Substacks recommended by Croaker | The Lone Toad

Recommended by Croaker

Playing With Myself

By Write Firster

Playing games (roleplaying, journaling, board games) by myself

A great written solo Actual Play.

- Croaker

Rediscovered Realms

By J.Q. Graziano

The weekly (3,000+ subscriber) Fantasy newsletter that reconnects you with heroic fantasy worlds of your favorite books, epic games, unearthed magazines, forgotten gamebooks, movies and enchanting art - old school & new. 👑

Rotten Chronicles

Welcome to a place where darkness is eternal and heroes are fleeting! Follow me for Solo Morkborg play reports.

Great solo play reports and excellent solo RPG advice and tips!

- Croaker

Wez’s Twisted Homebrew D&D system.

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

The Dragon's Den

By Eric Dill

A solo ttrpg gaming blog

Eric's stories are only rivalled by his art and map making. Well work subscribing to.

- Croaker

Cezar Capacle talks Game Design

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

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!

The Bone Brew

By Howler

A world of seven deserts, mapped through solo play, messy sketches, ink, watercolor and slow worldbuilding. One world, a few tools, and boundless stories.

Sneak Leaps - Croaker RPGs

By Croaker

Sneak Leaps is a place to receive playtest material and other in-depth WIPs of Croaker RPG future games.

Sneak Leaps is about Croaker RPG games, a place to discuss play-testing, concepts and other insanity not yet fit for The Lone Toad.

- Croaker

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 writing: The Beast of Rome

Exeunt Omnes

By Exeunt Press

Weird and wonderful games, designer's notes, and tips for loyal fans and sworn enemies of Exeunt Press, creator of Exclusion Zone Botanist and Eleventh Beast.

LA ESQUINA DEL ROL GAMES

By La Esquina del Rol Games

Our bilingual newsletter (in English and Spanish) opens a doorway into the world of tabletop role‑playing and the craft of game design, offering ideas, mechanics, and visions that spark the imagination.

A fantastic Spanish language RPG newsletter that interviews creators from around the world.

- Croaker

Eynowd’s Substack

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

A great solo actual play series. Eynowd is a great writer and creates imaginative stories.

- Croaker

Castle Grief

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

Win Conditions

By Sean McCoy

A deep dive newsletter on publishing games in the tabletop industry. From the creator of Mothership RPG, #dungeon23, and co-creator of Two Rooms and a Boom.

The Digital Wasteland.

By Reece

An Eldritch Gremlin masquerading as a human disaster and failed filmmaker, writing about TTRPGs, Movies, TV. || Welcome to the last stop in the Digital Wasteland, my own personal waste of digital space.