DAYDREAMING TABLETOP MECHANICS: CHASE SYSTEMS IN RPGS
On social media, one of the TTRPG designers I deeply respect asked her network of creators for their preferred RPG…
Here’s The Official Lineup For D&D Celebration 2021
Tomorrow D&D Celebration kicks off a weekend of gaming, including an official D&D Musical. And you thought people who heard…
Satanic Panic 2021: Chinese media worries about “script killing” RPGs and LARPS
Pandaily, a site not yet reviewed by Newsguard for accuracy, is reporting official Chinese media raising concerns about some forms…
Paizo Announces 'Starfinder: Drift Crisis'
Paizo, Inc. announced Starfinder: Drift Crisis, a new sourcebook of Starfinder RPG, which is scheduled to come out in spring…
'Pokemon TCG' Rules Again, the Trend is Not Standard 'Magic's' Friend
TCGplayer released their August data for sealed product sales and price changes. This data set shed light on some new…
Warhammer 40K: T’au Need Major Help And I’m Not Sure They’ll Get It
The T’au are in big trouble, and it’s not clear what can fix them. With a host of books already…
This Is The Way: A review of a Mandalorian TTRPG
This is the Way is a two-page RPG by Emmeryn based on Disney’s The Mandalorian. I’m entirely sure they don’t…
Free to Download: The Inferno RPG quickstart
Inferno is a tabletop RPG of Victorian fiction, in which characters might encounter the creations of Bram Stoker, Charles Dickens,…
Kickstarter Round-Up: Print Your Own Magic Items, Build Cereal Box Armor, and More
Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! The Delver’s Guide to Beastworld – 5e The Delver’s…
Gen Con Report 2021
Another Gen Con is in the books, and what an unusual Gen Con it was, in many regards.As folks may…
Kobold Guide to Gamemastering on Audible as the platform launches 3 months free deal
🐙Sponsored Post paid for by Geek Native. We may earn a commission on sales.Amazon’s audiobook company Audible is offering three…
D&D: Solve Every Problem With Magic – Use These Spells
Fireball might pack a powerful punch, but these spells will give your character more utility than your local electric co-op.…
Blade Runner Is Getting An Official RPG
Get ready to give your players the Voight-Kampff test to see who really is human in a newly announced tabletop…
Paizo president Jeff Alvarez releases second statement following firing of customer service manager
Jeff Alvarez, president of Pathfinder and Starfinder publisher Paizo, posted a second statement to the official forums on September 20th…
Ratatosk: World Tree Encounter Tables
“Life here isn’t all nuts and bushy tails.” (Lucano Volpe) The squirrel-folk relish living dangerously, risking life and limb as…
D&D: Want More Feywild – WotC Releases Domains Of Delight 5E
A new official release from WotC gives you access to rules for creating whole new “Domains of Delight” and Archfey…
Blade Runner RPG coming from Free League
Alcon Entertainment and Free League Publishing will release an official Blade Runner Tabletop RPG series. It includes Blade Runner and…
Blade Runner is getting a TRPG from the studio behind the Alien RPG and Tales From the Loop
Blade Runner, the seminal science fiction film about a gang of fugitive androids, is getting its own official tabletop roleplaying…
D&D: Fizban’s Treasury Of Dragons Previews Reveal New Dragons And More
Come take a look at some of the draconic secrets revealed in the upcoming Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons. See if…
Rogue Review- Nimbus Class V-Wing
Welcome to Rogue Squadron, pilot! In this series, we will be looking at the ships you can fly in Fantasy…
RPG Campaign and Story Hooks with Josh Barbeau
Comicbook writer Josh Barbeau returns to the podcast. The discussion is a deep dive into story hooks and RPG campaign…
Skinny Minis 2 smashes through $250,000 as gamers return to actual tables
Dungeon in a Box is back on Kickstarter, bringing with them 2D plastic minis or tabletop RPGs. Such minis are…
Dungeon & Dragons campaign Wild Beyond the Witchlight discounted on Roll20
The newest campaign for Dungeons & Dragons 5E, The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure, is currently available at…
40 Years Later, 'Blade Runner' Becomes an RPG
Free League Publishing has announced a licensing deal with Alcon Entertainment to produce a tabletop role playing game line based…
Preview: 'D&D Idols of the Realms: Essentials 2D Miniatures' Packs
WizKids released preview images of their first releases for D&D Idols of the Realms: Essentials 2D Miniatures. These miniatures were…
Movie Review – Malignant
I always tell myself that this is the year I watch a TON of horror movies during the month of…
Wizards of the Coast joins Dungeoncraft with the Domains of Delight
Wizards released The Wild Beyond the Witchlight today. In conjunction, the DMs Guild has launched the Dungeoncraft Spotlight. The DMs…
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight Out Today
Dungeons & Dragons today unleashed the first adventure of the world’s greatest roleplaying game set primarily in the Feywild –…
Kalymba: An African-inspired Brazilian RPG is coming to Kickstarter
Fed up of Western RPGs? Kalymba is an RPG written by Daniel Pirraça, from Brazil. It was successfully funded in…
D&D: Five Awesome Magic Items From Wild Beyond The Witchlight
There are 21 new magic items in the new adventure: The Wild Beyond the Witchlight, but these five stand out…
14–20 September: Gen Con; Paizo; Awards
This week: Gen Con is underway, but crowd control causes some controversy. Meanwhile, stories of a toxic culture at Paizo…
Adventures in Rokugan: Legend of the Five Rings comes to D&D’s 5e
Edge, the Asmodee owned RPG studio that picked up tabletop roleplaying games from Fantasy Flight, has announced Adventures in Rokugan.…
D&D: Make Your Next Adventure Deadly With These Unique Traps
Want to spice up your next encounter? Consider using a trap. Sure, they might take a bit of adjusting, but…
How to Use Side Quests to Genre Hop
Last week we explored how to use side quests to deliver exposition. But giving the player information is not the…
Chris McDowall, Johan Nohr and Free League launch the Into the Odd Remastered Kickstarter
The pledge target for the next version of Into the Odd was met within moments of the Kickstarter launching. The…
The Workshop – The Fermented Spirit (D&D 5e)
Art by Nicolas Mühlbach This idea started as a joke based on a tweet I saw earlier this morning about…
D&D: The Wild Beyond The Witchlight – The BoLS Review
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight is out, bringing the magic of the feywild to your tabletop. But are the rides…
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt’s return to the spooky Magic: The Gathering plane has plenty thematic bark, less gameplay bite
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt sees us returning to the spookiest plane in the Magic: The Gathering multiverse, albeit one that’s now…
Cosplay: ‘League of Legends’ K/DA Slay in the Baddest Music Videos
They’re Straight Up Villains and they’re dropping killer beats. They’re the hottest thing to drop on the internet in ages.…
Explore Weird Fantasy in Free League's 'Into the Odd' RPG
Free League Publishing has teamed up with Electric Bastionland creator Chris McDowall to produce Into the Odd, a tabletop role…
New Feywild Companion gives DMs new rules for developing portals to the fairy realm
Timed to coincide with the official release of The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure the YouTube channel Splinterverse…
Catalyst Games Unveils 'Shadowrun: The Kechibi Code'
Gen Con 2021 News: Catalyst Games unveiled Shadowrun: The Kechibi Code, a new plot sourcebook for Shadowrun: Sixth World RPG,…
WizKids Will Release New 'D&D' 'Ravenloft' Miniatures
'D&D Icons of the Realms: Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft' Booster Brick and More! WizKids will release D&D Icons of…
Let’s Talk Art – Episode 4
This week, J Edward discusses not one… …not two… …but three paintings! The inspiration, the process, and all about his…
MTG: Midnight Hunt Release Notes, FAQs, And Clarifications
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt’ werewolves, zombies, ghosts, and other spookables raise a few rules questions. Today WotC has your answers. From…
All new Mutant Crawl Classics bundle to get you started as a mutant robot-killer
Goodman Games’ tabletop RPG of post-apocalyptic adventure Mutant Crawl Classics is in the Bundle of Holding. You can get started…
Fanatical launches biggest BundleFest ever with the Killer Bundle 19
🐙Sponsored Post paid for by Geek Native. We may earn a commission on sales.Now part of Fandom, Fanatical has launched…
Monster Spotlight: The Good Aligned Monsters Of D&D
Not every monster in the manual is going to attack you without a reason and some can even be fantastic…
D&D: Five Secret Weapons Every Adventurer Needs
Want to surprise your enemies in the next encounter? Try busting out one of these secret weapons and watch what…
Warhammer 40K: Kill Team Chalnath Introduces New Units And Returning Terrain
The upcoming Kill Team Box featuring Adepta Sororitas and T’au will feature some new units and some returning terrain options…
Which board games do you house-rule? It's the Dicebreaker Podcast!
News crew, assemble! Dicebreaker’s crack editorial squad Matt, Meehan and Chase take over for a podcast filled with talk of…
D&D x Pokemon: Monster Manual mashup
Fun.com have a proof of concept Dungeons & Dragons & Pokemon monsters wonderfully illustrated. Take one Displacer Beast (carefully) and…
From the Deck of a Sandship: Encounters within the Mhalmet Expanse
Nemet and her sandship crew can add some lively possibilities to any campaign or one-time gaming session. Here is a…
Weird of Hali RPG: What you think you know about the world of H.P. Lovecraft is wrong
Based on the novels by John Michael Greer, Aeon Games is Kickstarting a Weird of Hali RPG. In the world,…
Valiant Entertainment Details 'Valiant: Fight For Deadside' Tabletop Game
Valiant Entertainment will release Valiant: Fight for Deadside to Kickstarter later this year. Valiant: Fight for Deadside is a co-operative…
Battle the System Lords with 'Stargate SG-1 Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook'
Wyvern Gaming will release Stargate SG-1 Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook, a 5E compatible rulebook, which will release on October 5.…
Astral Projections – Cyber Guard Dogs for Cyberpunk RED
“…Sure, Maybe I’ll encounter a Hellhound, but they don’t spike my heart rate. I’ve got the skills and the programs…
D&D 5E Guide: How To Multiclass – Fighter
Multiclassing in Dungeons & Dragons opens up a door of possibilities for PCs. Today we’re taking a look at how…
Star Trek actor Anthony Rapp featured in official D&D musical event
A live performance of the first ever official Dungeons & Dragons musical is set to take place this weekend. Entitled…
ENnie Awards 2021 winners: Alice is Missing and Heart: The City Beneath named best RPGs of the year
Spire sequel Heart: The City Beneath and Alice is Missing, the small-town mystery played over text message, have triumphed at…
Undead Monsters Featured in New 'Pathfinder Deep Cuts' Packs
WizKids revealed three new single-count monster packs for their Pathfinder Battles Deep Cuts line, which will release in December.The Pathfinder…
Pokemon Company Int'l Unveils 'Pokemon TCG Live' App
The Pokemon Company International unveiled Pokemon TCG Live, which is an app that allows Trainers to play Pokemon TCG digitally…
Hawkeye’s Cosplay, The Witcher’s Helmet, An ‘Advanced’ Tarrasque, and New Black Templars for 40K!
This weekend we covered some awesome Hawkeye cosplay, looked at an ‘advanced’ version of a classic D&D monsters and got…
Rolling for Initiative — 'Midnight Hunt' and Peak 'Pokemon TCG?'
Rolling for Initiative is a weekly column by Scott Thorne, PhD, owner of Castle Perilous Games & Books in Carbondale,…
Funcom Acquires Cabinet Group
Online game publisher Funcom has acquired The Cabinet Group, owner of dozens of intellectual properties, including Conan, Mutant Year Zero,…
D&D: An Adventurer’s Guide To The Feywild
Tomorrow adventurers will be setting out into the wilds beyond the Witchlight, where the Feywild waits. But what exactly is…
As good as the first: Knock! 2 is a gazette of weird OSR insight
Knock! – Issue 2 is as good as the first. The Merry Mushmen have done it again, which is all…
Free to Download: Flabbergasted! RPG’s quickstart to channel your Jeeves and Wooster
Flabbergasted! is a humorous tabletop RPG set in the 1920s, and therefore I’m immediately reminded of the brilliant antics of…
Free to Download: Children of Midnight RPG quickstarter
Children of Midnight is a gender-inclusive urban fantasy RPG. In the game, characters are Wyld Witches who, with their Familiars,…
Dark Veil: An RPG about survival in a universe fractured in time
Dark Veil Studios has launched its titular RPG on Kickstarter, with a campaign to raise $30,000 for a game set…
D&D Accessories: Dice Towers To Make Your Game More Immersive
There’s a dice tower for every campaign, whether you’re looking for something spooky, something magical, or even a tower you…
Is ink vegan? A review of ShirtStak’s geeky tees
I’ve been a bit jealous of the D&D tee subscription deal that Amazon runs in the States. I’ve also been…
D&D: Five Cats Who Really Know Where It’s At
They say everybody wants to be a cat–and in Dungeons & Dragons, you have multiple options to get people marching…
Alzwards comic: Ways to build an RPG character
Geek Native did once list 12 different ways to roll a D&D character. I suspect that makes this blogger a…
Genre Police: Sand in the Eyes
After looking at railroads, it’s natural to return to the idea of their ideological opposite, the Sandbox. As a term…
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure
A wickedly whimsical adventure for the world’s greatest roleplaying game.Once every eight years, the fantastic Witchlight Carnival touches down on…
Could the Stegodial be your next branded tabletop merch?
Superpower3D have a 3d-printable accessory on Kickstarter to do away with spindown dice and other trackers. The Stegodial is a…
D&D: An Adventurer’s Guide To Oberon – The Green Lord
When it comes to archfey, none are quite as arch as Oberon, Lord of Beasts. Sometimes known as Oran or…
Free to Download: G.O.L.E.M.S. for the Keyforge RPG
Edge Studios is the RPG studio owned by Asmodee and which picked up Fantasy Flight’s tabletop RPGs during the dramatic…
Nigerian board game company Nibcard has won the Diana Jones 2021 award
Nibcard, a multifaceted tabletop business and initiative based in Nigeria has taken home the Diana Jones 2021 Award, as presented…
GW, Warhammer, 40K & Fantasy Minis Trivia Challenge
It’s Friday! Kick-off your weekend with this retro challenge for the old-schoolers out there. What ancient Games Workshop, 40K, and…
Cosplay: The Go-To Cosplayer Interaction Guide
Mind your manners and make your Cosplayers happy. Here’s everything you need to know when approaching Cosplayers at Events! It’s…
D&D: Five Magical Spheres
Magical spheres are a big part of many franchises, from The Prisoner to Destiny, and even in D&D you’ll find…
Outside the Box – September 17th
Hello and welcome back to Outside the Box – this week with news from Atomic Mass Games, Corvus Belli, Artel…
Saints of Midgard: St. Khurgrin, the Lovestruck Saint
The Midgard Worldbook already details a score of saints dedicated to the war god Mavros, but the other deities have…
RPG Publisher Spotlight: Sanguine Games
Geek Native’s Patreons voted for Sanguine Games this month. That’s why the publisher has been getting a mention at the…
Gen Con’s day-one crowd left attendees and online onlookers worried despite safety guidelines
Gen Con, the largest board game convention in the US, held its first day of events and exhibition on September…
D&D: Check Out ‘Advanced 5th Edition’s’ Take On The Tarrasque
Level Up, the upcoming ruleset for ‘Advanced 5th Edition’ is previewing one of fantasy’s most iconic monsters: the tarrasque, bigger…
Finder’s Archives – Caldera Lake
Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Finder’s Archives. In this column, we take some of the lands from Magic:…
BoLS PRIME: How Minds Eye Theatre Changed The World Of Darkness
Vampire: the Masquerade and theatre kids practically go hand in hand. And back in the 90s, one LARP made its…
Fawlty Towers inspired RPG Flabbergasted invites players into the ridiculous world of high society
Become a member of high society and blunder your way through in Flabbergasted, an upcoming roleplaying game set during the…
QUEERZ! RPG based on the manga and powered by City of Mist launches Kickstarter
We’ve had the free download sample of the inclusive super sentai RPG Queerz. In the game, characters are superheroes who…
Steamforged Games Hires Ross Thompson
Steamforged Games hired Ross Thompson as their new Head of Trade Marketing. Thompson comes to SFG as a veteran of…
Welcome Wastelanders to September’s #FalloutFriday
By Jon Webb Releases This month our New Vegas adventures continue as Marcus and Lily arrive to further reinforce your…
Dungeons & Dragons Announces D&D Celebration For Next Week
Wizards of the Coast has announced a new Dungeons & Dragons event happening next week as they're throwing a D&D…
Paizo will launch Pathfinder Infinite and Starfinder Infinite for third party content in October
It’ll get easier for third party writers to write and sell content for Paizo’s Pathfinder and Starfinder RPGs. At the…
D&D Celebration – D&D Celebrates the Community with Live Games & More
Get ready for a whimsical, wicked weekend filled with D&D games featuring community luminaries, product previews, virtual games, panels and…
Chart a magical fishing trip through a bespoke landscape in minimalist RPG Riverbend
There’s something inherently mystical about a small boat on a river. Myths and legends from all corners of the world…
Warhammer 40K: Kill Team – More Kill Team Sets On The Way
It’s a new Kill Team boxed set featuring T’au vs the Adepta Sororitas – and they are brand new models!…