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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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Therapeutic RPG Guild Chronicles funds core rules for everyday gamers on Kickstarter

March 23, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Harris says Guild Chronicles is not just for first time-gamers or veterans but people feeling disenchanted with big-name games.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, mental health

Flash sale on the Lampblack & Brimstone world-building bundle

March 23, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Designed for Dungeon World but entirely appropriate for general world-building techniques, travel tips for RPGS and dungeon creation, the books look great.

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

Legends Never Die: A tabletop RPG that embraces PvP and the MOBA vibe

March 22, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Tyson Burruss has run three other Kickstarters, all for an RPG called Aether and Steamworks; the first, the 1.5 and then the expanded edition. There are no comments on the latest which often means no complaints.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

Free to Download: Magpie Games’ and Whistler’s Rapscallion Quickstart

March 21, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Rapscallion is a game about pirates, and it comes from a boredom-baked story the author and some high school friends made up in our senior year. T

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, magpie games, powered by the apocalypse

Mythcraft flies towards $100k for an eon-spanning tabletop RPG

March 21, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

“The Homebrew” podcast host Grant Mielke has smashed the campaign target for the Kickstarter MythCraft.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

Free to Download: Unofficial Highlander tabletop RPG

March 20, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Eric explains that their unofficial Highlander RPG uses a rules-lite system where only the players roll dice. Pools of d12 are used in conjunction with a mechanic called the Quickening.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: evil genius productions, free to download, highlander

Maladum: Dungeons of Enveron heads towards £500k for a terrain/crawler combo

March 20, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The world is not as it was. The ancient magics stir within the earth, and their return heralds a new age of opportunity for those bold enough to seize upon such glorious times.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, kickstarters, minis, solo rpgs, terrain

Goodman Games’ D&D 4e books in a Bundle of Holding

March 20, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If you like 4e or are 4e-curious, there’s a bundle of options from DCC publisher Goodman Games to get you going, although you will need the core rules or boost your library.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Dungeons & Dragons, goodman games

Genre Police: All Are One

March 19, 2023 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

Perhaps there is a moment here for a hopeful diaspora of players who don’t leave the hobby but take this moment to try out new things.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, genre police

All the Witches is a tabletop RPG about beautiful witches

March 19, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The team behind the All the Witches RPG are Queer and BIPOC creators who want to give backers tools and resources to explore a new world full of adventures built by you and those close to you.

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

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