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Welcome to Geek Native's command centre for all things gaming. This is your primary hub for the latest news, reviews, and discoveries from the vibrant worlds of tabletop gaming. We delve deep into immersive tabletop roleplaying games, strategise over the latest board games, and shuffle up for compelling card games. Our passion is for the analogue experience, the roll of the dice, and the community around the table.

We also keep you plugged into the digital scene, covering highlights from the worlds of PC blockbusters and the latest releases for Nintendo, Xbox, and PlayStation. But whether you roll dice or mash buttons, our heart lies with the tabletop. Power up and dive in.

GUMSHOE-powered fantasy: Swords of the Serpentine is out for blood and drama

September 3, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It doesn’t matter whether you’ve come to kill a rival, earn a fortune, learn a secret, or hire an army. You’re home now, and the Sinking City will embrace you. All you need to do is survive.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: gumshoe, Pelgrane Press, swords of the serpentine

Hadozee errata: Wizards of the Coast admit they got it wrong

September 3, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Wizards of the Coast acknowledge the description was bitterly dated and loaded with connotations and implications.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, errata, spelljammer, wizards of the coast

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #168

September 3, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s RPG news time and the end of August. What a busy month! It should never happen again, as Kickstarter has promised to put ZineQuest back where it started, not to coordinate with GenCon again.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: chamomile has adventures, Dungeons & Dragons, fragged empire, routinely itemised, webtoon

Dragonbane: Free League’s re-imagined 40-year-old RPG is already brushing half-a-million

September 1, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

1982’s Dragonbane is Scandinavia’s first and largest tabletop RPG. Now, we commemorate its 40th anniversary with a new and revamped version, with one foot in the Swedish gaming legacy and the other in Free League Publishing’s current and inventive game design.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dragonbane, Free League Publishing, kickstarters

D&D 5e MageGate Treasures pop into the Bundle of Holding

September 1, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The retail value on offer comes to $50, which is yours for $9.95.

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

The rise of virtual photography in computer games

August 31, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I’ve shared videos of my Destiny spacecraft flying cinematically over the planet and taken snaps of my Exo looking cool against a dramatic backdrop. A friend still regularly shares beautiful Skyrim vistas on Facebook.

Filed Under: Console, PC Tagged With: crucial, red dead redemption, stats

Dr. Grordbort’s Scientific Adventure Violence: Crowbar Creative takes pipe-puffing space explorers to 5e

August 30, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

But beware, boffins! Technology is unpredictable and subject to malfunction. Bollocks up an attack, check, or spell, and you’ve got a date with one of eight custom Malfunction Tables.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: crowbar creative, Dr Grordborts, Dungeons & Dragons, exalted funeral, kickstarters

Paizo’s 2023 slate includes a special edition of Pathfinder Lost Omens Grand Bazaar, Stolen Fate and a flip-mat

August 30, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This adventure begins the Stolen Fate Adventure Path, a three-part monthly campaign in which a group of adventurers race against time to gather the scattered parts of a powerful deck of magical fortune-telling cards.

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

Cortex sold, Legends of Grayskull shuttered, and Dragon Prince RPG transferred as Fandom exits tabletop roleplaying

August 30, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Fandom has left the tabletop roleplaying business before completing the Cortex marketplace; however, the RPG line will continue in part.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cam banks, cortex, fandom, the dragon prince

Free to Download: d12 RPG Basic Edition

August 30, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The d12 Role Playing Game is an adventure game for two to six players, ages 12 and up.

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

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