Explorateur
Explorers Design in Review
A 2024 retrospective, the best Explorers Design articles of the year, and plans for the future.
Clayton Notestine
Explorateur
The Explorateur: Issue #3
Monthly design discoveries for tabletop rpg designers including jams, critique, theory, and tools. Vetted. Looted. Curated.
Critique
Exploring Nighthawks
In this week's design delve, we inspect how tabletop games engage with fine art.
Education
Accessibility in Tabletop Design
What is accessible design? Why is it important? And how can we get more of it in tabletop game design?
Education
Tabletop Accessibility Checklist
A forever-unfinished list of guidelines for making analog games more accessible.
Theory
Small Factions for Sunk Cost
Homebrew factions for the early release of Sunk Cost a game by Magnolia Keep.
Critique
Exploring Bucket of Bolts
In this week's design delve, we lift the hood on ritual mechanics, product design, and splitting your product into different pieces.
Explorateur
2024 Gifts for RPG Designers
Here are 5 gifts you can get your favorite game designers. No gold necessary.
Explorateur
The Explorateur: Issue #2
Monthly discoveries for tabletop roleplaying game designers. Vetted. Looted. Curated.
Theory
Not All That Glitters Is Gold
A mini-article of 50 roleplaying game currencies that aren't gold for Blog Friday.
Education
Typography 101: Getting Started
Beginner tips and tricks for setting up, arranging, and pairing your game's typography.
Theory
What is an RPG? Doesn't matter.
Should designers explain what rpgs are in their games? My short answer is no. My long answer is complicated.