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Jonah discusses a wide variety of hobby related topics and provides nice interludes to demystify some of our jargon. It's a very good newsletter and a regular read.
Wyrd Science is a premium independent gaming periodical that reminds me of all the best things about old school White Dwarf, White Wolf, and Dragon Magazine. It has long form and short form articles and is a valuable resource.
Ryan Burge presents data on religion and politics that academics use for evaluating how they interconnect with one another. What's great about his Substack is he does so in a transparent and interactive manner that brings you and me into the discussion.
Monte Cook is one of my favorite game designers. He's worked on a wide array of game systems ranging from point build systems like Champions to class and level systems like Dungeons & Dragons. He even designed one of the most successful narrative rpgs, the Cypher System where character creation is just a matter of writing a short descriptive paragraph. He know his stuff.
Ben Milton has a passion for role playing games and is a great advocate for a more open and diverse "Old School Renaissance" community. What is "Old School?" For many, it means re-discovering and re-experiencing the gaming style of the past, and that's a valuable trait in gaming and game design. For Ben, it's more than that. For him "Old School" means looking at the past and mixing it up with a modern twist.
