~ Early Web Links ~

d4 Caltrops is a tabletop RPG blog by ktrey focused on old-school gaming tools, random tables, and wilderness encounter resources. This particular post offers a detailed categorized d100 table of creature tracks and traces designed to help game masters improvise with Overloaded Encounter and Hazard Dice systems.

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.

John Kim's detailed notes and essays on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer tabletop RPG by Eden Studios cover everything from core rulebook reviews and house rules to spell balance and adventure design guidelines. Fans of the game will find homebrew scripts for sample characters, play aids, episode guides, and write-ups for actual campaign series like Silicon Valley Slayage.

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.

Starship Combat News, run by a dedicated hobbyist since 1999, is a comprehensive news and resource hub for spaceship miniatures games and tabletop starship combat systems. It features fleet designs, ship stat sheets for Full Thrust and other rulesets, sci-fi crossover stats from Star Trek and Star Wars universes, and an extensive catalog of available space combat games.

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.

Created by J. Ash Bowie, this guide helps tabletop RPG players build rich, nuanced characters through a modular system covering primary motivators, emotional dispositions, core personality traits, and character backgrounds. The site offers detailed tables, worked examples, and downloadable character sheets, making it an invaluable toolkit for players and game masters who want their characters to feel like real, breathing people rather than stat blocks.

The Wargames Figure Company hosts this curated links directory connecting visitors to hundreds of wargaming-related websites, organized into categories like reference materials, manufacturers, clubs, and historical resources. A UK-based miniatures retailer by trade, the company built this resource as a community hub for tabletop wargamers interested in historical periods from Napoleonics to World War II.

Feederly is a personal creative site featuring art, original characters (OCs), and Dungeons & Dragons content including spell lists, stats, and personality profiles. The site has a cozy, interactive design with dark mode, keyboard navigation, and a guest book, making it a charming corner of Neocities dedicated to tabletop RPG creativity.

False Machine is Patrick Stuart's long-running blog devoted to tabletop RPG theory, dungeon design, and Old School Renaissance (OSR) game design philosophy. Posts range from deep dives into dungeon choice mechanics to experimental game tools, and Stuart also sells original adventure books and PDFs through the site.