~ Early Web Links ~

The North American Society of Ancient and Medieval Wargamers (NASAMW) is a volunteer non-profit dedicated to promoting miniatures wargaming with a focus on ancient and medieval historical periods. The site lists tournament results, upcoming events like Cold Wars and Historicon, and supporting dealers for hobbyists passionate about historical miniature battles.

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.

Kismet's World of Darkness is a free fan resource hub for tabletop roleplaying games in the World of Darkness setting, covering Vampire: the Masquerade, Chronicles of Darkness, and Changeling: the Lost. Visitors can find homebrew rules, character resources, fiction, fonts, generators, and Storytelling guides built up since 1998.

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.

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.

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.

The Tactical Wargamer is a comprehensive reference site covering the history and landscape of tactical-level wargames across board games, PC games, miniatures, and RPGs, tracing the genre from 1969's Tac Game 3 through 2019. It includes timelines, a glossary, hardware guides, magazine listings, publisher info, and articles, making it an invaluable archive for grognards and wargaming enthusiasts alike.

Created by 'The Perfect Captain,' this old-web page introduces 'The Feldmachink,' a clever system for adding hidden movement and dummy counters to hex-based board wargames. The concept promises to revolutionize any era of wargaming by using mega-hex overlays to obscure troop positions, adding a fog-of-war element to traditional tabletop battles.

A comprehensive online reference for Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Edition, hosting the complete System Reference Document that covers rules, spells, monsters, classes, and more. An essential bookmark for players and dungeon masters who need quick access to the core rules without cracking open a sourcebook.

High Flying Dice Games is a small press publisher specializing in wargames and card-based historical conflict simulations, covering battles from World War II, the Hundred Years War, and Vietnam. The site serves as their storefront and catalog, featuring newest releases, ordering information, and notices about current pricing changes due to tariff surcharges.