A personal blog of musings on old-school and new-school roleplaying games, exploring how a reader's own pop-culture influences shape play. Recent posts cover Appendix N, old MMOs as OSR inspiration, and the author's hyperfixation on Classic Traveller.
Website: https://www.gordunksgrotto.com/
A studio newsletter from the makers of the tabletop RPG Hollows, covering game design decisions, community jams and behind-the-scenes stories. Readers get design insight into tactical combat and monster building, plus personal anecdotes from the designers.
A weekly newsletter revisiting classic and contemporary fantasy through archival interviews, art showcases, and fantasy news roundups. Readers get illustrated deep dives into authors, artists, gamebooks, and old-school fantasy culture.
A developer's blog about building Owlbear Rodeo, a virtual tabletop for role-playing games, covering design decisions like map alignment tools, automatic fog detection, and reflections on the developer's early programming history. Readers get detailed insight into the tradeoffs and features behind a niche TTRPG software product.
RPG Drop is an independent hub covering tabletop roleplaying games and crowdfunding through interviews with designers, cartographers and publishers. Its issues offer in-depth creator conversations on craft, business practice and the state of Kickstarter and the hobby.
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