A game designer's blog-style newsletter covering tabletop game design, publishing economics, card game mechanics such as CCGs versus LCGs, and original homemade game designs. Issues mix personal anecdotes, political commentary and practical design analysis.
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An independent publication that uses video games and tabletop games to examine power, design ethics and philosophy. Readers get personal game reviews and essays on how mechanics like dice rolls shape storytelling and meaning.
Playtest Material is an open-access magazine publishing critical essays and articles about tabletop roleplaying games, with a print edition funded by subscribers. Readers get long-form pieces from many contributors, such as an article on applying Rakugo storytelling techniques to GMing, plus updates on the magazine's progress.
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.
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