Tabletop & RPGs
148 sites
http://doris-frank.de/main.html
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.
http://heliograph.com/trmgs
The online home of the Transactions of the Royal Martian Geographical Society, a fan publication dedicated to Space 1889 and Victorian-era roleplaying games, originally published by Mark Clark in the early 1990s. Visitors can browse archived articles across four collected volumes and find information on print editions including the restored 'author's cut' of the classic adventure Canal Priests Of Mars.
https://thoughtpunks.com/
Thought Punks is the home of the Motif Story Engine, a lightweight tabletop RPG system designed for solo adventures and GM-lite play. Creator Rev offers games, a browser-based Motif Oracle Notebook tool, an open-source SRD, and a blog covering TTRPG design and storytelling craft.
http://elfmaidsandoctopi.blogspot.com/2023/05/d100-magic-guild-demands.html
Elfmaids & Octopi is Christopher Tamm's prolific old-school tabletop RPG blog packed with random tables, homebrew rules, and imaginative worldbuilding content spanning settings like Planet Psychon, Xor, and Gamma Aeon. This particular post offers a d100 table of Magic Guild Demands, one of hundreds of game-ready resources that make this a treasure trove for OSR dungeon masters.
https://shadow-of-valtus.neocities.org/
Shadow of Valtus is a personal Neocities site with a dedicated section called The Vault for D&D content, offering a blinkie-free alternative for those sensitive to flashing visuals. The site is still under construction but signals a focus on tabletop roleplaying game material for visitors willing to explore.
https://analogjoy.club/
Analog Joy Club is a scholarly archival project by Nathan Altice, a UC Santa Cruz professor, dedicated to researching and translating historical Japanese board, card, war, and role-playing games from the Shōwa era (1926–89). The site offers high-resolution archival scans and full English translations of dozens of rare Japanese analog games, making it an invaluable resource for board game historians and enthusiasts.
https://jimboboz.livejournal.com/47847.html
Jimboboz compiled this extensive LiveJournal post as a curated link collection covering nearly every aspect of tabletop roleplaying, from finding game groups and free RPG downloads to historical resources, character sheets, campaign settings, and humorous gaming stories. With hundreds of annotated links organized into sections like GMing advice, e-zines, and RPG theory debates, it serves as a remarkably thorough reference for old-school RPG enthusiasts.
https://germy.co.uk/
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.
https://propnomicon.blogspot.com/
Propnomicon is a long-running blog dedicated to prop-making and handout resources for Lovecraftian tabletop RPGs, especially Call of Cthulhu. Posts showcase curious artifacts, forbidden tomes, eldritch fonts, and vintage ephemera perfect for immersive game sessions.
https://mapandcounters.blogspot.com/
Map and Counters is a blog dedicated to traditional board wargames, covering out-of-print classics from publishers like SPI, TAHGC, and GDW with game descriptions, book reviews, and hobby commentary. Run by a longtime wargaming enthusiast based in Phoenix, it also weaves in military history content and tributes to figures like historian John Keegan.