The Guodong centaur throws out the rulebook
Chinese artist Guodong has re-imagined the centaur for the GGAC Earth Exploration Project. The traditional centaur has the upper body…
Free to Download: In the Shadow of the Lord
In the Shadow of the Lord is a murder mystery from Adventurely. Planning a party for Halloween, if social distancing…
Tales from the Drift: The Missing Notes
25 Lamashan I’ve visited observational posts on asteroids less lonely than the Citadel on Aucturn. As I crossed the courtyard…
Marieke Nijkamp, Sage Advice on Customized Origins
Greg and Shelly open the show as always with all the latest D&D news! Afterwards, Jeremy Crawford calls in to…
D&D: Be The Elephant In The Room – Play A Loxodon
Loxodon are a hidden gem of D&D–their trunks and powerful build give them a unique advantage. Here’s what you can…
Your Social Club for Life-long Adventure!
Our release dates are accelerating in anticipation of the holidays! Just two weeks ago we posted about the New Releases…
Adventures from the Potbellied Kobold bring more D&D 5e encounters to Kickstarter
Jeff Steven’s book of short adventures for D&D’s 5th setting is compatible with the basic rules and creatures but also…
Nathan Fillion and Laura Bailey return to Starfinder
The Paizo and Amazon venture to bring Starfinder to Alexa as a voice-controlled sci-fi RPG has added the second half…
Getting the Kobolds Rolling with Roll20
Before the world turned upside down, I ran a 5th Edition game about once a month. I was hopping between…
The Last Cyclade continues the Coriolis TTRPG’s epic campaign
Free League Publishing’s tabletop RPG Coriolis – The Third Horizon mixes hard sci-fi with mysticism. Powerful factions compete in remote…
WizKids Will Release 'D&D Icons of the Realms: Goblin Warband'
WizKids will release D&D Icons of the Realms: Goblin Warband, a miniatures set for use with Dungeons & Dragons 5E…
How to: Time traveling in RPGs – Timeline Changing
Thumbnail Image from Steins;Gate anime With the whole Do-Over part already out of the way, today is time to dive…
'Mengkare' Descends Upon 'Pathfinder Battles'
WizKids announced Pathfinder Battles: Darklands Rising: Mengkare, Great Wyrm premium figure for release in April 2021. Pathfinder Battles: Darklands Rising:…
Halloween Roundup 2020
Halloween is just around the corner. Here’s an update of previous Halloween round-up articles, now with even more Halloween related…
Rogue Review – HMP Gunship
Welcome to Rogue Squadron, pilot! In this series, we will be looking at the ships you can fly in Fantasy…
Post-Apocalyptic Movie Geek Out with Ty Rucker (Part 1)
Post-Apocalyptic movie geek out! Check your fuel gauge, load your shotgun, put on your leather pants. Game designer and movie…
9 best miniatures games that aren’t Warhammer
Miniature wargaming is far and away one of the most intimidating aspects of the tabletop gaming hobby, especially for newcomers.…
WizKids Reveals 'Pathfinder Battles: Darklands Rising' Miniatures Set
WizKids revealed Pathfinder Battles: Darklands Rising, a miniatures set for use with Pathfinder RPG, which will release into stores in…
Interview with Richard A Knaak
I’ve written about Richard A. Knaak a couple of years ago when his Rex Draconis novels had a RPG Kickstarter…
Halloween Deal: Hammerdog’s The Dread House
$40 worth of Pathfinder / D&D 5e / Call of Cthulhu goodies is currently available in a $13 bundle from…
Atlas Games introduce a Feng Shui 2 RPG subscription model
RPG publishers are experimenting with subscription models. The idea is that GMs get a steady stream of content at a…
Summon Cthulhu With These Eldritch Accessories
Whether you’re playing D&D, Call of Cthulhu, or a generic RPG system there’s always a little room for the great…
Kickstarter is in love: Thirsty Sword Lesbians RPG
Evil Hat Productions has launched a Kickstarter for the Powered by the Apocalypse RPG Thirsty Sword Lesbians. Within hours, the…
NYCC 2020: Yen Press, Vertical Announce New Manga Licenses
The virtual version of New York Comic Con, the New York Comic Con Metaverse, took place last weekend, and the…
Essentials of Character Backstory
Building a character backstory doesn’t have to be a lengthy or labor-intensive affair. And you don’t have to write beautiful…
New Starfinder Alexa Episodes Available Now!
STARFINDER, THE POPULAR INTERACTIVE AUDIO ADVENTURE GAME FOR ALEXA, RETURNS WITH EPISODES FOUR TO SIX, AVAILABLE NOW Nathan Fillion and…
RPG: New Updates In Starfinder Errata
Starfinder’s core book receives a big batch of new errata, clarifying both the 1sts and 2nd printings of the book–come…
D&D: ‘The Fading Embers’ – Adventure in an Ice Age Filled with Forbidden Magic
Winter is nearly here, and this campaign – live on Kickstarter now – is prepared for the cold and the…
Eldritch Horror makes you care about its characters because you’re just as doomed as they are
Lovecraftian horror seems a little old hat to the tabletop world now. There are countless Cthulhu-themed versions of existing games…
That’s How I Roll – Online Gaming Tools, Part 5: Virtual Tabletops (VTTs) for RPGs
I’m continuing my “Online Gaming Tools” series with a segment on virtual tabletops (VTTs) you can use for running RPG…
The Dracula Dossier horror RPG in the Bundle of Holding
Pelgrane Press has The Night’s Black Agents rulebook and the complete Dracula Dossier line in The Bundle of Holding for…
Amazon Prime Day board game deals 2020: Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, family classics and party games
Amazon Prime Day 2020 kicks off today following its delay from the summer due to coronavirus, and there are a…
D&D books and RPGs in Amazon Prime Day
🐙Sponsored Post paid for by Geek Native. We may earn a commission on sales. It’s the start of two days…
WizKids Unveils 'Starfinder Battles: Planets of Peril' Miniatures Set
WizKids unveiled Starfinder Battles: Planets of Peril miniatures set for release in March 2021. The base product for Planets of…
Goatboy’s Warhammer 40K: Marneus Calgar Issue #1 Review
Goatboy here. Marvel sent us a review copy of the Marneus Calgar, Issue #1 comic book. Let’s dive in. This…
AoS: Take A Look At The Age Of Sigmar RPG’s Collector Edition
Where there’s an RPG book, there’s a collector’s edition waiting to followup and look better on your shelves. Take a…
Tabletop Gallery: Dreadnought Stampede
Dreadnought Kill-team getting things done… Enjoy. If You Have An Awesome Tabletop or RPG Shot You Think Would Make A…
Happy Liars Night 2020!
Posted on Oct 12, 2020 | The nights grow longer, and the chill in the air, more biting. Settlements increase…
Secrets of Magic Final Week
Wayne’s new look for the iconic magus, and the brand-new iconic summoner and her dragon eidolon The Pathfinder Secrets of…
Onyx Path launch Halfoween sale
Onyx Path manages the Chronicles of Darkness and therefore a host of monster-themed RPGs. Today the publisher as announced another…
Aldean Classes – Blue Rose Adventurer’s Guide
Last week we took a look at Ancestries in Aldea, so this week we thought we’d focus on Aldean Classes.…
This Week on Twitch, Oct 12 – Oct 18
Check out what we have in store this week on Twitch! Also if you’re interested in running your own Pathfinder…
Cubicle 7 shows off the Soulbound Collector’s Edition
I have a wall of games behind me and a hard drive full of fantastic tabletop games in PDFs. I’ve…
Demons & Carbines TTRPG: Death Divers
Inspired by political settings like The Expanse and the demonic horrors of Doom and Event Horizon, Death Divers is a…
Beyond the Audience: Punch It Up!
A few installments back, I mentioned that I could write an entire article on pacing’s importance. So here I am,…
Pathfinder: Go Beyond The Beginner’s Box With The Trouble In Otari
A new standalone adventure from Pathfinder wants you to step beyond the beginning town. Come check out the Troubles in…
A Book I Want You to Read
There’s a book I want you to read. It’s quick. It’s deadly. It’s dark. It’s perfect for October. Read it…
Advanced Character Backgrounds
Not all games start at level one. When this happens, the characters are leveled, and maybe, if the GM/ DM…
Astral Projections – Characters from “Rappaccini’s Daughter” for Genesys
Astral Projections presents A Literary Halloween! For October, I am providing stats inspired by tales from my favorite fantasy authors.“Rappaccini’s…
Kids’ RPG book series Questlings is getting a companion game co-created by Jiangshi co-designer
Questlings, a children’s book series about roleplaying fantasy characters, is releasing with an upcoming tabletop RPG co-created by Banana Chan,…
Awfully Cheery Engine is a fast, flexible, beginner-friendly RPG releasing in comic book issues
A new tabletop RPG coming to Kickstarter next year is borrowing from the world of comic books for a quick,…
Wizards of the Coast Bans a Valuable Mythic Rare From 'Zendikar Rising'
Wizards of the Coast updated its Magic: The Gathering Banned and Restricted Lists on October 12. Zendikar Rising "ban fatigue"…
Magic: the Gathering – Behind The Newest, Weirdest Commander
With Commander Legends, WotC is set to introduce all new Commanders meant to play well with others. Take a look.…
Competition: Win Action Pups!
Action Pups is a family game in which you tell the story of the secret life of a pet dog.…
Genre Police: Take The Power Back
This Article is part of a series about the dials. Find the first dials article here and the dial about…
Dalreth looks to establish an icy city of intrigue and adventure
Darrin Anderson is looking to bring his D&D 5e setting the icy city of Dalreth to life in books and…
RPG: Cyberpunk Red Gets A Release Date
Cyberpunk Red, after hitting delays earlier this year, is finally set with a release date–it looks like it’ll be right…
Free to Download: Samhain Slaughter (a one-page RPG)
Zadmar Games have released a free to download one-page RPG in an unusual way. The game is Samhain Slaughter and…
The red mist rises again: The Alhami Sky returns to Kickstarter
I liked the look of The Alhami Sky when it hit Kickstarter last August. It was, however, an ambitious multimedia…
We’re all making dull D&D characters says developer
In an official update from Larian Studios, the game developer behind Baldur’s Gate III, players in the early access release…
D&D: Adventurer’s Guide To Zariel, Archdevil of Avernus
Appearing in Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes the Zariel the ruler of Avernus gets a shout out in Baldur’s Gate 3…
The RPG Worlds Without Number smashes through the $100,000 mark on Kickstarter
It’s not common for RPGs to hit the $100,000 mark on Kickstarter, although it happens. The Worlds Without Number campaign…
The devil angel war returns as Era: Forbidden comes back to Kickstarter
Last year, Shades of Vengeance Kickstartered Era: Forbidden an RPG about warring devils and angels invading our world with magic.…
AoS: The Mortal Realms Call, Soulbound Pre-Order
The Mortal Realms are beckoning–and today you can pre-order the Soulbound Starter Set. Find out what awaits you in the…
d6s to Roll for Wandering Monsters in 1980
It doesn't get more old school than rolling a d6 to check for wandering monsters in a dungeon. In the…
Starfinder Core Rulebook Errata
For those who missed it earlier this week, we have updated the Starfinder FAQ and Errata with errata for the…
Call of Cthulhu’s The Children of Year due out this month
Chaosium has confirmed that their mammoth Call of Cthulhu adventure The Children of Fear will be available in digital format…
RPG Spotlight: Vampire the Masquerade
Find your fanciest goblet and your fitted costume fangs this week as we explore the city after dark with Vampire…
On the Threshold of Apocalypse: Five and Infinity Chapter 5 Available NOW!
The Epic Finale of the Five and Infinity Adventure Series Earth is slain; the ruins of London have fallen on…
This week’s Dicebreaker Podcast explores Dinosaur World, plays A Game of Cat & Mouth and deals with RPG rules sticklers
On this week’s Dicebreaker Podcast, Matt, Lolies and Meehan escape being eaten at Dinosaur World to talk about their time…
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #69
Phew! Speaking for myself, what a busy week this has been and I’m glad to make it to the weekend.…
Escape from Old New York
Fuelling the Resistance You’ve chosen your side, prepared yourself for the new changes Cal has ushered in, and grabbed yourself…
Cyberpunk Red RPG has a release date and price, launching alongside Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk Red, the latest edition of the seminal tabletop RPG, is releasing next month alongside its hotly-anticipated video game adaptation…
Terragon tabletop battle map building titles click with Kickstarter
I imagine if you merged LEGO, magnets and gaming accessories together, you’d end up with a system that was a…
One-on-One Roleplaying: How to Craft a Single-PC Campaign Arc
One of the biggest shifts you’ll need to make for your one-on-one game is from campaign arcs built to include…
RPG: Take A Look Inside Pathfinder’s Megadungeon
Do you like your dungeons big enough that you could spend an entire character’s lifetime exploring them? You’ll love the…
Basecamp Competition Winners
The votes are in and we are ready to announce the winners of the Campfire Tales and Making Camp competitions.…
Outside the Box – October 9th
Welcome back to a new issue of Outside the Box, this week with news from Wargames Atlantic, North Star Military…
Tales from the Loop creator’s next ‘narrative art book’ The Labyrinth envisions a dystopian future
Flick through the pages of a dystopian future in The Labyrinth, the latest “narrative art book” by Simon Stålenhag -…
Finder’s Archives – Halloween Special Part 2 (of 5)
Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Finder’s Archives.Today we continue our small mini-series for Halloween, where we take a…
This year’s PAX Unplugged has been cancelled
PAX Unplugged 2020, the US board game and tabletop convention due to take place next month, has been cancelled. PAX…
RPG: Death On The Reik Companion – Errata Released
Those of you who pre-ordered your copy of Death on the Reik’s companion guide will notice that the latest file…
Thursday Art Assault – Chess Piece Towers
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Interview with Venture-Captain Narsen
Ambrus Valsin sits down and opens his copy of Absalom’s Anon and Afar broadsheet, scanning it for news of Pathfinder…
D&D Retro Gamer: Icewind Dale
The recent release of Icewind Dale has added a new location and adventure to 5E, but for some 2020’s module…
D&D: Five Things To Do When You’ve Got To *Dun* *Dun* Get Away
Everyone needs a little getaway now and then. Here’s how you can help your players (or villains) bravely run away.…
Bardsung: How Critical Role, Final Fantasy and a piece of potato peel inspired this year’s most ambitious dungeon-crawler
First revealed last month, Bardsung is the next big release from Steamforged, the British publisher behind miniatures games Guild Ball…
Monthly Encounters List by Tier and Environment
Thumbnail art by Chris Rahn If you’ve been following my articles you may have seen many of the monthly encounters…
RPG: Critical Role Munchkin Is Coming Soon
The world of Exandria is coming to Munchkin, because it would be weird the other way ’round. Come check out…
D&D: The Fix Is In For Curse Of Strahd Revamped
The Mists of Ravenloft part to reveal an updated errata list for Curse of Strahd, out just in time for…
Arcana Academy – Channeling Harry Potter and The Worst Witch w/ Steven Cummings and John McGuire
Astro Jones, Steven Cummings Arcana Academy character. Sketch by Steven Cummings COVID-19 and quarantine changed my tastes in roleplaying games.…
CMON Unveils Another Wave of House Baratheon Miniatures For 'A Song of Ice & Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game'
CMON unveiled Baratheon Sentinels, Stag Knights, and Champions of the Stag, new miniatures expansion sets for A Song of Ice…
Vampire: The Masquerade series’ latest sourcebook Ghost Hunters lets you search for the paranormal as a mortal
Grab a flashlight, a EMF reader and a camera for World of Darkness: Ghost Hunters, an upcoming companion sourcebook set…
Countdown To Christmas With The Gift of Random Metal Dice
Q-Workshop announced that its Advent Dice Calendar, an advent calendar featuring random metal dice, will be headed to retail stores…
RPG: Warhammer Fantasy Shows Us The Power Behind The Throne
Now that Death on the Reik is ready to release, it’s time to take a peek at the Power Behind…
D&D rules: Nazi Dracula Must Die!
Nazi Dracula Must Die! is a D&D 5e-powered micro setting from Crystal Quill Press. You can download a 9-page preview…
Duet D&D play: The Hermit’s Sanctuary Print Edition
Handiwork Games’ The Hermit’s Sanctuary was (and is) a free to download adventure designed to show off the upcoming Beowulf…
Onyx Path brings Ghost Hunters for the World of Darkness to Kickstarter for its 20th Anniversary
In the World of Darkness, people do not believe in the supernatural and yet that one possible tear in the…