~ Early Web Links ~

Mark L. Bakke's Night Owl Mk. II is a personal hub built around wargaming and open philosophical debate, featuring a wargamers' homepage listing directory, a collectable card game project called GROGNARD, and the WCW Nitro Trading Card Game. Visitors can also engage with philosophy of life essays covering topics like religion, evolution, abortion, and politics, making it a surprisingly eclectic destination for grognards and armchair philosophers alike.

Germy.co.uk is a miniature wargaming hobby site where the creator showcases hand-sculpted miniatures, scratch-built terrain, paper dungeon models, and painted figures across scales ranging from 3mm to 28mm. From alien Cimexians and tripod war machines to medieval camps and shanty towns, this site is a treasure trove of creative tabletop wargaming projects.

Jack's creative hub showcases original tabletop RPG projects like 'Snare: A Slasher Film RPG' alongside zines and other indie works. The site blends horror, slasher film aesthetics, and game design into a quirky personal archive that reflects the creator's eclectic tastes.

The British Historical Games Society (BHGS) is the UK's premier organization for historical tabletop wargaming, running major tournaments like Britcon and maintaining rankings for rulesets including Field of Glory, DBMM, and L'Art de la Guerre. This useful links page serves as a curated directory of member websites, clubs, wargaming associations, and resources from around the world for historical miniature wargaming enthusiasts.

Historical Strategy Re-Creations (HSR) is the home of Strategic Naval Gunnery, a multi-player historical wargame focused on surface ship combat and naval gunnery campaigns across multiple eras. The site showcases annotated screenshots, After Action Reports, and scenario replays that bring battles like Tsushima to life for both solo and multiplayer Windows gameplay.

Running since 1997, Spotlight on Games is a comprehensive board game reference site featuring over 1600 reviews, ludographies, interviews, errata, variants, and thematic game directories organized by topic and publication year. The site covers an impressive range of titles from classic war games to niche themed releases, making it an invaluable resource for serious tabletop enthusiasts.

Matt Haywood's site dedicated to wargaming and military history in Eastern Europe from 1350 to 1500 AD, with a focus on the DBM/DBR ruleset and historical army lists. Visitors will find painted miniature galleries featuring Teutonic Order, Hussite, Hungarian, and other medieval armies, alongside academic research into medieval warfare.

KORBOL is a Polish-language personal site by a graphic design student and artist who creates original characters, TTRPG materials, and digital zines, with a notable fan translation project of Mörk Borg that was ultimately shelved due to licensing restrictions. Visitors can browse selected works, find links to downloadable projects on itch.io including the NPC-focused zine 'NPC-TY I TY', and explore the creator's original TTRPG settings like KUBLAND and ZEW TIAMAT.

Stephen Brasseur, known as Yockbo, chronicles every board game session he plays in detailed session reports, with a strong focus on historical wargames like Advanced Squad Leader and Last Chance for Victory. The blog offers thoughtful write-ups of scenarios, game components, and play experiences that wargaming enthusiasts will find genuinely engaging.

Desert Realm is a play-by-post fantasy roleplaying game set in the world of Vola, a scarred planet where magical technology has transformed most of the landscape into a vast desert wasteland. The site features an elaborate worldbuilding compendium covering deities, kingdoms, magic systems, flora and fauna, and detailed lore, making it a rich destination for writers and RPG enthusiasts looking to join an active collaborative fiction community.