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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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The variant covers for the Marvel Multiverse RPG Playtest rulebook go on pre-order

December 2, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Marvel is releasing multiple variants of the Marvel Multiverse RPG: Playtest with different covers.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Forbidden Planet, marvel, Marvel Multiverse Tabletop Role-Playing Game, Matt Forbeck, playtest

The world is dead: Salvage Union mecha treks its way to Kickstarter

December 2, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Those who wish for freedom live instead out in the waste, eking out a living amid the dust storms, drought, and the monsters that plague the landscape.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: aled lawlor, apocalyptic, kickstarters, leyline press, mecha, Panayiotis Lines, quest, salvage union

Free to Download: Ashes of Power for the Twilight Imperium RPG

December 1, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You don’t need a copy of the Genesys core rules to play Ashes of Power, as it is designed to get you interested in the RPG system in the first place.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: edge, free to download, genesys, twilight imperium

Adventures & Academia 5e: First Class – A flash Kickstarter from Steamforged Games

December 1, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Steamforged Games has run some pretty big Kickstarters with Bard Sung and Animal Adventures. In contrast, Adventures & Academia: First Class feels like a flash campaign.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: animal adventures, Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters, models, Steamforged Games

Free to Download: Unofficial The Matrix tabletop RPG gets an update

November 30, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Wake up Neo.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, The Matrix

Set the theme: Bullet dice return to Kickstarter with full metal d6

November 30, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

These bullet dice metal d6 lean heavily into gun fetish, which may not be a good thing.

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

Punch a space Nazi Killtrooper and enjoy it: A review of Rebel Scum

November 30, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Rebel Scum is an RPG from 9th Level Games that uses the polymorph engine. It came to us via ZineQuest and is an antifascist space opera.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 9th level games, chris o'neill, polymorph, sci-fi

Brindlewood Bay RPG announces a new edition

November 29, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Platinum bestseller Brindlewood Bay has today announced a new edition. The original was digital-only, but the new edition will be the physical one.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: brindlewood bay, The Gauntlet Gaming Community

Praise the kind Computer! Two Paranoia bundles return

November 29, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Dear friend, if you missed out on these bundles, would you be happy?

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, humour, Mongoose Publishing, paranoia

Free to Download: The NOVA Creator Kit (ahead of the NOVA jam)

November 29, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Sparks are ridiculously powerful, and that is intentional. NOVA’s gameplay loop is about going out on missions, destroying the enemies in the Dusk that stand in your way, and looking badass while doing it.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: gila, itch.io, lumen, Nova, spencer campbell

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