Blog about interesting ideas for traps and rooms I've come up with whilst creating my megadungeon.

Punchy TTRPG ideas and tools. Click to read MurkMail, by Murkdice, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

Library Of Words Is A Site Covering Indie, Weird, Unique, And New TTRPGs, Movies, Video Games.

Intermittent musings over TTRPGs and occasional think pieces....

Hi, I'm Hendrik ten Napel. I think about the rules and mechanics that make role-playing games tick and reflect on my own experiences playing those games. Every two weeks, I send out an email to share my thoughts.

Games You Can Sink Your Teeth Into

analog game design | illustration | words | ttrpg

TTRPG writing and design team. Curates the Gnomestones Universe at www.gnomestone.fun. Stay tuned for The Potato Game coming 2025. Click to read Blogstones, a Substack publication. Launched 2 months ago.

A blog about TTRPGs and genre fiction

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A lone torch burns in the dark hall...

elmcat's blog about TTRPGs and random thoughts—welcome aboard!

Every thing possible to be believ'd is an image of truth.

One Example, Many Systems

My unexpected descent into the Classical gaming playstyle from Modern Adventure Gaming (aka the modern OSR)

The megadungeon has a creative call to it, this grand and imposing space mapped out for adventure, a beckoning otherworld to explore. People dig superlatives, the biggest, the tallest, the most dangerous, the most powerful, the deepest. But the challenge of making something epic in scope can swamp even the most dedicated GM. It’s very […]

Not really. But maybe, with your help, we actually can. Let's give this a shot. Every now and then I've seen a blog post attempting to cover...

Why wouldn’t a bear flee from a house cat?

Recently I came across a by Suarachán discussing their annoyance at how vastly different Dolmenwood is compared to how it presented itself in its early s...

The OSR space has discussed the importance of framing interesting combats. It has not done the same amount of work to provide concrete advic...

Exploring the concept of "fragility" in tabletop game design, and why it matters