Substacks recommended by James Maliszewski

Recommended by James Maliszewski

The Glatisant: A Questing Beast Newsletter

By Questing Beast

Essays, links, and videos navigating the old-school RPG world.

pjamesstuart

By Patrick Stuart

The newsletter for all things False Machine.

Arcane Mutterings

By Mike Mearls

"The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules." - Gary Gygax

Mike's been in the RPG business a long time and has learned more than a few things along the way. His thoughts about games are well worth your time.

- James Maliszewski

Sean Äaberg

MY CURRENT WRITING

Castle Grief

Settings, house rules, adventures, and ideas for your TTRPG experience.

Bastionland Presser

By Chris McDowall

Tabletop RPG content from Bastionland Press

If you're a fan of imaginative new games inspired by old school RPGs, you should definitely take a look at what Chris McDowall has to say.

- James Maliszewski

Lamentations of the Flame Princess

By James Edward Raggi IV

Lamentations of the Flame Princess is a tabletop role-playing game with OSR rules and a heavy metal/horror attitude.

James M. Spahn's RPG Musings

The substack of a veteran RPG designer discussing the design, development, and industry of tabletop roleplaying games.

VI·VIII·X KUP FANTASY RPG

By GMaia

A (hopefully) new way to play RPGs in order to enjoy the way and not only the destination

Missives from Beyond the Veil of Sleep

By Ben Laurence

The tabletop roleplaying game newsletter of Ben Laurence, author of the zine Through Ultan's Door and the podcast Into the Megadungeon. I use this newsletter to share thoughts on the hobby, glimpses of my work in progress, and snippets of rpg theory.

Ben's creating some of the most unique and interesting fantasy game material I've seen in many years. Highly recommended!

- James Maliszewski

Thaumavoria

By Dave Thaumavore

the musings, interviews and announcements of Dave Thaumavore, a YouTube reviewer of indie and 3rd party tabletop RPGs.

Luigi

Long time gamer from Italy, freelance artist Https://artikid.altervista.org

Luigi is a talented artist who's created wonderful illustrations for my various RPG projects over the years. I highly recommend you take a look at what he's currently up to.

- James Maliszewski

Win Conditions

By Sean McCoy

A deep dive newsletter on publishing games in the tabletop industry. From the creator of Mothership RPG, #dungeon23, and co-creator of Two Rooms and a Boom.

If you're a fan of the excellent SF RPG, Mothership, as I am, you may enjoy reading the thoughts of its designer.

- James Maliszewski

Grognardia Games Direct

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