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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.

Mass Effect cosplay: Samara cosplaying Samara

March 25, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Wait, wait… before you ask what Geek Native is doing posting yet more posting more Mass Effect cosplay take a look at the cosplay of Samara below and ask yourself one question. Ask yourself why this Samara looks a lot like Samara from Mass Effect. I mean; why does this cosplayer look even more like […]

Filed Under: Console, PC Tagged With: cosplay, mass effect, mass effect 2, Mass Effect 3, pictures

A trailer for Square Enix’s secret RPG

March 24, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Square Enix, the creators of Final Fantasy and (technically) Deus Ex: Human Revolution, announced they’re working on another RPG. This other RPG is still a secret insofar that they’ve not officially announced a name. I think. There is a website at cc2012.square-enix.co.jp. The sub-domain “CC” might make you think “Crystal Chronicles“. The trailer – yes, […]

Filed Under: Console Tagged With: final fantasy, Square Enix, trailers

Green Ronin release preview for Game of Thrones edition RPG

March 23, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Green Ronin has the license for the A Song of Ice and Fire. This is roleplaying in the Seven Kingdoms, the world created by George R. R. Martin and which has recently made it to TV as the Game of Thrones. There’s a new RPG coming from Green Ronin called “A Song of Ice and […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: A Song of Ice and Fire, free to download, game of thrones, green ronin

Chaosium’s Mythic Iceland opens for pre-orders

March 22, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Call of Cthulhu publisher Chaosium have a 276 paged sourcebook for Basic Roleplaying. Mythic Iceland looks at the Nordic and Celtic people who settled Iceland in the 9th century while diving deep into folklore and the supernatural. The book comes with with a fold out map, in colour, and promises legend and adventure in the […]

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

Dugger’s Firehawk enters Chronicle City

March 22, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Tim Dugger is the original creator of High Adventure Role Playing (HARP). He created Firehawk Games in December 2010 after working for more than 7 years at Mjolnir Games. Most people know Mjolnir has Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE) the publisher behind MERP. Firehawk Games are active in traditional roleplaying games, virtual RPGs, board games, and […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chronicle City, HARP, Iron Crown Enterprises

Ascendancy – Rogue Marshal heralds new RPG system

March 18, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood 3 Comments

Ascendancy – Rogue Marshal from Broken Tower is a 288-paged RPG with 5 unique races, 200 magical weaves, 40 unique vocations and which uses the FateStorm RPG system. FateStorm sounds grandiose. Broken Tower use the phrase “virtual reality system” to describe it. It’s taken some 5 years, we’re told, to pull FateStorm together and it’s […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Broken Tower

How to play Lords of Waterdeep

March 17, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Lords of Waterdeep is an official, Wizards of the Coast, Dungeons & Dragons game. Waterdeep is from the Forgotten Realms setting – sometimes called the City of Splendors and is known for political intrigue and lords wrestling for power. The game is for 2 to 5 players. It looks like a fairly complex game with […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, forgotten realms, wizards of the coast

Runes of Magic celebrates 3rd birthday with player bonuses and prizes

March 16, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The multi-player online fantasy RPG Runes of Magic is about to have its three-year birthday and to celebrate is hosting a week of events. From the 19th to the 25th of March there will be extra community events and in-game games. There will be prizes with a “special secret” due to be announced on Friday […]

Filed Under: PC Tagged With: Frogster, mmorpg

Exclusive: A first look at Cold & Dark

March 16, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Cold & Dark is a science fiction RPG from Sweden based Wicked World Games (English language site). Geek Native has been lucky enough to score an exclusive look at the game’s front cover which you can see below. Mischa Thomas, the Lead Designer at Wicked World, described the game; “Cold & Dark is a gritty […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Angus Abranson, Chronicle City, Cold & Dark, dead space, exclusive, mass effect, pictures, Prometheus, sci-fi

Cute Critical Hit Dinosaurs D&D adventurer t-shirt

March 16, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This is a best selling tee on shirt.woot! right now. Woot! marks the design as “Soon to conclude” which, I think, means it may not be for sale for very much longer. It was designed by Spiritgreen who has been featured on Geek Native before. Via Fashionably Geek.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dinosaurs, fashion, t-shirts

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