely story-led.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, greyhawk

The Return of the Goat: Demonic caprine chaos for 5E

April 17, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Defend Meadowfen from a demonic caprine uprising in The Return of the Goat, a new D&D 5E roleplaying game module now on Kickstarter.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters

Save the World (or End It) with the Fellowship RPG Bundle

April 17, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Forge an epic legend with Fellowship, the PbtA roleplaying game where players define their own fantasy cultures to stop a world-shattering Overlord.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: apocalypse engine, bundle of holding, Dungeon World

Erik Bernhardt issues refunds as hardware failure halts Brinkwood expansion

April 17, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Brinkwood expansion Refuge and Despair is cancelled after a major data loss. Read why Erik Bernhardt is issuing refunds and what indie devs say about backups.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: brinkwood

Duality: A 2d6 Genre-Crossing Roleplaying Game

April 17, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

MimicsNMisfits brings Duality to Kickstarter, offering a 228-page roleplaying game that mashes Cyberpunk, High Fantasy, Modern Horror, and the Wild West.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

Why an indie RPG publisher is hand-delivering checks to Madison schools

April 16, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

RuneWorks Games is bypassing traditional charity to clear student lunch debt in Madison, Wisconsin. Lead Eric Sahlstein is hand-delivering cheques to local schools funded by 100% of proceeds from the system-agnostic roleplaying supplement The Unconventional Dwarf. Discover how indie gaming is tackling local food insecurity.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: charity

Thistle Tavern expands: £2M milestone and new Edinburgh flagship

April 16, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Thistle Tavern hits a 2 million pound turnover and announces a new Edinburgh flagship. Read our interview with Stuart Robb on the future of Scottish tabletop gaming.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: tabletop scotland

No crowdfunding allowed: The strict new rules for UKGE’s Bastion Indie Market

April 16, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

UK Games Expo and Bastion Games launch the Bastion Indie Market in 2026, a dedicated space for handmade, small-run tabletop games with a strict no-crowdfunding rule.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: conventions, uk games expo

From the Grand Bazaar to the Sewers: Vast savings on Pathfinder Remastered

April 15, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Explore Absalom with the Pathfinder 2E Remaster bundle. Get the Agents of Edgewatch campaign and core rules for a bargain price.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundles, humble, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder

Dungeon Crawler Carl RPG + Unstoppable: Renegade’s brutal World Dungeon adaptation

April 15, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Renegade Game Studios brings Matt Dinniman’s Dungeon Crawler Carl to the tabletop with a new roleplaying game and deck-builder on BackerKit.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: backerkit, crowdfunding, Renegade Game Studios

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