Tabletop & RPGs
160 sites
https://shakosandsprues.com/
Shakos and Sprues is a hobby site dedicated to historical miniature wargaming, featuring battle scenarios and content for Black Seas, the Napoleonic naval warfare game by Warlord Games. Visitors can find custom scenario content including 'The Macau Incident,' making it a useful resource for players looking to expand their tabletop campaigns.
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.
http://nyx.net/~epass
Eric Pass maintains this hobby gaming page centered on play-by-email (PBEM) wargames, with session reports and commentary on titles like Squad Leader, War at Sea, and The Seven Years War. The site also features a counter exchange swap shop, a PBEM gamers directory, and listings of gaming items for sale including RPG material and Magic: The Gathering cards.
https://tradgames.org.uk/
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.
https://rollforfantasy.com/
Roll for Fantasy is a comprehensive toolkit for tabletop roleplayers, offering dozens of generators and creators covering everything from dungeon maps and coats of arms to language generators and random tavern menus. Game masters and players alike will find an impressive library of guides on running campaigns, homebrewing content, and handling tricky in-game situations alongside DIY project tutorials for crafting physical game accessories.
https://micro.brainiac.com/index.html
Microgame HQ is a comprehensive reference hub dedicated to small-format, inexpensive wargames and conflict simulations, maintained by founder Mark Johnson and webmaster Joe Scoleri since the mid-1990s. Visitors can explore a detailed database, archives, a classic microgames museum, cover art gallery, mailing list, and a design contest covering the pocket-sized wargames that defined a generation of early 80s hobbyists.
https://enworld.org/
EN World is a major hub for tabletop RPG enthusiasts, covering news, reviews, and discussions about Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, Starfinder, Warhammer, and many other systems. The site features columns by industry veterans like Ed Greenwood and Jonathan Tweet, crowdfunding roundups, product reviews, and active community forums with thousands of participants.
https://amurgsval.org/rules/Latin.html
A small but charming reference page collecting useful Latin phrases for players of the tabletop RPG Ars Magica, including translations and contributor credits. The phrases range from Monty Python references to mailing list abbreviations, giving it a playful, community-sourced flavor.
https://sirpaperweight.blot.im/politicalgame
Sir Paperweight the Third is a thoughtful tabletop RPG blog featuring campaign retrospectives and GM advice, including this detailed post-mortem on running a sci-fi political intrigue campaign set aboard a strike-gripped space station. The author breaks down lessons learned from eight sessions of faction-driven play, covering topics like tension design, player agency, and how to make violence a last resort rather than a default solution.
http://agisn.de/
Agis Neugebauer's long-running hobby site dedicated to miniature painting and tabletop gaming, featuring painted minis from Warhammer 40k, Warzone, Zombicide, Marvel United, and many other games. The site documents ongoing painting projects with photos and includes sections for A.D. Publishing games, auctions, and an impressive archive stretching back to the 1990s.