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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. Wizards of the Coast will be pleased. Dungeons […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Catalyst Game Labs, Dungeon & Dragons, fantasy flight games, iron kingdoms, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Privateer Press, Shadowrun, star wars, wizards of the coast

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 home page and gathering plenty of attention. It won’t stay there for long. I can […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: dice, Dungeon & Dragons, fashion, t-shirts

12 spooky transformations: Google helps Halloweenify D&D’s Monster Manual

October 30, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Plenty of tabletop gamers use Google+. There’s the Roleplaying Games community and others as well as site pages like +Geek Native too. One of my favourite features of Google+ is Auto Awesome. Recent reviews of graphic novels or art books make use of Auto Awesome’s ability to turn photographs into videos. You can see an […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: beholders, dragons, Dungeon & Dragons, google, halloween, monsters

Free to Download: D&D Basic Rules

July 3, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The disclaimer on the free to download edition of Dungeons & Dragons released today reads; Disclaimer: Wizards of the Coast is not responsible for the consequences of splitting up the party, sticking appendages in the mouth of a leering green devil face, accepting a dinner invitation from bugbears, storming the feast hall of a hill […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeon & Dragons, free to download, wizards of the coast

Dungeons & Dragons 5e Starter Set unboxing

June 25, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

An unboxing video! But wait… hear me out. Unboxing this D&D 5e Starter Set is Mike Mearls himself, Greg Bisland and a Disembodied Voice. This is more than an unboxing then. This is a recording of a walkthrough of the components by the team who made the box. Why are there two books in the […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeon & Dragons, Mike Mearls, unboxing, wizards of the coast

Justice for a classic: A review of Dark Sun for D&D 4e

June 18, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 5 Comments

I’ve heard a lot about Dark Sun. For years I’d been told that it was great and yet no one ever wanted to play it. I had missed the boat. By the time I was playing D&D (having started on other RPGs) Dark Sun was old news. How old? Dark Sun came out for D&D […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dark sun, Dungeon & Dragons, reviews, Robert J. Schwalb, wizards of the coast

Half-orc barbarian rages and the mystery of cakes

March 11, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Kimberly Chapman is a roleplayer and a baker. She runs the site Eat the Evidence where you’ll enjoy a mix of ‘edible media’, parenting chat and geek references. Baking and gaming are both hobbies and as Kimberly’s site says, “Failure is always an option, then eat the evidence” who better to ask about tips, tricks […]

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cakes, Discworld, doctor who, Dungeon & Dragons, food, pathfinder

6 iconic Dungeons & Dragons monsters as t-shirts

February 25, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Which monster reminds you most of Dungeons & Dragons or roleplaying as a whole? Is it the mighty red dragon that often stars on front covers? The sneaky kobold? Here are six possible suggestions complete with t-shirt design. Beholder T-shirt design by Miss Monster [details] Gelatinous Cube T-shirt design by Jamie Parks [details] Owlbear Another […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: beholders, dragons, Dungeon & Dragons, fashion, monsters, t-shirts

Celebrate the birthday of modern roleplaying

January 10, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We’ve roleplayed for generations but Dungeons & Dragons is considered the first modern roleplaying game. It was published in 1974 and will be 40 this year. This blogger has asked Wizards of the Coast whether they’ll be celebrating the birthday of their flagship RPG. At the time this post was written the press team of […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dave Arneson, Dungeon & Dragons, Gary Gygax

Unofficial Dungeons & Dragons 40th anniversary t-shirt

January 8, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

R.J. Thompson writes the OSR blog Gamers & Grognards and has an eye on a big birthday. Dungeons & Dragons was published in 1974. This means that 2014 will be the RPGs 40th birthday. In fact, D&D’s 40th might be this month. Jon Peterson, an author who investigates the history of games, suggests the exact […]

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

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