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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. www.geeknative.com

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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 6h
Rivers of Awen blends archaeology, craft, and ancient myth into a tabletop experience you can play solo, in spoken bardic circles, or with a group. #ironage
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Kin, craft, and ancestors: Rivers of Awen Review
Discover our review of Rivers of Awen by Yannick Dubois, an Iron Age roleplaying game of kin, craft, and seasonal survival in ancient Britain.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 7h
Explore nine warring factions, genetically engineered super-soldiers, and four-metre combat walkers in the Heavy Gear Fourth Edition collection. #RPGs
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Heavy Gear RPG 4ania Emerges on Bundle of Holding
Command four-metre mecha and survive brutal planetary wars in the 62nd Century with the Heavy Gear RPG 4E collection on Bundle of Holding.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 9h
"One Honk: The Goose-Based TTRPG", "Viva La Dungeon! Rise of the Neckromancer", "NOVA 2", "Herd of Horns" and the horror "Primal Earth", but the headline Kickstarter is Cairn Press' "A Sliver of Evidence" www.geeknative.com/2... #routinelyitemised #cairn
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 9h
Philip Reed has released Spooky Shadows, bringing 55 pages of gruesome Grimm folklore to solo Shadowdark games on an iterative October funding model. #Shadowdark
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Spooky Shadows brings fairy-tale horror to SoloDark roleplaying games
Austin designer Philip Reed applies an Itchfunding-style rolling update model to Spooky Shadows, a new grim solo toolset designed for Shadowdark RPG.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 10h
Outside the Wire is fully funded and unlocking new tactical scenarios. Back the campaign before 1 October to secure the Deluxe Box Set and bonus content at crowdfunding rates.
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Outside the Wire: Tactical modern military sandbox roleplaying
Outside the Wire brings modern military counterinsurgency and tactical 2D10 mechanics to Kickstarter. Discover the new sandbox tabletop roleplaying game.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 11h
Before crowdfunding human art for the World of Styria setting, Sutton J. Moore wrote the adventure first. Here is our review of The Isle Beyond the Mist for #Pathfinder Second Edition.
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Review of "The Isle Beyond the Mist" in the World of Styria
Geek Native reviews the advance edition of The Isle Beyond the Mist, a 92-page Pathfinder Second Edition adventure funding human art for the World of Styria crowdfunding launch.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 12h
The clock is running down on the Misbehave Kickstarter. Backers have until 1 October to secure the physical and digital monster gamebook bundles before pledge management begins.
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Misbehave: Solo and 1-on-1 monster roleplaying games
Hexy Studio's Misbehave brings tactical solo and 1-on-1 roleplaying gamebooks to Kickstarter, putting players in control of the monsters.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 14h
Voting for October's RPG publisher spotlight closes soon. Alongside the poll, we challenge classic feudal tropes to ask how civil security truly works when gods and miracles are concrete facts. #TTRPG
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Help independent news: Pick October's RPG Publisher Spotlight
Patron votes put Red Ruin Publishing in the RPG Spotlight. See the latest poll contenders as Geek Native wraps up August and heads to Tabletop Scotland.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 15h
🎧 From the UK Games Expo human-made mandate to Russian politics reshaping the World Chess presidency and an exclusive look at the Squadron of Rogues megagame, catch up on this week's news. 🎧
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Audio EXP #349: AI Bans, AR Tabletop Under ORC, and Star Trek Dice
UK Games Expo bans generative AI across all trade halls, QuestXR brings Basic Roleplaying outdoors via ORC, and Sirius Dice reveals Star Trek d20s.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 18h
Turtle Beach has timed its new Minecraft Dungeons II hardware range with the sequel's launch today, introducing drift-resistant TMR sticks and native Switch 2 compatibility. #Minecraft
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Turtle Beach launches officially licensed Minecraft Dungeons II gear as sequel drops
Turtle Beach launches officially licensed Minecraft Dungeons II hardware, featuring Nintendo Switch 2 controllers with anti-drift TMR sticks, headsets, and cases.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Venum and Crunchyroll launch Jujutsu Kaisen combat sports range featuring boxing gloves and BJJ gi #jjk
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Cursed energy meets combat sports as Venum debuts Jujutsu Kaisen equipment line
Combat sports brand Venum and Crunchyroll release an official Jujutsu Kaisen fightwear range, led by Itadori boxing gloves and a Sukuna BJJ gi.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Bundling a mystery D20 die with 24 rolls of toilet paper inside a mimic chest sounds like peak tabletop novelty, but testing demand with computer-rendered concept art raises questions about what arrives in the bathroom. #TabletopGaming
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Dungeon N Dookie launches free waitlist for fantasy toilet paper packed in a mimic chest
Dungeon N Dookie tests an Australian waitlist for 24 fantasy-wrapped loo rolls and a mystery D20 gaming die packed inside a cardboard mimic chest.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Something is Wrong With the Library is a new horror game on the way from Strange Scaffold and Frosty Pop, and we have the details – along with a fun-looking trailer to give you a bit more of the kind of vibe you can expect.
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Check out the trailer for new horror game 'Something is Wrong With the Library' announced from Strange Scaffold and Frosty Pop
Something is Wrong With the Library is a new horror game on the way from Strange Scaffold and Frosty Pop, and we have the details - along with a fun-looking trailer to give you a bit more of the kind of vibe you can expect.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Billionaire Timur Turlov commits millions to global chess development as he wins the FIDE presidency alongside five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand. #BoardGames
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Billionaire Timur Turlov wins world chess presidency following sanctions shake-up
Timur Turlov wins the FIDE presidency alongside Viswanathan Anand, ending decades of Russian leadership over world chess amid European Union sanctions.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Roll20 has just launched a brand new, completely free to use system called Token Maker which allows users to create digital tokens by uploading art or creating your own character using their toolset, to use in various games.
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Roll20 introduces new Toker Maker system allowing users to digitally create free custom TTRPG tokens
Roll20 has just launched a brand new, completely free to use system called Token Maker which allows users to create digital tokens by uploading art or creating your own character using their toolset, to use in various games.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
From grumpy carps to the Sacred Spork, Ballads of the Lilypond offers a genuinely original card-draw game built for wandering troubadours. #TabletopGames
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Ballads of the Lilypond Review: Poetic pond knight RPGs
Matthew Sheret delivers an Arthurian card-prompt roleplaying game of frog knights and riverbank troubadours. Read our full review of Ballads of the Lilypond.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A blast from the distant past - just updated this ancient keyboard runes concept page - which I used in the prehistoric internet era of MUSH RPs. This article was first live on GameWyrd then Geek Native, before being touched up again today.
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Keyboard runes
This was first published on GameWyrd on 30 May 2002 and later overhauled in September 2026. GameWyrd published a custom keyboard-character rune language
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Cthulhu Awakens", "Alien Pets (always read the small print)", "So You Died: A 5e Undead Player's Handbook", "Return of the Living Dead" and more, but the headline release is Marvel's "Spider-Man Midtown Mayhem" www.geeknative.com/2... #ttrpg #routinelyitemised #marvel
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Tales of the Valiant loses lead designer Celeste Conowitch, while a crowdfunded project is forced to refund backers after pivoting to Gen AI. Catch up on the week's sharpest reporting and roleplaying game reviews. #TTRPG www.geeknative.com/2... #routinelyitemised
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Built without venture capital, indie comics app Sweet Shop has exited private beta. Readers get offline viewing, zero generative AI, and a launch sale supporting bookshop workers via BINC. #DigitalComics
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Sweet Shop officially opens its digital comics app following private beta
Digital comics app Sweet Shop officially launches across 170 countries, offering DRM-free PDF downloads, major manga licences, and a strict no-AI policy.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Green Ronin is localising Yusuke Tokita's Nobunaga's Black Castle, pairing brutal Japanese dark fantasy with MÖRK BORG tabletop mechanics. Resurrected samurai, mutant oni, and doom metal warlords await.
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Nobunaga’s Black Castle: Sengoku doom metal fantasy meets MÖRK BORG
Green Ronin brings Yusuke Tokita's Nobunaga’s Black Castle to Kickstarter, adapting Japanese Sengoku doom metal fantasy to MÖRK BORG roleplaying game mechanics.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
With the campaign closing on 29 September, back City of Espers on BackerKit to secure the boxed edition and custom card deck before the print run begins.
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City of Espers: Three Sails Studios showcases psychic action at Tabletop Scotland
Three Sails Studios brings City of Espers to Tabletop Scotland as the card-driven urban roleplaying game smashes its BackerKit funding target.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Can streaming actual-play hits establish long-term roots abroad? Critical Role and Darrington Press bring Daggerheart to Italy as Lucca60 celebrates six decades of tabletop and comics history. #Daggerheart
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Critical Role's Daggerheart and vintage Dungeons & Dragons headline Lucca60 in Tuscany
Lucca Comics & Games celebrates 60 years with Daggerheart's Hope & Fear, Joe Manganiello's D&D Icons, and Marko Djurdjevic's new roleplaying game project.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Drop burn tokens, manage inertia, and avoid tearing your cruiser apart. Free Void Flotilla streamlines vector fleet wargaming on Kickstarter. #tabletopgames
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Free Void Flotilla: Vector-based spaceship combat on a coffee table
Free Void Flotilla delivers coffee-table spaceship wargaming with Newtonian vector mechanics, pre-supported STLs, and UK-crafted physical box sets.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Jump into the cockpit on Terra Nova with the Heavy Gear RPG 4E bundle, featuring Dream Pod 9's updated Silhouette ruleset and tactical mecha combat. #TabletopRPG
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Heavy Gear RPG 4ania Emerges on Bundle of Holding
Command four-metre mecha and survive brutal planetary wars in the 62nd Century with the Heavy Gear RPG 4E collection on Bundle of Holding.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
🎧 Taking percentile mechanics outside: QuestXR reveals how they used the ORC licence to adapt Basic Roleplaying for AR. Plus, Star Trek dice, Sekiro anime, and Red Ruin updates in Audio EXP 349. 🎧 www.geeknative.com/2... #TabletopRPG
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Audio EXP #349: AI Bans, AR Tabletop Under ORC, and Star Trek Dice
UK Games Expo bans generative AI across all trade halls, QuestXR brings Basic Roleplaying outdoors via ORC, and Sirius Dice reveals Star Trek d20s.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Can an Iron Age roleplaying game double as a practical history book? Rivers of Awen explores ancient Britain through kinship, seasonal survival, and an original counter dice system. #ttrpg
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Kin, craft, and ancestors: Rivers of Awen Review
Discover our review of Rivers of Awen by Yannick Dubois, an Iron Age roleplaying game of kin, craft, and seasonal survival in ancient Britain.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Buying Grand Theft Auto VI on a 36-month contract? O2 is offering instalment loans on console software while labour disputes continue at Edinburgh's Rockstar North. #GTAVI
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Why mobile network O2 is financing Grand Theft Auto VI over three years
O2 has turned Grand Theft Auto VI pre-orders into a 36-month loan, reflecting shifting ISP business models and cultural weight across gaming.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Matthew Sheret brings courtly romance down to the pondweed in Ballads of the Lilypond, turning frog knights and rhyming couplets into a sharp 90-minute storytelling game. #TTRPG
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Ballads of the Lilypond Review: Poetic pond knight RPGs
Matthew Sheret delivers an Arthurian card-prompt roleplaying game of frog knights and riverbank troubadours. Read our full review of Ballads of the Lilypond.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A chat during Tabletop Scotland with ABS of More Fun With Games (and Cymera Festival) led us to uncover news of an upcoming megagame in our home city of Edinburgh – called Rebel Country: Squadron of Rogues
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EXCLUSIVE: First-look images for upcoming 'Rebel Country: Squadron of Rogues' all-day megagame
A chat during Tabletop Scotland with ABS of More Fun With Games and Cymera Festival led us to uncover news of an upcoming megagame in our home city of Edinburgh - called Rebel Country: Squadron of Rogues, on Saturday 7th November.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Decades of Russian control over world chess have broken in Samarkand as Timur Turlov secures the FIDE presidency, stepping in after EU sanctions forced out Arkady Dvorkovich. #Chess
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Billionaire Timur Turlov wins world chess presidency following sanctions shake-up
Timur Turlov wins the FIDE presidency alongside Viswanathan Anand, ending decades of Russian leadership over world chess amid European Union sanctions.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Magic: The Gathering players can bring the United Federation of Planets to the table this November. Sirius Dice has revealed a new wave of Star Trek accessories, including blind box dice cups and 55mm spindown ship counters. #TabletopGaming
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Star Trek MTG dice set features oversized resin ships and blind boxes
Sirius Dice launches a new line of officially licensed Star Trek accessories for Magic: The Gathering players this November.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
After floor protests and an indie sector debate, UK Games Expo will now ban generative AI products across its trade spaces. Assistive tools remain allowed, but central creative work must come from human designers. #TabletopGaming
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UK Games Expo bans generative AI art and text across all trade halls
UK Games Expo has introduced a mandatory policy prohibiting generative AI art and text across all NEC trade halls, requiring exhibitors to sell only human-made games.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Between major print releases, tabletop campaigns often starve for official material. Son of Oak's new weekly Patreon drops fresh rules and solo campaign logs for Legend in the Mist and City of Mist. #CityOfMist www.geeknative.com/2...
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Kadokawa expands the Sekiro theatrical release into an eight-episode hand-drawn anime series coming to Crunchyroll in early 2027. #Anime
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FromSoftware video game Sekiro Shadows Die Twice receives anime series on Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll confirms Sekiro: No Defeat, an eight-part hand-drawn anime adaptation from Kadokawa and director Kenichi Kutsuna arriving in January 2027.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
UK Games Expo moves to ban generative AI from its show floor, Chaosium backs augmented reality tabletop play, and Dan Ayoub outlines the path ahead for D&D. Catch up on this week's essential developments across roleplaying games. #TTRPG
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Routinely Itemised: RPG #380
UK Games Expo bans generative AI content, Chaosium backs QuestXR's augmented reality system, and D&D sets a new course under Dan Ayoub.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Digital comics platform Sweet Shop opens to the public across 170 countries today, pairing an anti-AI policy with DRM-free PDF backups and catalogue support from Image, Dark Horse, and Kodansha. #Comics
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Sweet Shop officially opens its digital comics app following private beta
Digital comics app Sweet Shop officially launches across 170 countries, offering DRM-free PDF downloads, major manga licences, and a strict no-AI policy.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Replacing the kitchen table with city streets poses unique challenges for roleplaying games. QuestXR discusses how they use mobile tech and the ORC licence to translate Chaosium rules into an outdoor digital experience. #RPGnews
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QuestXR Interview: Taking Basic Roleplaying outside under the ORC licence
QuestXR blends augmented reality with Chaosium's d100 rules. Co-founder Adam Lesh discusses the BackerKit launch and outdoor roleplaying games.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Laser blasts pierce lungs and sever limbs in deep space. Open Ended Games returns with a streamlined d100 sci-fi system in the newly announced Against the Starmaster. #RoleplayingGames www.geeknative.com/2...
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#Tolkien tabletop players take note. Standalone revised core rules, solo Strider Mode, and a bestiary are now live for The One Ring roleplaying games.
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The One Ring: Free League expands Middle-earth with Gondor, Rohan, and revised rules
Free League launches a major BackerKit campaign for The One Ring roleplaying game, featuring Gondor, Rohan, a new bestiary, and updated core rules.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Do you know how premium miniature painting brushes are made? Direct-to-consumer prices on Kolinsky sable brushes bring the ethical realities of wild winter trapping straight to the tabletop gaming community. #TabletopGames
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Wild trapping and the reality of budget Kolinsky sable painting brushes
Chinese manufacturer Golden Maple is selling budget Kolinsky sable brushes directly to painters, exposing the reality of wild trapping for tabletop miniatures.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The final story chapter for Demeo x Dungeons and Dragons: Battlemarked is out now on major platforms. With the Xbox launch comes new local multiplayer features for flat screens, marking a shift from the studio's virtual reality roots. #Xbox
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Resolution Games releases Twilight's End expansion for Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons
Resolution Games launches the final Campaign III: Twilight's End for Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked, bringing the digital tabletop roleplaying game to Xbox with new local multiplayer features.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Lucca Comics & Games turns 60 with a major roleplaying games lineup. Critical Role brings the first translated Daggerheart expansion, while Joe Manganiello leads classic D&D revivals in Tuscany. #TTRPG
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Critical Role's Daggerheart and vintage Dungeons & Dragons headline Lucca60 in Tuscany
Lucca Comics & Games celebrates 60 years with Daggerheart's Hope & Fear, Joe Manganiello's D&D Icons, and Marko Djurdjevic's new roleplaying game project.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Get the full schedule for live development panels and the links to the 25% off sales running across major digital tabletop marketplaces this weekend. #TabletopGaming
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Roll20 opens premium sheet features to all players for Roll20Con weekend
Roll20Con 2026 runs this weekend with a 25 percent off sale across DriveThruRPG and Dungeon Masters Guild alongside a charity bundle for tabletop creators.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Newtonian physics without the protractors. Free Void Flotilla brings vector space combat, point-defence attrition, and modular fleets to the coffee table.
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Free Void Flotilla: Vector-based spaceship combat on a coffee table
Free Void Flotilla delivers coffee-table spaceship wargaming with Newtonian vector mechanics, pre-supported STLs, and UK-crafted physical box sets.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sirius Dice is releasing officially licensed Star Trek accessories designed for Magic: The Gathering players this November. The collection includes blind box treasure packs and oversized spindown life counters featuring iconic ships. #StarTrek
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Star Trek MTG dice set features oversized resin ships and blind boxes
Sirius Dice launches a new line of officially licensed Star Trek accessories for Magic: The Gathering players this November.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
FromSoftware's Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is heading to Crunchyroll as an eight-part hand-drawn anime series directed by Kenichi Kutsuna. #Sekiro
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FromSoftware video game Sekiro Shadows Die Twice receives anime series on Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll confirms Sekiro: No Defeat, an eight-part hand-drawn anime adaptation from Kadokawa and director Kenichi Kutsuna arriving in January 2027.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The first trailer has just dropped for Musk, Alex Gibney‘s documentary that gives thorough insights and criticism into the rise of billionaire Elon Musk, including his businesses, power, influence, political involvement and personal relationships.
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Watch the trailer for Alex Gibney's upcoming documentary 'Musk' - the most thorough takedown of Elon Musk's public image yet
The first trailer has just dropped for Musk, Alex Gibney's documentary that gives thorough insights and criticism into the rise of billionaire Elon Musk, including his businesses, power, influence, political involvement and personal relationships.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Son of Oak is breaking its traditional multi-year print crowdfunding model to launch MacDaire's Journal, delivering weekly Mist Engine micro-supplements and solo playbooks via Patreon. #TTRPG
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Son of Oak launches MacDaire's Journal Patreon for weekly Mist Engine content
Son of Oak Game Studio launches MacDaire's Journal on Patreon, offering weekly roleplaying game material, solo campaigns, and Mist Engine design insights.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Earlier this week, 90,000 AI bots hammered EN World servers for content. Independent tabletop sites are bearing severe infrastructure costs as scraping tools drain community archives. #TTRPG
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Tabletop news portal EN World fights server slowdowns under 90,000 AI bots
Independent tabletop news site EN World faces severe slowdowns as 90,000 automated bots scrape its archives, highlighting the hosting toll on gaming media.
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