We like Symbaroum here at Geek Native. In fact, Paul Baldowski has his own site all about it call The Iron Pact. If you’ve already discovered the dark wonders of the RPG then you might want to skip ahead to the Kickstarter campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/449518387/symbaroum-thistle-hold-wrath-of-the-warden [Back this Campaign] This Kickstarter has more than two weeks, […]
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5579 free RPGs and counting: It’s free RPG Day
Saturday 18th is Free RPG Day. The idea here is that you pop into a store, support your local trader and pick up a free RPG in exchange. Is your local RPG shop taking part? This store locator will know. Right now there are 5579 free RPGs available on DriveThruRPG, that’s up from 4578 free […]
A Great Game to Read: A Review of Exalted, Third Edition
I don’t have any experience with Exalted’s previous editions, so I can’t really comment on what’s changed. All I know is this: by the time I finally finished reviewing all of Exalted: Third Edition (EX3)’s 650+ pages, I was stunned. Not just by the monumental size of this game, but it’s scope and execution. EX3 […]
Paizo announces a new RPG: Starfinder
Starfinder is Pathfinder in space. It’s Pathfinder in one possible future and the gods are acting strangely. The project is being helmed by Creative Director James L Sutter, has a microsite of its own and is due out in August 2017. Does that feel like a far future date for a RPG release to you? […]
Blood Will Run: Shadow of the Demon Lord Adventure Review
Blood Will Run is a Novice level adventure for Shadow of the Demon Lord. It focuses on an investigation to discover the fate of two missing children. The adventure sets this out in clear sections – explaining the interrelationship of key players in a background section followed by hooks, the locale, rumours and five key […]
Nearly 300 free 3D-printable D&D minis
At the start of the year Geek Native called out mz4250’s 3D printing project. This talented artist was making free templates so you could 3D print your own D&D monster. This amazing project has kept going. Now you can access nearly 300 3D-printable creations from Miguel Zavala (that’s mz4250 to you and me). His Shapeways […]
Faith: A Garden in Hell is proving popular
Burning Games’ Faith RPG is proving popular. There’s free to download books here but now there’s also the Faith: A Garden in Hell Kickstarter. The Campaign Page makes it as clear as possible. This is a complete game. You don’t need Faith to play it. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/burninggames/faith-a-garden-in-hell-rpg-starter-set-campaign [Back this Campaign] Geek Native has an exclusive look […]
Blood and Graph Paper: a review of Tomb of the Iron God
There’s an ancient monastery, or there was, and the locals can’t quite account for it. In truth, most of them look too fearful to want to even think about it. The temple of the Iron God once served as the final resting place for anyone in the area, whether noble or peasant. Now, the temple […]
Marked by Calamity: A Review of Fantasy Age – Children’s Crusade
A major calamity has left the land in disarray and a religious cult has chosen to take advantage of the moment. They have ‘marked’ certain children as a source of corruption, seeking to use them as a sacrifice for their deity; more level-headed folk have chosen to assist the children, orphans of the calamity, by […]
Mathematically this is as many sides dice can have
You can’t have more faces on a die without losing symmetry and becoming a broken dice. The d120 is as large as you can go. Opposite faces add up to 121. The dice is the creation of the The Dice Lab. A single die will cost you $12 whereas a set of five sets you […]
