A look at the various platforms in the RPG and tabletop space, from electronic gaming boards, to virtual tabletops, because those things are different now. Oh, and $23 million for the Mistborn author.
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Audio EXP: #137 – Perspective
Roll20 gets a new boss, Hasbro cuts the plastic, and gamers bicker about cowboys and Doctors. All this on a week when tanks rolled across borders. Does that seem right?
Audio EXP: #136 – Dragons of Stormwreck Isle is surprise D&D
Last week we had debates about NFTs and lots of new RPGs. This week, those debates about NFTs reach some conclusions as more and more publishers back out. The new RPGs keep coming, though, even new D&D.
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Audio EXP: #135 – Wizards of the Coast to rent a private island
Lots of new RPGs were announced this week and plenty of debate around whether NFTs are an excellent or terrible fit for the digital creativity of the tabletop hobby space.
Audio EXP: #134 – Dead for a week
Welcome to an experiment and a temporary death, a new boss and a whole bundle of bundles. Geek Native’s RPG news and geek highlights of the week that’s just been.
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It’s time for Geek Native’s Patreons to pick for a RPG industry publisher, creator, or contributor to be featured on the blog next month.
Audio EXP: #133 – The D&D ecosystem
A look at titles swirling around D&D, DrivethruRPG helping indie RPGs get noticed, and both the Homeworld and Runescape computer games head to the tabletop.
Audio EXP: #132 – Banning your favourite game
Mystery rooms mustn’t encourage the mystic, Dracula’s descendants will Kickstart later this season, and there’s a dice rolling skull on Kickstarter.
