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A board game designer's Substack covering the craft, playtesting, prototyping and business side of making games. Issues in the sample include a beginner's guide to reading manufacturer quotes, an explanation of player agency and modern game design, and an index of the author's best posts.
Rolling Alone is a personal newsletter from a solo tabletop RPG designer and podcaster, covering his development of the horror game Tabula Rasa and play-by-play journals of other solo RPGs like Broken Shores. It offers design diaries, playtest calls, and reflections on peril, dice luck and solo play.
MurkMail is a newsletter from a tabletop RPG creator sharing reflections on game design, setting inspiration and adventure writing, along with notices about their YouTube videos and Kickstarter-style releases. Readers get personal, essayistic takes on what makes games and adventures compelling.
A YouTube reviewer of indie and third-party tabletop RPGs shares interviews with designers about their games and the business of publishing them. Issues cover a space-fantasy RPG on Kickstarter, the reasoning behind a cancelled OSE boxed starter set, and a tactical zombie RPG.
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