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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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Is there HeroQuest board game relaunch coming? Curse of Strahd Revamped into a coffin-shaped box Adam Koebel quits the Dune RPG Adventures in the Imperium Free to Download: Wrath of the Bramble King INSPIRISLES is an innovative RPG for teens and adults that teaches you sign language

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Is there HeroQuest board game relaunch coming?

July 27, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Paperwork for “HeroQuest Legacies” has been filed by Restoration Games, a company that specialises in bringing back old board games.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, games workshop, HeroQuest, Restoration Games

Curse of Strahd Revamped into a coffin-shaped box

July 27, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The vampire Count Strahd Von Zarovich is an iconic villain from Ravenloft, a D&D setting of horror.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, Ravenloft, wizards of the coast

Adam Koebel quits the Dune RPG Adventures in the Imperium

July 27, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

We can’t know the discussions Koebel and Modiphius had behind the scenes, but that statement does say “we feel his journey toward rectifying the situation isn’t yet complete.” Adam is resigning from the project but it feels like he had little choice.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Adam Koebel, dune, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Modiphius Entertainment

Free to Download: Wrath of the Bramble King

July 27, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The 5e adventure is suitable for four 2nd-level characters and is a suitable follow up for the adventure Mushroom Queen’s Pride, but does not need to be used in that way.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, free to download, kobold press, midgard

INSPIRISLES is an innovative RPG for teens and adults that teaches you sign language

July 27, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Traditional RPG mechanics have been politely pushed aside for a system built around Belief, the gameplay teaches empathy, life skills and deaf awareness.

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

A rocky start for the free Warhammer 40,000 App

July 27, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There have been nearly 2,500 reviews and most of them 1/5. At the time of writing, the app has an average review score of 1.2/5.

Filed Under: Cool Tech, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: apps, free to download, games workshop, warhammer 40k

UK Games Expo announces the UKGE Awards shortlist

July 26, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We have Virtually Expo this year rather than the twice COVID-19 struck UK Games Expo but that does not mean the UKGE Awards aren’t going ahead.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: convention, Days of Wonder, frostgrave, osprey games, uk games expo, virtually expo, wizkids

The Dragon Prince is getting a Cortex Prime powered RPG

July 26, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Tales of Xadia is a The Dragon Prince RPG powered by Cortex Prime.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cortex prime, fandom, fandom tabletop, netflix, the dragon prince

Monster Care Squad A Ghibli-inspired tabletop RPG

July 25, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

As one of the Monster Care Specialists, you are an elite vet who can save the world by protecting the monsters.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, sandy pug games

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #58

July 24, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s the Friday before Free RPG Day, so let’s take a look at all the news of the week and what you might find down at your friendly local gaming store.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: castle falkenstein, Chaosium, cubicle 7, cypher system, dnd beyond, Dream Realm Storytellers, free rpg day, Freyja's Tears, Green Ronin Publishing, lamentations of the flame princess, lords of the middle sea, magpie games, Monte Cook Games, nibiru, Paizo Publishing, R. Talsorian Games, routinely itemised, sword chronicle, wrath & glory

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