Conventions

The upcoming Kill Team Box featuring Adepta Sororitas and T’au will feature some new units and some returning terrain options…

News crew, assemble! Dicebreaker’s crack editorial squad Matt, Meehan and Chase take over for a podcast filled with talk of…

My public statement on Wednesday was a fundamental expression of Paizo’s commitment to diversity and inclusion, values that I share…

Spire sequel Heart: The City Beneath and Alice is Missing, the small-town mystery played over text message, have triumphed at…

This weekend we covered some awesome Hawkeye cosplay, looked at an ‘advanced’ version of a classic D&D monsters and got…

Superpower3D have a 3d-printable accessory on Kickstarter to do away with spindown dice and other trackers. The Stegodial is a…

Edge Studios is the RPG studio owned by Asmodee and which picked up Fantasy Flight’s tabletop RPGs during the dramatic…

The ENnies have revealed their 2021 winners. The event was streamed on YouTube even though GenCon was running with an…

Nibcard, a multifaceted tabletop business and initiative based in Nigeria has taken home the Diana Jones 2021 Award, as presented…

Mind your manners and make your Cosplayers happy. Here’s everything you need to know when approaching Cosplayers at Events! It’s…

Gen Con, the largest board game convention in the US, held its first day of events and exhibition on September…

It’ll get easier for third party writers to write and sell content for Paizo’s Pathfinder and Starfinder RPGs. At the…

Join Paizo Publisher and Chief Creative Officer Erik Mona for a peek at upcoming Paizo releases! [embedded content] highlights include:…

Today at Gen Con, we announced a new way for members of the Pathfinder and Starfinder communities to create content…

WizKids featured a physical prototype of D&D Icons of the Realms Miniatures: Gargantuan Tiamat (see "Tiamat Miniature!“), and its packaging…

At last, an excuse to play Vampire the Masquerade the way you’ve always wanted to. A new World of Darkness…

Andrews McMeel’s new RPG project, Blackbirds from Ryan Verniere, the creator and lead developer, powered by Daniel D. Fox’s Zweihander,…

With Gen Con approaching, I thought it would be good to talk RPG shop with some of the talent behind…

It’s 1am in the morning in Kwanchai Moriya’s neck of the woods and, yet, the board game artist is wide…

Horror roleplaying game Call of Cthulhu is marking 40 years since its release with a limited-edition revision of the RPG’s…

A thing of dark desire; the limited edition Keeper Rulebook to celebrate 40 years of Call of Cthulhu is a…

After taking Saturday to go hang with family (and watch the Georgia Tech Football game that I’m still not sure…

Never miss a product release again with subscriptions that suit your playstyle. From rulebooks, world guides, adventures and accessories to…

If you want to have a session where everything’s taken to the extreme, then look no forward than your narrator,…

Jon Peterson usually writes histories of game design. His latest book, Game Wizards: The Epic Battle for Dungeons & Dragons…

I have a new book coming out next month called Game Wizards. Unlike my previous books, which are histories of game…

It was, as they say, a game-time decision. After the cancelation last year, our 2020 passes were rolled over to…

Last time around I started this mashup between Modern AGE and Blue Rose without knowing how much I’d get into…

Beasts, wagons, merchant companies and more await you in a new campaign setting that looks to give 5th Edition a…

September 3, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a CommentLinks may earn commission It’s a Friday and the start of the…

OPC Musings Those of you with high Perception modifiers will notice that this section has a new title. As of…

Dungeons and Dragons’s VanRichten’s Guide to Ravenloft and Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of’s Book of Skelos explores different…

Gen Con is back for 2021, with a slew of exciting upcoming board games for players to experience at the…

R. Talsorian Games, the RPG publisher behind Cyberpunk 2020 and Cyberpunk Red, has become the latest publisher to withdraw from…

I really enjoyed writing Lost Ilium the other week. I didn’t know if the mashups were going to be a…

Jayson Elliot, who set up one of the later TSR’s and The Gygax Magazine, has a Premier Issue of The…

Gloomhaven creator cuts ties with The Broken Token after a former employee accuses the CEO of “five years of sexual,…

Hasbro has finally revealed details on their upcoming Fall Fan Convention with the Hasbro Pulse Con. We start with the…

Magnetic Press Play, a tabletop game company whose genesis we covered not too long ago, has gotten their first tabletop…

The Indie Game Developer Network has announced their list of nominees for the Indie Groundbreaker Awards for innovative RPG design…

The Indie Game Developer Network has announced its shortlist of candidates for the 2021 Indie Groundbreakers Award across five categories,…

The long history of RPGs in America is weirdly localized in the midwest–and in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, you can now…

Rolling for Initiative is a weekly column by Scott Thorne, PhD, owner of Castle Perilous Games & Books in Carbondale,…

It’s Friday, and the big news here at Geek Native HQ this that nerdy blogger will soon be on the…

OPA Musings The news last week about reduced scenario production is, of course, disappointing. We’re saddened that we won’t be…

Joe Manganiello doesn’t seem content to rest on the fact that his D&D character became “canon”–the powerhouse performer has a…

There are two modes of Call of Cthulhu: Classic and Pulp. In Classic, you play everyday people, called Investigators, who…

Flying Buffalo is the tabletop RPG publisher behind Tunnels & Trolls. Tunnels & Trolls is the second-ever traditional tabletop RPG…

Webbed Sphere, Inc. announced that they have acquired Flying Buffalo, Inc. in a deal that was finalized on July 31.…

Designer and artist Jeeyon Shim has won the Diana Jones Emerging Designer Program for 2021, the first year this specific…

GMD Online is a British RPG publisher and community. There are two ways to get involved with the community; via…

In the first two parts of this three-part series, I talked about how the pandemic induced rescheduling of a number…

UK Games Expo starts for most people as an in-person event on the 30th. That’s this Friday. It runs to…

This week, ICv2’s top-selling games show the success of Cyberpunk and third-party 5e games. Hasbro reveals its Q2 results, showing…

The Long War goes ever on… Everybody loves a good picture of a fully painted-up tabletop adventure. From the Grimdark,…

Loke already announced the starter kit New Box of Adventure – Valley of Peril that contains maps, tokens and other…

I had a chance to talk to Grace Collins (they/them), CEO of Snowbright Studio, Quill Kolat (They/Them) the Creative Manager…

In the first part of this three-part series, I looked at the pandemic induced rescheduling of a number of tabletop…

This week, the TSR controversy continues on its bewildering path. Meanwhile, it’s awards season, as we get the nominations for…

The Skitarii Legions march upon the galaxy without fear (thanks to that codex). Everybody loves a good picture of a…

The Diana Jones Award committee have named their finalists for 2021’s annual award for “excellence in gaming” across the tabletop…

Magic: the Gathering saved roleplaying games, and that’s not even hyperbole. If not for Richard Garfield’s game, we wouldn’t have…

Sigil & Shadow, out today, joins Osprey Games’ flock of d00Lite (with Jackals, for example) and I like it now…

It’s been a decade since The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game was created by Nate French, with the…

On Friday 30th July and Sunday 1st August, one of the largest tabletop gaming conventions will try and push on…

The Death Guard are noted for their spartan attitude. Everybody loves a good picture of a fully painted-up tabletop adventure.…

We’ve made it to the end of the week, but TSR Games (3) did not, nor did TSR Games (2),…

Straight from the Editorial Director’s snout, the Dispatch provides a sneak peek at upcoming publications and projects headed from the…

The past two weeks have been dominated by one subject: the new TSR and all the controversies surrounding it. In…

Prepare to repel boarders! Everybody loves a good picture of a fully painted-up tabletop adventure. From the Grimdark, to the…

The Games Manufacturers Association has been going for 44 years in the United States. It was created to protect and…

Geek Native runs an RPG, fandom and geeky events calendar. Phew, well, I try to keep up. Firstly, if you…

It’s been a saga, so here’s a quick recap. TSR Games announced their return, only to reveal they had simply…

OPA Musings Recently, I foolishly declared that because a couple of our major conventions were delayed, this summer wouldn’t be…

Ernie Gygax Jr. and Stephen Dinehart deactivated their Twitter accounts yesterday after claiming WotC was assaulting TSR Games. After a…

This week I present you with a full adventure to challenge your starship crew with. It’s a tale set during…

The TSR Games social media storm continues to brew as TSR Games invokes the Satanic Panic and Origins Games and…

Alaitoc strikes without warning! Everybody loves a good picture of a fully painted-up tabletop adventure. From the Grimdark, to the…

Companies and creators in the RPG community are distancing themselves from the newest TSR after the company doubles down on…

TSR Games the third is a company that swooped on the rights to use the name TSR Games after the…

With Dune heading back to the silver screen and into streaming on HBO Max via WarnerMedia (see “Warner Bros. Drops…

As the pandemic enters a new phase with the mass roll out of vaccines, a number of tabletop gaming conventions…

Paizo has selected an exclusive retailer to represent its products on the exhibit floor at Gen Con, since it will…

After a successful Kickstarter, NerdBurger Games have this month released Good Strong Hands in hardcover and PDF. In the fairytale…

Feathers? Here? Magos, I don’t see any birds? Everybody loves a good picture of a fully painted-up tabletop adventure. From…

The fandom calendar is filling up so let’s take a look at recently added events. Design an RPG webinar with…

PAX Online 2021 PAX Online is happening July 15–18, 2021 and we’re bringing Paizo Organized Play events to the convention.…

Welcome to Rogue Squadron, pilot! In this series, we will be looking at the ships you can fly in Fantasy…

Attention: Zo! I’ve attached files containing the transcript of Live Audition Extreme! along with the raw footage you requested and…

In this combo-post, we’ll get an introduction to the Battle Box Kickstarter that launched today and a look at the…

Don’t worry Dominus, we’re perfectly safe across this chasm… Everybody loves a good picture of a fully painted-up tabletop adventure.…

A 1999 Pokémon Unlimited Base Set Booster Box containing cards from the trading card game’s original English language release is…

It’s OPP Con, the Onyx Path Virtual Gaming Convention and it’ll run until June 13th. The virtual convention is a…

The latest board game based in Frank Herbert’s expansive sci-fi universe of Dune will see a release this autumn. Dune:…

Synthicide RPG is a post-apocalyptic RPG from Will Power Games. It’s in DriveThruRPG’s apocalypse sale right now, reduced from $9…

Synthicide RPG is a post-apocalyptic RPG from Will Power Games. It’s in DriveThruRPG’s apocalypse sale right now, reduced from $9…

Before we crack open the Starfinder Galaxy Exploration Manual and dig into more of its exciting contents, let’s take a…

Paizo will not be attending this year's Origins Gamefaire. The show has not announced an online component, so at this…

Zarakynel stalks the Grimdark and the Mortal Realms… beware. Everybody loves a good picture of a fully painted-up tabletop adventure.…

Artists Sebastian Rodriguez and Mark Molnar OPA Musings I thought about writing “no musings, head empty, only PaizoCon” in this…