~ Early Web Links ~

The Game Cabinet is a monthly online magazine dedicated to board games and card games, with a strong focus on the European games scene and Eurogames. Each issue features reviews, game rules and translations, original games, convention coverage, and commentary edited by Ken Tidwell.

Dr. Wictz shares tips, designer diaries, and advice on board game design, with a focus on their own published games including Robotech: Reconstruction. The blog spans years of posts covering card-driven wargame mechanics, designer philosophy, and practical guidance for aspiring board game creators.

The official home of Doris & Frank, the German game design duo behind beloved titles like Frank's Zoo, Mü, Ursuppe, and Igel Ärgern, with news updates spanning decades of releases and tournaments. Visitors can browse their full game catalog, find order information, and follow along as their titles transition to Heidelbär Games.

Andy Cowell's curated hub for miniature wargaming covers a wide range of systems including Blood Bowl, Necromunda, DBA/DBM, Piquet, and Ground Zero Games titles. The site includes original content such as vehicle generators, weapons summaries, photo galleries, and links to manufacturers and player communities.

A dedicated download hub for VASSAL modules and extensions supporting Fighting Wings, the JD Webster aerial combat tabletop game series. The site offers country-organized module files covering nations like Germany, Japan, the USA, and the USSR, with a detailed changelog tracking years of ongoing updates and new aircraft additions.

Seed of Worlds is a long-running tabletop RPG blog by Xaosseed, chronicling an epic campaign now in its seventh year with over 149 sessions and 663 hours of play. Posts cover actual play recaps, worldbuilding, OSR mechanics, hex crawls, and curated weekly links for the tabletop gaming community.

Battlefields and Warriors is a wargaming blog by Norm that documents detailed tabletop miniature battles set in the Napoleonic era, complete with turn-by-turn battle reports featuring Austrian and French forces. The site follows ongoing campaigns like 'Pursuit of VI Korps' with rich narrative dispatches, 1/72nd and 28mm figure projects, and a community of fellow historical wargamers.

Created by James Masters, this comprehensive reference site documents the history and rules of traditional games from around the world, spanning board games, pub games, table games, and lawn games across centuries and cultures. From Chess and Go to obscure ancient games like Tafl and Fanorona, it is a richly detailed encyclopedia that the author notes has been widely copied and plagiarised across the internet.

A dedicated tribute to Steve Jackson's classic "Sorcery!" gamebook series, covering all four books from The Shamutanti Hills to The Crown of Kings with detailed descriptions, spells, and lore. Created and maintained by John Hubbard, this site is a nostalgic deep-dive for fans of Fighting Fantasy's most epic choose-your-own-adventure campaign.

Wargame Academy, maintained by Bill Thomson, is a comprehensive reference site dedicated to historical boardgame wargames, covering an enormous catalog of titles from publishers like Avalon Hill, SPI, GDW, and Columbia Games. Each game gets its own department page with rules, errata, strategy notes, and variants, making this an invaluable deep-dive resource for grognards and hex-and-counter enthusiasts.