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Useful Links
One page of handy links for first-time designers.
Tanya Floaker
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(13
total ratings
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A Games-as-Art Reading List
How to derail a degree in just 12 easy texts
Juniper-C
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(14
total ratings
)
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How to Create the Greatest Roleplaying Game!
A Rambling Essay On Table Top Roleplaying Game Design
mothermultiverse
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2
total ratings
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Mechanisms For Tabletop Roleplaying
A collection of hacks to apply to or design into TTRPGs.
Levi Kornelsen
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(10
total ratings
)
TTRPG Resources
Some tips on tricks on how to create your TTRPG, as well as some useful resources
Minakie
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(19
total ratings
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Trusted with Its True Name
$1
An Ethical Approach to LeGuinian Magic for Games and Stories
CurseNightGames
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(11
total ratings
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A Quick & Nasty Guide to Kickstarting a Zine
The title says it all.
Tanya Floaker
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6
total ratings
)
GIF
Helsinki Building Generator
A small tool for generating Helsinki style buildings
ChonkuRabb
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(4
total ratings
)
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Explorers RPG
A TTRPG focused on exploration. Comes complete with a campaign where the players explore a multilayered mega-dungeon
Wyvern's Lair
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Free Resources
For Writers, Game Designers and Other Creatives
May Barros
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(10
total ratings
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Fundamentals Of Tabletop Roleplaying
A primer on (traditional) tabletop roleplaying gaming.
Levi Kornelsen
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(12
total ratings
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Settlement Generator
A simple generator for pen and paper RPGs that generates population, law level, and economic specialty.
The Basic Expert
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3
total ratings
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Bubble Theory: modes of social, narrative, and mechanical interconnectedness in persistent multiplayer games.
A heuristic theory for modeling and visualizing effects on player interactions of various game designs.
IkomaTanomori
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2
total ratings
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Dungeons For Tabletop Roleplaying
An extended article on dungeon creation.
Levi Kornelsen
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5
total ratings
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Situations For Tabletop Roleplaying
A series of fill-in-the-blanks situation generators.
Levi Kornelsen
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(12
total ratings
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Mechanisms For Tabletop Roleplaying, Set 2
A second set of hacks or game components (depending on use).
Levi Kornelsen
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(8
total ratings
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Blue Dungeon Generator and Geomorphs
$8
A random dungeon generator and tile set.
The Basic Expert
Rated 0.0 out of 5 stars
(0
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The Rose System SRD
a SRD for The Rose System
yuu
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5
total ratings
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Marc's Copy Editing Checklist
An incomplete list of stuff to try to make your writing suck less so you write good
Majcher Arcana
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(12
total ratings
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What Does the Future Sound Like?
A preliminary worksheet for sound designers working in genres of the fantastic.
Julian K. Jarboe
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2
total ratings
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