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Routinely Itemised is Geek Native's weekly RPG news summary, complete with a roundup of new releases, freebies, interviews and reviews.

This week’s Dicebreaker Podcast sees Matt, Lolies and Meehan hop back in the booth for another hour-and-a-bit of nattering about…

Okay, even if you’re worried you’ve left it too late to order a mask for Halloween this Anubis is perfect…

October 23rd through 25th Roll20 will be hosting 3 days of games and panels for charity with their 100% virtual…

In honor of the release of Curse of Strahd Revamped, use the code strahd15 to get 15% off when you…

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Search for magic items and battle fearsome monsters by drawing a path through each room in the upcoming English-language version…

Baldur’s Gate 3 contains some hidden and not-so-hidden romance. Want to know who’s into you? Check out our guide to…

Come check out this week’s batch of crowdfunding highlights! Terrors & Tommyguns RPG Terrors and Tommyguns is a Cosmic Horror…

With so much D&D news, it would be impossible to list it all here. Listen to our opening news segment…

It’s approaching Halloween, Geek Native is doing the 12 Masks countdown and DriveThruRPG has 12,055 RPG titles in their special…

The Unreal Engine is used to make computer games, and now programmer and animator Luke Cosgrove is using it to…

Nightfall Games, publishers of SLA Industries, is apparently working on a Terminator RPG, according to a newly spotted Facebook page.…

Tabletop RPG podcaster Jon Cohen joins me today to discuss his podcast the Tale of the Manticore. The conversation ranges…

Roleplaying games might have begun in the 70s, but they almost died there, too. Join us as we look back…

The authors of long-running Dungeons & Dragons book series Dragonlance are suing the tabletop RPG’s publisher Wizards of the Coast…

From the creators of the original Tome of Beasts! Kobold Press has wrangled a new horde of wildly original, often…

Halloween may be all but canceled this year, but that’s no reason not to dress up as your character for…

D&D Virtual Play Weekends The success of virtual play offerings at events such as D&D Live and D&D Celebration has…

Publisher Elderbrain ran a survey to find out which class made for the best D&D arch-villain, which realm was more…

Welcome to a new series in which I explore and expound upon my favorite spells. In this series, we will…

D&D is bigger than ever, according to the latest data gathered from Roll20’s, D&D accounts for more than 60% of…

Has Robert Schwalb’s horror RPG Shadow of the Demon Lord been on your radar? There’s now a chance to plunge…

Back on Thursday, Dragon Turtle Games launched a Kickstarter to reprint Carbon 2185 and publish a new sourcebook called Terminal…

Who really rules the Wasteland? Enjoy. If You Have An Awesome Tabletop or RPG Shot You Think Would Make A…

Posted on Oct 19, 2020 | The nights grow longer, and the chill in the air, more biting. Settlements increase…

We’ve completed our second full rotation of the twelve classes in the Player’s Handbook, not to mention taken a deep…

Warning; this news story contains a recount of an animal in distress. Today, Fat Goblin Games, Geek Native’s feature in…

Paper Mage creates paper miniatures for tabletop RPGs like D&D. Paper representations of heroes and monsters on battle maps are…

Dragonlance creators Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman are suing WotC over an alleged breach of contract surrounding a canceled three…

Escape the Dark Castle sparks an odd kind of pleasure in me. I have no personal experiences of tabletop gaming…

Racism and sexism blamed for ruining multi-million Dollar Dragonlance deal as Wizards of the Coast are taken to court time…

While The Blue Rose Adventurer’s Guide makes use of the core Fifth Edition spells and spellcasting classes, it does make…

The World of Critical Role is a look back over the last five years of Critical Role. From its unlikely…

Last week we released the playtest candidate for our advanced Druid class. This is the accompanying survey. As always, it’s…

Ian Livingstone is a living legend of gaming. From co-founding Games Workshop to his involvement with the creation of hugely…

Astral Projections presents A Literary Halloween! For October, I am providing stats inspired by tales from some of my favorite…

D&D’s lead rules designer weighs in on what racial ability scores were all about–and it turns out, it was never…

King Arthur Pendragon RPG is getting a new sixth edition described as the “ultimate edition” of the epic fantasy roleplaying…

This Article is part of a series about the dials. Find the first dials article here. Characters are a pain…

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Are you looking for more out of your Druids? Then come check out the latest from Level Up, the “Advanced”…

You can play a bard or any RPG character any way in keeping with the argued tone and guideline of…

Join these intrepid adventurers as they attempt to survive and thwart Auril’s endless winter! Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden…

At the start of last year, Geek Native blogged about the launch of Carbon 2185. The post hit a chord,…

We mark the second anniversary of Greg Stafford’s passing this week. Chaosium did so with style by presenting both the…

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What this is This is a playtest document. We’d love you to try out the rules presented here, and then…

Selim’s dagger came free, the high priest’s corpse slumping over the altar. “That’s it then,” he said. “Let’s see what…

D&D 5e once again tops the Orr Report on Roll20 games in the third quarter of 2020. The virtual tabletop…

Many settings, from Vodari to Breath of the Wild, include Ancients whose technology are indistinguishable from magic. In some, it’s…

Proof that there’s no pre-order exclusive too strange for GameStop, check out the Game Stop Drizz’t and other D&D collectibles.…

Roll20 announced that Code2040 would be the charity partner for their 2020 convention. Code2040 tackles racial disparity in the tech…

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Greg and Shelly open the show as always with all the latest D&D news! Afterwards, Jeremy Crawford calls in to…

Loxodon are a hidden gem of D&D–their trunks and powerful build give them a unique advantage. Here’s what you can…

Jeff Steven’s book of short adventures for D&D’s 5th setting is compatible with the basic rules and creatures but also…

Before the world turned upside down, I ran a 5th Edition game about once a month. I was hopping between…

WizKids will release D&D Icons of the Realms: Goblin Warband, a miniatures set for use with Dungeons & Dragons 5E…

Halloween is just around the corner. Here’s an update of previous Halloween round-up articles, now with even more Halloween related…

Miniature wargaming is far and away one of the most intimidating aspects of the tabletop gaming hobby, especially for newcomers.…

$40 worth of Pathfinder / D&D 5e / Call of Cthulhu goodies is currently available in a $13 bundle from…

Whether you’re playing D&D, Call of Cthulhu, or a generic RPG system there’s always a little room for the great…

Building a character backstory doesn’t have to be a lengthy or labor-intensive affair. And you don’t have to write beautiful…

Winter is nearly here, and this campaign – live on Kickstarter now – is prepared for the cold and the…

I’m continuing my “Online Gaming Tools” series with a segment on virtual tabletops (VTTs) you can use for running RPG…

Amazon Prime Day 2020 kicks off today following its delay from the summer due to coronavirus, and there are a…

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Dreadnought Kill-team getting things done… Enjoy. If You Have An Awesome Tabletop or RPG Shot You Think Would Make A…

Posted on Oct 12, 2020 | The nights grow longer, and the chill in the air, more biting. Settlements increase…

Last week we took a look at Ancestries in Aldea, so this week we thought we’d focus on Aldean Classes.…

Questlings, a children’s book series about roleplaying fantasy characters, is releasing with an upcoming tabletop RPG co-created by Banana Chan,…

Action Pups is a family game in which you tell the story of the secret life of a pet dog.…

Darrin Anderson is looking to bring his D&D 5e setting the icy city of Dalreth to life in books and…

I liked the look of The Alhami Sky when it hit Kickstarter last August. It was, however, an ambitious multimedia…

In an official update from Larian Studios, the game developer behind Baldur’s Gate III, players in the early access release…

Appearing in Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes the Zariel the ruler of Avernus gets a shout out in Baldur’s Gate 3…

It doesn't get more old school than rolling a d6 to check for wandering monsters in a dungeon. In the…

Find your fanciest goblet and your fitted costume fangs this week as we explore the city after dark with Vampire…

Phew! Speaking for myself, what a busy week this has been and I’m glad to make it to the weekend.…

The recent release of Icewind Dale has added a new location and adventure to 5E, but for some 2020’s module…

Everyone needs a little getaway now and then. Here’s how you can help your players (or villains) bravely run away.…

First revealed last month, Bardsung is the next big release from Steamforged, the British publisher behind miniatures games Guild Ball…

Thumbnail art by Chris Rahn If you’ve been following my articles you may have seen many of the monthly encounters…

The Mists of Ravenloft part to reveal an updated errata list for Curse of Strahd, out just in time for…

Astro Jones, Steven Cummings Arcana Academy character. Sketch by Steven Cummings COVID-19 and quarantine changed my tastes in roleplaying games.…

Grab a flashlight, a EMF reader and a camera for World of Darkness: Ghost Hunters, an upcoming companion sourcebook set…

Nazi Dracula Must Die! is a D&D 5e-powered micro setting from Crystal Quill Press. You can download a 9-page preview…

Handiwork Games’ The Hermit’s Sanctuary was (and is) a free to download adventure designed to show off the upcoming Beowulf…

This October I thought it would be fun to take a closer look at of our favorite horror movies and…

Chapter 4: Devastation’s Light, is one of the coolest and most challenging chapters to run in Icewind Dale: Rime of…

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Acheron “They say whoever controls the flow of history, can write the future. For centuries, The Council has curated the…

Step through a portal to another planet in Stargate SG-1: Roleplaying Game, an RPG based on the ‘90s science-fiction television…

Baldur’s Gate 3 launched in Early Access yesterday, and we’re already hooked by the massive world that Larian invites you…

Concord, CA — October 1, 2020 – Randy Angle launches the Gruesome Ghoulies™ RPG Kickstart campaign, visit www.gruesomeghoulies.com. Gruesome Ghoulies™…

Horror roleplaying is intrinsically tied to what makes scary films, books and games so engaging. The audience gets to experience…

We all know Middle-earth was one of the inspirations for D&D, but did you know D&D inspired an RPG set…

After lockdown delays, Wyvern Gaming’s official Stargate SG-1 Roleplaying Game powered by D&D 5’s ruleset is up on Kickstarter. Funded…