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Monster hunting in 16th-century Brazil: The Elephant and Macaw Banner RPG bundle

February 21, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Geek Native’s reviewed and liked The Elephant & Macaw Banner RPG. Deadly combat, and all.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Elephant & Macaw Banner, Porcupine Publishing

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #114

August 20, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

RPG news in the week that Chaosium’s Steve Perrin passed away and Geek Native moved HQ.

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Routinely Itemised: RPGs #100

May 14, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In a big release, Demiplane the gamer-find-game site, made profiles optionally public.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: April Kit Walsh, Atlas Games, awfully cheerful engine, Chaosium, cyberpunk red, demiplane, Dungeons & Dragons, Elephant & Macaw Banner, en publishing, evil beagle games, Evil Hat Productions, flyos games, Genesis of Legend Publishing, ghosts of saltmarsh, GURPS, ICONS, Infinity, inspirisles, lion banner games, Modiphius Entertainment, moonmares games, Prowlers & Paragons, R. Talsorian Games, routinely itemised, Skirmisher Publishing, talisman, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, Tricube Tales, Vampire: The Masquerade, Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, wizards of the coast, wizkids, Zadmar Games

The refreshing touch of change and death: A review of The Elephant and Macaw Banner

May 13, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I learned more about Brazilian mythology and related stories from this RPG than I had read in years.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Elephant & Macaw Banner, Porcupine Publishing, reviews, Supernatural

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #82

January 8, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

New RPG releases, news from creators and publishers along with reviews, interviews and a host of new Kickstarter activity. It’s Geek Native’s weekly round-up in Routinely Itemised!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 2CGaming, bundle of holding, Chaosium, cthulhu dark, cubicle 7, Dungeons & Dragons, Elephant & Macaw Banner, en publishing, Fainting Goat Games, goodman games, Graham Walmsley, ICONS, level up, lords of the middle sea, Monte Cook Games, osprey games, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Porcupine Publishing, righteous blood ruthless blades, routinely itemised, Sanguine Productions, shadowrun: collapsing now, Steve Kenson, the grinning frog, wizards of the coast

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #78

December 11, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This week D&D hired a new senior game designer, an army of monsters appeared on Humble Bundle, publishers backed New Gamemaster Month and a load more. It’s time for a Routinely Itemised collection of RPG news.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 13th age, Amanda Hamon, bundles, christmas, Coriolis, Crystal Frasier, cubicle 7, dnd beyond, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Dungeons & Dragons, Eclipse Phase, Elephant & Macaw Banner, entromancy, Fantasy Grounds, First Responders, foundry, gama, Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, godforsaken, goodman games, Green Ronin Publishing, gumshoe, handimonsters, handiwork games, humble bundle, jonathan hicks, loresmyth, Modiphius Entertainment, Monte Cook, Monte Cook Games, mork borg, nightpath publishing, Outland Entertainment, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Pelgrane Press, Philip J Reed, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, posthuman studios, rifts, routinely itemised, savage worlds, schwalb entertainment, Shadow of the Demon Lord, starfinder, The Gauntlet Gaming Community, those dark places, tombpunk, trophy, warhammer, wizards of the coast

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #75

November 20, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In the RPG news this week we’ve a review roundup of Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, a legal fight between Wizards of the Coast and a partner, Kickstarter projects to look at a website from Google that makes monsters.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Absolute Tabletop, alice is missing, astral tabletop, awfully cheerful engine, Battlefield Press, blue rose, Chaosium, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, Dungeons & Dragons, Eberron, Elephant & Macaw Banner, en publishing, gale force nine, gallant knight games, grant howitt, Indie Press Revolution, itch.io, Keith Baker, liminal, magpie games, Modiphius Entertainment, Mongoose Publishing, mork borg, mythic table, Nightfall Games, onyx path publishing, Paizo Publishing, Palladium Books, Paradox Interactive, parts per million, Porcupine Publishing, R. Talsorian Games, rime of the frostmaiden, routinely itemised, Steve Jackson Games, Symbaroum, tasha's cauldron of everything, terminator, the children of fear, the fantasy trip, the grinning frog, the oracle, the wildsea, those dark places, traveller, warehouse 23, wizards of the coast, wizkids, World Anvil, world of darkness

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #34

February 7, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

RPG news summary on the week the internet debated whether Love Magic was creepy or not, a heavy metal band released a D&D adventure, and there was one last chance to buy Adventures in Middle-earth.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: adventures in middle-earth, bundle of holding, Chaosium, cubicle 7, daniel d. fox, Dungeons & Dragons, Elephant & Macaw Banner, en publishing, Evil Hat Productions, Free League Publishing, geek native, Green Ronin Publishing, humble bundle, judge dredd, modern age, mork borg, Owen Stephens, Paizo Publishing, roll20, routinely itemised, Russ Morrissey, Steve Jackson Games, The Orr Group, the wagadu chronicles, Troll Lord Games, unearthed arcana, wizards of the coast, woin, zweihander

The gorgeous Elephant & Macaw Banner RPG

February 3, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Elephant & Macaw Banner is a game of muskets and magic and already an award-winning fiction series.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Elephant & Macaw Banner, kickstarters, Porcupine Publishing

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