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Independent Coverage 📜 17+ Year Archive 🔥 Updated 3 weeks ago

Humour Archive

Following Humour across more than 17 years of reporting, Geek Native has published 709 reports spanning Tabletop & RPGs and Interviews. Coverage began in 2009 with You Know Your GM’s Evil When….

Connected Topics: Edinburgh UK Games Expo

Watch Tom Cardy celebrate murderhobo mayhem in Love Letter to a Dungeon Master

October 14, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Tom Cardy and ScumHouse turn campaign derailment into an animated power ballad with Love Letter to a Dungeon Master, lampooning murderhobos and burnt-out DMs.

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: humour

Skynet’s CV rejected: Dragonmeet turns down AI receptionist over Terminator concerns

October 7, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

London RPG convention Dragonmeet has publicly rejected a job pitch from an AI receptionist, citing the Terminator franchise as a warning against hiring machines.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: artificial intelligence, conventions, dragonmeet, humour, terminator

From blank pages to Spewnicorns: Olaf Falafel on comedy and collaborative storytelling

August 18, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Comedian Olaf Falafel discusses his 5-star Edinburgh Fringe shows, overcoming creative blocks, and how live drawing helps collaborative storytelling.

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: edinburgh, edinburgh fringe, humour

Fairy support rings [comic]

August 17, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

What magical rituals really happen inside a fairy ring? Check out this heartwarming web comic featured by Inky Rickshaw.

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: humour, Inky Rickshaw Comics

From Null Pointers to Punchlines: Irene Woo on trading big tech for Edinburgh Fringe comedy

August 5, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Ex-Google Senior Software Engineer Irene Woo talks A/B testing jokes, leaving tech stability, and bringing her debut comedy show Golden Child to the Edinburgh Fringe.

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: edinburgh, google, humour

Juliette Burton brings her introvert-friendly tabletop game show to Edinburgh Fringe

June 5, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Discover how Juliette Burton’s Board to Distraction gamifies the traditional comedy stage with Trivial Pursuit mechanics designed specifically for introverted tabletop gamers heading to the Edinburgh Fringe.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: humour, uk games expo

From Megoosa to Girafusa: The brilliant Gorgon variants of Socks and Puppets

May 16, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Discover the hilarious and mechanically inspired Gorgon variants created by independent artist Ahdok for the webcomic Socks and Puppets.

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: humour, monsters

Roll Britannia expands shared universe ahead of UK Games Expo 2026

April 14, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Roll Britannia expands its shared universe with two new science fiction campaigns and a live show at UK Games Expo 2026 following six years of fantasy adventures.

Filed Under: Online Shows Tagged With: actual play, humour, rusty quill, uk games expo

Genre Police: Bringing in the Funny

April 11, 2026 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

When exhaustion hits the table, a shift toward comedy can save the session. Discover why playing the world straight while embracing absurdity is the key to mastering humour in roleplaying games.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: genre police, humour, rpg tips

StartPlaying accidentally launches “Shadowdark Mode” after engineering typo

April 1, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

StartPlaying delays its highly anticipated dark mode for an elaborate April Fool’s prank. Find out how to survive the Shadowdark Mode desktop minigame.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: April Fools' Day, humour, shadowdark, startplaying, the arcane library

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