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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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Hasbro approve the release of the Essence 20 RPG system

August 26, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Wizards of the Coast have a new RPG system in the ecosystem to be mindful of, and it’s connected to their parent company Hasbro.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Elisa Teague, g.i. joe, hasbro, power rangers, Renegade Game Studios, Transformers

Free to Download: Cyberpunk RED Jumpstart Conversion Guide

August 26, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

That’s eleven new NPCs, all with Roles, ready for you to plug into your campaign. You can use them as is, reskin them, or use them as inspiration for your own statblocks!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Cyberpunk, cyberpunk red, free to download, R. Talsorian Games

Nightfall Games returns to Kickstarter for more SLA Industries RPG

August 26, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

SLA Industries is the megacorp of the conspiracy future, a dark and rainy world in which the public is distracted from their mundane horror by reality horror on TV.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, Nightfall Games, SLA Industries

Roleplay as a lonely sock: A review of Searching for my Solemate

August 26, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You play as a sock that has lost its mate after falling through an interdimensional portal known as The Machine.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: itch.io, reviews

D&D: Helpful diagram shows how many targets are hit by a 30ft by 5ft line

August 26, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In Dungeons & Dragons 5e, several spells have a range/area described as 30 ft long and 5 feet wide. For example, spells like Aganazzar’s Scorcher the 2nd level Evocation available to Wizards and Sorcerers.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons

How can anything that feels so good be wrong? Seven Deadly Sims

August 25, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s not Seven Deadly Sins over at Humble Bundle, not yet. We’re only at the Seven Deadly Sims and they’re full of temptation.

Filed Under: PC Tagged With: bundles, humble bundle, portal, sales

A Requiem for Rogues as Picaresque Roman the anime TRPG funds on Kickstarter

August 25, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

LionWing Publishing’s Picaresque Roman: A Requiem for Rogues is a story-driven anime-styled tabletop RPG set in Japan. It’s about violence, betrayal and money.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, LionWing Publishing

Dungeons & Dragons: Battle for Baldur’s Gate announced by WotC

August 25, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s a new Dungeons & Dragons: Battle for Baldur’s Gate on the way, and it’ll be Wizard of the Coast’s second Magic: The Gathering x D&D crossover event.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: baldur's gate, card games, ccg, magic the gathering, wizards of the coast

The first issue of The Dragon Magazine is live on ebay

August 24, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Jayson Elliot, who set up one of the later TSR’s and The Gygax Magazine, has a Premier Issue of The Dragon. That’s the magazine that became known as The Dragon Magazine.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, tsr games

The Runehammer VTT goes free, the Viking Death Squad and new hardbound Index Card RPG both get a retail release

August 24, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The indie RPG studio Runehammer, the company behind the multi-world, streamlined d20 Index Card RPG has teamed up with Modiphius. As a result, ICRPG and Viking Death Squad will both head to retail.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: index card rpg, Modiphius Entertainment, runehammer games, viking death squad, virtual tabletop

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