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TradeCraft Bonus: D20 gaming light shade

July 26, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

[Show me more] Etsy retailer XyKit makes these geeky lamps to order. Roll your dice under the glow of this d20. It doesn’t matter whether you’re playing Pathfinder, Dungeons & Dragons and even Vampire: the Masquerade the illumination from these carved panels will delight your friends and cast atmospheric shadows around the room.…

TradeCraft Bonus: Tabletop Terrain and Furniture

July 13, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Geek Native’s TradeCraft Bonus column is an occasional visit to sites like Etsy where we see what gamers are making for gamers. Today we’re looking at tabletop map sized terrain and furniture; we’re talking about chests to smash and barrels to hide behind.…

TradeCraft Bonus: More Dungeons & Dragons inspired dice jewellery from Mage Studio

June 14, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It's nice when you can revisit a store on Etsy and see that they're doing well. Geek Native last wrote up Mage Studio in July 2014. Four years ago, wow.

TradeCraft Bonus: Dragon dice boxes

June 11, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In this issue of TradeCraft Bonus we take a look at dragon boxes where you can store your dice and other RPG bits and pieces. Our retailer is Em Brace Leather who are based in the UK and make a range of leather goodies – often with a tabletop focus.…

TradeCraft Bonus: Steampunk fashion for your RPG table

May 27, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Do you need to add some flavour and interest to your gaming table? Perhaps a little sculpture for your players to notice as they sort out their characters, a quirky dice tower or an NPC portrait?…

TradeCraft Bonus: Download instant spell books and scroll props

February 24, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Are you running a tabletop RPG tomorrow and in desperate need to make a player handout look good? There are various designs on the arts and crafts site Etsy that you can download and use to enhance your game.…

TradeCraft Bonus: Handmade dice rolling trays

February 14, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

A dice rolling tray can be a very useful thing. They don’t just help avoid dice explosions that scatter across the floor they are useful for handing dice around a table and even allow a player and GM to watch a dice roll together without anyone else at the table knowing the results.…

TradeCraft Bonus: Tabletop RPG coffee mugs

January 29, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It turns out that over the years Geek Native has shared quite a lot of coffee mugs! These designs from Etsy retailer CritIt deserve to join the legion though. Whether you’re looking to bring a Healer mug to your Pathfinder game, bless your table with a DM mug or just look the part in your Twitch stream I think these gamer mugs tick the box.…

TradeCraft Bonus: Incredible wearable steampunk lanterns

January 19, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Today’s “wearable” talk seems to be all about smartwatches, fitness bands and the occasional VR headpiece. Haven’t we forgotten something important? Something incredible? Something like these wearable steampunk lanterns from Harlots and Angels.…

TradeCraft Bonus: The aLexLibris journal collection

January 10, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The TradeCraft Bonus column last looked at in character notebooks back in 2013. It’s time to circle back and see what other great notepads and journals you can find for LARP, to document your RPG or even as NPC handouts.…

TradeCraft Bonus: D20 gaming light shade

TradeCraft Bonus: Tabletop Terrain and Furniture

TradeCraft Bonus: More Dungeons & Dragons inspired dice jewellery from Mage Studio

TradeCraft Bonus: Dragon dice boxes

TradeCraft Bonus: Steampunk fashion for your RPG table

TradeCraft Bonus: Download instant spell books and scroll props

TradeCraft Bonus: Handmade dice rolling trays

TradeCraft Bonus: Tabletop RPG coffee mugs

TradeCraft Bonus: Incredible wearable steampunk lanterns

TradeCraft Bonus: The aLexLibris journal collection

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