Title: Recommended Links - RPGs and Boardgames Slug: recommended-links Status: Hidden ### Boardgames - [Board & Card Games Exchange](http://boardgames.stackexchange.com/) - [**BoardGameGeek**](http://boardgamegeek.com/) - [BoardGameGeek 1 Player Guild](https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/1303): Rules and tips for single-player gaming sessions - [Boardgames & tools opensource at SourceForge](http://sourceforge.net/directory/games/boardgames/os:windows/freshness:recently-updated/) - [HeroQuest (seventhrealm)](http://www.seventhrealm.com/hq/) - [HeroScribe](http://www.heroscribe.org/): Multi-platform tool to create maps/quests for HeroQuest. - [HQ-Cooperation](https://www.hq-cooperation.de/?lang=en): Another HeroQuest site with lots of custom rules, spells and maps ### Card Games - [Netrunner Online Hub](http://nrohub.blogspot.pt/): News hub for both the old Netrunner and FFG's Android Netrunner - [Netrunner VASSAL module](http://www.vassalengine.org/wiki/Module:Netrunner): Play the old Netrunner version via the VASSAL engine, with online matchmaking and deck generation ### Comics & Movies - [Terminator Wiki](http://terminator.wikia.com) - [Alien vs Predator Wiki](http://avp.wikia.com/) ### Gaming Aids - [Card Deck](https://kartones.net/demos/029/): A simple 54 poker card deck drafter. - [Dice Roller](https://kartones.net/demos/020/): Roll any amount of d2, d3, d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20, d100, plus modifiers. - [Dice Roller](https://www.google.com/search?q=google+dice+roller): From Google, provides d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20, plus modifiers. ### Miniatures & Painting - [DakkaDakka](http://www.dakkadakka.com/): Huge community about painting and wargames - [Tabletop Fix](http://ttfix.blogspot.com): Really good blg to keep up with the latest releases from all manufacturers, whenever they are big or small - [The Stuff of Legends](http://www.solegends.com/index.htm): Incredible collection of miniature ranges, part-numbers, collections and manufacturers. Best internet source to search for references - [The Tale of Painters](https://taleofpainters.com/): Excellent blog about Games Workshop miniatures painting and occasional reviews ### Model Kits - [Airfix](https://uk.airfix.com/) - [AMT](https://www.autoworldstore.com/collections/amt-1) - [Auto World](https://www.autoworldstore.com/): Multi-brand model kits - [Heller](https://www.heller.fr/en/) - [Hobby Boss](https://www.amazon.com/hobby-boss-model-kit/s?k=hobby+boss+model+kit) - [Italeri](https://www.italeri.com/en) - [Revell](https://www.revell.com/)/[Revell.de](https://www.revell.de/en/home/) - [Round2](https://www.round2corp.com/): Multi-brand model kits - [Tamiya](https://www.tamiyausa.com/) - [Trumpeter](https://www.amazon.com/trumpeter-model-kits/s?k=trumpeter+model+kits) ### Old-School Essentials (OSE) - [D&D Old-School Character Generator](https://dndcharacter.com/) - [Old-School Essentials Basic Rules](https://necroticgnome.com/products/old-school-essentials-basic-rules) - [Old-School Essentials Character Sheet](https://necroticgnome.com/products/old-school-essentials-character-sheet) - [Old-School Essentials Generators](https://oldschoolessentials.necroticgnome.com/generators/) - [Old-School Essentials System Reference Document](https://oldschoolessentials.necroticgnome.com/srd/) ### Old-School Renaissance (OSR) - [Howling Tower's resources list](http://www.howlingtower.com/p/old-school-renaissance-resources.html) - [Magnetic Scripts](http://msmemorial.if-legends.org/msa2/msa2.html) - [Websites listing](http://www.batintheattic.com/oldschoolsurvey.htm) ### Shopping (online stores) - [BitsBay](http://www.bitsbay.it/): Warhammer and Warhammer 40k bitz. Also have full model "packs" - [Bitzarium](http://www.bitzarium.com/): Warhammer and Warhammer 40k bitz (including Forgeworld's) - [ENWorld](http://www.enworld.org/) - [Forge World](http://www.forgeworld.co.uk) - [Gadgets +](https://www.shapeways.com/shops/gadgetsplus?section=Warhammer+40k&s=0): 3D printed custom accessory components, like for imperial knights. - [Games Workshop](http://www.games-workshop.com/) - [Hero Forge](https://www.heroforge.com/): Design your own miniature and 3D-print it. Pricey but awesome - [Kromlech](http://www.kromlech.eu): Bits, accessories, models and scenery Warhammer-universes' compatible - [PuppetsWar](https://puppetswar.eu/) - [Raging Heroes](https://www.ragingheroes.com/) - [Ral Partha](http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/) - [Reaper Miniatures](http://www.reapermini.com) - [The Black Library](http://www.blacklibrary.com/): Book department of Games Workshop - [Wargames Atlantic](https://wargamesatlantic.com/): Some really good miniature alternatives/varieties to add to Warhammer Fantasy and 40k armies. - [Wayland Games](http://www.waylandgames.co.uk) ### Tabletops, RPGs, VTTs - [2-Minute Tabletop](https://2minutetabletop.com/): Free & paid resources for tabletop and RPG games - [2-Minute Token Editor](https://tools.2minutetabletop.com/token-editor/): A great editor to choose and customize tokens for characters and enemies - [10 best D&D map makers for dungeons, cities and worlds](https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/dungeons-and-dragons-5e/best-games/best-dnd-map-makers) (2023 article) - [Dave's Mapper](http://davesmapper.com/): Great online map generator and editor - [Dice Roller](https://www.google.com/search?q=google+dice+roller): A dice roller from inside Google's search page - [Donjon RPG Tools](http://donjon.bin.sh/): Great collection of online random generation tools, from worlds and dungeons to names and adventures - [Dungeon Map Doddler](https://dungeonmapdoodler.com/): Dungeon mapping online tool - [Dungeon Scrawl](https://app.dungeonscrawl.com/): Dungeon mapping tool (**My favourite one for quick maps**) - [D&D Beyond](https://www.dndbeyond.com/): Official resources for Dungeons & Dragons - [Fantasy Grounds](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1196310/Fantasy_Grounds_Unity/): Assistant/tracker for playing RPGs online. Semi-VTT. - [Fantasy Map Brushes](https://kmalexander.com/free-stuff/fantasy-map-brushes/): An amazing collection of free brushes to create beautiful maps - [Fantasy Map Generator](https://azgaar.github.io/Fantasy-Map-Generator/) - [Forgotten Realms: The Library](http://www.o-love.net/realms/) - [Foundry Virtual Tabletop](https://foundryvtt.com/): Online Virtual TableTop system. - [Game-Icons.net](https://game-icons.net/): Thousands of free icons for games - [Maps & Map tools](https://www.dnd-compendium.com/dm-resources/maps-map-tools): Both free and paid, good list - [Medieval Fantasy City Generator](https://watabou.itch.io/medieval-fantasy-city-generator) - [One-Page Dungeon generator](https://watabou.itch.io/one-page-dungeon) - [Planet AD&D](http://www.padnd.com/): Lots of resources, discontinued modules and software about the game - [ProFantasy Software](https://www.profantasy.com/): Map-making software (commercial) - [Roll20](https://roll20.net/): Online Virtual TableTop system. Free tier available ([alternatives](https://alternativeto.net/software/roll20/)) - [RPG.net](http://www.rpg.net/) - [RPGGeek](https://rpggeek.com/) - [RPG Map Editor 2](https://deepnight.net/tools/rpg-map/): Create cute maps easily - [RPG Stack Exchange](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/) - [RPTools](http://www.rptools.net/) - [Tabula Rasa - Item Cards](https://www.itemcards.com): Create beautiful medieval/fantasy cards - [The Hypertext d20 SRD](http://www.d20srd.org/) - [Tolkien’s Middle-earth](https://middle-earth-interactive-map.web.app/): Interactive map, with points of interest from all books - [WorldBuilding StackExchange](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/) ### Warhammer & Warhammer 40.000 - [Bell of Lost Souls](https://www.belloflostsouls.net/) - [Bolter and Chainsword](http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/) - [Fortress of the Unforgiven](http://fortressofunforgiven.homestead.com/Home.html): Not updated since 2007, but still one of the best pages about the Dark Angels Space Marines chapter. - [Goonhammer](https://www.goonhammer.com/category/core-games/warhammer-40k/): Another great news site - [Lexicanum](http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Main_Page) - [List of Warhammer 40,000 novels](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Warhammer_40,000_novels): Priceless Wikipedia page - [Reddit: 40k](https://old.reddit.com/r/Warhammer40k/) - [Reddit: 40kLore](https://old.reddit.com/r/40kLore/)