A TTRPG designer's newsletter exploring game design ideas like group-based initiative and revealing enemy intents, drawing parallels to video games such as Slay the Spire. It also announces releases of their own adventure modules.
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An author and game designer shares behind-the-scenes updates on the Thrones & Bones tabletop RPG and its upcoming Kickstarter trilogy. Issues also cover worldbuilding craft, convention reports, and reflections on what makes fiction well written.
A studio newsletter from the indie tabletop game makers behind Hollows, covering design behind-the-scenes, community game jams and personal anecdotes from the team. Readers get insight into how experimental RPG mechanics like the tactical grid and boss monsters are built.
A weekly newsletter celebrating classic and modern heroic fantasy through retrospective features, artist showcases, rediscovered interviews and fantasy news roundups. Readers get richly illustrated deep dives into authors, artists, games and magazines from the sword & sorcery tradition.
A newsletter of practical tabletop RPG game-mastering advice, including house-rule tables, prep techniques and commentary on table culture. Issues draw on decades of play experience and often include downloadable tools for running games like Shadowdark.
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