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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.

The free and unofficial Discworld tabletop RPG enjoys a 24hr+ soundtrack

December 12, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Jocher Symbolic Systems has made and freely gives away a Discworld tribute called A One in a Million Chance at Adventure.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Discworld, free to download, Terry Pratchett

Free downloads and flying mounts: Skyriders offers to upgrade D&D’s 5e rules

December 12, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Pyromaniac Press and Perth, Australia-based Micah Watt have a 10-page free download of Skyriders on DriveThruRPG.

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

Warhammer World Building: Build Your Own Empire

December 12, 2021 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

This month Warhammer World Building covers what the final chapter of the Enemy Within, the Empire in Ruins Companion, brings to WFRP.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: basic world building, cubicle 7, soulbound, warhammer, warhammer age of sigmar, world building

Lightspress Media rescues eight Highmoon Press RPG titles

December 12, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In August, Highmoon Press gave away all their print products and confirmed to Geek Native that all PDF products would be deleted after one final sale.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: lightspress media

Goodman and Shinobi 27 Games come together for Angels, Daemons & Beings Between

December 11, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Angels, Daemons & Beings Between adds 24 new and fully developed patrons and demi-patrons for DCC. The book includes 66 new spells, minions, and new spellburn and patron taint tables.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dungeon crawl classics, goodman games, Joseph Goodman

TSR drops case against Wizards of the Coast but keeps Indiegogo campaign running

December 11, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 5 Comments

Legal documents appear to show that TSR has dismissed their legal action against Wizards of the Coast.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: legal, TSR, wizards of the coast

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #130

December 10, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Drama again this week with attack lawyers dispatched against Wizards of the Coast, hassles over Kickstarters at Dragonmeet and confusion and concern over the direction Kickstarter itself might be taking.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 9th level games, Achtung! Cthulhu, Ad Infinitum Adventures, bandit camp, Brittannia Game Designs, broken shield, cairn, carbon 2185, Chaosium, Chivalry & Sorcery, coyote & crow, Dishonored, dragon turtle games, Dungeons & Dragons, Eberron, fairy trails, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, forged in the dark, Gunnar Roxen, Hymgho, Inkwell Ideas, ironsworn, Keith Baker, kickstarter, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Pelgrane Press, petersen games, Renegade Game Studios, routinely itemised, runequest starter set, shannon appelcline, Steve Kenson, strixhaven, swords of the serpentine, the dee sanction, traveller, Troll Lord Games, TSR, Vampire: The Masquerade, wizards of the coast, worlds without number

Play the famous Traveller sci-fi RPG for $1

December 10, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Explorer’s Edition of Traveller is designed for newcomers to the game and includes enough to create a whole campaign and characters to play in it.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Mongoose Publishing, sci-fi, traveller

Pew Pew! the space bounty hunter RPG rides again

December 10, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Pew Pew! a one-shot specialist. It’s not about pathos over a campaign arc, and it’s about a light-hearted space adventure with ray gunfights.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Fainting Goat Games, grant howitt, kickstarters, pew pew, sci-fi

This mechanical dice box is a lament configuration of practical art

December 9, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

It opens up with spins, twists and motions. It might remind you of a lament configuration from a Clive Barker story, but it’s not cenobites that come forth but dice.

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

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