Kickstarter Round-Up: ‘Senjutsu’, Plus Amazing Encounters for 5e, and More
Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! Amazing Encounters and Places – 5e Amazing Encounters &…
Free web-based soundboard Tabletopy launches paid-for software version at DriveThruRPG
There are two ways to use Tabletopy, and it is a good combination. The first is Tabletopy.com. The website loads…
Let’s Play D&D With ‘The Eternals’ Black Knight
Dane Whitman was in The Eternals, but when will we get the Black Knight? Until his next MCU moment, let’s…
Defenders of the New Century return to Kickstarter: Superpowers and Eldritch Gates
Lewis Johnson’s Defenders of the New Century is a post-war tabletop RPG where the island nation finds efforts to rebuild…
D&D: Five Ways To Make An Honest GP
Adventuring is great work– when you can get it. But when you’re between quests? Here are five honest ways to…
Iconic Encounter: Tracks In The Snow
Nhalmika Ironsight ran through the fresh snow. It wasn’t that much snow—it wouldn’t reach higher than mid-shin on a human—but…
A Cube of Christmas Borg!
🐙Sponsored Post paid for by Geek Native. We may earn a commission on sales.Advent calendars seem to be a hot…
Parties of Interest: White Orchid Hunting Lodge
Parties of Interest brings you brand-new organizations to add depth and flare to your campaign and expand your roleplaying opportunities.…
D&D: How You Can Romance The Githyanki Thanks to Baldur’s Gate 3 Patch
New patch for Baldur’s Gate 3 restores the ability to romance the brooding, beautiful Githyanki warrior. Oh, and other things…
Kidrobot 'Dungeons & Dragons' Minis from WizKids
WizKids announced the first wave of the Dungeons & Dragons 1st Edition Monster Mini Series by Kidrobot, releasing in August…
7 scariest monsters in Dungeons & Dragons 5E
If you’re planning on running a horror-themed Dungeons & Dragons 5E one-shot or campaign for your adventuring party and you’re…
Aquatic Traps
You see “aquatic” in one of my article titles, you know I’m working on stuff for Under the Seas of…
D&D: Everything We Know About ‘Strixhaven: Curriculum of Chaos’
With a dragon’s treasure in hand, we look towards the future. Looks like student loans and Strixhaven: Curriculum of Chaos.…
Running Role-playing Games with Brendan Lasalle (Goodman Games)
Brendan Lasalle, Goodman Games staff writer, joins me on the podcast today. Brendan lets us know how he began playing…
Embrace the Chaos – Random Player Order and You
AMG announced back in September that they were instituting some fundamental changes to X-Wing, specifically eliminating the bid to determine…
Playing only trans characters in tabletop RPGs helped me understand myself
In a one-liner that didn’t land quite as well I’d hoped in the Zoom seminar, I described my two main…
Finally!!! Atlanta Braves Win!!!
This is no longer the Darkest Timeline. We finally got to see the damn sailboat. It’s magical. *** I didn’t…
Warhammer 40K: 2003’s Original Deathwatch
Today, we’re taking the time machine back to 2003 to check out the roots of the original Deathwatch from 3rd Edition.…
U.S. Sues to Block PRH Acquisition of Simon & Schuster
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a civil suit to block the Penguin Random House acquisition of Simon &…
Craft your own virtual tabletop maps with the return of the Maps Bonanza and software for less than a buck
🐙Sponsored Post paid for by Geek Native. We may earn a commission on sales.The Cartographer’s Collection from ProFantasy is back…
Anime: ‘Sword Art Online’ Movie Tops Japanese Box Office
The Sword Art Online Progressive movie Aria of a Starless Night tops Japanese box offices in its opening week– and…
Tech and Weapons in the Expanse RPG
“The Expanse RPG is designed to tell stories in the universe of The Expanse novels, not to be a tactical…
D&D: The Five Best Melee Classes
Dungeons & Dragons is full of bruisers, brawlers, and fighters. But which classes are the best melee classes of D&D?…
Free to Download: Path of the Planebreaker and Citadel of the Fate-Eater preview
Monte Cook Games are running a Kickstarter called the Path of the Planebreaker which opens up D&D’s multiverse to even…
D&D: This Githyanki Statue Will Haunt Your Desktop
Keep your desk safe from Illithids with the new D&D Githyanki statue. It’s straight off of the cover of the…
Gift Guide: Young Adult Graphic Novels
Teens can be picky readers, but most of them have passions of one sort or another, whether cosplay, cooking, or…
26 October–1 November 2021: Star Wars RPG (finally) announced
This week, we finally get some news about the fate of Fantasy Flight’s Star Wars RPG: unsurprisingly on its way…
Why the D&D Player Survey Takes Aim At Settings and Player Motivations
A new D&D player survey from WotC seems focused on getting at what makes your settings tick, and signals a…
The Workshop – The Nature of Homebrew
House Rules poster, film copyright 2009 Let’s talk about a question that I see brought up pretty regularly in various…
Actions in Combat
In Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition, we've tweaked combat to give it a little more variety. We have flexible types…
Bring Your Adventures to the Big Screen with VoxStory, The Cinematic TTRPG
VoxStory is the cinematic way to experience tabletop roleplaying – now on Kickstarter! Traditional games can be intimidating for new…
Miniatures Gift Prospects for Retail Shelves
Much like recent years, miniatures have been a solid seller in 2021 and should be a pretty hot gift item…
The Making of a Giant Skeleton Painting
For many days, during a stormy autumn week… …I locked myself in my studio. This is the progress of a…
Goatlands gets a helpful adventure omnibus for its 5e multi-genre setting
Goatlands is a campaign setting from Fainting Goat Games that uses D&D’s 5e system. The setting has typical D&D high…
Traveller Imperium Tour offers 11,000 worlds and a Starter Collection priced at $15
Traveller’s Little White Book that reproduces the 1981 rulebooks and the brand new Classic Traveller Fascimle Edition are found in…
Join the Battle for Beyond, a 6-Part Dungeons & Dragons Campaign Coming Nov. 12!
In a realm between worlds lies the Temple of Beyond, an arena where adventurers from across the multiverse compete against one another for their…
D&D Monster Spotlight: Black Dragons, Even Dragons Have Bullies
Known for their cruelty, evil, and especially odoriferous home, the D&D Black Dragon is one of the worst for an…
RPG zine project SideQuest launches today with a community focus
SideQuest launched today. It’s a project to gamers discover RPG zines and for their creators to promote them. Inspired by…
Shotguns & Sorcery brings the dragon emperor and fantasy noir to 5e
Geek Native gave a glowing review to Shotguns & Sorcery, the Cypher System and Robert J Schwalb’s design work on…
D&D: Five Spells To Wake The Dead
All Hallow’s Eve has come and gone, but you can still wake the dead in D&D with these five spells.…
Review – Dungeons & Dragons: The Wild Beyond The Witchlight
Last month, Dungeons & Dragons released their latest adventure book as players got to play the whimsically spooky The Wild…
D&D Play Activity Survey
What are the things that make you play D&D? Maybe it’s the open world, the opportunities to optimize or customize…
Image Employees Form Union
A group of nine Image Comics employees announced this morning that they have formed a union, Comic Book Workers United,…
Tome Unbound: Yowler
Alternate Traits and Actions The following changes allow GMs to alter a yowler without modifying its challenge rating. Decayed Dander…
We turn Where's Wally? into horror, explore Lost Ruins of Arnak and discuss the return of Risk Legacy on the Dicebreaker Podcast!
This episode of the Dicebreaker Podcast is sponsored by eBay. To learn more visit ebay.com/scantolist. On this week's Dicebreaker Podcast,…
Wizards of the Coast lose their Creative Lead as Adam Lee leaves
Adam Lee has worked for Wizards of the Coast for nearly 12 years. Starting as a narrative and game designer…
D&D Creators Available Now In Miniature Form
Just how meta do you want your game to be? Find out as the creators of Dungeons & Dragons become…
Publisher Spotlight: December 2021 vote now open for Patrons
Geek Native’s Patrons support the site by funding commissioned articles and art. Money does not go to technical posts. Occasionally…
Astral Projections – Captain Nemo’s Leyden Rifle (Genesys)
© Disney/Lake Buena Vista 1954 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea was the first science fiction novel I read, when…
D&D 5E Guide: How To Multiclass – Druid
Multiclassing in D&D is a great way to add depth to your character. Diversify your druid with this 5E Druid…
Warhammer 40K: Gods of Law & Chaos Games Workshop Forgot
From the lost Old World to the Grimdark of today, the Chaos Gods are not alone. Look upon those who…
40K Next 2 Codexes, D&Ds Gruumsh and Greatwyrms, Lara Croft TTRPG
We have 40K’s next 2 codexes and boxed set, D&Ds guide to Gruumsh and Greatwyrms, Lara Croft is getting a…
Free to Download: Fractured quickstart
It’s Halloween right now, and people are dressed up as all sorts of monsters. I’ve seen some pretty scary costumes…
Giancarlo Esposito Aligns His Characters: The Boys, Mandalorian & More
Giancarlo Esposito is one of the most versatile actors in film and television. Despite playing mostly antagonistic characters he admits,…
An expert touch: A review of The One Ring RPG 2nd edition
The One Ring 2nd edition is the Lord of the Rings RPG from Free League Publishing. The lead writer and…
So, what’s ZEITGEIST?
In the GEARS OF REVOLUTION adventure path for the ZEITGEIST campaign setting, your characters serve in the Homeland Constabulary of…
Roll20 Reveals Dates & Details For Roll20Con 2021
Roll20 took time this week to reveal their plans for Roll20Con 2021, including official dates and some of their special…
D&D: An Adventurer’s Guide to Gruumsh
Where do elves come from? Well–if the stories are to be believed, it all happens when two gods hate each…
Maps, Meteorology & Magic: Don’t begin your next quest without a weather check
When you sojourned through your last RPG session, did mountains help or hamper you? What about a freak snowstorm? Were…
RPG Accessories: D&D Candy You’ll Hide From The Trick’or’Treaters
It’s time to get your Halloween candy ready, but put these D&D inspired candies away to have as a campaign…
Planebreaker opens up D&D’s Planes to even low-level characters
Monte Cook Games’ latest Kickstarter is for 5e and from Cook himself, Bruce Cordell and Sean Reynolds. Planebreaker is a…
Modiphius Releases Three Special Editions Of Their Dune TTRPG
Modiphius Entertainment has something awesome for fans of Dune – Adventures In The Imperium as they have three collector's editions.…
Game Workshop Pre-Orders: Kill Team Chalnath Weekend
Games Workshop has a new Kill Team: Chalnath boxed set up along with Aeronautica and Titanicus Minis! via Games Workshop…
World Of Darkness Announces Vampire: The Masquerade “Vampire Jam”
World Of Darkness has announced that they have launched the first official Vampire Jam for video game developers and Vampire:…
Collection catchup: 2 core rule books and 6 supplements for the Numenera RPG for less than a quid
🐙Sponsored Post paid for by Geek Native. We may earn a commission on sales.Humble Bundle has a three-tier Numenera RPG…
GLOOM: The RPG played by burning candles
Paradox Press Games’ GLOOM is a Name Your Own Price storytelling game. It’s two pages long. Itch frustratingly doesn’t tell…
D&D: Adventurer’s Guide To The Tomb Of Horrors
The Tomb of Horrors is an infamous dungeon–but what exactly makes it so deadly? Let’s find out. The Tomb of…
Square-Enix Announces Lara Croft’s Tomb Raiders – A Tomb Raider TTRPG
As part of Tomb Raider’s 25th Anniversary celebration, Square Enix revealed a Tomb Raider tabletop RPG is in development. Just…
Solo RPGing gets a boost with Traveler’s Ironsworn: Deluxe Edition
A Kickstarter for Traveler’s Ironsworn: Deluxe Edition has two weeks left to run and is healthy beyond the funding target.…
Soul Cages: Paizo drops religious “phylacteries” from Pathfinder
A Redditor on Reddit’s Judaism community spotted a culturally minded policy change at Paizo. The Pathfinder publisher will stop using…
Real and selling fast: Warhammer 40K candles
🐙Sponsored Post paid for by Geek Native. We may earn a commission on sales.It’s Halloween leading into the first shipping…
Tales of Lost Omens: Uncontrolled Detonation
They all agreed that it was Ak’s fault. Poog, Reta Bigbad, Mogmurch, Chuffy Lickwound, even Mogmurch’s toad Amfibier agreed—in a…
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…
Join Team Paizo and Help Us Raise Money for the Kids!
Calling all Pathfinders, Starfinders, and everyone else—go to Team Paizo’s Super Team page for Extra Life! Let’s play games so…
Outside the Box – October 29th
Welcome back to another issue of Outside the Box, this week with news from Creature Caster, Wargame Exclusive, Perry Miniatures…
A Question of Culture & Destiny
As you may know by now, a Level Up character’s origin is comprised of heritage, culture, background, and destiny. We’ve…
Saints of Midgard: St. Noxxis
The Midgard Worldbook already details a score of saints dedicated to the war god Mavros, but the other deities have…
The ‘Dune’ RPG Available Now and the Spice Must Flow
To rule Arrakis, you’ll need desert power. If you want to play the Dune RPG, you’ll need the new book…
Fight bears and steal ancient culture alongside Lara Croft in official Tomb Raider RPG
An official Tomb Raider tabletop RPG was announced as part of the series’ 25th anniversary celebration. Publisher Square Enix provided…
Halloween Roundup 2021
Halloween is this weekend. It’s time for my big list of Halloween adventures, monsters, music, and more. It’s not too…
D&D: Why Greatwyrms Need The Monster Manual
Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons introduces the demigod-like Greatwyrm. But as it turns out, they need the Monster Manual to be…
Finder’s Archive – Canyon Slough
Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Finder’s Archives. In this column, we take some of the lands from Magic:…
BoLS PRIME: How The ‘Ghostbusters’ RPG Shaped ‘The World Of Darkness’– PRIME
The 'Ghostbusters' RPG casts a long shadow. Its influence can be seen everywhere from 'Star Wars' to 'World of Darkness'.…
Digital Tools
The Level Up: Advanced 5E crowdfunding campaign is rolling on and has continued to unlock some amazing stretch goals. With…
Relic is a titan encountering RPG from the makers of Wicked Ones
Bandit Camp’s latest RPG, Relic, is about camaraderie, teamwork and exploring the wilderness. It’s a wilderness in which you might…
Thursday Art Assault – Coils of Catastrophe
‘Coils of Catastrophe’ – 2021 – J Edward Neill Find more dark, surreal art at:
Spooky Adventures for 2021
The night when the veil between this world and the next is thinnest is almost upon us. What better way…
Game Wizards: The Evolution of TSR Contracts
This single piece of paper constitutes the entirety of the understanding between TSR and the authors of the 1975 Greyhawk supplement:…
Dragons in Level Up
Draconic SpellcastersEach dragon has a variant that gives it the ability to cast spells. Each dragon type/age category combination has…
Games Omnivorous’ adventure books show evocative art thrives under weird constraints
Adventure books and zines too often get the short shrift when discussing tabletop RPGs. Sure, they don’t garner the same…
D&D: Five Easter Eggs From 1st Edition, Hidden In Plain Sight
Have you ever wondered where those notes scrawled in the margins of the monster manual come from? Turns out, it’s…
Warhammer 40K: New T’au Codex Coming In 2022
Games Workshop snuck this teaser in. There’s a New T’au Codex Coming in 2022! The T’au are hurting for a…
A trio of witches save the world one person at a time in tender healing RPG The Mending Circle
The Mending Circle believes in the power of rituals. From the beginning of this indie tabletop RPG to its closing…
RPG: How ‘Pathfinder Nexus’ Will Be The ‘D&D Beyond’ That ‘Pathfinder’ Needs
Paizo and Demiplane have recently announced a partnership that will launch Pathfinder Nexus, a new character and campaign app for…
The Wheel of Time, When It Was a TTRPG
With The Wheel of Time debuting on Prime on November 19th, there is bound to be interest in bringing this…
D&D: How ‘Path Of Planebreaker’ Brings Universe-Hopping Adventure To 5E
‘Tis the season for new 5th Edition campaign settings! Today, Monte Cook and Co. bring you a world-shattering, space-faring moon…
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Moana inspired this tabletop RPG
Survive a world populated by enormous mechanical titans in Relic, an upcoming tabletop roleplaying game that takes inspiration from The…