Free to Download: Chrome Shells & Neon Streets
Chrome Shells & Neon Sheets is a one-page (two sides) RPG from Zadmar Games. You can get it for less…
Scarred Lands mega-adventure: A review of Dead Man’s Rust
In this fantasy setting, the rotting corpses of the defeated Titans have corrupted the world. The oozing blood as turned…
In Memorium – David “Darth Vader” Prowse
It is with heavy heart that I write these words. David Prowse, aka Darth Vader, aka The Green Cross Man,…
The Sovereign’s Finest
The existence of the Sovereign’s Finest in the nation of Aldis has, from the beginning, been almost entirely for the…
Hextml is a free hex-making map tool for tabletop RPGs
Hextml is a free tool that very quickly lets you make hex crawp maps. [embedded content] While Hextml is free…
D&D: Catch The Next Batch Of Holiday Specials
The first of the D&D Holiday Specials has already arrived. More lurk in the shadows, ready to bedeck your timeline…
Trapmaster: Trapped Treasure, Treasured Traps
Nothing delights a trap builder, and thus the GM, more that designing a trap that adventurers want to charge into.…
Best Dungeons & Dragons gift ideas for Christmas
When it comes to buying the best D&D gifts for any die-hard fan, it isn't always easy. A lot of…
Level Up Survey: Ranger
Earlier we released the playtest candidate for our Ranger class. This is the accompanying survey.
The Well is a tabletop RPG about underground gravediggers from a former D&D developer
Uncover riches in abandoned underground crypts by playing The Well, an upcoming roleplaying game from an ex-developer for Dungeons &…
Free Artist Spotlights
Hello there, fellow human. If you’re an artist, I’d like you to stick around for this next part. Starting this……
D&D: It Will Take ‘Several Years’ To Fix Racial Depictions In Dungeons & Dragons
Getting rid of racial stat mods and moving away from alignment is only the first step, but there’s a long…
Astral Projections – Centaurs for Mutants & Masterminds 3e
While my gaming group was enthusiastically creating NPCs, at the GM’s invitation, for a new campaign, I realized there were…
Lion Rampant Imports Reveals 'The Ghosts of Castle TurnWall' for North American Trade
Lion Rampant Imports revealed that they will release The Ghosts of Castle TurnWall into North American retail in January 2021.…
Level Up Playtest Document #7: Ranger
What this is This is a playtest document. We’d love you to try out the rules presented here, and then…
How to Give the Gift of D&D Beyond: Holiday 2020 Buyer’s Guide
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Monsters and magic: Shotglass Rounds
Following the success of Kal-Zar’s Bane, which was 7 one-shot adventures, the Laidback DM has returned to Kickstarter with a…
RPG Publisher Spotlight: Target Role
Oh dear, how… inconvenient? Embarrassing? Timely? The winner of the 2020 November Publisher Spotlight poll is Target Role. However, Target…
Generate complex modern cities for free
Procedural City Generator is a free to use Itch.io site which quickly generates custom cities.
A Sneak Peek At Magic
Schools of Magic The first thing you might notice are the words under the spell name. For fireball, those words…
RPG: Brain Trust’s Science Fair Brings Out The Best Indies
A new bundle promises all the fun of a science fair without needing tri-fold poster boards. Come check out the…
Rolling for Initiative — A Case for the Possible Sale of Wizards of the Coast Being on the Horizon
Rolling for Initiative is a weekly column by Scott Thorne, PhD, owner of Castle Perilous Games & Books in Carbondale,…
GW Pre-Orders: Pricing & Links – Blood Angels & Battleforce Boxes
New Battleforces and new Blood Angels – it’s going to be a busy weekend! via Games Workshop Codex Supplement: Blood…
Dragon Turtle Games announce Solarpunk RPG
Dragon Turtle has brought on Eric Willman for the Solarpunk project.
Wrong Quest: I have brought sacrifices
Wrong Quest is a fantasy comic that started on Instagram in July.
Administering Justice
Every Credit Counts The prophesied Judge Child, Owen Krylser, is loose in the galaxy. The Psi-Division have forecast impending doom…
Free for the Weekend: Carbon 2185 D&D 5e powered cyberpunk
This Black Friday and Cyber Monday season has mostly but not entirely gone unmentioned here at Geek Native. Why? The…
RPG: Pathfinder Comes To Savage Worlds
Pathfinder Adventure Paths, but with Savage World’s rules? Sounds like the greatest crossover since the Flintstones met the Jetsons. Savage…
D&D: Roll20 Presents Rime of the Frostmaiden – Episodes 4 & 5
Are you ready for winter’s chill? Join our adventurers as they attempt to survive and thwart Auril’s endless winter! Icewind…
Tabletop Gallery: Crown of Slaanesh
“Choose the form of the Destructor” Enjoy. If You Have An Awesome Tabletop or RPG Shot You Think Would Make…
Mounting Anticipation
In the world of Blue Rose, the Kingdom of Aldis is normally where it’s at, but our newest releases, Envoys to the…
RPG Spotlight: Exalted
This week we’re stepping into the adventures and world of your favorite classic mythology when we shine the RPG spotlight…
d20 Radio 2020 Gift Guide
Another year nears its conclusion. Time to buy people presents! And after the year we’ve had, everyone could use a…
Quest RPG creators reveal spin-off competitive card game Queens
The Adventure Guild, publisher of fantasy RPG Quest, has officially announced a new card game called Queens, along with a…
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #76
November 27, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a CommentLinks may earn ad money Hello and welcome to another week of…
GAMA Makes More Changes to the Origins Awards for the 2020/2021 Cycle
The Games Manufacturer's Association made major changes to the Origins Awards categories for the 2020/2021 cycle. GAMA received a total…
Here are some of the best indie RPGs to pick up on Itch.io during Black Friday
The world of indie tabletop RPGs has exploded in the last decade thanks in part to storefront and platform Itch.io.…
Art of Skirmishing: The Map is Not the Territory
Terrain isn’t discussed enough in encounter design. It’s an important part of any encounter, and this chapter will be as…
Outside the Box – November 27th
Welcome back to Outside the Box, this week with news from Mantic Games, Corvus Belli, Atomic Mass Games, Artel W…
Blackbirds RPG gets an endorsement from Joe Manganiello
Actor, producer and author Joe Manganiello has called the newly announced Blackbirds RPG the spiritual successor to the grim and…
Pathfinder and Starfinder publisher Paizo discounts digital RPGs for Black Friday
A good opportunity to try both the fantasy and science-fiction settings.
Immersive Battle Atlas: Tanner Yarro returns to Kickstarter with another tabletop innovation
Previously, Yarro Studio has Kickstarted open flat map books and even invented a forever dungeon. Now the designer, Tanner Yarro…
Finder’s Archive – Christmas Special Vol. 1 of 4
Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Finder’s Archives.Today, I’d like to introduce you to a Danish tradition called “the…
D&D: The Tarrasque Means Never Worrying About Leftovers
The holidays are upon us, and like our friend the Tarrasque, it’s time to eat enough for a small town…
Board game releases 2021: 10 upcoming board games you should play
Getting excited about an upcoming game is a wonderful thing, so this list is here to stoke those particular fires…
Bundle of Holding goes Indie for Black Friday and Cyber Monday
In time for Thanksgiving in the United States of America, the holiday that generates Black Friday and Cyber Monday in…
Modiphius Entertainment Reveals Two New 'Star Trek Adventures Klingon Empire' Accessories
Modiphius Entertainment revealed Star Trek Adventures Klingon Empire Gamemaster Toolkit and Dice Set, for use with the Star Trek Adventures…
Alien: The RPG, Tales from the Loop and Mutant: Year Zero are half price for Black Friday
A number of RPGs from Free League Publishing are half price as part of the publisher’s Black Friday sale, including…
Pathfinder Adventure Paths are coming to the Savage Worlds RPG
Beginning with Rise of the Runelords.
WizKids Figure and Terrain Release Calendar for Q2 of 2021
Retailer Tool Tracks Releases of 'D&D', 'Pathfinder', and Other WizKids' Fantasy Figures WizKids has been producing a ton of figures…
The Big Get Bigger: PRH Acquires S&S
Penguin Random House and ViacomCBS have entered into a definitive agreement for PRH to acquire Simon & Schuster for $2.175…
RPG: Black Friday Roleplaying Deals
Hurry up and finish your turkey so you can take advantage of these Black Friday and Cyber Monday D&D and…
Blood Feud is an RPG about Vikings, power, honour and toxic masculinity
Swedish publisher Bläckfisk Förlag are about to embark on their first international RPG project, and it’s a novel one. Blood…
Pathfinder is coming to Savage Worlds
It will soon be possible to play in the Pathfinder setting using Savage Worlds. Pinnacle Entertainment broke the news on…
Owlbear Rodeo is a free to use virtual tabletop
Owlbear Rodeo is a free to use virtual tabletop that offers dice rolling, maps and token placement. To create an…
Giving Thanks to Our Community
Today is Thanksgiving in the United States, and several other countries celebrated their day of giving thanks over the past…
Long-Range Sensors Picking Up New Adventures!
We’ve been publishing adventures for Starfinder (in the form of Adventure Path volumes) since the game’s launch three years ago,…
Weird West RPG Deadlands wrangles three adventures into a new hardcover book
Deadlands creator Shane Lacy Hensly has Kickstarted a new bovine-focused campaign for the Weird West RPG called Blood Drive. The…
D&D 5E lead designer says improvements to racial depictions will take “several years” to fully implement
A lead designer for Dungeons & Dragons 5E has reassured that the RPG’s changing approach to racial depictions will not…
Wasteland Wanderers and Wasteland Wares 2nd editions are out and are free upgrades
Spilled Ale Studios released a second edition of Wasteland Wanderers last month and of Wasteland Ware this week. If you’ve…
A Thanksgiving Horror: The Turkolich
As the holiday season roars down upon us, your thoughts may turn to family, friends, merriment, and feasts. In other…
‘80s Judge Dredd board game Block Mania returns to let everyone wreck more Mega-Cities
Block Mania, a classic board game based in the world of Judge Dredd, will be republished by 2000AD and Rebellion…
SHIVER: An Interview With Barney Menzies (Parable Games)
Barney Menzies of Parable Games reached to me at the Tessera Guild about their Kickstarter for SHIVER: “A Tabletop RPG bringing your…
Dark fantasy RPG Blackbirds brings a world of chaos and godlessness powered by Zweihänder
We’ve been waiting for this moment to arise
Social RPG app Role is opening up early access and adding custom game support this week
Ahead of full launch next spring.
Virtual tabletop Role opens on Friday
Role is a virtual tabletop and community which took over $100,000 in a Kickstarter campaign. Today the platform announced that…
Pathfinder Encounter: We Be Zombies!
This week on our series of Otari-themed blogs, we’re changing things up with a quick encounter that GMs can add…
D&D: Five Weapons Due For A Comeback
Tired of the same old short sword, long sword, great sword options? Here are five weapons out of D&D’s past…
How to Create Fun and Fascinating D&D Puzzles
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything tapped veteran RPG puzzle designer Elisa Teague to help you create puzzles for your D&D game.…
Black Friday Sale – Save 25% on Paizo Digital Products!
Black Friday Sale - Save 25% on Paizo Digital Products! Wednesday, November 25, 2020 Looking to fill out your…
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything Breakdown, Part Two
This week, we’re starting with bards and going through… oh, who knows. Whatever 3-4,000 words gets us. Since you don’t…
Quest RPG designers are teasing a new card game called Queens
A standalone card game set in the Quest universe.
You can own a replica of Dungeons & Dragon’s Yawning Portal Inn next year for $350
The most famous tavern with a deathtrap in the middle can soon be the main attraction of your tabletop game…
Pathfinder: Troubles In Otari Means Adventure At Your Tabletop
A new standalone adventure from Pathfinder wants you to step beyond the beginning town. Come check out the Troubles in…
The 4th Pillar: Finding the 4th Pillar
There are supposedly three pillars that hold up tabletop RPGs: Roleplaying, Exploration, and Combat. These pillars cover almost everything you…
Dune: Adventures in the Imperium RPG reveals cover art and plans for a spring 2021 release
Those looking forward to Dune: Adventures in the Imperium can now preview the cover for the upcoming RPG adaptation of…
Tabletop Kickstarter Round-Up: November 25, 2020
Come check out this week’s batch of crowdfunding highlights! Zoolocaust Minis The animals [infected by a virus] started to become…
How to make “leveling up” a narrative tool
Thumbnail image from the Dark Souls videogame You killed a dragon, gathered a certain amount of experience for doing so,…
7 best Magic: The Gathering gifts for Christmas
It’s the time of year where you’ll be thinking about what you should buy your loved ones. That’s fine if…
'Magic: The Gathering' 'Secret Lair: Secretversary' Superdrop Features a Set with Bob Ross Art Lands
Wizards of the Coast announced that one the set in the Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair: Secretversary Superdrop will contain…
Rogue Review- Galaxy Trucker
I initially played this game at the first ever d20 Radio Gamer Nation Con oh so many years ago. I…
D&D: Add Some Holiday Cheer With The D&D Holiday Specials
Add some holiday and gaming cheer to your life with a new batch of holiday-themed D&D games featuring some familiar…
Megaliths, Icelandic Beasts, and David Alroy with Tristan Zimmerman
Stonehenge (Wikipedia) Megaliths, Icelandic beasts, and David Alroy with Tristan Zimmerman. Tristan from Molten Sulfur Blog joins me on the…
Cortex Prime conversion for the Marvel Heroic RPG
Have you ever wondered how the long out of print Marvel Heroic RPG would play as a Cortex Prime game?
Modiphius is printing four editions of the Dune RPG
Based on the Frank Herbert original and coordinating with Denis Villeneuve's upcoming Dune movie, Modiphius' Dune: Adventures in the Imperium…
Free to Download: Deadlands Weird West virtual tabletop map
The Weird West Map shows the state of the American union during the era of Deadlands: the Weird West.
WizKids Figure and Terrain Release Calendar for Q1 of 2021
Retailer Tool Tracks Releases of 'D&D', 'Pathfinder', and Other WizKids' Fantasy Figures
Achtung! Cthulhu 2d20 Factional Strife
By John Houlihan Great storytelling is often built on conflict and when it came to the narrative design of the…
Loke Battle Mats Announces 'Battle Mat Board Dungeon and Grassland'
Loke Battle Mats announced Battle Mat Board Dungeon and Grassland, two foldable laminated mats for TTRPGs, for release in December.…
A Love for Every Day – 5
Four years ago, I created a homemade book for my wife with all these quotes about Love from our favorite…
WFRP: Black Friday Begins Early
Cubicle 7 has announced their massive black Friday sale starts early–meaning you can save a ton on RPGs like Warhammer…
Critical Role: The Legend of Vox Machina Offers a Little Animation 101
Hey, critters! If you're a fan of Critical Role — that self-described "bunch of nerdy-ass voice actors who sit around…
RPG Accessories: Thanksgiving Feast Homebrew
Don’t play with your food! Unless you’re fighting it, then good luck! This week we’re having a thanksgiving food fight…
MEDIA ALERT: MODIPHIUS ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES DECEMBER 2020 PRE-ORDER DATE FOR DUNE: ADVENTURES IN THE IMPERIUM ROLEPLAYING GAME
MODIPHIUS ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES DECEMBER 2020 PRE-ORDER DATE FOR DUNE: ADVENTURES IN THE IMPERIUM ROLEPLAYING GAME Cover reveal heralds December pre-order and advance…
Kids on Bikes confront The Snallygaster Situation in new board game spin-off
Kids on Bikes, the popular tabletop RPG about ghastly horror in a sleepy town, will soon be playable as a…
Media Release: Alone Against the Tide – Chaosium releases new solo adventure for Call of Cthulhu
Here’s something new to play if you’re staying in over Thanksgiving – our latest Solo Call of Cthulhu release, Alone Against…
Dungeons & Dragons’ first attempt to address RPG’s race problems disappoints its community
Dungeons & Dragons 5E sourcebook Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything released on November 17th, and the community has been digesting the…
Corvus Belli and Die Hard Dice Ink a Deal
Corvus Belli S.L. and Die Hard Dice have inked a deal to produce metal dice for use with Infinity N4.…
DUNE #1 – What Is Dune?
by Jason DurallThe novel Dune, published in 1965, is an international success whose fame and popularity have won readers across…