Futuristic Battles Take Over Kickstarter with Cyberpunk Red: Combat Zone
Have you seen Cyberpunk Red: Combat Zone by Monster Fight Club yet? It’s taking over Kickstarter. This 35mm Cyberpunk miniatures…
We’re Building A Civilization At The End Of The World With ‘The Quiet Year’: RPG Spotlight
Civilization has collapsed and the Frost Shepherds are coming, but you have fifty two weeks to prepare when you play…
Things to Do at PaizoCon Online 2021
PaizoCon is nearly here! On the Organized Play front, we’ll have nearly 1000 tables of Pathfinder Society, Starfinder Society and…
Ditch the Tavern! 7 Other Settings to Kick Off Your First Session
The tavern is an iconic location to kick-start an adventure and get player characters to meet one another. As a…
Outside the Box – May 7th
Hello again! Last week’ s issue apparently got lost in the Warp, so let’s get straight in and catch up!Wargame…
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #99
We’re into May, we’re through Star Wars Day, and although it’s summer here in Scotland, we’ve had snow. At least…
Saints of Midgard: St. Andares, the Locksmith
The Midgard Worldbook already details a score of saints dedicated to the war god Mavros, but the other deities have…
Counterspell Will Be Legal in ‘Magic: The Gathering’s’ Modern Format!
Wizards of the Coast revealed new spoilers for Modern Horizons 2, which included Counterspell, as well as more product details…
Magic: The Gathering’s upcoming Dungeons & Dragons crossover set will include at least one (in)famous weapon
Odd as it is that publisher Wizards of the Coast waited nearly three decades to smash its two biggest games…
RPG Review – XII: Inner Demons
Welcome to the Finder’s Archive and a review is what we have in store for you this week. 😊 We…
Set Blazers for Stun!
Beam Me Up! If you’ve been following our blog closely, you’ll know that we’re really excited about our all-new tabletop…
Clank! studio invites the murder mystery game into the modern age with Crimes & Capers series
Investigate malicious mysteries in a modern manner with Crimes & Capers, an upcoming tabletop series based on the classic murder…
One More Multiverse co-founder on helping give tabletop RPGs a ‘good nudge into the mainstream’
Announced earlier this year, ambitious roleplaying app One More Multiverse wants to combine the versatile toolset of virtual RPG tabletops…
The Deittman Files brings ghost hunters to an RPG near you
Alexandra Clinton’s Powered by the Apocalypse game of psychics and investigators researching the mysterious and sometimes dangerous world of the…
Fallout: Wasteland Warfare: Mojave Wave: Caesar’s Legion
We sat down with Fallout: Wasteland Warfare’s designer, James Sheahan, to talk about the Caesar’s Legion Units to understand why…
Fallout: Wasteland Warfare: Mojave Wave: Caeser’s Legion
We sat down with Fallout: Wasteland Warfare’s designer, James Sheahan, to talk about the Caesar’s Legion Units to understand why…
U.S. In-Store Play Suspension for ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Will End Soon
Wizards of the Coast has announced that it will lift the ban on Magic: The Gathering in-store play for U.S.…
Wizards of the Coast Reveals Product Line for ‘Magic: The Gathering’ ‘D&D’ Set
Wizards of the Coast revealed product line details for Magic: The Gathering- Dungeons & Dragons Adventures in Forgotten Realms, scheduled…
MTG: Wizards Of The Coast Reveals Dungeons & Dragons Magic Cards
Wizards of the Coast previewed their upcoming Magic: the Gathering crossover, set in the world of Dungeons & Dragons. Check…
Thursday Art Assault – His Highness
‘His Highness’ – J Edward Neill – 2021 Find more dark, surreal art at…
DriveThruRPG and DMs Guild change print-on-demand technology
DriveThruRPG and the DMs Guild are to change the printer technology used for print-on-demand books. The essential move is due…
May 2021 Organized Play Update
OPA Musings When Paizo hired me, there were a lot of hazards that I expected to come with the job.…
TradeCraft Bonus: Dice planters
🐙Sponsored Post paid for by Geek Native. We may earn a commission on sales.TradeCraft Bonus is an old column here…
How to hook your friends: A review of the Soulbound Starter Set
Soulbound is the tabletop roleplaying game from Cubicle 7 set in Games Workshop’s Warhammer Age of Sigmar world. Out of…
D&D And G4 Team Up For This Year’s Dungeons & Dragons Live Event
The D&D Live Streams keep getting bigger and bigger and now they’re bringing in G4–which is somehow back? In 2021?…
Investigate a world of fallen heroes and dark fairy tales in the horror RPG, Broken Tales
Travel across a fictional version of 18th century Europe in search of twisted fairy tale characters in Broken Tales, an…
Indiana Jones, Tomb Raider and Uncharted-inspired RPG Broken Compass returns to Kickstarter next week
Broken Compass, a tabletop RPG inspired by the pulp adventures of Indiana Jones, Tomb Raider Lara Croft and Uncharted’s Nathan…
D&D: Dark Alliance Is Making Dungeons & Dragons More Metal
One of the biggest inspirations for Dark Alliance is the driving aesthetic behind the frosty reaches of Icewind Dale: heavy…
ChangedStars RPG: An Interview With Leland Andercheck and Patrice Gehman (DieselShot)
System designer, Leland Andercheck, and setting creator and artist, Patrice Gehman, have a Kickstarter for their scifi RPG, ChangedStars. In…
G4-TV and Wizards of the Coast Team Up to Stream ‘D&D Live 2021’
G4-TV announced that they have teamed up with Wizards of the Coast to stream the D&D Live 2021 two-day event…
Dune: Adventures in the Imperium RPG review – as dense and complex as the sci-fi classic
As with the universe it draws from, the tabletop RPG adaptation of Dune is richly detailed and operates on a…
Cuddle Up to a Pink Beholder After a Stressful ‘D&D’ Campaign
WizKids unveiled new Dungeons & Dragons Phunny Plush toys, by Kidrobot, for release in September. Last year, WizKids released a…
‘Marvel United: X-Men’ Hits All-Time Top 10
CMON's Marvel United: X-Men, which completed its Kickstarter campaign Tuesday evening, raised a record amount for a CMON game, enough…
Free to Download: A Player’s Guide to Ptolus
Monte Cook’s Ptolus: City by the Spire is a $150 RPG but the Player’s Guide is free. At least, the…
Join us tonight for Starfinder: Scoured Stars—Side Work!
The Starfinder Society is whole once more, but must contend with the newly revealed Jinsul threat. The battle is far…
Watch Games Workshop’s founders introduce D&D to 1984 UK TV
Oldhammer has dug up and remastered TV footage of author Ben Elton introduce the British public to Dungeons & Dragons…
Kickstarter Round-Up: Adorable Robots, Tea Dragons, and Sc-Fi Tanks
Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! Transmissions Based on the lovely illustrated world of Matt…
G4 AND WIZARDS OF THE COAST PARTNER FOR D&D LIVE 2021
Two of the biggest names in gaming team up for the annual star-studded adventure streaming on all G4 and Dungeons…
May is Starfinder Month at the Fantasy Grounds College
The volunteer community at the Fantasy Grounds College is hosting classes with a Starfinder ruleset focus for the month of…
What is it like to DM? Lars van Breems tackles five common questions
It usually starts as a passing fancy – a look at an interesting art piece or hearing someone talk about…
Play with Class: Draft a Dynamite Druid
Welcome to another installment of the Play with Class series where we will give you solid steps to run each…
Write for the movies: The Morra Cinematic Roleplaying Game System aims for a Kickstarter blockbuster
It’s not unusual to read tabletop roleplaying games suggest that you think of a game as a cooperative writing project…
Monthly Encounter #21: The Goblins’ Honeycomb (lvls 1-4)
All art is by Jose David Cifuentes UlloaHere at Tribality, we’ve decided to provide our readers with Encounters ready to…
D&D: The Best Starter Adventures For New Players
Are you new to D&D? Know someone who is? Here are five of the best adventures for any newbie to…
13th Age and How Playing TTRPGs Changed with Rob Heinsoo
Co-designer of 13th Age and lead designer D&D 4e Rob Heinsoo is my guest on the podcast today. We dive…
Rogue Squadron – Battle Meditation
Welcome to Rogue Squadron, pilot! In this series, we will be looking at different squadrons you can fly in Fantasy…
Nowhereville is a horror RPG inspired by Stephen King novels and Twin Peaks
Attempt to escape a small town that traps its inhabitants in Nowhereville, an upcoming roleplaying game with some key horror…
That Time TSR Sued The Internet Over Dungeons & Dragons – Prime
In the magical year of 1994, Ravenloft debuted as a campaign set but the real horror was that TSR sued…
The Reboot
Image by StockSnap from Pixabay Normally I take the week between Christmas and New Years’ off and use it to…
Fionna from Adventure Time cosplay by.yulli
By.yulli is a cosplayer you can follow on Instagram, Twitter and OnlyFans. However, not all their cosplays are one track…
G4 AND WIZARDS OF THE COAST PARTNER FOR D&D LIVE 2021
Two of the biggest names in gaming team up for the annual star-studded adventure streaming on all G4 and Dungeons…
Community Blog: Celebrating Mother’s Day
In today’s blog we honor and acknowledge all of the mothers who enrich our community with their presence. The journey…
Galactic 2E is a Star Wars inspired tabletop game that puts the focus on relationships
Galactic 2E is a new tabletop roleplaying game inspired by the Star Wars universe and focusing on the ties that…
RPG Accessories: D&D In Space
This week we’re getting galactic as we pick out some of our favorite space-themed accessories to take our D&D sessions…
Get Free Monthly Perks With Your D&D Beyond Subscription!
D&D Beyond subscribers, rejoice! You now get free monthly perks with your active Hero- or Master-tier D&D Beyond subscription! Our current pool…
Treasures of the Troll King is an excellent example of the Mörk Borg indie design space
Treasures of the Troll King, a new adventure module for black metal RPG system Mörk Borg now on Kickstarter, doesn’t…
Pathfinder First Edition Pocket Editions Preserve a Legacy of Play
Back in 2018, Paizo CEO Lisa Stevens made a statement that still guides us today: “Our plans are to continue…
Tabletop RPG Inspirisles will teach you sign language as you play
An upcoming tabletop RPG plans to teach players real-life sign language as they adventure through a Celtic-inspired fantasy world. Inspirisles…
Finding a Big Bad: Elementals
Welcome to a new series I’ll be putting out over the next few weeks showcasing monsters from each of the…
Author of The Stormlight Archive reaches out for ideas on another tabletop adaptation
Brandon Sanderson, the author behind The Stormlight Archive series of fantasy novels, has confirmed that they’re working on another tabletop…
4 best out-of-print board games that deserve to come back
Preservation is an important thing across all mediums, whether it’s films, books or games. Your favourite MMO might lose its…
D&D: A Preview Of Three Different Domains Of Dread In Ravenloft
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft is full of dozens of new Domains of Dread, and today we’re getting a preview…
The Workshop: Character Death is F*@#ing Boring
Diablo III Game Over Screen. All rights reserved.Something that I see brought up on various forums and discussion groups is…
28 April–3 May 2021: Hasbro; Goldblum; Kickstarter
This week: Hasbro’s Q1 report brings big news (and bad news); Jeff Goldblum will appear in an RPG actual play;…
Fallout: Wasteland Warfare miniatures game takes a gamble on New Vegas with its latest expansion
Roll the dice in a post-apocalyptic casino with the latest expansion for the miniatures game Fallout: Wasteland Warfare. Based on…
Q-Workshop Will Release ‘The Witcher Dice Sets’
Q-Workshop will release nine different The Witcher: Dice Sets into retail stores on May 19. These dice sets are inspired…
Run the Dungeon is a comic book and RPG from Self Defense’s Patrick Kindlon
Patrick Kindlon is the lead singer of the rock band Self Defense Family, and Z2 will publish his Run the…
Tabletop Gallery: Knight Porphyrion Gunning for Horus
There are traitors out here Princeps – I can feel it. Everybody loves a good picture of a fully painted-up…
The Edmund Scientific Polyhedron Set (1966)
In cataloging the polyhedral dice available to early gamers, we shouldn’t neglect a few products that weren’t marketed as dice…
BioWare Needs Our Help To Create The Mass Effect Omni-Blade Replica
The long-awaited Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster is almost here, and BioWare can not contain their excitement. It looks like they…
Gaming and geeky convention tracker update
For about a year now, I’ve been tracking online, offline and new hybrid (best of both) geeky conventions. As with…
D&D Monster Spotlight: The Monsters of Spelljammer
This week we’re traveling into Dungeons and Dragon’s fantasy deep space setting to visit some of our favorite Spelljammer monsters.…
Strahd’s Barovia: A Guide to D&D’s Most Famous Horror Setting
Imagine a valley surrounded by mist, with the sun’s rays barely visible beyond layers of murky clouds. Locals keep to…
Name your own price for the Heresy & Faith RPG
Based on the rules found in Honey Heist in the Heresy & Faith RPG, you are an acolyte of the…
A Session Zero for Blue Rose
A number of weeks ago, I was invited by Juce of Master the Game to take part in a three-act…
Rogue’s Gallery: Galdvyr Steadystone
Galdvyr stands just over seven feet tall and is covered in dark brown and gray fur. His body is crisscrossed…
Romantic skullduggery: Court of Blades woos Kickstarter
With over two weeks still to run on the project, publisher A Couple of Drakes has successfully romanced Kickstarter with…
Funko Brings Disney Classics to the Tabletop
Funko Games will release a pair of Disney-themed games into the trade on August 1: Disney it’s a small world…
Astral Projections – Mungo Baobab for FFG Star Wars
© Disney/LucasFilm Ltd. Mungo Baobab is a scion of the notable Baobab merchant and trading family, of the planet Manda.…
Rolling For Initiative — It’s The Experience that Counts
Rolling for Initiative is a weekly column by Scott Thorne, PhD, owner of Castle Perilous Games & Books in Carbondale,…
D&D: Harbingers Of The Yawning Void Adds New Cosmic Horror Spells To 5E
Kobold Press’ Demon Cults and Secret Societies are a gift that keeps on giving–want to add some cosmic void to…
Inhospitable Settings: Restricting Magic in D&D 5e
Geek Native held a round table discussion on Inhospitable Settings in which several RPG designers talked about the attraction of…
The welcome embrace of the battlefield: A review of Stargrave
It has been a long while since I’ve dabbled in wargames, even skirmish games that use a dozen models rather…
D&D: An Adventurer’s Guide To Greyhawk
It’s time to head to Oerth – the world that began it all. Home to castles, legends, and characters whose…
Those freaky cool eyeball dice go to Kickstarter
You’ve been able to buy Oumcraft’s dice eyeballs for a little while, but as all good ideas from indie crafters…
D&D: Shape The Future Of Draconic Options
The Draconic Options certainly sparked a lot of excitement about what the next D&D book might be–now’s your chance to…
Court appears to dismiss Zak S’ Gen Con lawsuit
In March, Zak Smith filed paperwork to sue Gen Con and its owner, ex-WotC boss, Peter Adkison. Now, a screengrab…
Publishers Spotlight: June 2021 poll opens for Patrons
The awesome Patrons who contribute $1 or more to Geek Native’s development coffers are now able to vote in the…
Welcome to Wilden Falls
Things Are About to Get Strange We’re rapidly closing in on the launch of the kickstarter for the Awfully Cheerful…
Roll20 to increase prices, offering a 2-year lock-in before they do
The cost of a monthly subscription to Roll20 will increase from July 1st, the virtual tabletop has announced today. The…
RPG Spotlight: Get In Losers, We’re Piloting Mechs With Lancer
This week on RPG Spotlight we’re traveling to deep space in the far future and building the custom mech of…
Join Us for Jasper’s Game Week and Raise Funds for Suicide Prevention and Awareness
Guest Blog by Fenway Jones Jasper's Game DayFounder and President Jasper’s Game Week, running from April 30th-May 11th 2021, is…
Round 1, FIGHT! Setting the Stage for Pit Fighting
Pit fighting is one of my favorite things to do during a campaign, whether your party enters a fighting contest…
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #98
April 30, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment💰 Links may earn ad money Hello, hello, and welcome to the…
Harbingers of the Yawning Void: Dark Magics and Fell Relics
The Harbingers of the Yawning Void actively court the dark things that lurk in the Void, learning their speech and…
Bundle of Holding’s starter packs introduce ready-to-play RPG deals won’t expire
Digital storefront Bundle of Holding is now offering starter packs for several tabletop RPGs without the usual limited time stipulation…