Humble Bundle urges gamers to be bad with Mafia and Legend of Keepers deal
🐙Sponsored Post paid for by Geek Native. We may earn a commission on sales.The latest computer game deal, one that…
British government paying £47,007 per annum for a Wargaming Analyst
Yeah, the annual pay is £47k plus 007. Some civil servant’s idea of a joke. Hopefully, the job offer for…
RPGs & Mental Health: A RPG designer on games as self-discovery
With Gen Con approaching, I thought it would be good to talk RPG shop with some of the talent behind…
Join us Tonight for Inferno Bloom, the Conclusion of the Pathfinder Secrets of Magic Liveplay!
When the Pathfinder Secrets of Magic Liveplay began, four esteemed graduates from the College of Mysteries in Absalom were sent…
Vampire: The Masquerade Second Inquisition & Book Of Nod Revealed
Renegade Game Studios has revealed more details about two new sourcebooks coming to the Vampire: The Masquerade TTRPG. Earlier this…
Kickstarter Round-Up: An Army of the Dead, an Army Ready for Cold, and an Alternate History RPG
Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! Crimson Escalation Every few years or so, incredible…
Mausritter adventure Sanctum of the Ori Magi is genuine, folded-paper magic
A substantial part of my work day is spent on Twitter, following conversations and tracking trending topics. While it’s one…
Cosplay: ‘Castlevania’s Carmilla is Out for Blood
The Queen of Conniving is fierce and fabulous in this series of Castlevania Cosplays! It’s hard work rising up against…
D&D: Five Spells Perfect For Making Friends
Magic solves just about every problem in D&D. But if there’s one thing we know from every movie, friendship is…
WizKids Unleashes New 'Magic: The Gathering' Unpainted Miniatures
WizKids unleashed new Magic: The Gathering unpainted miniatures packs, which will release into retail in December. These new single-count and…
Free to Download: A Player’s Guide to the D&D setting of Al-Qadim
Al-Qadim is an official D&D setting for AD&D 2e, created by Jeff Grubb and published by TSR in 1992. The…
Play with Class: Rally a Ruthless Rogue
Welcome to another installment of the Play with Class series where we will give you solid steps to run each…
“I’m constantly trying to outdo myself”: Dinosaur Island and Cryptid artist on the rise of board game illustrators and the struggle to innovate
It’s 1am in the morning in Kwanchai Moriya’s neck of the woods and, yet, the board game artist is wide…
Business 3×3: Kathy Sprague at Safari Pearl
In Business 3x3, a business retailer or executive will share their experience with three things they’ve done right, three things…
D&D: Now You Can Pre-Order ‘Wild Beyond The Witchlight’ From Beadle & Grimm’s
It should surprise nobody that Beadle & Grimm’s are offering a deluxe version of Wild Beyond the Witchlight, but did…
DUNE #19: Changing the Outcome
By Andrew Peregrine One of the most complex parts of any game is combat and conflict. So, it seems worthwhile…
Rogue Squadron- Jedi Helpers
Welcome to Rogue Squadron, pilot! In this series, we will be looking at different squadrons you can fly in Fantasy…
The D&D Movie Is ‘Action-Packed And Funny As Hell’ Says Justice Smith
Has the D&D movie made the jump from unintentionally hilarious to funny on purpose? One of its stars, Justice Smith,…
Jiangshi co-creator’s next game is a LARPG anthology inspired by Get Out and Hannibal
Banana Chan - co-creator of Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall - is co-designing another horror roleplaying game called Suburban…
Virtual Reality Meets Tabletop RPGs with Je’Don Carter
CinnamonRoll Studios CEO Je’Don Carter joins me on the show today. We talk about his new virtual reality role-playing game…
Star Trek Missions is a board game that combines Fantasy Realms gameplay with the beloved sci-fi series
Fly across the galaxy in the Enterprise in search of the best team for the most dangerous expeditions in Star…
Call of Cthulhu marks the horror RPG’s 40th anniversary with a new Keeper Rulebook
Horror roleplaying game Call of Cthulhu is marking 40 years since its release with a limited-edition revision of the RPG’s…
Call of Cthulhu gets a 40th Anniversary Special and limited edition Keeper Rulebook
A thing of dark desire; the limited edition Keeper Rulebook to celebrate 40 years of Call of Cthulhu is a…
Dragon Con 2021 – Review Part 2
After taking Saturday to go hang with family (and watch the Georgia Tech Football game that I’m still not sure…
LFG RPG site Demiplane signs deal with TaleSpire VTT
TaleSpire is an impressive 3d virtual tabletop and map-making software. Demiplane is a looking-for-group site that lets players find GMs…
Get Exclusive Perks When You Preorder The Wild Beyond the Witchlight!
Mischiefs and whimsies await you in The Wild Beyond the Witchlight! The latest Dungeons & Dragons adventure takes players into the Feywild…
Boricubos: The Lost Isles – Support Latin American Monsters & Adventures!
The mythology of Latin America rarely features in RPG supplements. Pathfinder has gone beyond fantasy Aztecs and Mayans to find…
Dwarven Forge reveal dice reliquaries; dice thrones!
Dwarven Forge has plenty of Kickstarter experience, $20 million worth of it. Now the module maker is moving into new…
7–13 September 2021: Skyraiders and SideQuest
This week: a new RPG from the co-creator of Dragonlance; a new initiative looks to bring the magic of ZineQuest…
D&D: Cant-Miss Cantrips
Cantrips are every spellcaster’s best friend. But did you know they can do more than just 1d10 damage? Cantrips are…
Book Mashup: Apocalypse Freeport
Andrzej was getting tired. He swept his greatsword in a figure 8, pausing to lean slightly to let a crossbow…
Secrets of the Drow returns to Kickstarter as Midnight Tower hope to put the 5e trilogy into print
The Oxford-based Midnight Tower team live within walking distance of one of J.R.R. Tolkien’s former homes and near C.S. Lewis’…
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands Brings D&D To Borderlands In A Big Way
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands asks us all to look within our hearts, search our souls and answer the question: who’s ready…
How to Use Side Quests to Deliver Exposition
Today, as part of our ongoing series on side quests, we’ll take a look at how side quests can help…
How to RPG with Your Cat turns your feline friend into a furry d20
Every cat owner has been there - you’re playing a tabletop RPG with friends around the living room table when…
The Workshop – Heroes on Demand: Cullen, Young Paladin of Conquest (D&D 5e)
Art by @TempoMcFlurry on Twitter In order to celebrate the launch of the Pixel Remaster version on September 8th, I…
D&D: Five New Magic Items From Witchlight Plus Table Of Contents
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure is coming next week and with it new magic items with a…
Briar & Bramble weaves the hardy animal adventures of Watership Down and Farthing Wood into a tabletop RPG
RPG designer Freddie Taylor-Bell’s Briar & Bramble openly acknowledges the influence of The Animals of Farthing Wood and Watership Down…
D&D: Five Magical Orbs That Will Expand Your Spheres Of Influence
Orbs are just about the best shape you can be–but if you can’t be an orb, you can at least…
Samurai dragons and blood: Iron Maiden’s new music video is pure metal fantasy
I’m reminded of Heavy Metal. That’s to say, the French fantasy series which helped inspire a generation of fantasy authors…
All new offers in this 3e Mutants & Masterminds superhero RPG offer
Green Ronin’s Mutants & Masterminds is back in the Bundle of Holding. With 21 days still on the clock, the…
Scrying on Subscriptions: Starfinder Adventure Paths
Never miss a product release again with subscriptions that suit your playstyle. From rulebooks, world guides, adventures and accessories to…
Design degistif: Apothecaria creator Anna Blackwell discusses creating a commentary for her solo RPG
I spent my first weeks as the town’s fledgling hedge witch curing a lumberjack cursed with hamster lycanthropy. After that,…
D&D Monster Spotlight: Gray Ooze
There is a good chance that your party may not even notice the Gray Ooze until it’s already eating through…
JustBard goes to Kickstarter: Replace battle maps with JstTerrain modules
JstTerrain (pronounced “Just terrain”) just launched on Kickstarter, and there’s a “back within 48 hours” offer to add an extra…
Well Hydrated Yellow? Tim's Magical Green? We fix miniatures paint names on the Dicebreaker Podcast!
Matt, Lolies and Meehan talk about what they’ve been up to this week! Which, er, doesn’t include that many board…
Kobold Press and Foundry Partnership for Tome of Beasts
What started out as a fan asking in a tweet when Kobold Press was going to bring products to Foundry…
D&D: New Witchlight Minis Reveal Hags And Hare-Folk
Two new batches of minis from Wild Beyond the Witchlight have been revealed from Gale Force Nine. Check out the…
Art Video – The Making of Mirror of Ourselves
You voted. I listened. Here’s a fresh new video detailing the inspiration and creation of my painting ‘Mirror of Ourselves.’…
Murmurs From the Q Continuum: Tell a Story About Me!
If you want to have a session where everything’s taken to the extreme, then look no forward than your narrator,…
D&D: Alignment Is Back In Wild Beyond The Witchlight
After being conspicuously absent from the last two adventure books, it seems that alignment is returning to the monster stat…
Make weapons from beast parts in this Monster Hunter-like supplement for D&D 5E and Pathfinder 2E
Defeat a collection of over 100 deadly creatures and create equipment from their parts in Battlezoo Bestiary, a roleplaying game…
Blades in the Dark’s TV series could blow away the D&D film
Move over Dungeons & Dragons and your new attempt at a movie adaptation! As good as we all want the…
Xena Cosplay, D&D’s New Races, Star Wars KotOR Remake, 40K’s Bad Units
This weekend we covered some awesome Xena cosplay, looked at D&D’s new races, a remake of Star Wars: Knights of…
Game Wizards: The Epic Battle for Dungeons & Dragons on pre-order
Jon Peterson usually writes histories of game design. His latest book, Game Wizards: The Epic Battle for Dungeons & Dragons…
Game Wizards: My New Book
I have a new book coming out next month called Game Wizards. Unlike my previous books, which are histories of game…
D&D Accessories To Get Your Kids Into D&D
Convince your kids (or your friends kids or your nieces and nephews) that D&D is fun and forever be the…
Show off your dice addiction: The Dice Frame
I’ve been wondering what to do with a set of mosquitos trapped in amber dice I have. It looks like…
Competition: Peculiar Discoveries magic item and companion cards
The collection of magical items and companions Peculiar Discoveries is doing well on Kickstarter, hitting its funding goal several times…
D&D: An Adventurer’s Guide to Corellon Larethian
The game might be called Dungeons & Dragons, but it’s full of elves. And today we’re talking about their creator…
Neverwinter: Jewel Of The North To Receive First Battle Pass
Perfect World Entertainment and Cryptic Studios have announced that Neverwinter: Jewel Of The North will be getting its first battle…
D&D: An Adventurer’s Guide To Titania
Wild Beyond the Witchlight is inviting players to the realms of the Feywild, so today we’re taking a look at…
D&D Adventure Hook: Night of the Wraith
Need an idea for an adventure? Then give the Night of the Wraith a try. When a spectre of a…
Apex Legends Evolution Collection Event Details Revealed
Respawn Entertainment has revealed new details for their upcoming Evolution Collection event set to hit Apex Legends next week. This…
D&D: Witchlight Leaks Reveal Action Figure Stat Blocks
Wild Beyond the Witchlight brings some of the classic cartoon characters and action figure’s of D&D’s past to the present.…
The BURST System Kickstarters with a commercial license and as a pay-what-you-want download
Zäta Doe has the humble goal of €50 to Kickstart The BURST System for roleplaying games. However, to get a…
RPG creators versus Hurricane Ida: $282 for $20
In the United States, due to climate change, Hurricane Ida has been catastrophic and hit Louisiana hard. A group of…
Campestris: Sing a Song With a Swarm of Shrooms From The Wild Beyond the Witchlight!
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight marks the return of campestris to Dungeons & Dragons. These loveable mushroom-like creatures find joy…
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…
D&D: Five Spells For Getting Out Of Trouble
Sometimes you get caught, red-handed, and you’ve got to figure out how you’re going to escape actually facing a consequence…
Outside the Box – September 10th
Welcome back to another issue of Outside the Box. This week we have news from Corvus Belli, Otherworld Miniatures, Anvil…
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #117
That was the week that was. Now it’s time for an RPG news summary, and a bullet-point speed headline look…
Into the Wilderness: Maps
Maps are a classic of the fantasy genre, painting an entire world in broad strokes that your imagination might fill…
RPG: Life is Strange – ‘Critical Role’ Is In Video Games Now
In the upcoming Wavelengths DLC for Life Is Strange: True Colors, one of the main characters is a Critter, proving…
Finder’s Archives – “Why?” and “When is Enough, Enough?”
Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Finder’s Archives. Today we’re taking a break from Magic and asking ourselves an…
D&D: Co-Creators Of Dragonlance, Tracy And Laura Hickman, Announce A New Campaign World
Tracy and Laura Hickman, best known for Dragonlance and Ravenloft in the old TSR days, have announced a new 5th Edition setting. A new…
Cyberrats: Become a genetically engineered rat in this Lumen-powered RPG
Alex Rinehart uses the fashionable indie Lumen to power a tabletop RPG in which characters are genetically engineered rats addicted…
Gamers warned of scammers as Christmas tree dice attract unwelcome attention
Christmas tree dice really are a thing. There’s a successful campaign on Kickstarter with a few days left to run.…
Vanquish the Supernatural Horrors of the American Revolution
Andrews McMeel Publishing (AMP) will release Flames of Freedom: Grim & Perilous RPG, a new American Gothic horror tabletop roleplaying…
Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic Remake Is Real – Trailer Here
The Knights of the Old Republic Remake rumors are confirmed. A new trailer reveals a remade Revan ready to roll–check…
Beware the Jabberwock! The Burbling Dragon Arrives in The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
With the September 21 release of The Wild Beyond the Witchlight, the jabberwock makes its return to Dungeons & Dragons.…
Skyraiders of Abarax: Tracy & Laura Hickman announce a new campaign world
Skyraiders of Abarax is the first new adventure world from Tracy and Laura Hickman since Dragonlance. The 5e setting as…
D&D: Five Spells To Show The True Darkness In Your Soul
Is your soul made of the stuff of shadows? Do you prefer the rain, and hanging around cemeteries wearing black…
Dragonlance author announces new D&D 5E campaign setting full of sky pirates and airships
Prolific authors and game designers Tracy and Laura Hickman have announced they are working on Skyraiders of Abarax, a new…
Die Hard with 2d6: A review of the Mclain RPG
Mclain is a name your own price one-page RPG from AP Shanka intended to emulate movies like Die Hard and…
D&D Animated Series NPC Miniatures Revealed From Gale Force 9
Some of the heroes and villains (but not the main kids–at least not yet) from the D&D Animated Series are…
Wizards of the Coast Reveals Contents of 'Commander Collection: Black'
Wizards of the Coast revealed the contents of Commander Collection: Black, set of black-themed cards for Magic: The Gathering's Commander…
D&D: Fairies And Rabbitfolk Preview – New Races In Beyond The Witchlight
Come and take a look at two of the new races coming in The Wild Beyond The Witchlight: A Feywild…
The Devil of the Deep Blue Sea
One of the exciting things about writing an aquatic setting is that there are whole creature types that don’t have…
Down We Go | Infinite Edition – Another Interview With Tony Vasinda (Plus One Exp)
Tony Vasinda of Plus One Exp has a new RPG crowdfunding, this one on GameFound. Entitled Down We Go, this…
Unofficial D&D supplement adds mousefolk and gunslingers to the RPG
Play as a stuffed teddy bear or a mouse warrior in Valda’s Spire of Secrets, a new supplement designed for…
The Spill is a “reverse tower defense” board game about saving sea-life
Prevent an ecological oceanic disaster in a “reverse tower defense” board game with an environmental message called The Spill. In…
'D&D' 'Witchlight's' Heroes and Villains Battle it Out
Gale Force Nine will release Collector's Series: The Wild Beyond the Witchlight - League of Malevolence and Collector's Series: The…
'D&D' Witches, Warlocks, and Rabbits, Oh My!
Gale Force Nine announced three new fey magic-themed D&D Collector's Series miniatures sets for release in Q4 2021. Collector’s Series:…
Warhammer 40K: The Game’s Ten Year Old Dice Rolling Secret
Over the last ten or so years it’s clear that GW has been pushing one aspect of their game that…
'D&D: The Wild Beyond Witchlight' Accessories Detailed
Gale Force 9 will release the D&D: The Wild Beyond the Witchlight Dungeon Master’s Screen and Map Set late this…
Warhammer 40K: 1997 Metal Thunderhawk Sells for £25,600.00!
One of the rare 40K Metal Thunderhawks has sold for a sky-high price on eBay! Take a look. The classic…
Tales From The Drift: Breaking Ground
The earth shook. To Iphra, the rumbling sounded like a passing heavy transport. She realized she wouldn’t maintain her footing.…