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Archives for January 2025

Browse the Geek Native archives from January 2025. This collection covers topics in Online Shows, Tabletop & RPGs, and Geek Stuff.

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The most pirated TV show of 2024 goes to… House of the Dragon!

January 3, 2025 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

That’s right, it seems like viewers absolutely LOVE a trip to Westeros, but… not a lot of people love paying for it. Game of Thrones previously held the title for the most pirated TV show between 2012 to 2017, and now we’re seemingly carrying on the tradition!

Filed Under: Online Shows Tagged With: house of the dragon

The top selling products on WarGameVault in 2024

January 3, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Roll20 team has kindly provided us with a top ten list titled “WarGameVault Top Sellers of 2024”.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: fat dragon games, Modiphius Entertainment, stats, wargames

Fabula Ultima: The Bundle of Holding has the West’s best selling TTJRPG

January 3, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In 2023, Need Games’ Fabula Ultima Atlas: High Fantasy topped the best selling fantasy RPG charts on DriveThruRPG. Now, there’s a whole bundle in the Bundle of Holding.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, Fabula Ultima, fabula ultima atlas: high fantasy, need games

Genre Police: Love The One You’re With?

January 3, 2025 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

I was totally blindsided. I’d talked about Mage and advocated for it as a game but never pitched anything specific, compared to sitting in my kitchen as people left for a game and talking about finally running an in-person Cthulhu game. What was I to do?

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Call of Cthulhu, Cyberpunk, cyberpunk: edgerunners, genre police, rpg tips

Recreate Christmas with the smell of new board game (candles)

January 3, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

New board games, just like new books, have a wholesome and charismatic aroma. I can’t describe it, but now, thanks to GameNightPrints on Etsy, I can recreate it.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: candles, Etsy, household, shopping

The Majestic Fantasy RPG slated for a 2025 Kickstarter

January 3, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Bat in the Attic Games published the 204 pages of The Majestic Fantasy RPG in 2021, and it has 5/5 stars after over a dozen ratings on DriveThruRPG. However, it’s not finished.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: judges guild, Swords & Wizardry

The top selling Roll20 modules on DMsGuild in 2024

January 2, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In this cut of the data we’re looking at the Roll20 module top sellers on the DMsGuild.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dmsguild, Dungeons & Dragons, jeff stevens games, roll20, stats, the wild beyond the witchlight, virtual tabletop, wizards of the coast

Why was Nosferatu banned?

January 2, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The 1922 Nosferatu original, which didn’t have any nudity, was banned.

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bill Skarsgård, law, Nicholas Hoult, nosferatu, vampires

Watch a buoy and a satellite fall in love in the trailer for sci-fi romance ‘Love Me’

January 2, 2025 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

Today we’ve got a treat for you, by way of this rather charming indie sci-fi trailer for the film Love Me, starring Steven Yeun and Kristen Stewart.

Filed Under: Movies

Breaking the Vault of Viditya Voleti: A TTRPG about horrible people does something good

January 2, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In Breaking the Vault of Viditya Voleti, the players begin by collectively agreeing on the genre and setting.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: charity

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