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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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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

Pathfinder’s RPG double-bundle is incredibly rare with a vast assortment of offers

December 9, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There are two Pathfinder RPGs bundles, with a bonus for getting both. The two together cost £75.52, and Google tells me that’s about $100 US-monies.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundles, Fantasy Grounds, humble bundle, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, pathfinder beginner box, starfinder

Hortven: King of Fortress is a massive 8 kilogram 3D RPG

December 8, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The game suits 2 to 6 players, each with a unique character, and in it, you try to collect the parts necessary to build the mechanism needed to access the next level of the fortress.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, kickstarters

Free to Download: Fairy Trails

December 8, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The game is about making friends, exploring magical courts and places and telling (their words) the “bestest fairy tales” you can.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bandit camp, fairy trails, free to download, powered by the apocalypse

Competition: Win D&D’s official Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos for Roll20

December 7, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Geek Native has two Roll20 Strixhaven codes to give away.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: competitions, Dungeons & Dragons, roll20, strixhaven, wizards of the coast

Free League’s Mythic Britain & Ireland funds a new Vaesen RPG expansion

December 7, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Explore the fog shrouded streets of London, discover the secrets of Rose House and the British Society. Discover the islands and walk the moors in search of long lost tales and ancient remnants.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Free League Publishing, kickstarters, vaesen, vaesen: mythic britain

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