Altered Realms introduces a free, modular, multi-genre d20 tabletop roleplaying game with its own lore, magic systems and mechanics. The excerpts cover onboarding for players and narrators and the creators' design philosophy of fun, accessibility and creative freedom.
Website: https://www.altered-realms.com/
A personal, theory-driven newsletter that mixes critical theory, phenomenology and psychoanalysis with reflections on tabletop role-playing games, affect and survival. The author writes from lived experience as a trans person in the United States, drawing on thinkers such as Berlant, Trammell and Moten.
Essays on refereeing old-school tabletop role-playing games, drawing on the author's experience running an AD&D campaign. Readers get reflective, practical advice on rulings, campaign prep and avoiding over-engineered play.
A personal monthly newsletter in which the author reflects on their creative habits, projects and tools, including interactive fiction, tabletop role-playing campaigns and notebooks. Readers get candid, reflective essays and practical creative advice drawn from the author's own experience.
A personal blog-style newsletter of book reviews, game essays and monthly media logs written from a literate, genre-fiction-loving perspective. Readers get thoughtful reactions to fantasy, horror and history reading plus video games, with occasional creative and tabletop RPG asides.
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