Colonial Marines Operations Manual enlists players for new Alien RPG adventures next March
Colonial Marines Operations Manual, a full campaign module for Alien: The RPG, will release in March 2021. The hardcover supplement…
IDW and Toho International, Inc. Ink Monster 'Godzilla' Deal
IDW and Toho International, Inc. have announced a multi-year licensing deal for Godzilla, as well as related monsters from the…
Colonial Marines Operations Manual expansion for the Alien RPG opens for pre-orders
Free League Publishing has announced a $39.99 Colonial Marines Operations Manual hardback supplement for their Alien RPG. The expanion is…
D&D: Kobold Press Goes To The Southlands
Kobold Press’ new Kickstarter wants to take you to an all-new campaign setting. Come check out the Southlands, a new…
Nibiru supplement confirmed as the sci-fi RPG of memories and monsters expands
Nibiru is a sci-fi RPG with a focus on memories, set in a massive spacecraft in which people are the…
Monthly Encounter #16: Saving the giant, a Jinglemas Adventure (lvls 5-10)
Thumbnail image by Brent Rombouts Here at Tribality, we’ve decided to provide our readers with Encounters ready to be added…
Opera House, an RPG: An Interview With One-Person Show, Andrew Peregrine
For the 2017 ENnie Awards at Gen Con, I won the dream date/auction to sit with Cubicle 7. It was…
D&D: How To Do A Character Voice, No Accent Needed
Want to bring more vocal variety to your RPGs? Here are five different things you can try to add some…
Free League Publishing Announces a New 'ALIEN RPG' Campaign Module
Free League Publishing announced The Colonial Marines Operations Manual, campaign module for ALIEN RPG, which will release in March 2021.…
New Abrams ComicArts Book Explores the 'Magic: The Gathering' Multiverse
'Magic: The Gathering: Planes of the Multiverse' by Wizards of the Coast and Jay Annelli Abrams Books will release Magic:…
Pick up Warhammer 40,000 RPGs Black Crusade and Only War with all their expansions for under £14
Grab Warhammer 40,000 RPGs Black Crusade and Only War, along with all their available supplements and sourcebooks, for a song…
Warhammer 40K: The Only War Humble Bundle
Join up with the Imperial Guard today–you can find all of the Only War books under one single humble bundle.…
New Pathfinder Battles Deep Cuts Are Here!
This week, our partners at WizKids released the thirteenth wave of Pathfinder Battles Deep Cuts unpainted plastic miniatures. Thirteen! I…
Shieldice Studio’s world-building toolkit
Mentioned October’s Routinely Itemised: RPGs #69 was Jay Merritt’s Realm Fables Kickstarter project. The campaign to bring source-books of micro-settings,…
Cubicle 7’s Warhammer 40K Black Crusade and Only War RPGs list on Humble Bundle
🐙Sponsored Post paid for by Geek Native. We may earn a commission on sales. Black Crusade is a standalone RPG…
Tabletop Kickstarter Round-Up: December 2, 2020
Come check out this week’s batch of crowdfunding highlights! Before the Stroke at Midnight – 5e Before the Stroke of…
The Elusive Shift, My New Book
Since Playing at the World came out, I’ve been asked now and again about extending its historical timeline for just a…
Otari Logger Marks
This week on our series of Otari-themed blogs, we’re looking at Otari’s primary industry: logging. While none of the pre-written…
Give a Gift, Get a Gift
Do you know a certain scaly someone who could use a dragon’s hoard of Kobold Press products for the holidays? Do you also…
Barbarian 101: Path of the Beast (from Tasha's Cauldron of Everything)
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Barbarian 101: Path of the Beast in 'Tasha's Cauldron of Everything'
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D&D: Five Great Magic Items For Beginners
Magic items are great treasures for anyone… but these five magic items are perfect for players who are new to…
Blood Feud RPG designers deny their game is a male fantasy
Last week, Geek Native mentioned Blood Feud a new RPG from Bläckfisk Förlag which is offering free to download playtest…
Free to Download: Vortex Flux unique sci-fi RPG
Lando Baldur launched the roleplaying game Vortex Flux this week with version 0.01 [Alpha]. If that doesn’t sound like a…
Blades in the Dark creator John Harper talks Chamber, Paragon and new details on his Fast & Furious-inspired RPG
Blades in the Dark designer John Harper spent the last week teasing a new project on Twitter. The spooky art…
Total War: Warhammer II, The Twisted & The Twilight Review
Wood Elves are here, and with them, come all new units and legendary lords–but how does it play? Join as…
Midgard Alchemy: Potion Formulations
Typically, players find or are awarded magic items, but sometimes they wish to create them—or at least know how they…
Rogue Hyperspace
Holy points change, Batman! I was expecting new points to come out last week for the new ships released but…
Cultural Respect, Reactive GMing with Archeologist Scott Smallwood
Archeologist and tabletop role-playing game designer Scott Smallwood joins me on the podcast today. We learn about Scott’s history with…
Southlands sends Dungeons & Dragons to mythical Egypt in updated setting from Kobold Press
RPG publisher Kobold Press has launched a Kickstarter for an updated re-release of its Southlands campaign setting, which will be…
STA Dev Blog 005: A Guide to Star Trek Adventures
By Sam Webb, Head of Product for Modiphius Entertainment Extended Tasks in Star Trek Adventures While they may seem daunting,…
Worlds Upon Worlds
The Crossing deals directly with parallel worlds where all that we’re limited by is what crazy idea Robert, Sean, or…
Warhammer Quest Silver Tower Gets An Expansion
Warhammer Silver Tower introduces a deathly new expansion featuring the forces of Nagash. As the undead swarm the Silver Tower,…
Join the dark elf resistance as Spire comes to the Bundle of Holding
In the game you play as a dark elf, part of the resistance in a city a mile high, trying…
Edge Studio share some early Midnight D&D 5e concept art
Midnight is an RPG setting based on the concept "What if the baddies won?" in a Tolkien-style fantasy world. What…
RPG Accessories: Snowy Dice
Even down here in Austin it’s starting to get cold, and it’s the perfect weather to curl up with a…
Star Trek: Discovery stars share their exploits and lessons from playing Dungeons & Dragons together
Blu del Barrio simply wanted to find a way the cast of Star Trek: Discovery could spend time together, again.…
Blades in the Dark designer unveils Chamber, a sci-fi RPG setting inspired by X-Files and Control
Secure. Contain. Playtest.
Paizo, Inc. Reveals First Stand-Alone Adventure for 'Starfinder RPG'
Paizo, Inc. revealed Junker's Delight, the first stand-alone adventure for Starfinder RPG, for release on August 5, 2021. This first…
Adventure Calendar unwraps a holiday RPG one day at a time
One-page indie RPG whizz Grant Howitt has announced a new collaboration with artists and designers called Adventure Calendar. One new…
UK Games Expo plan a June 2021 Expo
The nations of the United Kingdom are still in various states of lockdown, travel between tiers is restricted (and a…
Character Spotlight: Sassa the Lorehunter
I’ve recently become obsessed with creating characters on D&D Beyond. I lovingly craft them, going back over feat choices, spell…
RPG: Take A Look At The New Dune RPG
Theere’s a new Dune RPG in the works, which you can pre-order soon. Get ready to explore the sands of…
Publishers Spotlight: January 2021 poll opens for Patrons
Geek Native runs a Patreon. Why? It started in response to a request to support the site without ads and…
D&D: Is Hasbro Preparing To Sell WotC? ICv2 Seems To Think So
With two lawsuits on the horizon, and recent board game moves, rumors swirl that Hasbro might be prepping to sell…
Cyberpunk RED: A Review
Disclaimer: I received a free pre-release copy of the PDF to review. New from R. Talsorian Games, Inc. (RTG) comes…
Standalone adventures are coming to Starfinder RPG next year
First release is called Junker’s Delight.
“It’s more important for us to be deeply loved than to be deeply successful”: How dark fantasy RPG Blackbirds took flight
Lead designer Ryan Verniere talks team building and trusting vision to others.
Paizo, Inc. Announces ‘Pathfinder Secrets of Magic’
New 2E Rulebook for Magus and Summoner Classes
WFRP: Explore The Reikland In Five Quick Adventures
A new release from Cubicle 7 opens up more of the Reikland than ever before. With five adventures, ready to…
Tabletop Gallery: Vampyres of Baal
“The Monster vs the Witch” Enjoy. If You Have An Awesome Tabletop or RPG Shot You Think Would Make A…
This Week on Twitch, Nov 30 – Dec 6
This Week on Twitch, Nov 30 - Dec 6 Monday, November 30, 2020 Check out what we have in store…
Indie RPGs: Ind of the Year 2020 Itch bundle
The Ind of the Year 2020 bundle of indie RPGs launched on Itch.io today.
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…