Substacks recommended by J.Q. Graziano

Recommended by J.Q. Graziano

Agent of Weird: Exploring the Write Fantastic

The craft of writing horror, sci-fi, fantasy – and all the weird that’s in-between! For readers, writers, role-players, connoisseurs and creators, from the writer of Judge Dredd, Warhammer, Star Wars, TMNT and more.

Swords, Fangs & Lasers! Explore the culture & techniques of our favorite fantasy, horror, and sci-fi genres.

- J.Q. Graziano

Game, Play, Gather

By Jonah White 🎲 🎮 🧩

Spotlighting unique games telling engaging stories through play in ways that gather people together. Digital, tabletop, and everything outside and in-between.

Jonah shares enlightening thoughts as he surveys narrative design aspects of modern-day RPGs, TTRPGs, & video games.

- J.Q. Graziano

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.

Jennifer M. Baldwin

Thoughts on fantasy fiction and more.

Such a personable and relatable style of sharing her thoughts on fantasy, cinema, RPGs, and writing

- J.Q. Graziano

Crann na beatha

By Joseph L. Wiess

Stories from the Crucible of Life

Critical Hit Parader

By Matt Thompson

Weekly content on the intersection of music and tabletop roleplaying games.

d20.coach

By @d20nick

D&D LinkedIn Satire, Real Coaching.

Nick blends personal & professional development through the lens of fantasy RPGs - such a fun concept! What can a Mind Flayer or Beholder teach us about living our best lives? Subscribe to find out!

- J.Q. Graziano

The Glatisant: A Questing Beast Newsletter

By Questing Beast

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

The best of tabletop OSR (Old School Renaissance) D&D subculture game musings & reviews.

- J.Q. Graziano

50 Years in the Dungeon

By Stan!

This is the official substack for "50 Years in the Dungeon" a livestream show celebrating a half-century of tabletop roleplaying games. Hosted by award-winning cartoonist and game designer Stan!

Made From What's Not Real

By David Perlmutter

The writings and musings of Canadian historian and speculative fiction writer David Perlmutter

"I Think We've Been Playing It Wrong"

By Douglas Sun

A blog about playing, creating and publishing games, with occasional forays into literature, history, music and animation.

An Enchanted Life

By Carolyn McBride 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦

The exploration of the Fantasy genre through academic deep-thinking, short fiction and of course, DRAGONS!

Christian Lindke's Geekerati Newsletter

Discussions of Pop Culture, Table Top Games, Film, and Television with a dash of Political Science and Statistics from Time to Time.

Really enjoyable thoughts/news/reviews about RPGs, films and pop culture with a dash of (fun) political science

- J.Q. Graziano

Pulp Empire

By Nicholas Ahlhelm

I write superheroes in prose. I blog about superheroes in comics. I ramble about wrestling now and then. I'm building a sword and sorcery world. Learn about it all right here.

The World Needs Your Passion

By Monica Leonelle

Creating + making money amidst capitalism, politics, religion/spirituality, AI, Big Tech, publishing, motherhood, and more. USA Today Bestseller with 50+ books.

Author? Want to find out how you can sell from more places than just Amazon? Kickstarter curious? Then you NEED to check out Monica's amazing newsletter.

- J.Q. Graziano

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!

RPG & Boardgame Deepdives + Fun Game Mechanic & Chance Insights + Now & Then Nostalgia = Much Joy for Me!

- J.Q. Graziano

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

Dans Deliberations

By Daniel O’Donnell

The endless imagination

The Retroist

A Retro Podcast, Blog, and Newsletter.

HUGELY fun nostalgic glimpses of the toys/games/films/commercials/food that made the 70s, 80s and 90s great!

- J.Q. Graziano

Fantasy Stories, Comedy & Horror By Alucard

Join me on my writing journey, through epic, unique and sometimes eerie adventures. If you like things like, The Witcher, Disc World, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and Good Omens, then this is the place for you!

D&D Everlasting Tales

By DMGMorais

EVERLASTING TALES—a series of tabletop roleplaying game living chronicles set in D&D multiverse.

Glyph and Grok

By Alexander Tzakis

A tabletop gaming blog newsletter: playing, game mastering, design and more.

Wyrd Science

The magazine for explorers of strange worlds & new horizons. Covering the best in tabletop games, RPGs, wargames & board games...

Make your Explorer's heart sing with this excellent indie RPG & gaming newsletter!

- J.Q. Graziano

Wez’s Twisted Homebrew D&D system.

What is this? Its an amazing new Dungeons and Dragons system.

Knights of the Autumn Crown

By Marko Tomasz Duraj

A girl trapped in the Dark fae Realm, must find her way home. With only her will and the aid of a conniving spirit can she hope to survive the dark magic of the Hedge.

Ye Olde Tyme News

By Jan Lionsnest

Confound thy turnips.

Super-fun medieval fantasy satire - news and short stories guaranteed to make ye giggle!

- J.Q. Graziano

RPG Design Theories

By Monte Cook

Thoughts behind tabletop roleplaying games and why we love them.

Learn about game design from a guy who did it for D&D and others for 30+ years!

- J.Q. Graziano

Adventure Snack

By Geoffrey Golden

Turn your inbox into an adventure with interactive stories the perfect length for your lunch break.

I love Geoffrey's humorous approach to his bite-sized interactive fiction games. Have fun going on quests to dangerous castles, forbidden galaxies, ancient pyramids and more!

- J.Q. Graziano

Lyn Perry's S&S Roundup

Contemporary Sword & Sorcery News and Updates

Cool blurb-digest-style news about contemporary sword & sorcery, heroic fantasy adventure, cosmic horror . . . and all things Conan!

- J.Q. Graziano

Mithic Realmz Substack

By Jason Stevens

Explore the newest updates on my content curation and creative works tailored for novice Dungeon Masters in Dungeons & Dragons.

Story Thoughts from Lyn Perry

By Fwd: Thoughts

Matters of Faith, Culture, and Fiction