Daggerheart and Fabula Ultima hit Adamantine status in 2025. Join us as we explore the sales charts, investigate AI usage in products and review the Batman RPG.
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Help independent news: Pick February’s RPG Publisher Spotlight
Happy New Year. It’s the first of the month and the first day of 2026, which means Geek Native’s Patrons, those brilliant people helping to fund indie geeky news, get to pick which publisher we’ll put in the spotlight for February.
Audio EXP Podcast: #314 – The VTT ecosystem
Analyse the 2025 VTT ecosystem with an in-depth look at the top-selling modules on Fantasy Grounds. This episode explores why Shadowdark and Pathfinder are dominating the charts and reviews new roleplaying games like Runeway and Snail Mail.
Audio EXP Podcast: #313 – Crazy hippy Santa time
Toho acquires Anime Limited, the definitive 13th Age arrives, and we discuss the economics of community over competition with BackerKit CEO Max Salzberg.
Audio EXP Podcast: #312 – Dark deals and social media
How will Australia’s social media ban affect young gamers? We discuss this, plus the Exodus delay and WotC’s digital roadmap in this week’s Audio EXP.
Audio EXP Podcast: #311 – Momentum and spaceships
Audio EXP #311 covers the Dragonmeet 2025 award winners, The Black Company RPG playtest, Fantasy Grounds legacy rewards and a Culture-inspired spaceship name generator.
Geek Native combats digital decay with Internet Archive integration
Geek Native has installed the Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer to combat link rot and preserve the history of indie tabletop RPGs.
Rascal News price rise highlights the fight for indie TTRPG journalism
Rascal News has announced a subscription price increase for 2026 due to economic pressures.
Audio EXP Podcast: #310 – Is the World of Darkness in trouble again?
Paradox signals a retreat from major RPG adaptations after heavy losses. We also investigate if new UK customs rules for 2029 will actually increase the cost of backing board games on Kickstarter or if exemptions keep pledges safe.
Audio EXP Podcast: #309 – Scotland Loves VTTs
Audio EXP #309 covers the winners and losers from the Scotland Loves Anime festival in Edinburgh. Plus, we analyse the new D&D Nexus from Roll20 and the razor and blades strategy behind the Fantasy Grounds pivot.
