Geek Native
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A geek culture blog with plenty of TTRPG / RPG news and nerdy topics. Faves include fashion and merch, anime, board games, tech and movies.
"Beneath the Black Sun", "The Secrets of Avagada", "Dark Folklore & Rituals", "Heroic Deeds", and "Colonial Gothic", but the headline Kickstarter is Limithron's "Pirate Map Collection" www.geeknative.com/2... #routinelyitemised #osr
"Cosmic Corsairs", "Watchtower", "QUERP", "Iron Dragoons", but the headline release goes to Chaosium's "ElfQuest" www.geeknative.com/2... #ttrpg #routinelyitemised #indierpg
Built with a strictly contractually enforced anti-AI policy, this upcoming hardcover core handbook brings tactical monster bonding to your table. www.geeknative.com/2...
Penguin Random House outlines upcoming autumn D&D books and gifts, while Daggerheart tests a new Summoner class. Elsewhere, a dark fantasy game captures a classic stop-motion style, and Polygon reviews the latest 5.5e playtest #RPGs www.geeknative.com/2... #routinelyitemised
Clumsy magic meets card gaming culture in A Fairy Fail, the new feature film from Pure Magic Pictures that explores what happens when a fairy completely ruins her assignment. www.geeknative.com/2...
"Doomsmoker", "Embers of Humanity", "Mega big size dice", "Edge of Death", and "Big Trouble in Little Paradise", but the headline Kickstarter is Mikael “Oldtimer” Börjesson's Dragonbane "Return to Twin Mountains" www.geeknative.com/2... #routinelyitemised #osr
Space is rarely a peaceful vacuum. Introducing cosmic weather to your campaigns transforms empty space into an active antagonist. Solar flares and ion storms force difficult piloting decisions before the crew even arrives. #scifi www.geeknative.com/2...
"The Planet of the Apes: Solo Rulebook", "Salt and Bone RPG", "Obojima 5e", "Mondo Fantastic", but the headline release goes to Mordite Press' "Looters: Smash & Grab" www.geeknative.com/2... #ttrpg #routinelyitemised #indierpg
The 2026 ENnie nominees are officially here. We also look at the new survival horror RPG Ink Ribbon from Old Oak Games and the launch of the RPG Trader digital marketplace. Plenty of movement in the industry this week #TTRPG www.geeknative.com/2... #routinelyitemised
The Novello Orchestra will perform live film scores from across 23 Marvel Cinematic Universe movies at the Eventim Apollo in early 2027. #MCU www.geeknative.com/2...
Trading heavy rulebooks for audio commutes. Inside the core matching D6 pool mechanics of the newly unveiled Strange Stories TTRPG launching this July. #cthulhu www.geeknative.com/2...
"Tome of Pagan Rites", "Spellcaster", "MazeTales: Destiny's Threshold", dark fantasy with "Luciens Unrest", and "Epic Props", but the headline Kickstarter is Darrin Drader's "Daring & Dread" www.geeknative.com/2... #routinelyitemised #osr
"Cyberrats in Space", "Bestiary Dice - Monster & Jumbo dice", "Slavage", "The Codex of Shifting Powers", and "BoneWilds", but the headline Kickstarter is Peter LaCara's "The Withering War" for Draw Steel www.geeknative.com/2... #routinelyitemised #drawsteel
The rare alt cover for The Horrors Within, "Talagaad", "Synthicide 2E", "Pendragon: Noble's Handbook", but the headline release goes to Dead Doornail Games "Dickensia: The Charles Dickens RPG" quickstart www.geeknative.com/2... #ttrpg #routinelyitemised #warhammer
BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity brings the television finale to the big screen. It is an episodic treat strictly for existing fans, packed with intense battle mechanics and familiar heroes. Read our review. #Anime www.geeknative.com/2...
The 2026 Origins Award winners are officially out, alongside fresh details on the next season of the official D&D show and an upcoming encyclopedia from Penguin Random House. Catch up on the latest industry updates. #TTRPG www.geeknative.com/2... #routinelyitemised
Looking for intense dark escapism? Candlelight Inquisition trades tactical combat for collaborative mystery in a sombre, industrial fantasy setting. #RPG www.geeknative.com/2...
From graphic novels to an award-winning sandbox, Land of Eem takes home the Origins Award for Roleplaying Game of the Year ahead of the hobby's largest multi-million dollar titles #IndieTTRPG www.geeknative.com/2...
Did Sony do enough to impress at the latest State of Play? We break down the biggest game reveals, including the surprise pantheon mash-up in God of War: Laufey and the brutal gameplay of Marvel's Wolverine. #StateOfPlay www.geeknative.com/2...
The legacy of Drizzt continues as his daughter takes centre stage in the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons book by R. A. Salvatore. Preorder the exclusive signed bookplate edition from Forbidden Planet now. www.geeknative.com/2...
"Dungeon Crawler Carl" physical rulebook, "Omerta RPG", "Shadow Star", "USR" 15th anniversary edition, but the headline release goes to Lore Play Press' "Thraill Hold of the Blood Bailiff" www.geeknative.com/2... #ttrpg #routinelyitemised #dcc
Carve the jack-o-melons early this year. While the summer heat bakes the pavement, independent roleplaying game journalism needs your input. Help decide the next publisher spotlight winner. www.geeknative.com/2...
Catch up on the latest tabletop roundup. We look at BackerKit collab-funding trends, a Mork Borg-inspired mythic Greece game, major D&D subclass changes, and why investors still back Hasbro as Wizards of the Coast grows. #RPGs www.geeknative.com/2... #routinelyitemised
Tabletop players can now explore the rebuilding era of the 2040s. The official Night City 2045 guide has arrived for Cyberpunk RED, introducing 99 new stat blocks alongside bundled virtual tabletop maps featuring district influence trackers. #TTRPG www.geeknative.com/2...
Free League Publishing is introducing grid-based combat and a new cinematic adventure trilogy chapter to the Alien roleplaying game line. See how the upcoming Evolved Edition expansions rewrite the rules of survival. #SciFiHorror www.geeknative.com/2...
When a dungeon erupts directly beneath your cellar, you know it will be a strange night. Independent creators are building modular tactical toolkits that completely alter how distinct factions react to adventuring parties. www.geeknative.com/2...
We shadowed a friendly local game store during the dramatic Warhammer 40,000 11th edition drop to see how anti-bot measures saved real hobbyists from digital scalpers. #TabletopGaming www.geeknative.com/2...
"Eater of Worlds", "Dead Drop Air", "Kinks & Cantrips", "Recitativo", and "Omendial Dice", but the headline Kickstarter is The Gorilla of Destiny's "Elf-ish font" www.geeknative.com/2... #routinelyitemised #ttrpg
Collector's edition of "Warhammer: The Old World", "London Calling: A Hero's Guide to Britain", "Draconomicon", "The Long Road West", but the headline release goes to Deep7 Press's 2nd edition of "Airship Daedalus" www.geeknative.com/2... #ttrpg #routinelyitemised #pulp
From WizKids' new miniatures and Free League's Twilight Sword to major policy shifts like Renegade retiring Essence20 and new retail tariffs, catch up on this week's massive tabletop gaming news. #RPGnews www.geeknative.com/2... #routinelyitemised