We’ve featured Matt Needham (aka Spiritgreen) and his designs before on Geek Native. Check out these cute dinos facing a critical hit or after party tidy up. [I need this] Matt’s latest design “Like a Phoenix” is currently on Shirt.Woot’s home page and gathering plenty of attention. It won’t stay there for long. I can […]
12 spooky transformations: Google helps Halloweenify D&D’s Monster Manual
Plenty of tabletop gamers use Google+. There’s the Roleplaying Games community and others as well as site pages like +Geek Native too. One of my favourite features of Google+ is Auto Awesome. Recent reviews of graphic novels or art books make use of Auto Awesome’s ability to turn photographs into videos. You can see an […]
Free to Download: D&D Basic Rules
The disclaimer on the free to download edition of Dungeons & Dragons released today reads; Disclaimer: Wizards of the Coast is not responsible for the consequences of splitting up the party, sticking appendages in the mouth of a leering green devil face, accepting a dinner invitation from bugbears, storming the feast hall of a hill […]
Dungeons & Dragons 5e Starter Set unboxing
An unboxing video! But wait… hear me out. Unboxing this D&D 5e Starter Set is Mike Mearls himself, Greg Bisland and a Disembodied Voice. This is more than an unboxing then. This is a recording of a walkthrough of the components by the team who made the box. Why are there two books in the […]
Justice for a classic: A review of Dark Sun for D&D 4e
I’ve heard a lot about Dark Sun. For years I’d been told that it was great and yet no one ever wanted to play it. I had missed the boat. By the time I was playing D&D (having started on other RPGs) Dark Sun was old news. How old? Dark Sun came out for D&D […]
Half-orc barbarian rages and the mystery of cakes
Kimberly Chapman is a roleplayer and a baker. She runs the site Eat the Evidence where you’ll enjoy a mix of ‘edible media’, parenting chat and geek references. Baking and gaming are both hobbies and as Kimberly’s site says, “Failure is always an option, then eat the evidence” who better to ask about tips, tricks […]
6 iconic Dungeons & Dragons monsters as t-shirts
Which monster reminds you most of Dungeons & Dragons or roleplaying as a whole? Is it the mighty red dragon that often stars on front covers? The sneaky kobold? Here are six possible suggestions complete with t-shirt design. Beholder T-shirt design by Miss Monster [details] Gelatinous Cube T-shirt design by Jamie Parks [details] Owlbear Another […]
Celebrate the birthday of modern roleplaying
We’ve roleplayed for generations but Dungeons & Dragons is considered the first modern roleplaying game. It was published in 1974 and will be 40 this year. This blogger has asked Wizards of the Coast whether they’ll be celebrating the birthday of their flagship RPG. At the time this post was written the press team of […]
Unofficial Dungeons & Dragons 40th anniversary t-shirt
R.J. Thompson writes the OSR blog Gamers & Grognards and has an eye on a big birthday. Dungeons & Dragons was published in 1974. This means that 2014 will be the RPGs 40th birthday. In fact, D&D’s 40th might be this month. Jon Peterson, an author who investigates the history of games, suggests the exact […]
5 favourite monster templates from the famous Advanced Bestiary
Geek Native checked in with Chris Pramas, the President of Green Ronin, to talk about their Kickstarter for Advanced Bestiary for the Pathfinder RPG. Here’s the pitch. [Back the Campaign] This will fund. There are 4 days left on the clock, when this post went live, and 700+ backers have taken the fund total to […]
