Tabletop & RPGs
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https://rpglibrary.org/software/autorealm
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.
https://dozensanddragons.neocities.org/
Dozens and Dragons is a blog by a tabletop RPG enthusiast with a particular love for indie and OSR games like Troika!, featuring collaborative 'Blog Buddies' posts and a campaign wiki. The site dives into the indie TTRPG community with game recommendations, play logs, and friendly correspondence with fellow hobbyists.
http://gamecabinet.com/
The Game Cabinet is a monthly online magazine dedicated to board games and card games, with a strong focus on the European games scene and Eurogames. Each issue features reviews, game rules and translations, original games, convention coverage, and commentary edited by Ken Tidwell.
https://argusarts.com/
Argus Arts is a hobby site by a self-described Web 1.0 enthusiast who built a recursive random generator as its centerpiece feature, alongside a Touhou-style danmaku shooter game. The creator's interests span tabletop RPGs, rhythm games, and bullet hell shooters, making this a charming small corner of the old web brought back to life.
https://fairytale.magicalgurll.com/
Courtney Gurll's charming indie web personal site blends nostalgia for childhood internet with a focus on TTRPGs, solo roleplaying, letter-writing RPGs, and doll collecting including BJDs and Snubbull plush. The site features generators, a Picrew/dollmaker database, tarot deck collection pages, and a handcrafted old-web aesthetic built without any generative AI.
http://sfsfw.org/
The Society of Fantasy and Science Fiction Wargamers (SFSFW) is an international organization dedicated to promoting fantasy and sci-fi themes within the tabletop wargaming hobby. Visitors can browse past articles from the society's gaming journal Ragnarok, find member discounts from hobby companies, and learn about SFSFW awards and events.
https://printandplay.blogspot.com/
Run by Felbrigg Herriot, this podcast-and-blog hybrid reviews free and low-cost print-and-play tabletop games you can download and print at home, covering card games, board games, and dice games. Each episode focuses on a single game with a rating, and the site also showcases original games designed by Felbrigg himself.
https://thepasteldungeon.blogspot.com/2023/06/you-enter-forest-deep-part-1-system-for.html
The Pastel Dungeon is a tabletop RPG blog by PastelGF featuring original game design content, including a detailed multi-part series on generating atmospheric and dangerous fantasy forests for use in TTRPGs. The writing blends evocative prose with practical mechanics, offering GMs tools for worldbuilding, bestiaries, magic items, and system-neutral design inspired by games like Cairn and His Majesty the Worm.
https://sirpaperweight.blot.im/politicalgame
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.
http://heliograph.com/trmgs
The online home of the Transactions of the Royal Martian Geographical Society, a fan publication dedicated to Space 1889 and Victorian-era roleplaying games, originally published by Mark Clark in the early 1990s. Visitors can browse archived articles across four collected volumes and find information on print editions including the restored 'author's cut' of the classic adventure Canal Priests Of Mars.