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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 274).

Genre Police: In Defence Of The Monster

June 12, 2022 by Ben Jackson-Ellery 2 Comments

I hope it helps keep you from falling into the traps that we’ve come to associate with the term DMPC

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

The Dice Crypt: May you die in peace

June 12, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Cryptic Creative are working on miniature coffins to store your dice.

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

Jamison Stone quits as CEO with Apotheosis Studios’ future in doubt

June 12, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Satine Phoenix and her husband Jamison Stone find themselves and Apotheosis Studios in the centre of a community outcry this weekend.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: apotheosis studios, jamison stone, Satine Phoenix, sirens: battle of the bards

Free: Let Mud Puddle introduce you to 5e’s The Hedgehogian race

June 11, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

While Hedgehogians are gentle, they’re also spiky. You’ll know if you’ve upset one.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dms guild, Dungeons & Dragons, free to download

Modern and mature: Vermin 2047 is a post-apocalyptic warning

June 11, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There are only a few days left to back the short run, but the successor Gamefound crowdfunding project for Studio Agate’s Vermin 2047.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: apocalyptic, gamefound, kickstarters, studio agate

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #156

June 10, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Routinely Itemised is an RPG news summary column from Geek Native and other tabletop hobby blogs published every Friday. The latest is RI 156, which means we’ve been going for three years!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Free League Publishing, Loke BattleMats, routinely itemised, Ruins of Symbaroum

Free to Download: Mystery Monsters from Neoplastic Press

June 10, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You can also use the book as a GM looking for riddles and encounters for your players.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, Rafael Chandler

Coffee & Chaos: Bring your favourite RPG character into this one-off comedy

June 10, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Coffee & Chaos was born from a couple of silly ideas. First ‘what if we made a cafe game and printed it on a menu?’ and second ‘Oh and what if we used cutlery instead of dice?’.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: gamefound, humour, kickstarters

18 RPG titles, 600 pages and one very personal bundle

June 9, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

The IVF Fundraiser Bundle from Narcissa Nightshade and Keen Hudson is huge and very personal. The clue is in the title.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundles, dms guild, Dungeons & Dragons

Paizo announce a new leadership team

June 9, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Pathfinder and Starfinder publisher Paizo has a significant newly increased leadership team. In May, old TSR employee Jim Butler replaced Jeff Alvarez as President. In January, Paizo recruited Maggie Gallagher as the HR expert to help with staff unease and union demands, and in the role of Director of People and Culture. Maggie was clearly […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Jim Butler, Paizo Publishing

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