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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.

Stay ahead of the curve with our popular Routinely Itemised summary. This regular feature is your essential digest of the TTRPG industry, curating the biggest news, trends, and hidden gems into one unmissable roundup. It's the best way to stay informed on the business of tabletop gaming.

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Tabletop & RPGs Reports

Continuing the archive of independent Tabletop & RPGs reporting (Archive Page 269).

How DMs Can Conjure Up Creativity into Session Prep Using Writing Prompts

July 4, 2022 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

Now you have all you need to jumpstart your next session prep with some creative writing prompts and find some new ideas.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: journey, rpg tips

Multi-genre 5e RPG: Troll Lord’s Amazing Adventures bundles up

July 4, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Despite the shift to 5e, and all the more impressive for it, Amazing Adventures has stepped forward to be a multi-genre RPG. So can still be a pulp detective or Nazi-fighting professor, a space opera hero, or Nazi-fighting cyberpunk.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: amazing adventures, bundle of holding, bundles, Dungeons & Dragons, Troll Lord Games

Dice that roll with a dragon’s eye and glow in their display

July 3, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We here at Oumcraft are proud to present our latest edition of the handmade dice series: “Dragon eye-rolling dice” Each dice set is hand polished to a clear and shiny finish, and our liquid core ensures that the eye will always roll facing up!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dice, dragons, kickstarters

Earn money at Gen Con with Grim & Perilous Studios and some d100s

July 3, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The $15 per hour offer also applies to Discord-run games as Gen Con is a hybrid event. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sun are all valid.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: events, gen con, grim & perilous studios

Genre Police: Siege Mentality

July 2, 2022 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

I hope that gives you an idea about a different structure of adventure/encounter to throw at your players, one that will shake up the status quo and pull your players together.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: genre police, rpg tips

Reformatting in colour and enhanced: Cepheus Deluxe

July 2, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

And now? Stellagama Publishing has teamed up with Menagerie Press for Cepheus Deluxe to add a professional layout, new full-colour art, edits and proofing for Cepheus.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Cepheus Deluxe, kickstarters, menagerie press, sci-fi, stellagama publishing

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #159

July 1, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Routinely Itemised is an RPG news summary round-up from Geek Native. It’s a chance to catch up with new releases, reviews, events, and discoveries from around the web.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cyberpunk red, dms guild, J Gray, Mongoose Publishing, Outland Entertainment, roll20, routinely itemised, rowan rook and decard, traveller, When the Wolf Comes, wizards of the coast, zine quest

A Folklore Bestiary: OSE and 5e monsters to delight

July 1, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Olivier Revenu has proven with Knock! that he is an incredible RPG book-making talent. Unsurprisingly, his “A Folklore Bestiary” was funded in seconds.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters, monsters, old school essentials

Heat: Pedal to the Metal is a race car board game

July 1, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

When we first started working on Heat: Pedal to the Metal in 2018 our motivation was to make a Formula One racing game that could reach a wide family audience, while remaining interesting to gamers.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Asmodee, board games, Days of Wonder

Local Legends: 10 taverns, 60 NPCs, 5e compatible and £50,000

June 30, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Steamforged Games notes the truth; players will decide the action needs to move to the tavern, and they’ll do this often.

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

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