A publisher newsletter from indie tabletop studio Exeunt Press with behind-the-scenes design updates, designer interviews and event previews. Readers get a look at solo journaling game development, especially Exclusion Zone Botanist: Epsilon, plus roundups of game design essays.
Website: https://omnes.exeunt.press
PARADISO is a creator newsletter about designing and playtesting otherworldly tabletop RPGs, centered on the megadungeon project The Blades of Gixa. Readers get development updates, design rationale, and old-school rules tinkering such as house rules for Old School Essentials.
A board game designer's Substack covering the craft, playtesting, prototyping and business side of making games. Issues in the sample include a beginner's guide to reading manufacturer quotes, an explanation of player agency and modern game design, and an index of the author's best posts.
Playtest Material is an open-access magazine of critical essays about roleplaying games, with each issue featuring many contributors. The excerpts show researched, original essays that connect TTRPG practice to outside traditions such as Japanese rakugo storytelling.
A personal essay newsletter on games, design ethics and play, mixing critiques of specific titles like Songs of Glimmerwick and Citizen Sleeper with broader reflections on dice mechanics and how design shapes behaviour. Readers get thoughtful, opinionated analysis of game design and the power of everyday objects and interfaces.
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