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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 207).

Pelgrane and Robin D. Laws return with a Hillfolk bundle

April 12, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Kickstarter got nearly $100k back when it ran, and for now, the Hillfolk RPG bundle is live for a week.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Pelgrane Press, robin d laws

The Vineyard RPG asks, “What does corporate greed look like in a fantasy world?”

April 12, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

isFriday has a Kickstarter for a campaign setting compatible with 5e and the Core Fantasy Roleplaying rules from Kobold Press’s Project Black Flag.

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

Grab it now: Two Little Mice’s Outgunned RPG Quickstart

April 11, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Outgunned lets you RPG movies like Die Hard, James Bond and Lethal Weapon, but it could also be Kingsman, Ocean’s Eleven, John Wick (4) or even Hot Fuzz.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cmon, outgunned, two little mice

A first look at Lion Banner’s Multiverse BattleMap Books

April 11, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s no fixed date for the campaign launch, which isn’t unusual given Kickstarter must approve each campaign, and yes, Lion Banner is taking these maps to crowdfunding.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: battle mats, Cyberpunk, fantasy, lion banner games, previews, sci-fi

Mongoose’s Classic Play RPG bundle offers 5 years of d20 system material, including Seas of Blood

April 11, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Bundle of Holding has been a valuable partner to Direct Relief, a charity helping to find the pandemic and related problems. Once again, in this offer, Direct Relief benefits from each purchase.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Dungeons & Dragons, Mongoose Publishing

Here’s the pitch for Luke Gygax’s Okkorim setting and the Occulus of Senrahbah

April 11, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Oculus of Senrahbah is one of four ancient and powerful relics used centuries ago by the Ydrissid Empire used to grant them control over the four elements – in a similar, but more powerful manner used by the Zenoks of Chentoufi today.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, gaxx worx, kickstarters, luke gygax

Free to Download: VERSE quickstart

April 9, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s a player-driven system about explorers crossing dimensions as the universes merge worryingly, and the PCs are the only ones who can seem to see this happening.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download

Harrow – The Blighted Plane: Fantasy meets post-apocalypse meets crystal punk for the Cypher System

April 9, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The RPG will use Monte Cook Games’ excellent Cypher System. It is embedded in a challenging (to survive) setting and yet manages to evoke some hope.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cypher system, kickstarters

Next-gen virtual TTRPG site One More Multiverse has a Humble deal

April 9, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The charity partner, The Trevor Project, will also be familiar to the TTRPG family, as it’s been a worthy cause the community has supported before. The Trevor Project works to end suicide among gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning young adults and youngsters.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: blades in the dark, bundles, humble bundle, humblewood, one more multiverse, Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast

YZ World Building: Dragonbane

April 8, 2023 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

The Dragonbane system is a d20 roll under slimmed down from a previous d100 system. I want to create a world using this system with an old-school fantasy feel using a modern system.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dragonbane, Free League Publishing, year zero engine, year zero world building

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