RPG news from Geek Native's highlights show. We kick off 2020 by discussing the sales data behind the most successful RPGs of the decade and then go on to talk RPG advice and the many freebies that came out this week.

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https://www.geeknative.com/70245/the-best-selling-generic-rpgs-of-2019/

https://www.geeknative.com/70348/routinely-itemised-rpgs-29/

https://www.geeknative.com/70256/how-to-play-the-traitor-and-still-get-to-be-a-hero/

https://www.geeknative.com/70337/black-armada-launches-the-campaign-to-create-the-last-fleet-rpg/

https://www.geeknative.com/70263/learn-to-gm-using-mutant-year-zero-the-ttrpg/

https://www.geeknative.com/70283/rpg-blog-carnival-random-encounter-tables/

https://www.geeknative.com/70297/palladium-books-release-a-free-60-paged-garden-of-the-gods-preview/

https://www.geeknative.com/70338/randomly-generate-spaceship-maps/

https://www.geeknative.com/70345/unofficial-dark-sun-5e-conversion-is-looking-great/

https://www.geeknative.com/70300/the-lost-vaults-1400-lost-dd-4e-magic-items-converted-to-dd-5e/

https://www.geeknative.com/70351/free-content-friday-hunters-entertainment-ramps-up-the-free-rpg-giveaways/

https://www.geeknative.com/70295/improving-transparency-at-geek-native/

https://www.geeknative.com/70290/publisher-spotlight-february-poll-opens-for-patrons/

https://www.geeknative.com/70261/non-gamer-accidentally-applies-to-college-claiming-to-be-a-yuan-ti/

It's the weird week between Christmas and New Year, and so in this round-up of RPG news, we look at some of the best selling games of the year and some possibly controversial points of view on gameplay.

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https://www.geeknative.com/70198/saving-christmas-adventures-and-monsters-for-dd/

https://www.geeknative.com/70180/modiphius-announce-a-deluxe-edition-rangers-of-shadow-deep/

https://www.geeknative.com/70220/what-next-for-the-alien-rpg-free-league-publishing-reveals-2020-plans/

https://www.geeknative.com/70211/the-dd-powered-lord-of-the-rings-rpg-is-on-humble-bundle/

https://www.geeknative.com/70184/can-the-dungeon-master-have-a-player-character/

http://taking10.blogspot.com/2019/12/players-make-sure-your-characters.html

https://www.geeknative.com/70218/routinely-itemised-rpgs-28/

https://twitter.com/DeluxeTnT/status/1208917858865971200

https://poll.fm/10482787

https://www.geeknative.com/70158/the-best-selling-modern-genre-rpgs-of-2019/

https://www.geeknative.com/70190/the-best-selling-pulp-rpgs-of-2019/

https://www.geeknative.com/70215/the-best-selling-superhero-rpgs-of-2019/

https://www.geeknative.com/70223/the-best-selling-western-rpgs-of-2019/

In this dose of RPG news, we look at some of the best selling tabletop games published this year, their accessories and supplements. We feature some character sheets designed to be easy to read and the forthcoming The Name of the Wind RPG podcast.

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https://www.geeknative.com/69982/patrick-rothfusss-worldbuilders-hits-500000/

https://www.geeknative.com/70090/patrick-rothfuss-to-launch-regular-temerant-rpg-podcast/

https://www.geeknative.com/70078/wizards-of-the-coast-finally-kill-of-d-two-weeks-notice-given/

https://www.geeknative.com/70045/do-you-always-have-to-kill-the-monster/

https://www.geeknative.com/70034/biohacking-dd-a-review-of-genefunk-2090/

https://www.geeknative.com/70048/the-one-ring-rpg-bundles-go-live-probably-for-the-last-time/

https://www.geeknative.com/70048/the-one-ring-rpg-bundles-go-live-probably-for-the-last-time/

https://www.geeknative.com/70099/the-adult-astate-rpg-about-is-about-to-return/

https://www.geeknative.com/70080/rpg-publisher-spotlight-mage-hand-press/

https://www.geeknative.com/70017/the-other-best-selling-fantasy-rpgs-of-2019/

https://www.geeknative.com/70052/the-best-selling-sci-fi-rpgs-of-2019/

https://www.geeknative.com/70063/the-best-selling-anime-and-cartoon-rpgs-of-2019/

https://www.geeknative.com/70083/the-best-selling-family-rpgs-of-2019/

https://www.geeknative.com/70106/the-best-selling-horror-rpgs-of-2019/

https://www.geeknative.com/tag/punkapocalyptic/

Audio EXP is your RPG news, geek industry gossip and nerdy info all bundled into a single short podcast. Find out which publishing giant is now doing RPGs, why gamers were flaming each other on Twitter and why the Night of Anubis changed the modern zombie forever.

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https://www.geeknative.com/69852/ghostbusters-afterlife-trailer-shows-a-very-different-film/

https://www.geeknative.com/69966/dd-new-game-dark-alliance/

https://www.geeknative.com/69899/paizo-announce-a-starfinder-game-for-alexa/

https://www.geeknative.com/69795/the-sleeping-giant-awakens-osprey-games-gets-into-rpgs/

https://www.geeknative.com/69878/rpg-publisher-transfelinism-creates-a-flame-war-banned-for-slander/

https://www.geeknative.com/69875/random-fantasy-town-map-generator/

https://www.geeknative.com/69951/the-expanse-rpg-gets-its-first-official-campaign/

https://www.geeknative.com/69955/these-are-the-best-geeky-reads-of-2019/

https://www.geeknative.com/69868/play-dd-as-an-evil-back-stabbing-dragon/

Disaster lesbian drama, an April Fools joke that's becoming a game and breaking werewolf news. This episode of Audio EXP talks Doctor Who, Star Wars and hard sci-fi RPGs.

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https://www.geeknative.com/69748/netflix-confirms-locke-key-premiere-date/

https://www.geeknative.com/69729/black-widow-gets-a-worldwide-trailer/

https://www.geeknative.com/69759/doctor-who-crossover-thirteenth-and-tenth-doctor-battle-the-weeping-angels/

https://www.geeknative.com/69733/mattels-adorable-baby-yoda-plushie-leaks-early/

https://fave.co/2OZweMM

https://www.geeknative.com/69687/nightmare-fuel-a-review-of-nibiru-a-sci-fi-rpg-of-lost-memories/

https://www.geeknative.com/69750/thirsty-sword-lesbians-rpg-announced-by-evil-hat/

https://www.geeknative.com/69668/rivers-of-london-is-becoming-an-rpg/

https://www.geeknative.com/69677/exclusive-preview-broken-shield-second-edition-launches/

https://www.geeknative.com/69725/april-fools-joke-barkham-horror-gets-turned-into-a-real-fantasy-flight-game/

https://www.geeknative.com/69737/rpg-rules-that-affect-the-use-of-fictional-violence/

https://www.geeknative.com/69778/touching-gaming-comic-is-reddits-second-most-popular-post-of-2019/

https://www.geeknative.com/69674/publisher-spotlight-january-poll-opens-for-patrons/

https://www.geeknative.com/69790/werewolf-the-apocalypse-awarded-to-hunters-entertainment/

RPG news, drama with Batman and theories on the forthcoming D&D movies. In this episode, we discuss Cubicle 7 walking away from the Lord of the Rings RPG and find out what happens after someone loaned out a computer game character worth more than a million quid.

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https://www.geeknative.com/69620/this-is-the-batman-cover-that-dc-destroyed-to-keep-china-happy/

https://www.geeknative.com/69573/1-star-reviews-and-an-apology-from-wizards-of-the-coast/

https://www.geeknative.com/69587/dd-launches-psionics-and-psychic-playtest/

https://www.geeknative.com/69606/the-dd-movie-and-the-lich-god-vecna/

https://www.geeknative.com/69625/dd-movie-joe-manganiellos-arkhan-the-cruel-and-the-hand-of-vecna/

https://www.geeknative.com/69570/mmo-character-worth-1-million-accidentally-sold-for-430/

https://www.geeknative.com/69618/win-star-trek-animated-series/

RPG news, comic book reviews and a chat about some geeky titles that might be coming to a screen near you. This week's Audio EXP runs through some charity bundles of RPG goodies and talks about Necromancers.

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https://www.geeknative.com/69501/michael-moorcocks-the-elric-saga-optioned-for-tv/

https://www.geeknative.com/69553/the-maxx-is-being-adapted-for-the-screen-by-channing-tatum-and-roy-lee/

https://www.geeknative.com/69502/wizards-of-the-coasts-adventure-with-muk-donates-all-money-to-extra-life/

https://www.geeknative.com/69459/charity-bundle-necropolis-2350/

https://www.geeknative.com/69511/the-pathfinder-1e-humble-bundle-276-worth-of-downloads/

https://www.geeknative.com/69507/going-beyond-a-review-of-star-trek-the-official-guide-to-the-animated-series/

https://www.geeknative.com/69547/the-choices-we-make-a-review-of-blade-runner-2019/

https://www.geeknative.com/69479/a-thank-you-message-and-gift-for-geek-natives-patrons/

We catch up on leaks and cybersecurity challenges from Wizards of the Coast and talk about what's killed you the most.

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https://www.geeknative.com/69371/aliens-have-invaded-dungeons-dragons-a-review-of-blades-blasters/

https://www.geeknative.com/69383/space-is-hell-a-review-of-free-league-publishings-alien-rpg/

https://www.geeknative.com/69338/review-of-destiny-grimoire-anthology-volume-ii-fallen-kingdoms/

https://www.geeknative.com/tag/genre-police/

https://www.geeknative.com/69450/genre-police-it-came-from-the-cinema-screen/

https://www.geeknative.com/69366/genre-police-the-truth-is-out-there-somewhere/

https://www.geeknative.com/69416/rpg-publisher-spotlight-dias-ex-machina-games/

https://www.geeknative.com/69406/does-the-marketplace-need-to-change-privateer-press-addresses-product-delays/

https://www.geeknative.com/69433/games-workshop-announce-a-new-warhammer-series/

https://www.geeknative.com/69449/wizards-of-the-coast-issue-a-cybersecurity-email-alert/

https://www.geeknative.com/69425/wizards-of-the-coasts-release-a-charity-dd-adventure/

As a 130-year-old archive of comics opens, this week we've seen the world go mad over dice, and we ask when vampires will finally murder us all.

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https://www.geeknative.com/69321/handmade-dice-kickstarter-smashes-1-5m-on-its-first-day/

https://www.geeknative.com/69157/matt-colvilles-kingdoms-warfare-more-minis-kickstarter-at-886500-and-growing/

https://www.geeknative.com/69299/treasury-of-british-comics-picks-janus-stark-to-spearhead-return-of-130-old-archive/

https://www.geeknative.com/69313/wotc-issue-official-10-dd-infernal-script-font-for-charity/

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OK1oA6lALWztjR5CtOZn7tF3dYANBObl

https://www.geeknative.com/69312/wizards-of-the-coast-dramatically-escalate-their-playtesting/

https://www.geeknative.com/69295/pathfinder-launch-advanced-players-guide-playtest/

https://www.geeknative.com/69291/amazon-picks-up-critical-roles-animated-legend-of-vox-machina/

https://www.geeknative.com/69261/publisher-spotlight-december-poll-opens-for-patrons/

https://www.geeknative.com/68885/rpg-publisher-spotlight-misfit-studios/

https://www.geeknative.com/69329/can-you-imagine-yourself-in-a-romantic-relationship-with-an-alien-stats/

Over 2 million square feet of dungeon to download and explore, for free, a new Spider-man movie, killer drones and cyber assaults on DriveThruRPG. It's been a busy week.

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https://www.geeknative.com/69159/7-5-million-adobe-creative-cloud-accounts-software-popular-with-rpg-designers-exposed-by-insecure-database/

https://www.geeknative.com/69230/short-film-slaughterbots/

https://www.geeknative.com/69191/is-this-new-type-of-game-the-closest-well-get-to-a-solo-larp-escape-the-invasion/

https://www.geeknative.com/69189/take-yourself-to-hell-and-back-with-this-halloween-with-a-solo-dd-adventure/

https://www.geeknative.com/69176/the-forever-dungeon/

https://www.geeknative.com/64529/too-smart-to-be-true-a-book-of-flat-maps-for-your-tabletop-adventures/

https://www.geeknative.com/69236/2250000-square-feet-of-battle-maps-free-to-explore/

https://www.geeknative.com/69199/wizards-of-the-coast-have-bought-tuque-games-to-make-digital-dd-games/

https://www.geeknative.com/68628/firefly-bsg-supernatural-rpgs-are-now-owned-by-dd-beyond/

https://www.geeknative.com/69169/why-pick-dd-for-the-stargate-rpg-an-interview-with-wyvern-gaming/

https://www.geeknative.com/69179/supernatural-20s-8-innovative-horror-rpgs-you-can-play-on-halloween/

https://www.geeknative.com/69242/marvel-confirms-spider-man-into-the-spider-verse-2/

https://www.geeknative.com/69215/dd-5e-leads-call-of-cthulhu-doubles-market-share-in-the-roll20-pack/