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Geek Native is an independent news site and community for tabletop roleplaying games, board games, anime, and geek culture. It covers tabletop mechanics, industry news, and reviews with a critical but welcoming tone. Whether you’re a player, a Game Master, or somewhere in between, it’s a solid place to find content that actually holds up. It also publishes practical tools for session prep and world-building -  things like spaceship name generators and lists of oddly unsettling phrases to throw at your players. Alongside those, there are columns on the psychology of gameplay and table dynamics. It’s been around long enough to build a genuine community, and it shows. Links geeknative.com - Website

RPG advice and discussion. Let's talk gaming! Actual play channel with multiple campaigns on Bandit's Keep Actual Play. Links youtube.com - Youtube channel discord.gg - Discord server patreon.com - Patreon page

That RPG Podcast is a podcast about tabletop roleplaying games and the art of game mastery, where we create roleplaying game adventures on the fly from prompts submitted by our listeners. We each have a story to tell. Sometimes all it takes is a single idea to kick off a great adventure. Join us as we embark on a monthly quest to bring your stories to life. That RPG Podcast is about tabletop roleplaying games and the art of game mastery, where we create roleplaying game adventures on the fly from prompts submitted by our listeners. At the heart of That RPG Podcast is Adventure Hook!, a tried-and-true method for building RPG adventures with only a kernel of an idea. Each month we take a listener prompt and help it blossom into a fully-realized adventure you can use in your games. Links thatrpgpodcast.com - Official website youtube.com - Youtube playlist spotify.com - Spotify feed podcasts.apple.com - Apple Podcasts feed patreon.com - Patreon page discord.gg - Discord server

The Blades in the Dark ScoreForge is a free Web App that helps GMs create rich, dangerous, and unexpected adventures with just a few clicks. Whether you’re prepping before a session or improvising mid-heist, it gives you everything you need to build compelling Blades in the Dark scores—fast. Distinct Districts of Mayhem Each District offers its own flavor of danger, factions, and flavor: Coalridge: soot, sweat, and industrial unrest. The Docks: fog, unions, and smuggler intrigues along the haunted waterfront. Silk Shore: desire, masks, and shifting loyalties. Deathlands (Lost District): quarantined ruins crawling with the dead. Deathlands (Deep Dark): spark rails, ancient ruins, and haunted wilderness. How It Works The App prompts your with district-specific tables to guide your creativity: Factions & Rivals – Decide who’s involved (and who’s in the way). Objectives & Loot – Choose what the crew wants and what’s at stake. Obstacles & Locations – Generate distinctive scenes and threats. Countdown Clocks – Add tension, risk, and pacing. Weather & Weirdness – Twist the mood and raise the stakes. When you’re done, export your finished score sheet—ready to drop straight into Roll20, Foundry, or your favorite notebook. Exports include Microsoft Word, Markdown, and plain text formats so you can plug your score into whatever workflow you use. Links ScoreForge platform web app

A Dungeon and Dragons 5e Actual Play podcast set in the Digimon Universe where 4 camp counselors are looking for 3 lost children in the digital world. Links spotify.com - Spofity feed podcasts.apple.com - Apple Podcasts feed

StarCar is a permanently free linear star systems cartography tool. It enables GMs running sci-fi campaigns to visualize and share star maps with their players easily. It allows a lot of different customizations for orbital bodies, like planets, secondary stars, Ringworlds, Dyson Spheres, and more. GMs can add notes to individual orbital bodies, stars, and moons. The notes can be totally customizable, or use either Traveller or Stars Without Number rules. If they want, the GM can even export a stylized PDF report that details all the notes in an easy-to-follow format. And if the GM just needs something right away? StarCar will roll the dice and generate a totally randomized system: random stars, planets, and even randomized plot hooks. Once the GM is finished, they can export it in a number of different formats: PNG, WebP, or JPG, or with settings like Printer Friendly or Transparent Background. Anything exported is licensed under Creative Commons 4.0, which means the person who makes it owns it. They can even use it in any products they sell, with attribution.