• About
    • Policies
    • Write For Us
    • Ads
    • How We Earn Money
  • Email Digest
  • Patreon
  • Shop
  • Resources
    • Archives
    • Conventions
    • Chat Portal
    • Free eBooks
    • Latest TTRPG News Summary
    • RPG Tips
    • RPG Tools
    • Short Film Roulette

Geek Native

From the land of Geek

  • Books
    • Comics
  • Games
    • Console
    • Mobile
    • PC
    • Tabletop & RPGs
  • Geek Stuff
    • Cool Tech
    • Art
    • Interviews
    • Sites
    • GameWyrd
      • Echoes from the Wyrd
      • Famous Last Words
      • The Lost Archives
      • Weird Awards
      • Wyrd Reviews
  • Movies
  • Music
  • TV
    • Anime
    • Online Shows

America’s Game Manufacturers Association comes out against Trump’s tariffs

April 4, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It is a turbulent time in the USA, and we’re feeling the global ripples. Today might have been the first in a global trade war, but GAMA, the American Game Manufacturers Association, does not like it.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: gama, money

2025 Origin Award finalists announced

March 11, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Origins Game Fair is at the Greater Columbus Convention Center from June 18th to 22nd.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: awards, gama, Origins Award, Origins Game Fair

An interview with Dave Scott of Evil Genius Games: Where do we go from here?

March 1, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s no doubt that Evil Genius has had an eventful year. There’s been a legal row with Netflix, high-profile departures from the company and Kickstarter successes.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dave scott, evil genius productions, gama, highlander, kong: skull island, Pacific Rim, the crow

These are the 2023 Origins Award Nominees

June 6, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

GAMA, the Games Manufacturers Association, is a not-for-profit organisation that aims to look after hobby games.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: gama, Origins Award, Origins Game Fair

The Game Manufacturers Association boss steps down

July 29, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Replacing Prymus, temporarily, is Grace Collins from Snowbright Studio. New officers will be elected on August 18th following The Game Manufacturers Association’s regulations.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: gama, snowbright studios

RollVsEvil charity launches today as tabletop RPG publishers combine efforts

March 23, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Tabletop RPG publishers and board game companies have founded a charity to raise money and support efforts to tackle real-world evil.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Chaosium, charity, cubicle 7, gama, Green Ronin Publishing, magpie games, mantic games, Modiphius Entertainment, q-workshop, R. Talsorian Games, roll20, rollvsevil, Steamforged Games, Steve Jackson Games, uk games expo

GAMA gives geeks a chance to brag about favourite FLGS in the Power Retail Awards

January 12, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Game Manufacturers Association is running a worldwide showcase in which tabletop gamers can highlight friendly local gaming stores.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: gama

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #119

September 24, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Games company expelled from Origins, another up for sale at an eyewatering price, and so many tempting new games. A busy week of RPG news!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Achtung! Cthulhu, adam hancock, Asmodee, awfully queer heroes, batman, blade runner, blade runner rpg, Bully Pulpit Games, Call of Cthulhu, Catalyst Game Labs, chamomile has adventures, cubicle 7, dms guild, Dungeons & Dragons, edge, ENnies, fallout, far away land rpg, Free League Publishing, gama, genesys, index card rpg, iron kingdoms, ironsworn, knock!, Legend of the Five Rings, midgard, mighty narwhal productions, monolith, Monte Cook Games, moonmares games, morra, Origins Award, Paizo Publishing, planebreaker, Privateer Press, Punkapocalyptic, Ravenloft, Robert J. Schwalb, roll20, routinely itemised, runehammer games, savage worlds, Simian Circle Games, Skeletonkey games, star wars: the mandalorian, strixhaven, the children of fear, The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure, tombpunk, Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, viking death squad, wanderhome, wizkids

GAMA expells games publisher from the Origins Game Fair

September 24, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

GAMA say that they have had numerous concerns and examples of behaviour that they have deemed in breach of their code of conduct.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: gama, Origins Game Fair

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #118

September 17, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A newly announced D&D event, new directors at GAMA, controversy and a whole tonne of new RPGs.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: a couple of drakes, animal adventures, apotheosis, brindlewood bay, Call of Cthulhu, Cepheus Deluxe, chamomile has adventures, cubicle 7, demiplane, Diana Jones Award, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Dwarven Forge, edge, fat dragon games, Freddie Taylor-Bell, gama, game wizards, gencon, goodman games, Gun Metal Games, heroic maps, iron kingdoms, James Maliszewski, Jon Peterson, limitless adventures, Matt Forbeck, Meguey Baker, Modiphius Entertainment, mork borg, Mutants & Masterminds, onyx path publishing, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder infinite, Privateer Press, Ravenloft, routinely itemised, Shackleton Expanse Campaign Guide, Shotguns & Sorcery, Skirmisher Publishing, SLA Industries, star trek adventures, starfinder infinite, talespire, tanya floaker, the dee sanction, The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure, Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, vincent baker, wizards of the coast

Next Page »

Quick Links

  • Archives
  • Become an Event Sponsor
  • Chat Portal
  • Cookie Policy (UK)
  • Geek Conventions
  • Kickstarter Heat
  • Newsletter
  • Patreon
  • Resources
  • RPG Publisher Spotlight
  • Social Media
  • Podcast: Audio EXP

Info

  • Contact Us
  • Corrections
  • Privacy

Columns

  • Quick RPG news summaries
  • Quick mini-reviews
  • Quick highlights podcast
  • Recent Kickstarters 
  • Competitions!

Follow Us

Social Media

Recent Posts

  • The Underfold: Dad jokes as psychic attacks
  • Mondo announce brand new collectibles coming to Monsterpalooza 2025
  • UKGE: Tomy launches “Human Controller” interactive blindfold game

Supporters

  • Patreon

Copyright © 2025 · News Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

Manage your privacy

To provide the best experiences, we and our partners use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us and our partners to process personal data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site and show (non-) personalized ads. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.

Click below to consent to the above or make granular choices. Your choices will be applied to this site only. You can change your settings at any time, including withdrawing your consent, by using the toggles on the Cookie Policy, or by clicking on the manage consent button at the bottom of the screen.

Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Statistics

Marketing

Features
Always active

Always active
Manage options Manage services Manage {vendor_count} vendors Read more about these purposes
Manage options
{title} {title} {title}
pixel