~ Early Web Links ~

Courtney Gurll is a Boston-based creative whose site serves as a hub for her tabletop RPG design work, illustration portfolio, crochet projects, and random generators, all wrapped in a charming RPG inventory interface. The Sunflower Court TTRPG design project anchors the site, with crochet, art, and web tools rounding out a delightfully eclectic creative space.

Command & Strategy is a print magazine published by Udo Grebe Gamedesign (UGG) covering wargames and strategy board games, featuring game reviews, designer interviews, and historical scenarios covering conflicts from the Napoleonic Wars to World War II. This page announces the magazine's transition from its traditional format to a new 'Deluxe Edition,' with details on back issues, subscription changes, and featured content including a Dean Essig interview and coverage of titles like Pearl Harbour and Wings over Arras.

A dedicated tribute to Steve Jackson's classic "Sorcery!" gamebook series, covering all four books from The Shamutanti Hills to The Crown of Kings with detailed descriptions, spells, and lore. Created and maintained by John Hubbard, this site is a nostalgic deep-dive for fans of Fighting Fantasy's most epic choose-your-own-adventure campaign.

The Graverobber's Guide is D.G. Chapman's tabletop RPG blog packed with creative game mastering advice, random tables, and dungeon design ideas. This particular post explores 'combo encounters,' a technique for pre-combining random encounter results to spark richer, more dynamic in-game moments without extra GM prep work.

The official fan-recognized site for Dark Sun, the post-apocalyptic desert campaign setting for Dungeons and Dragons, featuring rules supplements, adventures, articles, and a rich archive of products from TSR, Wizards of the Coast, and community publishers. Visitors will find a deep well of resources including a timeline, distance calculator, magazine index, podcasts, and actual play content all dedicated to the harsh world of Athas.

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.

Wargame Academy, maintained by Bill Thomson, is a comprehensive reference site dedicated to historical boardgame wargames, covering an enormous catalog of titles from publishers like Avalon Hill, SPI, GDW, and Columbia Games. Each game gets its own department page with rules, errata, strategy notes, and variants, making this an invaluable deep-dive resource for grognards and hex-and-counter enthusiasts.

Battle Spoo is Todd's dedicated fan site for the Babylon 5 Wars tabletop miniatures game, featuring custom ship designs from universes like Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica converted into B5W format. Visitors will find painting and kitbashing how-to guides, tournament play aids in PDF format, original ship designs for races like the Pak'ma'ra and Narn, and a mailing list FAQ for the B5W community.

Historical Strategy Re-Creations (HSR) is the home of Strategic Naval Gunnery, a multi-player historical wargame focused on surface ship combat and naval gunnery campaigns across multiple eras. The site showcases annotated screenshots, After Action Reports, and scenario replays that bring battles like Tsushima to life for both solo and multiplayer Windows gameplay.

Trebian's long-running blog covers historical miniature wargaming across a sweeping range of eras, from ancient Spartans and Successors to World War One and beyond, with battle reports, homebrew rules downloads, and musings on balancing the hobby with adult life. The site includes original rulesets like 'Not Quite Mechanised' and 'For Whom The Dice Rolls,' making it a genuine resource for miniature wargamers interested in historical scenarios.