This competition runs from now until the 10th of February when ConTessa, the free online tabletop gaming convention by women for everyone comes to a close. As a ConTessa sponsor Geek Native is running a treasure hunt competition. There are some great prizes to be won! Take a look at this: Treasure bundle $50 of […]
Why was the Pathfinder Dice Arena cancelled? We ask Luke of Fun to 11
Right from the start the Pathfinder Dice Arena had interest and pledges on Kickstarter. In a surprise announcement Fun to 11, the company who had licensed the Pathfinder name from Paizo Publishing for the project, announced the Kickstarter would be cancelled. But why? Geek Native reached out to Luke Peterschmidt, a partner at Fun to […]
Pathfinder Dice Arena Kickstarter gets cancelled after success
The Pathfinder Dice Arena game from Fun to 11 was fully licensed fro Paizo and had funded in only three days when Geek Native first wrote about it. It has now been cancelled. Why? Feedback from the Pathfinder community. This is feedback that came along with cancelled pledges. In an update, Luke Peterschmidt at the […]
Paizo opens the gates to RPG Superstar 2014
This is the largest ever open-call for amateur game designers and the 7th year of Paizo’s annual RPG Superstar competition. The competition gives unknown game designers the chance to have the work critiqued by industry veterans and (yikes!) the fan community. This year’s host is Paizo Designer Sean K. Reynolds and the panel includes other […]
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 […]
The Pathfinder Dice Arena rolls towards Kickstarter funding
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1225737959/pathfinder-dice-arena/ [Back this Campaign] The team up of Paizo and FunTo11 on Kickstarter for the Pathfinder Dice Arena lets you play the iconic Pathfinder characters in a tournament. The area-tournament is there to explain why these characters might be fighting in the first place and avoids the damage dealing or luck aspects of some dice […]
Top RPGs this summer: Pathfinder top, D&D third and Fate Core new in fifth
ICv2 have released their 2013 summer research into the best-selling RPGs. This list is put together from interviews with retailers, distributors and manufactures. In other words they’ve not examined the bags of gamers leaving stores and some key players like large online book stores and second hand markets may not be included but this research […]
A look inside: Pathfinder’s Bestiary 4
As we draw up to Halloween there are GMs around the world looking for some new horrors to scare their players with. Right on schedule the ever helpful Paizo have unleashed Bestiary 4 for Pathfinder. Now, it might be that the 320-paged hardback won’t make it to your local store in time but it will […]
Who’s leading the Ennies 2013 pack?
The nominations for the 2013 ENnies are out. These are a big set of awards in the roleplaying publishing world. Counting by hand, I reach 57 publishers nominated and that’s up from just shy of 40 from 2012. Paizo Publishing and Pelgrane Press lead the pack with 7 nominations each, with Cubicle 7 in third […]
Visions of War leads Paizo’s 2013 & 2014 product releases
Pathfinder publisher Paizo have released details of a range of 2013 & 2014 products. A front runner, expected August 2103, is the 256-page, 10-year retrospective of the work of fantasy artist Wayne Reynolds. Visions of War: The Art of Wayne Reynolds ($29.99) has full colour covers, interior art and cart art from the artist who’s […]
