Tabletop & RPGs
148 sites
https://mrnizz.tripod.com/wwest.htm
Walter O'Hara's comprehensive resource for Wild West skirmish wargaming covers miniature and board games like Desperado, High Noon, Six-Gun Sound, and Gutshot, with reviews, replays, scenarios, and house rules. A dedicated labor of love for fans of Old West man-to-man combat gaming, featuring downloadable files, links to related sites, and a survey of available rules systems.
http://jesweb.free.fr/
JesWeb is a French-language resource dedicated to board games and children's games, covering titles like Duel Masters, Carcassonne, Puerto Rico, and Dungeons & Dragons with reviews, game aids, and original puzzles. The site also features magic tricks with video demonstrations, making it a broad and lively hub for tabletop gaming enthusiasts.
https://madlemmey.blogspot.com/
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.
http://spotlightongames.com/
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.
https://nasamw.org/
The North American Society of Ancient and Medieval Wargamers (NASAMW) is a volunteer non-profit dedicated to promoting miniatures wargaming with a focus on ancient and medieval historical periods. The site lists tournament results, upcoming events like Cold Wars and Historicon, and supporting dealers for hobbyists passionate about historical miniature battles.
http://desertrealm.com/
Desert Realm is a play-by-post fantasy roleplaying game set in the world of Vola, a scarred planet where magical technology has transformed most of the landscape into a vast desert wasteland. The site features an elaborate worldbuilding compendium covering deities, kingdoms, magic systems, flora and fauna, and detailed lore, making it a rich destination for writers and RPG enthusiasts looking to join an active collaborative fiction community.
https://dieheart.net/solo-rpg-resources
A comprehensive curated directory of solo role-playing game engines, tools, and resources compiled by the dieheart blogger after finding no such list existed years ago. Covering everything from free solo engines and web-based tools to beginner guides and Tarot-based NPC generators, it is an invaluable reference for anyone wanting to play tabletop RPGs alone.
https://lcoat.tripod.com/index.htm
Lou Coatney's homepage offers a collection of free, printable World War II and Civil War boardgames covering battles like Alamein, Stalingrad, and Leyte Gulf, many designed as introductory wargames for classroom and hobbyist use. The site also features cardstock model warships, historical research including a Katyn Massacre thesis, and links to his companion site with even more games and naval content.
http://warfareeast.co.uk/
Matt Haywood's site dedicated to wargaming and military history in Eastern Europe from 1350 to 1500 AD, with a focus on the DBM/DBR ruleset and historical army lists. Visitors will find painted miniature galleries featuring Teutonic Order, Hussite, Hungarian, and other medieval armies, alongside academic research into medieval warfare.
https://members.tripod.com/hsr_historicalgames/index.html
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.