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Maintaining an independent and critical perspective, Geek Native has provided original reporting on Essence20 for more than 4 years. This curated resource organises 5 articles, anchoring current news within a long-term historical context. This resource evaluates first-hand data from official industry announcements and crowdfunding mechanics.

Routinely Itemised: RPG #365

June 12, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

From Cymera highlights to Paizo’s warehouse crisis and massive Pride Month charity bundles, catch up on a busy week of roleplaying games news and industry updates.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: essence20, onyx path publishing, Renegade Game Studios, routinely itemised, scion

Wizards of the Coast’s (money) recruited sci-fi authors for the Exodus TTRPG

June 8, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Exodus is a computer RPG from Wizards of the Coast’s Archetype Entertainment, and it’ll feature Matthew McConaughey. There’s a tabletop RPG to accompany both.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Archetype Entertainment, essence20, exodus, James Ohlen, wizards of the coast

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #208

June 9, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s Geek Native’s news round-up with news from UK Games Expo and news about the huge tabletop convention, about Battlefield Press in a battle, and various definitely not cancelled yet not, well, here RPGs.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Battlefield Press, essence20, power rangers, R. Talsorian Games, Renegade Game Studios, routinely itemised, the witcher, uk games expo

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #115

August 27, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

RPG news in a week of new game announcements, franchise deals and licenses. We’ve attracted lots of Cthulhu, too.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: a couple of drakes, Alligator Alley Entertainment, Catalyst Game Labs, Chaosium, columbia games, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, Dungeons & Dragons, earl of fife games, Esper Genesis, essence20, Girl Genius, goblin slayer, hard wired island, index card rpg, lupin the 3rd, magnetic press, magnetic press play, micro rpg, Modiphius Entertainment, Mongoose Publishing, Outland Entertainment, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, queerz, Renegade Game Studios, rookie jet studio, routinely itemised, runehammer games, samjoko publishing, sandy pug games, savage worlds, severed books, Shadowrun, Son of Oak Game Studio, sr 16, Steve Jackson Games, the witcher, troika, viking death squad, wizards of the coast, yen press

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, essence20, g.i. joe, hasbro, power rangers, Renegade Game Studios, Transformers

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