A veteran RPG designer's Substack covering the design and development of White Box tabletop games, with announcements and design notes for White Box: Vampire Adventures. Readers get behind-the-scenes explanations of mechanics like Tragedies replacing heritages and the Priest class with its Rites system.
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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 Spanish-language blog-style newsletter about tabletop roleplaying games, covering game design, running sessions, and reviews of titles like Mörk Borg, Vampiro: la Mascarada and Delta Green. Its issues are personal essays with a clear opinion on how RPG mechanics shape play, such as why failure can make a game more fun.
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.
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