The Basic Expert’s Substack

The official home of RPG publisher RGH Press and its founder Ryan Howard. Real Games Here!

This blog is one man's account of his game design journey. CompleatDM is a writer and designer, co-founder of Mycelium Games Inc. who provides personal reflections and opinion pieces on everything gaming.

Designing games, running RPGs, and building worlds

Adventures in the Frozen North, legends of ages past, experiments in old-school RPGs

The substack of a veteran RPG designer discussing the design, development, and industry of tabletop roleplaying games.

We are about folk tabletop gaming. Those are games owned by everyone, not directed by brands, blogs or idealogues. The table is the authority.

My personal Substack

RAW Old School Gaming with receipts

A Substack talking about the settings and systems of Palladium Books and other ones as well.