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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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Tabletop & RPGs Reports

Continuing the archive of independent Tabletop & RPGs reporting (Archive Page 87).

Djura RPG: Furries versus Living Shadow

May 17, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The pillars and themes In Djura include exploration and discovery, fragments of the last age, and problem-solving, with a particular focus on letting players solve problems their way.

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

WizKids apologises for botched BG3 minis and offers a refund

May 17, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Yesterday, a thread on Reddit began to reveal how off the pre-painted but highly anticipated Baldur’s Gate 3 minis set was.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: baldur's gate III, Dungeons & Dragons, icons of the realms, minis, wizkids

RPG Publisher Spotlight: FGG Games

May 17, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

FGG Games, LLC is technically a general publishing company.  Although our primary product is RPGs and gaming supplements, we also publish a selection of fiction and non-fiction works from time to time. 

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: spotlight

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #309

May 16, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Daniel Fox back with ZWEIHANDER Reforged. Is drama over as Ad Populum buys Diamond? Plus ALIEN RPG deal & Geek Native news.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: alien, daniel d. fox, geek native, Paizo Publishing, routinely itemised, zweihander, zweihander: reforged

“Dungeon Dressing” – a clever DM tactic and now a bundle deal

May 16, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The retail value of this bundle tallies in at $63.50 and offers a wealth of system-neutral resources designed to empower gamemasters in this very craft.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, raging swan press, rpg tips

UK Games Expo preview: Black Metro

May 16, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Developed by Emesh De Zoysa over two years, starting in the summer of 2020 amidst pandemic lockdowns, Black Metro received overwhelmingly positive feedback at its 2022 UK Games Expo showcase.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, uk games expo

Heroes of Might and Magic: Free TTRPG quickstart for the Kickstarter launch

May 16, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The number of computer game matches for a Heroes of Might and Magic search speaks to the success of Jon Van Caneghem and (now) Ubisoft’s (originally New World Computing) turn-based strategy.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 2d20, kickstarters, Modiphius Entertainment, Ubisoft

Shadowrun updates the bundle tech with new offers

May 15, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If you’ve got loads of Shadowrun content already, then there’s good news because the publisher also has an all-new Sixth World Shadows offer.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Shadowrun

Be gay: Defy the Gods (a messy TTRPG)

May 15, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Geek Native has previously looked at Defy the Gods the messy and queer RPG so that you can take an extra look, and now Chris Sellers’ campaign is live on Kickstarter.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, powered by the apocalypse

Chaosium’s Lynne Hardy will be at Edinburgh’s Cymera 2025

May 15, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Geek Native’s Andrew Girdwood and Bronwen Winter Phoenix will both be at Scotland’s Festival of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Writing Cymera in June.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chaosium, conventions, cymera, lynne hardy

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