The 2014 Origins Winners were announced during the Origins Game Fair last week. This is the 40th annual Origins Awards and winners include AEG, who one twice, Monte Cook and Green Ronin. Categories included RPGs, various tabletop games, figures, accessories and even related media. Best Roleplaying Game Numenera by Monte Cook Games Best Roleplaying Supplement […]
Green Ronin and Ad Infinitum partner to produce Icons: The Assembled Edition
A new edition of the superheroes RPG Icons is on the way and via a partnership between Green Ronin and Ad Infinitum Adventures. Steve Kenson, who created Icons, will write and Dan Houser and Daniel Solis will provide the art. The Assembled Edition of Icons will be brought up to date with everything that’s happened […]
Great Deeds of Cruelty and Derring-do: A Review of the Fate Freeport Companion
Blacksand, Babylon 5, Ankh Morpork, Mos Eisley… Sometimes, to say ‘Any Port in a Storm‘ is simply an uncomplicated fact. When life or the weather get choppy and you need to find somewhere to shelter or hide out, then a port will likely have all you need. Because all forms of life tend to end […]
Green Ronin hand out $10 coupons; change Emerald City format
Sometimes there are RPG projects that just smoothly slide through the system from conception, through to creation, production and sales. Green Ronin’s Emerald City sourcebook for Mutants & Masterminds is not such a book. It’s had problems. In a blog post that describes the supplement as “long-awaited” Green Ronin boss Chris Pramas offers up $10 […]
Who’s leading the Ennies 2013 pack?
The nominations for the 2013 ENnies are out. These are a big set of awards in the roleplaying publishing world. Counting by hand, I reach 57 publishers nominated and that’s up from just shy of 40 from 2012. Paizo Publishing and Pelgrane Press lead the pack with 7 nominations each, with Cubicle 7 in third […]
Superhero Week: An exclusive look inside Emerald City slipcase
Green Ronin’s Mutants & Masterminds is a popular RPG and the perfect subject for some Superhero Week attention. As luck would have it Jon Leitheusser, the M&M Line Developer, very kindly agreed to give us a look at some of the art from inside the forthcoming Emerald City slipcase and talk about the setting with […]
Superhero Week: 10 more brave superhero RPGs go to war
This is the second Superhero Week here at Geek Native. It is therefore the second time 10 superhero RPGs have stepped up to battle it out. It’s your chance to using the rating stars to say how much you enjoyed the games. Is you favourite game included? If not then perhaps it made the list […]
Origins names nominees for the best tabletop games of 2013
The Origins Games Fair is a big one. It runs from June 12th to 16th this year in the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio, USA. It showcases board games, tabletop roleplaying games, CCGs, miniatures, LARPs and has an electronic games room this year. The Origins Awards is run by The Academy of Adventure […]
5 Kickstarters to consider for International #TableTopDay
It’s past midnight here in the UK and so Geek & Sundry’s International TableTop Day starts. Europe joins the ranks of Asian and Aussie gamers who’ve been tweeting for hours and turns to watch the US and Canada as they wait to join us. There are lots of great deals on today. Local stores are […]
Chris Pramas: Green Ronin survived the theft of $100,000 and now deals directly with George R. R. Martin
Chris Pramas is the President of Green Ronin Publishing and veteran of the roleplaying industry. He’s worked for Wizards of the Coast, signed deals with George R. R. Martin and is currently mid-Kickstarter with Freeport: The City of Adventure for the Pathfinder RPG. In this interview we’re reminded that Green Ronin had a whirlwind of […]
