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Archives for January 2020

Browse the Geek Native archives from January 2020. This collection covers topics in Tabletop & RPGs, Comics, and Sites.

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DUNGEONS & DRAGONS KICKSTARTERS AMAZON EXPLORER'S GUIDE TO WILDEMOUNT WIZARDS OF THE COAST

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Wizards of the Coast avoid D&D leak by renaming March’s hardback

January 6, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

The official name for the next book is currently Dungeons & Dragons March Release Book (Title announced January 9th), and that’s what has appeared in Amazon’s catalogue.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: amazon, Dungeons & Dragons, Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, wizards of the coast

Casting the Runes uses GUMSHOE for M.R. James ghost stories

January 5, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Design Mechanism is now working with the designer and author Paul StJohn Mackintosh as well as art director Sophia Conner to bring Casting the Runes to live via the supernatural power of a Kickstarter.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: gumshoe, horror, kickstarters, The Design Mechanism

Genre Police: Out of the Box Thinking

January 5, 2020 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

There’s a whole host of ideas buried in the structure of various games that can be adapted.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dixit, genre police, mysterium

Random potion generator for D&D and other TTRPGs

January 5, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 5 Comments

Generate a colourfully named random potion with positive and tempory cosmetic side effects with a click of a button.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: generators, rpg tools

Chaosium use the RuneQuest Glorantha Bestiary to support Australian fire-fighting

January 5, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Chaosium asks that if you take advantage of the new price rules for RuneQuest Glorantha Bestiary that you make a donation to fire-fighting and recovery instead.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chaosium, charity

A d20 forged from 14k gold

January 4, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Gamers chipped in to say they would gladly pay $500 for it.

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

Destiny Aurora will get it’s own Starfinder powered RPG

January 4, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The novel has a series of misfits hunting an assassin which seems like a perfect set up for an RPG.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, sci-fi, starfinder

One book contains 33 half-races for Dungeons & Dragons

January 4, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The download costs less than $4, was uploaded just at the start of the year and contains nearly 30 pages. In it, you’ll find 33 races (and that’s not counting the subraces mentioned).

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dms guild, Dungeons & Dragons

The cycle of life: Mad Max meets Tom & Jerry – A review of Solo

January 4, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

So, yeah, although every single reviewer is going to do it – I’m going to use the phrase “Tom & Jerry meets Mad Max” to summarise Solo!

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: reviews, solo, titan comics

Audio EXP: #25 – The most successful RPGs of the decade

January 4, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

RPG news from Geek Native’s highlights show. We kick off 2020 by discussing the sales data behind the most successful RPGs of the decade and then go on to talk RPG advice and the many freebies that came out this week.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: audio exp, geek native, podcasts

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