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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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Kalymba is an RPG that brings African myths to the tabletop

May 6, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Kalymba is an action-adventure TTRPG inspired by cultures and mythologies of the African continent.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

Competition: Ticket to Ride London

May 6, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood 37 Comments

Good news for readers in the UK as Geek Native has a copy of Ticket to Ride London. At least Asmodee UK is sending me one to send to you.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Asmodee, board games, competitions, Days of Wonder, Ticket to Ride

Free to Download: Legends of Avallen, the card-based Celtic myth RPG, gets a 43-page quick start

May 5, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Inspired by Celtic mythology in Roman Britain, Legends of Avallen is a roleplaying game that takes you to a mystical island occupied by faithless invaders.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, legends of avallen, Modiphius Entertainment

Exclusive preview: SAINTS & Synners RPG powered by TinyD6

May 5, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Players can take on the role of a Star Marine and try and clean enforce order, or be a SAINT and work for lay against the criminal Syndicate.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: gallant knight games, gallantfunding, tinyd6

“Stealth” RPG Seas of Kansas has PCs take on white supremacists and climate change

May 5, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Wisdom Vault’s Seas of Kansas uses the Time Shredders ruleset and a deck of standard playing cards. As a result, you can play where people might not look too kindly at people rolling dice.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

Revealed: The three-page table of contents from Creatures: Netherworld – Monster Compendium & Toolbox for 5E

May 4, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Creatures: Netherworld is a 400-page monster compendium and toolbox for your next campaigns, featuring more than 180 illustrated creatures for all levels, including 150 entirely original ones and 30 great classics with a new spin.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, fateforge, kickstarters, previews, studio agate

Cyberpunk Slice is out as The Expanse’s Modern AGE system goes cyberpunk

May 3, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The RPG engine AGE from Green Ronin powers The Expanse RPG and now has a Cyberpunk Slice.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Cyberpunk, Green Ronin Publishing, modern age

A second Shadowrun RPG bundle launches

May 3, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The threshold price for this collection started at $29.95 and will change. Meet the current value to download a further $63 worth of fantasy cyberpunk game material.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Catalyst Game Labs, Shadowrun, shadowrun: collapsing now

Free to Download: Animancer’s fantasy soundscapes are free with the cutest D&D PC race

May 3, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Animancer has had a busy day launching a suite of content for the D&D 5e one-shot adventure Vaz’kin’rai.

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

Blade Runner RPG races towards the million mark

May 3, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s not a surprise, but Free League launched their Blade Runner RPG Kickstarter today and funded within minutes.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: blade runner, Cyberpunk, Free League Publishing, kickstarters, year zero engine

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