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Wickerpunk RPG: Spooky backwater horror comes to D&D

July 30, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We talk about what the genre is, about expectations players will have and how to carefully build a wickerpunk world of dark forest, ancient circles of stone, creeping mists and dark green mountains and hills and fens.

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #27

December 20, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Weekly RPG news for busy people. A bullet tour through the most popular character sheets and RPGs of the year, silver dice and toy eating Christmas trees.

Moglan’s D&D augmented reality items deck struggles on Kickstarter

November 19, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Ben Doran’s idea is to help DMs put the magic back into magic chests or even those chests you get at the end of a battle. Rather than risk forgetting to put some exotic loot in your notes for the Moglan magic item cards let the players get a more visual experience and something to be excited over.…

Are fans wrong? Hasbro CEO didn’t say Dungeons & Dragons is esports

July 24, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s been a busy week for Hasbro. Their results are out and it has been a good year. Both Magic: the Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons are hero products helping to drive revenue up to levels that please investors.…

11 ideas for Tenser’s Floating Disk

February 11, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Does your D&D Wizard have the 1st level Conjuration ritual “Tenser’s Floating Disk” but struggles to find a use for it? The challenge with the disk is that it stops moving if you are within 20 feet of it.…

Are D&D gems based on any sort of real science?

January 24, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s no shortage of gems and jewels in D&D but are they as fanciful as dragons? Are the economics behind the shinies grounded in any sort of sense? Questions like this don’t pop up too often in games but can be a real distraction when they do.…

DM dad discovers his daughters are D&D pros in this viral tweet

January 8, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

James Breakwell, aka @XplodingUnicorn, has over 1 million followers on Twitter and is the author of the hugely popular Only Dead on the Inside: A Parent’s Guide to Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse.…

ENnie nominated ‘Best Free Product’ Kickstarts for life under 5e

January 3, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Darklight Interactive are after just £551 to Kickstart “A Night in Seyvoth Manor” for Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition. [Back this Campaign] In 2013 A Night in Seyvoth Manor was free and available for Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition.…

The 5 best selling RPGs for Spring 2015

July 21, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Just last year D&D was in 4th place on IcV2’s chart. ICv2’s chart for the top 5 roleplaying games for the spring of 2015 is now out. Given the launch of D&D 5e it might be no surprise to see the iconic title back at the top.…

Like a Phoenix – The D&D inspired sale

May 13, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We’ve featured Matt Needham (aka Spiritgreen) and his designs before on Geek Native. Check out these cute dinos facing a critical hit or after party tidy up. [I need this] Matt’s latest design “Like a Phoenix” is currently on Shirt.Woot’s…

Wickerpunk RPG: Spooky backwater horror comes to D&D

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #27

Moglan’s D&D augmented reality items deck struggles on Kickstarter

Are fans wrong? Hasbro CEO didn’t say Dungeons & Dragons is esports

11 ideas for Tenser’s Floating Disk

Are D&D gems based on any sort of real science?

DM dad discovers his daughters are D&D pros in this viral tweet

ENnie nominated ‘Best Free Product’ Kickstarts for life under 5e

The 5 best selling RPGs for Spring 2015

Like a Phoenix – The D&D inspired sale

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