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…
Deep Sea Adventure studio Oink is bringing its delightful board games to Nintendo Switch
Oink Games, the Japanese board game publisher behind dinky delights Deep Sea Adventure, A Fake Artist Goes to New York…
Finder’s Archive – Botanical Sanctum
Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Finder’s Archives. In this column, we take some of the lands from Magic:…
Reviews From R’lyeh: In the Modern AGE
Pookie of the site Reviews From R’lyeh posted a review of our Modern AGE RPG Basic Rulebook. In it, Pookie…
Ironsworn: Starforged spin-off RPG swaps dark fantasy for a sci-fi setting inspired by The Mandalorian
Build bonds in a dangerous and disturbing galaxy with Ironsworn: Starforged, an upcoming RPG that takes place in a world…
Elder Scrolls: Call to Arms – Tale of the Dragonborn
Elder Scrolls: Call to Arms is over a year old now, and we are moving into our second Chapter, Steam…
Can you stop it?: The Prophecy of Nine Omens
The Prophecy of Nine Omens trilogy is a 5e Kickstarter from Midnight Tower, an indie publisher based in Oxford. The…
Thursday Art Assault – Slumber of the Sun God
‘Slumber of the Sun God’ – J Edward Neill – 2021 Find more dark, surreal art at…
Starfinder Society Update: Year 4 Program Changes
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‘Sweet Tooth,’ ‘Trollhunters’ Trailers; ‘Invincible’ Renewed for Two, ‘The World of Darkness’ in Development for TV; ‘GoT: House of Dragons’ in Production; Elizabeth Banks Voices Pebbles; ‘Paper Girls’ Casting
TV news continues to ramp up as the summer approaches, and it's time for another round-up.Netflix has released a trailer…
‘Swords and Spells’: D&D’s Official Diceless Wargame Is Just Okay
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Community Blog: Autism Awareness
In recognition of April as the National Autism Awareness Month in the US and of April 2nd as World Autism…
Keepsake game The Shape of Shadows transforms a day planner into a magician’s grimoire
Break through the barriers between acolyte and master to save your teacher in the new keepsake game and solo journaling…
D&D: Looking For A Cleric Spell That Isn’t Cure Wounds?
Cure Wounds, Spiritual Weapon–there’s a reason these spells are always picked. But Cleric spells have hidden gems. Here are five…
Sensitivity reading: What does it do, and does it make RPGs better? A Paranormal Affairs Canada case study
A credit that I’ve started to see in new RPGs is “sensitivity reader”. I think it’s fair enough to wonder…
Name your own price for RUSH, a minimalist sci-fi RPG with a 6 track digital cassette
RUSH is a 16-page, Name Your Own Price, RPG from Horoscope Zine. The Name Your Own Price suggestion is generous…
Coming May 13: Fantasy AGE Trojan War
Read the title! On May 13, we’ll be releasing a Fantasy AGE supplement for Homeric Age adventures. Inspired by the…
D&D: WizKids’ Goblin Warband Brings Miniature Figures And Maximum Havoc
Who doesn’t need a goblin warband for their table? WizKids’ new collectible miniatures pack gathers together six different goblins, ready…
Teeth: Blood Cotillion is an RPG one shot about hunting occult horrors at a high-society ball
Cut down eldritch creatures whilst exchanging pleasantries in Teeth: Blood Cotillion, a horror roleplaying game one shot set at an…
R.Talsorian Games Will Release ‘The Witcher RPG: A Book of Tales’
R.Talsorian Games will release The Witcher RPG: A Book of Tales, a new supplemental book, into retail in Q3. In…
The NFT scourge could one day hit Magic: The Gathering
Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner told board members during the company’s Q1 2021 earnings call April 27th that the toy and…
Ruins of Symbaroum for 5E: An Interview With Mattias Lilja (Free League Publishing)
The award winning (ENnie Awards and Origins Award Nominee) tabletop RPG, Symbaroum, is coming to 5e. With a free preview…
Magic: The Gathering players say Killian Lu is the “Panda Expressification of Asian Culture”
The first time Daniel Kwan saw Killian Lu, one of the new characters introduced in Magic: The Gathering’s Strixhaven set,…
Lines and veils, and other RPG safety tools, open up tabletop roleplaying for everyone
One of the things that made me most nervous about starting to play Dungeons & Dragons was the concept of…
Jeff Goldblum is going to be playing Dungeons & Dragons on an actual play podcast
Film star, comedian and jazz musician Jeff Goldblum has been cast in his newest role - a party member in…
The Witcher hybrid dice surge beyond 2,000 Kickstarter backers
Q-Workshop has sets of official The Witcher gaming dice on Kickstarter. The sets are called “hybrid dice” because they’re made…
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Age Of Sigmar’s Tempestfall Looks Stunning In VR
Do you want to cut down Nighthaunts in cyberspace? Age of Sigmar’s Tempestfall promises all the heroism of the Mortal…
The Bundle of Holding launches their Starter Store
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Fists of the Ruby Phoenix: The Flash of Fists
“Annnd with a terrifying tail whip to the jaw, the Taiga Tyrant is down! She’ll be feeling that in the…
Kickstarter Round-Up: Cyberpunk Red, Mechanical Titans, and a Horror-Grunge RPG
Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! We Die Young – RPG A spiritual sequel to…
Starfinder: Scoured Stars—All Systems Go! Again!
We had glitch gremlins in our hardware last week, so Starfinder Scoured Stars returns tonight, Wednesday April 28, with the…
Cyberpunk Red: Combat Zone turns the tabletop RPG into a beginner-friendly miniatures game
Cyberpunk Red: Combat Zone, the miniatures game spin-off from the latest edition in the long-running tabletop RPG series, has hit…
Survey: Draconic Options
Take our latest Unearthed Arcana survey. Last time, Unearthed Arcana presented race, feat, and spell options related to dragons in…
Tripping on the World Tree: Reading the Warlock Guide to the Planes
The long-anticipated Warlock: Guide to the Planes is here. Written by Brian Suskind, with additional design by Wolfgang Baur, the…
Why Magic Shops Ruin the D&D Fantasy
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Being a Good Streaming RPG Player with Anthony Carlson
RPG streamer and writer Anthony Carlson is today’s guest on the podcast. We discuss Anthony’s beginnings as a role-player and…
Rogue Review- Draftosaurus
Draftosaurus was another one of our Christmas acquisitions last year. As the name implies, it is indeed a game about…
20–27 April 2021: World of Darkness heads back to the silver screen
This week big news on the media front as we learn of a World of Darkness TV universe in the…
Renegade Game Studios Offers KS Retailer Pledge Level for ‘My Father’s Work’
Renegade Game Studios is offering a Kickstarter retailer pledge level for their My Father's Work, a new mad scientist board…
Tékumel, The First Setting TSR Published – PRIME
Before Greyhawk and Dark Sun, before the Forgotten Realms, there was the Empire of the Petal Throne and the world…
Ironsworn in space: Starforged blows Kickstarter away
Tomkin Press’ sci-fi sister RPG to Shawn Tomkin’s rightfully very popular Ironsworn is a hit. The Kickstarter community is eager…
Vampire: The Masquerade RPG universe World of Darkness is getting its own film and TV franchise
The World of Darkness universe, the home of several roleplaying games including Vampire: The Masquerade, is receiving its very own…
WotC Segment 75% of Hasbro Profits in Q1
For those wondering if Hasbro’s newly created Wizards of the Coast and Digital Gaming segment was going to continue to…
Watch the Pathfinder One-Shot: Dinner at Lionlodge Liveplay at PaizoCon!
Paizo is pleased to announce that Pathfinder One-Shot: Dinner at Lionlodge, a new liveplay adventure, will air at PaizoCon 2021…
Level Up Playtest Document #17: Journeys
What this isThis is a playtest document. We’d love you to try out the rules presented here, and then answer…
Pathfinder Arena Update and Survey
The last update of Pathfinder Arena reveals the first tiles and cards of the core set. The Arena is always…
VoxStory opens in beta to bring your RPGs to TV
VoxStory might look a little like Minecraft but it’s an evolution of an older game; the traditional tabletop. Using the…
D&D Accessories: Spring Has Sprung With These Druid Dice
It’s that time of year where the weather is getting nice, the flowers are budding, and druids everywhere are rolling…
New Ways to Play on VTTs
We’re now well past the 1-year mark for social distancing, working from home, and other ways to deal with the…
Cubicle 7 and Holmgard Press Renew Publishing Agreement
Cubicle 7 will renew its agreement with Holmgard Press to publish Lone Wolf Adventure Game. They have also announced Book…
The virtual reality tabletop Dungeon Full Dive launches Kickstarter
As expected, TxK Gaming Studios have taken their virtual reality project Dungeon Full Dive to Kickstarter. The software plays like…
How to Map Your Campaign Setting
The feeling I get when I look down on a map I’ve created for my next homebrew campaign is like…
Cubicle 7 renew their Doctor Who RPG license
Cubicle 7 secured the Doctor Who RPG license in 2008 and have since published 40 game books, dice and other…
The Workshop – Campaign Notebook: A Clerical Error
Art by Magdalena ŚwiderskaA few weeks ago I saw a meme that prompted this weird little thought in my head…