Substacks recommended by Write Firster

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Whiskey, Blood and Dust

Artist, printmaker, author and role-playing game enthusiast.

Cool thoughts on designing a gritty wild west ttrpg system and setting

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Cian on Tabletop

By Cian Rowan

The place where I keep all my TTRPG actual play and more!

How To Solo TTRPG

By Mylon Pruett

Play reports that focus on how to play and run solo RPGs

Great actual plays and thoughts on solo role playing.

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Odinson Games

World-building content for weird, metal, and old-school RPGs.

Great write-up of a solo campaign as well as awesome drawings to go with it.

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Thog's Table

Whereupon I try to grok Original Dungeons & Dragons whilst attempting to run it for friends.

ChariTTRPG’s Substack

By Jes

Where Charity and TTRPGs intersect

Charity is good!

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Eynowd’s Substack

A collection of solo roleplaying actual play reports, and related thinking.

The Dragon's Den

By Eric Dill

A solo ttrpg gaming blog

Great actual plays and writing

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Solo Roleplaying Buddha

By BuddhaRandom

An exploration of solo tabletop roleplaying games from a deeper perspective. Searching for the self, in solo play.

Castle Grief

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

Just started but already has interesting posts about hex-crawls and other TTRPG ideas.

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The Soloist - an indie RPG newsletter

By Patrick Buechner

For players, creators, and curious explorers of solo and co-op tabletop RPGs and board games.

Great newsletter about solo games!

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Skeleton Code Machine

By Exeunt Press

Spark your creativity as a tabletop game designer or enthusiast, and think differently about how games work. ENNIE-nominated!

Very cool posts about game design

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Swirling Words

By Susan Beneville

I share personal essays about writing, life, and what I know so far about both. I also write Red Crag a fantasy serial based on my solo RPG and post occasional webcomics featuring Rodney the Cat..

The Lone Toad - Croaker RPGs Newsletter

By Croaker

The Lone Toad - Croaker RPGs Newsletter is a monthly newsletter focusing on Solo Table-Top RPGs, such as Ironsworn, Starforged, Colloste, and hundreds of others.

Great review/news/actual plays/etc. of solo games and solo gaming in general.

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PTFO

By SGH

Fantasy and sci-fi stories serialized on substack. PTFO is part of the AP Fiction genre: stories created through the solo play of a TTRPG and influenced by readers' votes. Currently playing: Blades in the Dark

Fantastic actual play + writing

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Cezar Capacle talks Game Design

Indie tabletop game design ideas, insights, discoveries, and ruminations.

This guy is making very cool games

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The Indie RPG Newsletter

By Thomas M

a curated weekly list of fun articles, podcasts, and new indie tabletop games

Playing With Myself

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