~ Early Web Links ~

Niko's personal blog, written under the handle Inumo, focuses heavily on tabletop RPG design and GMing craft, with detailed essays on games like Fabula Ultima, Lancer, and Girl by Moonlight. The site doubles as a home base for several original TTRPG projects and offers thoughtful long-form writing on game theory, reviews, and design philosophy.

Myth-Weavers Lethe hosts a powerful random dungeon generator for Dungeons & Dragons 3.5, originally created by Jamis Buck and maintained by the Myth-Weavers community. Dungeon Masters can customize room count, sparseness, secret doors, treasure, monsters, and grid size, then save or bookmark the generated dungeon map for their campaigns.

Forgotten Realms Helps is a comprehensive reference resource for Dungeons & Dragons players and Dungeon Masters set in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, covering character creation, spells, monsters, NPCs, regional encounters, and even an in-world weather almanac for Faerûn. Created by Dandello, the site offers tools and finders for building memorable characters and running campaigns, with lore locked to the pre-1374 DR era of the Realms.

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.

Honey's Hangout is a colorful personal homepage by a creator who goes by Honey, showcasing their love of Dungeons and Dragons, furries, Lego, indie game dev, and 3DS homebrew. The site features a D&D chatroom, a blog, a guestbook, art highlights, and a lively stamp collection typical of old-web aesthetics.

Grognard.com is a sprawling community hub and archive dedicated to wargamers, collecting reviews, strategy articles, errata, variants, and historical pieces spanning board wargames, computer wargames, and miniatures. The site also features curated links to individual wargamer blogs and websites, convention listings, an opponents-wanted matchmaking tool, and spotlight articles covering the broader wargaming hobby.

The Österreichische Spiele-Akademie is an Austrian non-profit organization dedicated to promoting board games and tabletop gaming across Austria. The site lists upcoming events including the official Austrian Terraforming Mars championship, game festivals, author meetings, and the prestigious Österreichischer Spielepreis board game award.

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.

Mad Lemmey's Painting Blog is a prolific hobby blog chronicling an avid miniature painter's work across dozens of historical periods, fantasy settings, and wargaming systems including Burrows & Badgers, X-Wing, and World War 2 games. The sprawling tag cloud reveals an impressive breadth of projects, from Winged Hussars to Xenomorphs, making it a rich reference for fellow hobbyists seeking painting inspiration.

A tribute page dedicated to SPI (Simulations Publications Inc.) and classic wargames, covering titles like Squad Leader, NATO Division Commander, Tac Air, and many other historical board wargames. The site blends English and Japanese content, reflecting a devoted fan community for these simulation games spanning conflicts from D-Day to Vietnam.