~ Early Web Links ~

Running since 1997, Spotlight on Games is a comprehensive board game reference site featuring over 1600 reviews, ludographies, interviews, errata, variants, and thematic game directories organized by topic and publication year. The site covers an impressive range of titles from classic war games to niche themed releases, making it an invaluable resource for serious tabletop enthusiasts.

ConsimWorld is a long-running hub for the wargame community, aggregating news, videos, forum discussions, and product announcements from publishers like GMT Games, Multi-Man Publishing, and High Flying Dice Games. Active since 1996, it serves as a central gathering point for fans of conflict simulation board games, covering everything from historical wargames to new Kickstarter releases.

The Hong Kong Society of Wargamers (HKSW) is a club dedicated to tabletop wargaming across a vast range of historical periods, from Ancient battles through to Vietnam and beyond, as well as fantasy and sci-fi settings. The site lists upcoming meeting schedules, member dispatches, gaming reports, and a gallery, making it a lively hub for Hong Kong's miniature and board wargaming community.

A dedicated download hub for VASSAL modules and extensions supporting Fighting Wings, the JD Webster aerial combat tabletop game series. The site offers country-organized module files covering nations like Germany, Japan, the USA, and the USSR, with a detailed changelog tracking years of ongoing updates and new aircraft additions.

AutoRealm is a free, open-source map-making program for tabletop RPGs, created by Andrew Gryc and licensed under the GNU GPL, offering features like fractal lines, hex grids, random name generation, and symbol libraries. Hosted on the RPG Library, this page provides downloads, screenshots, and support links for a capable mapping tool suited for designing castles, cities, and campaign maps.

Kismet Rose's comprehensive reference site covers the Stargate SG-1 tabletop roleplaying game published by AEG, including character classes, backgrounds, mechanics, and tech from the game's sourcebooks. A unique highlight is 'Starscape,' the creator's original crossover material blending the Stargate and Farscape universes into a unified campaign setting.

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.

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.

Matthew Schmeer's Rended Press hosts this extensive curated directory of old-school tabletop RPG zines and fanzines, covering hundreds of titles available as free PDFs or in print. The list spans OSR publications, genre-specific fanzines, and community projects, making it a valuable reference for fans of old-school roleplaying games.

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.