D&D x NERF: NERF DragonPower Emberstrike Blaster
Dungeons & Dragons has an official NERF gun in the shape of NERF DragonPower Emberstrike Blaster. NERF, sister company to…
Pre-orders open on the official Dungeons & Dragons Annual 2022
đSponsored Post paid for by Geek Native. We may earn a commission on sales.Farshoreâs licensed D&D Annual is a stitched…
Kickstarter Round-Up: New RPG Adventures, Awesome Game Storage, and Fun Card Games
Come check out this weekâs batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! Cubeamajigs Cubeamajigs are reusable gaming packs that allow you…
D&D: Five Monsters From White Dwarfâs RPG Days
Back in the day, White Dwarf got its start as an RPG magazine. And today weâre taking a look back…
Gore and gaslighting: D&Dâs official Ravenloft: Mist Hunters kicks off
The official D&D Adventurers League series Ravenloft: Mist Hunters launched this week. The Adventurers League is Wizards of the Coastâs…
Birthplace of D&D Celebrated by Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum
The long history of RPGs in America is weirdly localized in the midwestâand in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, you can now…
The Monsters Know What Theyâre Doing with Keith Ammann
Keith Ammann, the author of The Monsters Know What Theyâre Doing: Combat Tactics for Dungeon Masters, joins me on the…
3â10 August 2021: Avatar Ascended; D&D Nerfed
This week: Magpie Gamesâ RPG adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender makes history; the winner of the Diana Jones Emerging…
Call of Cthulhu RPG sourcebook Delta Green celebrates 25th anniversary with a new edition
Delta Green, the roleplaying sourcebook created for Call of Cthulhu, is celebrating its 25th Anniversary with a new edition. Called…
Book Mashup: Lost Ilium
So, I was going to talk a little more about my Threefold setting Modern AGE campaign, but, uh, I didnât…
D&D: WizKids Shows Off Two New âCritical Roleâ Prepaints
Critical Roleâs massive monsters are where the lore and characterization of Matt Mercerâs Exandria shine through. Now you can get…
The Workshop â So What If The Game Is âEasyâ Or âBoringâ?
Source image unknown. All rights reserved. If youâve had an ear to the ground of the video game community over…
Cult psychedelic-fantasy board game Dungeon Degenerates is weird, wild and back on Kickstarter
Take the sprawling fantasy adventures of Dungeons & Dragons, combine them with the kaleidoscopic visuals of an acid trip and…
WizKids Launches ‘D&D Frameworks’
WizKids launched D&D Frameworks, a new sprue miniatures line, for release in January 2022. Back in February, WizKids expanded its…
WizKids Unleashes Two New ‘Critical Role’ Monster Miniatures Sets
WizKids unleashed Monsters of Tal'Dorei - Set 1 and Monsters of Tal'Dorei - Set 2, two Critical Role monster miniatures…
An Awfully Cheerful Time, Haunted Keepsakes and a Mournlands Mystery
Greetings all and welcome to the EN Publishing news update! This week, The Awfully Cheerful Engine lands in our store, plus…
3 Sidekicks to Recruit to Your Ragtag Party of Adventurers
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Avatar Legends RPG does justice to The Last Airbender and Korraâs storytelling, but fumbles combat – preview
Both Avatar: The Last Airbender and Legend of Korra demanded the imagination of their audiences, from the elemental bending and…
D&D livestream to raise money for Mermaids, a charity supporting trans and non-binary youth
A Dungeons & Dragons actual play livestream is set to raise money for Mermaids, a UK based charity dedicated to…
Stranger Things Season 4, GWâs Kill Team, Avatar RPG, Neverwinter
This weekend had it all from Stranger Things new season info, GWâs Kill Team is imminent, D&D Neverwinter, plus Avatar…
Free to Download: Latin American Monsters 5e preview
On the 17th of August, Legendary Games will launch their next Kickstarter for a softcover bestiary of D&D 5e monsters.…
D&D: An Adventurerâs Guide To Neverwinter
Come visit the city where it is always either that only has three seasons a year â Spring, Summer, and…
D&D: Beadle & Grimmâs Sets Its Sights On TalâDorei
Beadle & Grimmâs, purveyors of only the finest in tabletop boxed sets, have set their sights on the world of…
Monster Tools
The encounter building section also has information on modifying the encounters for low level parties, using elite and legendary monsters,…
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #112
Itâs Friday, and the big news here at Geek Native HQ this that nerdy blogger will soon be on the…
Nathon Fillion and cast of The Suicide Squad play as a band of rowdy goblins in Nerdist’s latest CelebriD&D
The folks over at Nerdist somehow wrangled Nathan Fillion, Flula Borg and Michael Rooker into roleplaying as a band of…
âAvatar Legendsâ Is Now The Biggest RPG On Kickstarter
Not even three days into its campaign, Avatar Legends: The RPG has surpassed all other tabletop RPGs on Kickstarter, and…
Arkhaane: The Netflix of D&D and homebrew RPG content
Arkhaane is pronounced arcane and wants to be the Netflix of third-party RPG content. The Kickstarter pitches mainly towards content…
Finderâs Archive â Cabal Coffers
Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Finderâs Archives. In this column, we take some of the lands from Magic:…
Aquatic Hazards
I was so happy to have Tashaâs Cauldron of Everything expand the collection of hazards in 5e that I jumped…
TSRâs First Game Was All About Cavaliers And Roundheads â PRIME
TSR was created with the express purpose of publishing Dungeons & Dragons, the industry-defining RPG. Naturally, their first game was…
Dinosaurs invade Dungeons & Dragons in this supplementary campaign
Encounter prehistoric creatures and people whilst playing Dungeons & Dragons in the supplementary campaign, Planegea. Inspired by primordial history and…
WizKids Reveals Two ‘Critical Role’ Premium Figures
WizKids revealed Critical Role Premium Figure - Dieter and Monsters of Tal'Dorei - Ember Roc, for release into retail in…
Beadle & Grimm’s Announces Critical Role Tal’Dorei Campaign Box
Beadle & Grimm's revealed today that they will be making a special boxed version of Critical Role's Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting…
Avatar Legends becomes the highest funded TRPG on Kickstarter within its first week
Avatar Legends: The RPG has claimed the record for most money raised on Kickstarter for a tabletop RPG less than…
D&D: Check Out The Newest NPCs From Exandria â New âCritical Roleâ Minis Announced
Get ready to venture once more to the world of Exandria and the continent of TalâDorei, WizKids has announced a…
Adults buying board games as âstress reliefâ during lockdown has boosted tabletop sales – report
Adult board gamers picking up tabletop titles as a form of âstress reliefâ during the uncertain last year has reportedly…
D&D: Is Joe Manganiello Working On A Secret Dungeons & Dragons Project
Joe Manganiello doesnât seem content to rest on the fact that his D&D character became âcanonââthe powerhouse performer has a…
Wholesome D&D: Enjoy Teatime Adventures in the Verdant Isles
In Verdant Isles: Teatime Adventures, youâre not in a dungeon crawl that has you hack through goblins because theyâre small,…
Highmoon Press to delete all PDF titles and give away print products
Daniel Highmoon of Highmoon Press has emailed previous customers to say that on September the 1st every all the companyâs…
Community Spotlight: 10 Homebrew Magic Items We Love
Plate armor made of tableware. A mask carved from a hag's face. These are the kinds of homebrew magic items that inspire…
Add Unique Miniatures from ‘Critical Role’s’ Exandria to RPG Sessions
WizKids will release Critical Role: NPCs of Exandria - Set 1, a new miniatures set, into retail stores in November…
Adventure Zone DM Griffin McElroy and Bureau of Balance co-designers chat about their new board game
The Adventure Zone: Bureau of Balance is the very first tabletop adaptation of the beloved Dungeons & Dragons actual play…
Dragon Riders of Literature and Film â PRIME
People riding dragons has a long history in media and literature. Letâs take a look. In Games Workshopâs Age of…
Dredd, Xenomorphs, 5E… Oh My!
Welcome to this week’s EN Publishing news update! This week we have new 5E content, a look at two upcoming…
WizKids Reveals Two New ‘Critical Role’ Character Sets
WizKids revealed Characters of Tal'Dorei - Set 1 and NPCs of Tal'Dorei - Set 1, two Critical Role character sets,…
Steamforged Games’ “Web Of The Spider Tyrant” Is Hair-Raising Fun
Steamforged Games, a well-known tabletop game design company whose games include Godtear, Guild Ball, and many licensed options, has announced the upcoming…
Keeping the Creative Panic at Bay (A Ronin Roundtable Guest Post by Nathan Burgoine)
One thing about being a writer with one foot in queer romance and the other in queer spec fic is…
Using Rumors to Create a Living World
As a DM itâs my goal to create a believable world for my players to explore, interact with, and change.…
The Workshop â MtG to D&D: The Poetâs Quill
Art by Anna Fehr, copyright Wizards of the CoastWeâre back this week with another magic item for Dungeons and Dragons 5e…
D&D: Five Ways To Build A Campaign Without Killing A God
Starting a new campaign and want a break from the same old âkill a being powerful enough to be a…
28 Julyâ3 August 2021: Horizons & Hats
This week, a quick update from a quiet week: GAMA announces an accelerator programme for tabletop industry organisations from underrepresented…
The Game of Life: Super Mario Edition contains more Bowser and fewer bills
Travel along the path through the Mushroom Kingdom to defeat the dreaded Bowser in The Game of Life: Super Mario…
Geek Native Patron Gift: The Gunblade
Geek Native runs a small Patron program through which you can tip the blog every month. The money raised in…
Adventure Zone: Bureau of Balance board game expansion âin the worksâ
The Adventure Zone: Bureau of Balance, a board game based on the Dungeons & Dragons actual play series, is getting…
Helm Greycastle: New Latinx fantasy comic includes 5e one-shot adventure
Henry Barajas, creator of La Voz De M.A.Y.O.: Tata Rambo! has a new latinx fantasy comic series. In Helm Greycastle…
Wizard 101: Bladesinging From Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Bladesinging is the subclass for wizards who want swordplay to supplement their spells. Alongside the Eldritch Knight â which fulfills the…
We give our first impressions of the new Descent, Fortâs first expansion and Avatar Legends on the Dicebreaker Podcast
In a particularly Nice episode of the Dicebreaker Podcast, Matt, Wheels and Meehan reimagine some of our favourite board games…
D&D: WizKids Announces Frameworks â Custom Sprue-Based Miniatures For Your Campaign
WizKids has announced âFrameworksâ a new line of customizable, sprue-based miniatures for Dungeons & Dragons and other roleplaying games. WizKids…
D&D: WotC Declares That Novels Arenât âCanonâ For 5th Edition And Vice Versa
With a new Drizzt novel out this week, and Dragonlance novels not far behind, WotC sets the record straight on…
D&D Price Increase & Artificer Guide, 40K Grey Knight Stat Updates, Star Wars Mistakes
Check out news of an upcoming Hasbro price increase & our 5e Artificer Guide, 40K Grey Knight Stat Updates &…
Publishers Spotlight: September 2021 poll open for Patrons
Does your D&D Wizard have the 1st level Conjuration ritual âTenserâs Floating Diskâ but struggles to find a use for…
D&D Beyond cancels anniversary competition after a backlash
D&D Beyondâs Frame Design Contest has been cancelled after artists expressed it asked for too much and offered too little.…
D&D 101: A Quick Breakdown of Classes in Dungeons & Dragons
Welcome to Dungeons & Dragons, a roleplaying game where you'll create a hero to play as in adventures! One of the…
Looking for a big baddie for your RPG? Liches: Dance Macabre offers the Sorrow Lords for 5e and Pathfinder
Texas in August Studio astutely points out that Liches may be a good choice for big bad in RPGs, but…
Free to Download: At One With Nature a 1920s Call of Cthulhu horror
A Miskatonic Repository book, At One With Nature, is a 1920s Call of Cthulhu horror from Graham James, with potentially…
WizKids to launch paint range and sprue-based miniatures range this year
WizKids created the eCommerce mini store DnDMinis last year with Wizards of the Coast. Now, GamesRadar is reporting the company…
Top Secret: The Espionage RPG That Got TSR Raided By The FBI â PRIME
Yes, the satanic panic gripped the nation and got D&D books banned, but another RPG had a brush with authority.…
D&D: Dimension 20âs New Series Gives An Awesome Spotlight To Fantasy Highâs Damsels In Distress
Dimension 20âs new D&D series, The Seven goes back to schoolâfantasy high school that is, with a look at âseven…
WotC: Actual Play Shows Are Shaping The Future Of D&D
From shorter adventures, to encounters with more of a roleplay focus built in, D&Dâs lead designer confirms: actual play shows…
Dungeons & Dragons 5E cleric class explained
Clerics are best known for being the designated healers of Dungeons & Dragons 5E. Which is actually a little limiting,…
D&D and Magic: The Gathering to see prices increase later this year due to rising shipping costs
Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons fans will notice a slight increase in prices sometime between now and the…
Jessa Blackthorne reveals new WizKids new D&D map range
Iâve noticed the rise of neoprene battle mats on Kickstarter and am tempted. A single large sheet that protects the…
Preview: ‘D&D Icons of the Realms Miniatures: The Wild Beyond the Witchlight’ Booster Set
WizKids released a massive preview of the D&D Icons of the Realms Miniatures: The Wild Beyond the Witchlight Booster Set,…
D&D Canon
Every expression of D&D has its own canon. Our studio treats D&D in much the same way that Marvel Studios…
Surviving the Feywild: A Cautionary Tale About Harold the Halfling
While we can only imagine at the wonders that The Wild Beyond the Witchlight will bring to light, the following is a…
Kickstarter Round-Up: Foodie Magic for 5e, Sandwich Masters, & Rat Queens BFF
Come check out this weekâs batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! War of Ashes â STL & Resin Minis Bigger!…
Star signs and astrology are the inspirations for this D&D supplement
Create characters who can harness the power of the heavens in Stargazerâs Guide to Aroria, a supplementary sourcebook for Dungeons…
D&D: Digital Roleplaying Is In The Cards After WotC Leads Hasbro Stock Surge
In a quarterly earnings call, Hasbro revealed that WotC is leading the way for all things digital, including a new…
Acquisitions Inc Sourcebook, Star Trek Adventures with Shawn Merwin
RPG designer and writer, Shawn Merwin, joins me on the podcast today. We discuss Shawnâs history with role-playing games and…
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20â27 July 2021: Top-Selling Games; Shipping Issues
This week, ICv2âs top-selling games show the success of Cyberpunk and third-party 5e games. Hasbro reveals its Q2 results, showing…
Survivalistâs Guide to Spelunking launches today
How do you keep your character alive while exploring the dangers of underground dungeons? As a GM, how do you…
D&D Survey
We want to know what you think of D&Dâand if you play Magic we want to hear what you have…
Whatâs In A Capstone?
DruidArchdruidAt 20th level, your Wild Shape has no duration. In addition, when you cast a druid spell you do not…
D&D Accessories: Gamer Gear
From console skins to minis that remind your players to look for Materia and watch out for the cute monsters,…
Picaresque Roman is part competitive RPG, part social deduction game inspired by Yakuza
A hit Japanese indie RPG that combines roleplaying with the hidden traitor of social deduction games like Werewolf is headed…
D&D: Strixhaven Book Drops Subclasses, Adds Relationships
D&D players prove that they hate fun and fear change: WotC has announced theyâre dropping new subclass concepts from the…
The Workshop â MtG to DND: Blight Sickle
Blight Sickle. Art by John Avon. Copyright Wizards of the CoastI was scrolling through TikTok the other day (things I…
EN Publishing News: Cursed jugglers, murder most foul and demon lords
Greetings all! With only 13 weeks to go until Level Up Advanced 5E, this week includes a murder mystery Kickstarter…
Wizards of the Coast and Digital Gaming Segment Sales Surge in Q2
Sales in Hasbroâs newly created Wizards of the Coast and Digital Gaming segment more than doubled in Q2 2021, behind…
Alien 5e: A review of Stargate SG-1 roleplaying game
I remember the buzz there was when Wyvern Gaming announced theyâd landed the rights to do an official Stargate tabletop…
Druid 101: Circle of Wildfire From Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
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Tabletop Gallery: The Alpha and the Omega
The Long War goes ever on⌠Everybody loves a good picture of a fully painted-up tabletop adventure. From the Grimdark,…
Fire Ruby Designs brings Warlock! power to the Bundle of Holding
Channelling the spirit of early British roleplaying (I was there, ish) comes Fire Ruby Designâs Warlock! If OSR is a…
Tashaâs Cauldron of Everything Breakdown, Part Ten
Okay, folks, Iâm feeling good today, I think weâre finishing off who- or whatever Tasha has been cooking in that…
The Co-Creator Of Eureka Is Working On The D&D TV Show
Eureka co-creator and founder of Boom! Studios, Andrew Cosby, has been confirmed to be one of the minds behind the…
The Shining and The Babadook are inspirations for this horror D&D supplement
Take a risk and cast a spell with The Book of Gaub, an RPG supplement for Dungeons & Dragons thatâs…
Rolling for Initiative — Two Publisher Promotions that Worked
Rolling for Initiative is a weekly column by Scott Thorne, PhD, owner of Castle Perilous Games & Books in Carbondale,…
No Kid Hungry Charity Bundle at the DMs Guild: $195 of RPG goodies for $20 with all proceeds to charity
A few weeks ago, the Dungon Masters Guild Twitter account called out the unbelievable fact that 1 in 6 kids…
Genre Police: Meta-Lurgy
Meta. The term is mentioned a lot in D&D circles. When someone does something outside of what their character knows,…