Wizards of the Coast Unveils Early Deets on the ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Set
Wizards of the Coast unveiled early product details for the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons Adventures in the Forgotten Realms set…
Tome Unbound: Dancing Foliage
Alternate Traits and Actions The following changes allow GMs to alter a dancing foliage without modifying its challenge rating. Dance…
Indie RPG bundle packages dozens of games to pay for designer’s COVID-19 hospital treatment
A group of Latin American tabletop RPG designers have banded together to raise funds for one of their own currently…
Death in Space wows Kickstarter with its bleak blue-collar sci-fi RPG
Death in Space is two things; it’s a bleak view of life in space powered by capitalism and a work…
Roll With Me is a free virtual tabletop dice roller
I’m happy to recommend Roll With Me.xyz as a good solution for making intelligent dice rolls online. What do I…
Astral Projections – Deanna, Cyberpunk RED Solo
Antonna and Deanna, AKA “The Twins,” are a package deal. They prefer to work as bodyguards but also handle other…
Weekend Play Report – Ex Novo, and the joy of mapmaking games
Hello, Dicebreaker readers. Welcome back to another week of board game and RPG news. Let’s kick it off with a…
Goodman Games Obtains ‘Dark Tower’ Rights From Judges Guild
Goodman Games announced that they will publish a new edition of the Dark Tower module for 5E. Dark Tower is…
Rolling for Initiative — Best Month Ever
Rolling for Initiative is a weekly column by Scott Thorne, PhD, owner of Castle Perilous Games & Books in Carbondale,…
dScryb launches on Foundry VTT with a membership giveaway
dScryb is a subscription site, with a free tier, that provides GMs and DMs with boxed text to read to…
A Date for Monsters! Monsters! Monsters! Galore
Everything leaves a trace. That’s been my guiding principle researching the history of early wargames and role-playing games: any…
D&D: Mythos Monsters Brings Cosmic Horror To Dungeons & Dragons
The monsters of the Cthulhu Mythos are crashing headlong into the world of Dungeons & Dragons. Will they survive? Probably…
Genre Police: Player Roles
Last time, we talked about players roles, in particular the practical things your players do at a table and what…
Apocalypse 5E by Blue Phoenix Games picks up 700 years after the fall
Apocalypse 5e is an adaptable setting in which characters explore the world 700 years after humanity’s fall. How did the…
UFO Press merges into Rowan, Rook and Decard
UFO Press has been absorbed into fellow British RPG publisher Rowan, Rook and Decard with founder Minerva McJanda joining the…
Free to Download: Horror sci-fi RPG – Incoming Call
Incoming Call is a sci-fi RPG for 1 to 3 players, no GM, and it’s free to download. The game…
War Stories
Tales of the Apocalypse The Apocalypse War inferno continues to rage, even as we close in on the end of…
D&D: Pre-Order Dark Alliance Today And Unlock A Beholder-Eye Axe
The new Dark Alliance game is up for pre-order right now, along with an exclusive Beholder-based weapon set. Check it…
Starfinder Encounter: Eclipse of Prophecy
By Chris Sims The Haunter of the Dark, an aspect of the chaotic evil Outer God, Nyarlathotep, whispers to its…
BFF! Best Friends Forever: RPG Spotlight
This week we’re picking out our favorite hang-out location and having a slumber party as we take a look at…
Warlock’s Apprentice: Weird Fantasy Items
Magic is capable of so very much. Here are some potent and flavorful magic items of particular weirdness that can…
Coyote And Crow – A Native American Led Project Is The Next Million-Dollar RPG
Coyote and Crow, a Native-American-led tabletop rpg set in a future where the Americas were never colonized, has raised more…
We celebrate Dicebreaker’s one year podcast anniversary!
It’s been a whole year since we started recording the Dicebreaker podcast, can you believe it? I know I can’t!…
Outside the Box – April 2nd
Welcome to another issue of Outside the Box, this week with news from Wargames Atlantic, Raging Heroes, Wargame Exclusive, Warcradle…
Will we find life smarter than dolphins in the unexplored depths of the oceans?
Geek Native readers have been robots chased by sharks. That’s to say, last year, this blog gave away a copy…
Finder’s Archive – Dungeon Creation (Part 4)
And once more, we head into the darkest depths of dungeon creation. 😊 Welcome to the fourth (Part 1, Part…
Wizards of the Coast Reveals a Shortage of ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Draft Boosters
There will be a shortage of Draft Booster product for the upcoming Magic: The GatheringStrixhaven: School of Mages set on…
Thursday Art Assault – Our Fortress is Burning
‘Our Fortress is Burning’ – J Edward Neill – 2021 Unearth more dark landscapes at:
April 2021 Organized Play Update
OPM Musings Tonya’s busy getting ready for her vacation, so I’ve taken over her musings for the month! Do not…
Level Up Playtest Document #15: Herald
What this isThis is a playtest document. We’d love you to try out the rules presented here, and then answer…
Oops, We Did It Again: Foolish Monsters 2021: A Rope of Sand
With such glowing reception to last year’s April Fools’ Bestiary Blog as “None of these are canon” or “John Compton…
SIN: A sourcebook for the Spire RPG about uncaring gods and corruption in a cursed city
Spire is a tabletop RPG from Rowan, Rook and Decard about a towering city after a successful invasion that reduces…
‘Fallout: The Roleplaying Game’ Launch Details
The first products for Modiphius Entertainment’s new Fallout role playing game have been revealed: the Core Rulebook, Dice Set, Gamemaster’s…
Explore The Wasteland With The Fallout RPG – Pre-Order Now
War, war never changes–but roleplaying games do. Modiphius opens up their own Vault-Tec brand shelter for pre-orders of the Fallout…
TroikaFest! is the perfect event for those who have never played the whimsical tabletop RPG
The one-week Troikafest!, running from April 5th through the 11th, invites new groups and designers to join the tabletop RPG’s…
WizKids announce the largest D&D “mini” they’ve ever made
The five-headed dragon goddess from D&D lore, Tiamat, is coming to tabletops. Due to ship in September, WizKids has announced…
Beyond the Mountains of Madness campaign for Call of Cthulhu RPG has been reprinted after over 20 years
Two “classic” campaign books for Call of Cthulhu, Beyond the Mountains of Madness and Horror on the Orient Express, have…
NeverEnding: An Interview With Jamie VanDoren
With their new Kickstarter campaign for NeverEnding II, it felt like a good time to talk with Jamie VanDoren about…
Publishers Spotlight: May 2021 poll opens for Patrons
Geek Native’s amazing Patrons can now vote to put an RPG publisher or creator in the Spotlight. Are you a…
Monster Hunter World: The Board Game shows the right way to adapt a video game for the tabletop
Board games based on video games are a mixed bag, to say the least. There are some truly excellent ones,…
Star Trek First Contact Day and other geeky April conventions
I’m hesitant to blog anything on the morning of April 1, but here we are with a look at the…
World of Darkness: Learn the 5e Vampire clans [infographic]
The World of Darkness team at Paradox published the first development blog since taking the RPG properties in house. And…
Kickstarter Round-Up: Terminator RPG, Gorgeous Gothic Busts, and Stellaris on the Tabletop
Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! Encyclopedia: Lore Book & Toolbox Encyclopedia is a 360-page…
International Transgender Day of Visibility
Today, the International Transgender Day of Visibility, we celebrate and recognize the lives of transgender people in our gaming community.…
Starfinder: Scoured Stars Returns Tonight for Episode 3!
Join for science-fantasy high jinks and adventure in Episode 3 of Starfinder: Scoured Stars tonight at 6 p.m. Pacific on…
How To Play Vampires Like Apex Predators of the Night
“‘Vampyr’ is my new name. I still lust for life and youth, and I curse the living that took them…
Open source Mythic Table launches Kickstarter for free VTT
Partnering with the Open Gaming Network and World Anvil, Mythic Table has launched a Kickstarter to get some full-time developers…
Ruins of Symbaroum: Free League announce Symbaroum 5e
In the wake of their million Dollar Kickstarter for Lord of the Rings, Free League Publishing have announced their next…
The Ratatosk: Magical Items and Equipment of the Squirrel-Folk
I hurled the enchanted acorn to the ground. There was a terrific flash of light and an odd popping sound,…
Sentinels of the Multiverse announce an anniversary definitive edition of its comic book card game
Sentinels of the Multiverse will celebrate its ten-year anniversary with an upgraded box that puts a polish on nearly every…
Modiphius opens the Fallout 2d20 RPG for pre-order
Today, London-based Modiphius Entertainment put their Fallout 2d20 RPG on pre-order, with a GM toolkit, dice, and special editions. The…
Kickstarter RPG VP Resigns In Wake Of ‘Perfect RPG’ Controversy, Issues Apology
Luke Crane, Vice President and Community Head at Kickstarter is stepping down in the wake of a now-canceled controversial project.…
Monthly Encounter #20: The Mummies’ Secret Lore (lvls 5-10)
Thmbnail art by Akos SzaboWe finally did it! 20 different encounters, once per month, have already been written. These are…
Monster Archetypes, Golems, Typhon with The Monster Professor
The Monster Professor returns again! Josh Woods, author, professor, and monster expert, and I talk monster archetypes which leads us…
Kickstarter Korner- Stellaris: Infinite Legacy
What is this project? Stellaris: Infinite Legacy is a board game version of the popular PC 4x game Stellaris. Beyond…
Dice: The ultimate ranking, from d4 to d20
Dice. You use them in a lot of tabletop games. To the naked eye, they may appear to be nothing…
23–30 March 2021: Candlekeep Controversy
This week, the release of Dungeons & Dragons’ latest adventure anthology brings controversy, with one contributor raising concerns around how…
D&D: The Birth Of Dark Sun, A World Of Apocalypse – PRIME
Dark Sun is a world unlike any other in the D&D cosmology–full of blazing hear, apocalyptic furor, and debilitating magic,…
Paizo Unveils ‘Pathfinder Bestiary 3 Pawn Collection’
Paizo, Inc. unveiled Pathfinder Bestiary 3 Pawn Collection, a collection of creature pawns for use Pathfinder RPG, for release in…
MTG: WotC Suspends Work With Artist After Crux Of Fate Scandal
Wizards of the Coast has issued a statement in response to the recent controversy surrounding the potentially copied art for…
Join us for Paizo LIVE, Episode 2!
our new monthly two-hour live Twitch show featuring the Paizo staff and occasional guests talking about all things Pathfinder and…
PRESS RELEASE: Symbaroum for 5E on Kickstarter April 13
The acclaimed world of Symbaroum has enticed and fascinated fans of tabletop roleplaying games since the launch in 2016. Now this dark…
Track Your RPG Character’s Health with Innovative and Beautiful Hero Pins
Add Hero Pins to your game to make keeping your health stats fun and easy for your whole party to…
Punch a Nazi: Onyx Path easily fund Trinity Continuum – Adventure!
It’s a busy time for Onyx Path Publishing. They’ve announced one of their RPG lines, Scion, has a TV show…
D&D Accessories: Starter Sets To Get Your First Dungeon Crawling Adventure Going
Whether you’re the only first-time adventurer at the table, or in a completely fresh-faced party, these starter sets will make…
Celebrating Women in our Community Part 2
Last Thursday, we shared a blog highlighting the presence of women creators and professionals in the Paizo community. We have…
Eke out a grimy, blue-collar existence amidst the void in rules-light RPG Death in Space
Assemble a rag-tag crew and stave off cosmic corruption with Death in Space, a new rules-light RPG on Kickstarter that…
Kickstarter’s Head of Community and The Perfect RPG campaign creator leaves company
Luke Crane, former head of community for Kickstarter, quit his position and left the company March 26th after posting what…
Make a Quick Character Portrait with NeverEnding
I am always on the lookout for new tools to add to my tabletop RPG arsenal. So when I was…
Five New D&D Streams That Aren’t Critical Role That You Should Watch Anyway
There’s a whole wide world of D&D streams out there, and though they’re too new to have animated specials for…
The Tales from the Loop RPG is currently featured in two different deals
Tales from the Loop, a sci-fi themed roleplaying game set in 1980s Sweden, is discounted in two separate Bundle of…
Champion’s Spotlight #3 – Celeste
This week we’re going to take a look at the second of the “Core 12” Champions – Celeste, a cleric…
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything Breakdown, Part Six
It’s the sixth article in this series and we’re sixty-five pages into this book! this-is-fine-dog.gif. Anyway, this time I’ll be…
The official Fallout tabletop RPG launches tomorrow
The official RPG based on the Fallout video game series will launch tomorrow, according to a tweet from publisher Modiphius.…
‘Upzone’ Pop Up Terrain Comes to Trade
Everything Epic will be offering the Upzone Pop-Up Terrain System into distribution this spring, with three sets now on pre-order. The Upzone…
House Greyjoy Battles for Control in ‘A Song Of Ice And Fire’ Tabletop Miniatures Game
CMON has released details the new House Greyjoy expansions, for the A Song of Fire & Ice: Tabletop Miniatures Game,…
Terrain Options for Miniatures and TTRPG Customers
Miniatures terrain and TTRPG terrain tiles have been a growing category of products in game stores, and the task of…
MTG: New Strixhaven Crux Of Fate Card Fuels Questions of Plagiarized Art
An artist on Twitter has pointed out some striking similarities between the Strixhaven Crux of Fate art, and a 2016…
Free League launch huge Coriolis & Tales from the Loop deals
It’s a busy day over at the Bundle of Holding as Free League Publishing have launched two mixed bundles. Coriolis,…
Warhammer 40K Tabletop Gallery: Cadia Stands (maybe…) Lelith Hesperax vs Astra Militarum
This one might be more a case of a “dead man standing”? Just in time for the new Drukhari codex!…
Fanatical launches computer game and tabletop RPG crossover sale
🐙Sponsored Post paid for by Geek Native. We may earn a commission on sales.For the next 15 or so hours…
Solo RPG The Wretched is a fantastic, if unintentional, pandemic anniversary game
[Spoilers for The Wretched RPG below] Like countless others across the world, I’ve now spent the last year and change…
PaizoCon Worldwide!
We are pleased to announce some upcoming plans for the PaizoCon convention series! Keep reading for some exciting developments! First,…
Onyx Path Publishing land a Scion TV series
RPG publisher Onyx Path will have a TV developed from their Scion RPG line. Scion is a tabletop roleplaying game…
Dangerous: BigBad Tabletop introduce the Karen D&D monster
The Guardian called 2020 “the year of the Karen”, recognising the debate around the name, which has become a pejorative.…
Hardboiled Radio: A review of Golden Age radio plays
You might know the Bundle of Holding as a site supporting charities while also hooking you to special offers for…
Time Is Fleeting: Active Campaign Settings
Madness takes its toll … but before we launch into a chorus of “The Time Warp,” let’s talk about time…
Rogue’s Gallery: Tam Waltzing
Despite being fair of feature, dark of hair, and sharp of eye, Tam Waltzing is only noticed by people who…
Tribality Publishing – Level Up Your Background
We have a new publication on the DM’s Guild, as of last Friday. This is Tribality Publishing’s third DM’s Guild…
Fallout #3 – Helps You Stay Fighting Fit!
The Fallout games are never lacking in action-packed moments, and the perils of the Wasteland often require violence to resolve.…
D&D Tops The Charts, But Alien & Fate Aren’t Far Behind
The numbers are in for the Fall, and while Dungeons & Dragons rules the roost, it looks like the Alien…
Board Games Retailers Can Use as a Customer On-Ramp to Miniatures
Board games featuring miniatures or based around miniatures properties can be a useful tool to help introduce board game enthusiasts…
Kickstarter Korner – The Deck of Many Quests
© 2021 Lunch Break HeroesThis just in! Lunch Break Heroes has less than a week left on its Kickstarter for…
Spiritual successor to espionage RPG Spycraft gets a full retail release
After a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2019, The Spy Game, an upcoming roleplaying game inspired by Spycraft, is seeing a…
Dune #13 – Factions: The Bene Gesserit
By Andrew Peregrine In Dune: Adventures in the Imperium there are several character types that offer special powers and abilities.…
Open source and free VTT Mythic Table announce partnerships and a Kickstarter
Mythic Table’s Kickstarter promises to help integrate the open source virtual tabletop. Partnerships with The Open Gaming Network and World…
Tabletop Roundup: Candlekeep Controversy, Warhammer Lumineth Rules, Rebel CR90, & Red Sonja Cosplay
We’ve got everything from D&D’s latest controversy, to Star Wars’ CR90 and what to do with Cara Dune. Age of…
Rolling for Initiative — A Matter of Miniatures
Rolling for Initiative is a weekly column by Scott Thorne, PhD, owner of Castle Perilous Games & Books in Carbondale,…
Solo RPG Journey releases a new version
Journey, a well-received solo RPG that helps you design worlds, released edition 1.1 this week. In Journey, you are a…