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Independent Coverage 📜 15+ Year Archive 🎲 Crowdfunding Tracked 🔥 Updated 3 days ago

Spotlight Archive

Geek Native tracks news, reviews, and community developments around Spotlight across more than 15 years of reporting. This topic hub brings together 113 articles, most frequently intersecting with Tabletop & RPGs and Sites. Coverage began in 2011 with Spotlight challenge: Stickmen RPG.

Connected Topics: Geek Native Patreon

RPG Publisher Spotlight: Slithy Tove Games and the maker behind the madness

October 31, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Your Patreon votes made Slithy Tove Games the RPG Publisher Spotlight. We explore their Savage Worlds setting and roots in the physical maker community.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: savage worlds, spotlight

Help independent news: Pick November’s RPG Publisher Spotlight

October 1, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Vote for November’s RPG Publisher Spotlight nominees and explore classic advice from the Geek Native archives on running effective horror tabletop games.

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RPG Publisher Spotlight: Red Ruin Publishing and the resilient fan-craft of legend

September 30, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Geek Native speaks to Simon Barns of Red Ruin Publishing about zine origins, physical gamebooks, and keeping the classic world of Dragon Warriors alive.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dragon Warriors, serpent king games, spotlight

Help independent news: Pick October’s RPG Publisher Spotlight

September 2, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Patron votes put Red Ruin Publishing in the RPG Spotlight. See the latest poll contenders as Geek Native wraps up August and heads to Tabletop Scotland.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: geek native, Patreon, spotlight

Help independent news: Pick September’s RPG Publisher Spotlight

August 1, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Hello friends, and thank you for your support. This month we have Table Cat Games in the Spotlight as a result of our Patreons’ vote. If you’re a Patreon, then we’ve a new shortlist for you to decide from.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: geek native, Patreon, spotlight

RPG Publisher Spotlight: How Menagerie Press streamlines classic d20 mechanics

July 18, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Discover how Menagerie Press is blending classic Pathfinder 1E flavour with the deadly rules of Shadowdark in our July RPG Publisher Spotlight.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: ed greenwood, menagerie press, owen k. c. stephens, pathfinder, shadowdark, spotlight, william murakami-brundage

Help independent news: Pick August’s RPG Publisher Spotlight

July 1, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

As we prepare for a busy August festival season in Edinburgh, Geek Native Patrons can vote for the next RPG Publisher Spotlight. See the candidates.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: spotlight

Adventure design and statistical precision: A chat With Dice Average RPG

June 25, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Dice Average RPG talks to Geek Native about ditching the D&D 5e market, moving into system-neutral OSR design, and their upcoming module releases.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dmsguild, Dungeons & Dragons, spotlight

Help independent news: Pick July’s RPG Publisher Spotlight

June 2, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Patreon supporters have the opportunity to vote in this month’s poll because they are wonderful people.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: geek native, Patreon, spotlight

Spotlight: ndvmaps the Inkarnate talent

May 23, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Geek Native’s Patrons have named independent cartographer ndvmaps the latest RPG Publisher Spotlight winner. Explore Narin’s impressive catalog of high-value, 5-star tactical battlemap bundles, built using Inkarnate to elevate tabletop roleplaying games.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: inkarnate, spotlight

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