Geek Native was lucky enough to be able to report on some of the successes at DriveThruRPG in 2018. We don’t have access to sales volumes but we did get the by-genre top ten. The genre charts looked to be quite a battle with some games storming up the rankings in only a matter of […]
The best selling modern genre RPGs of 2018
As we approach the end of the year Geek Native has been sifting through data from DriveThruRPG to see which games sold the best from which genre. As it happens, games can belong to many genres, and we’re starting to see some overlaps. In this chapter, we look at games tagged ‘modern’ by the publisher […]
The best selling sci-fi RPGs of 2018
Old and new titles pepper the best selling sci-fi games of the year.
The Christmas in July sale means 25% off 50, 259 RPGs!
To keep us going from shopping frenzy to shopping frenzy DriveThruRPG and family run the Christmas in July sale. At the time of writing this post, there are just over 12 days left in the sale. That may seem a lot but there are over fifty thousand items with 25% off! Ouch. Let’s hope we […]
Genre Police: The Mother Of All Punks!
Hi guys, welcome back to genre police. Now we’re done looking at fantasy, we’re going to deal with a different section genre you can smash into you games. That’s right, it’s time to look at the ‘Punk’ genres. In particular, we are gonna start with the originator and how it set a standard for all […]
A World Without (Dice Pool) Limits: A Review of Shadowrun: Anarchy
Ah, Shadowrun. Perhaps one of tabletop gaming’s most evocative settings, saddled with one of its most complex role-playing systems. For years, gamers have marveled over Shadowrun’s amazing world where Man meets Magic and Machine, then backed away slowly when they hit waves of rules concerning character creation, combat, magic, the Matrix (Shadowrun’s virtual reality internet), and so much more. There […]
The 5 best selling RPGs for Spring 2015
Just last year D&D was in 4th place on IcV2’s chart. ICv2’s chart for the top 5 roleplaying games for the spring of 2015 is now out. Given the launch of D&D 5e it might be no surprise to see the iconic title back at the top. Wizards of the Coast will be pleased. Dungeons […]
Back for the Fourth Time: A Review of Earthdawn, 4th Edition
(Note: this review is based on the Kickstarter release of Earthdawn’s fourth edition, which is not yet commercially available. Links to Earthdawn in this review refer to the first edition of the game, released in 1993). In my high school years, FASA’s Earthdawn was one of the defining games of my roleplaying hobby. An awesome setting that […]
Shadowrun: Hong Kong grows by $150K in extra funding every day
Harebrained Schemes have been knocking it out of the virtual park with their Shadowrun cRPG games and it has been Kickstarter backing that’s made that possible. Little wonder this latest campaign is drawing in megabucks. Check out the details on the official page. [Back this Campaign] The campaign has to hit $100,000 by Feb 17. […]
5 ENnie award winners already announced as voting opens
5 ENnie award winners already announced as voting opens Team EN World opened the voting booth for the 2014 ENnie Awards this week. Voting started with 5 winners being announced for the 2014 Judges’ Spotlight award. So, who won? Hobomancer Companion from Hex Games Deep Magic from Kobold Press Rocket Age RPG from Cubicle 7 […]
