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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.

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Hexcrawl table: Gifts from Dead Gods

August 23, 2022 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

Graveyard of the Gods has three weeks left to run and has characters exploring the corpses of dead gods adrift on the astral plane.

DCC: Essentials and Chaos in these RPG bundle deals

August 23, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Goodman has done so much for their local charity it’s no surprise to see the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank as the benefactor of both deals.

What is a D&D playspace?

August 23, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

A D&D playspace is a digital recreation of a tabletop which shows models, maps, scenery and dice so that tabletop games can be played online.

Gran Meccanismo: Osprey’s Machiavelli clockpunk RPG is out

August 23, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A technological revolution where primitive computers, decorated with delicately painted cupids, run on water clocks; spring-powered tanks whir across the battlefield, cannons thundering from their flanks; and gliders flit across perfectly blue Tuscan skies.

Witchy romance from Joanna Mazurkiewicz: Unexpected Engagement inspired by Baba Yaga

August 22, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Unexpected Engagement is a 5e one-shot of romance and mystery that will be a 60-page long, scalable adventure inspired by author Joanna Mazurkiewicz’s Baby Yaga Legacy series.

Carbon 2185 RPG and Dragon Turtle sign on with Bancroft Publishing

August 21, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Per our licensing agreement with Bancroft, the lion’s share of the revenue from these projects will be kicked back to us at DTG and will go towards covering our expenses on Terminal Overdrive.

Monsters! Try before you buy Tales from the Dungeon

August 21, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Skylar Simmons on BlackBoxGames has backed 540 Kickstarters, and Monsters! is their second creation. It’s just possible that karma is on BBG’s side here.