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Archives for August 2024

Browse the Geek Native archives from August 2024. This collection covers topics in Tabletop & RPGs and Geek Stuff.

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Genre Police: Playing The Player

August 4, 2024 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

Running an RPG is a kind of arcane act, weaving an illusionary spell of storytelling for a group to devour. But when we think about spellcasting, it’s often easy to forget the material component of such a conjuring.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: genre police, rpg tips

The Ultraviolet Grasslands Bundle: Everything you need for a mind-bending campaign

August 3, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If you’re not already familiar with and a fan of Ultraviolet Grasslands or if your collection needs a boost, then there’s good news. There’s a Bundle of Holding offer on.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, the ultraviolet grasslands

Fallen Lonon RPG: Magie Games will transfrom Failbetter’s browser game into a tabletop RPG

August 3, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We are giddy to announce that we are working with tabletop roleplaying legends Magpie Games to create Fallen London: The Roleplaying Game, a fully-fledged, custom tabletop roleplaying system for Fallen London, in a big book and everything!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: failbetter games, magpie games

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #268

August 3, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Initial reviews for the first wave of D&D 2024 are mostly positive, while Free League gives us Alien 2e, the United Paizo Workers Union wins the Diana Jones Award, D&D’s Sigil/VTT allows Baldur’s Gate 3 character imports, and Stormborn RPG debuts with wide VTT compatibility.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Diana Jones Award, Dungeons & Dragons, limitless adventures, Modiphius Entertainment, routinely itemised, star trek adventures

Chaosium announce The Basic Roleplaying Gamemaster Pack

August 2, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

BRP is surely one of the most influential game engines we have and it’s now part of the ORC license.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: basic roleplaying, Chaosium

Free to Download: Vileborn quickstart for this nobledark TTRPG

August 2, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You are the first Vileborn enlisted into the Order of Dusk. You are at the center of a rift between Church and Empire.

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

Paizo and Hero Lab have a 52 item Starfinder sci-fi bundle

August 2, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Yyou can be among the first to explore Starfinder Second Edition, Paizo’s upcoming science-fantasy TTRPG, and help shape its development with this exclusive bundle

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundles, humble, Paizo Publishing, starfinder

Alien RPG 2e (and the Rapture Protocol) is screaming towards us

August 2, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Look out for more news across Free League’s social channels, and then get ready for a whole new chapter of sprawling, stress-inducing, blood-curdling ALIEN RPG adventures for years to come. We can’t lie to you about your chances, but you have our sympathies.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: alien, alien rpg, Free League Publishing, trailers, year zero engine

Dice Hard: Roll all the dice

August 2, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Dice Hard is designed to be played with zero preparation and no learning of rules, you can play a whole session in just an hour if you like or spend the whole evening working your way through the most ridiculous encounters you’ve ever faced!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

Check out this gravity-defying Deadpool & Wolverine cake being built

August 1, 2024 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

With Deadpool & Wolverine being the massive hit we all knew it would be, of course Lara Cakes had to create a gravity-defying wonder of a cake as a tribute.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: deadpool, wolverine

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