Since we have this community running, I want to open a project which will allow us to give something back. I'm opening a few threads for content to be created for a free zine which will consolidate our discussions to be released early next year. My goal is to have a POD version available 100% at cost.

Associated Threads: Create a Monster: https://lemmy.world/post/164957 Garden of Bones: https://lemmy.world/post/345605

How to contribute? To borrow a page from osrgcontent.blogspot.com,

Roll 1d10 and create the following:

1. Make a spell
2. Make a monster
3. Make a dungeon setpiece
4. Make a wilderness setpiece
5. Make a city setpiece
6. Make a magic item
7. Make a class, race, or race-as-class
8. Make a 4-10 room dungeon
9. Make a trap.
10. Roll 2d10 and combine

Thanks!

This is NOT my video.

Every "my" written below is from the information below the YouTube video:

A widely shared quote about Gary Gygax is being presented without context—and the full historical record tells a very different story. This video examines the original sources behind claims amplified by Ben Riggs and asks whether the narrative holds up under scrutiny.

This ZIP file contains all known excerpts submitted by Gary Gygax in available issues of Europa. It also includes my full research in PDF format, along with a complete transcript of Lady X’s letter.

My Research: https://atenhotep.itch.io/gygax-resea...

Europa fan-zine: https://archive.org/details/@hanjukim...

This video began as a simple look at an authentic 1972 printing of Chainmail, the precursor to Dungeons & Dragons. It became something else entirely: an investigation into how a single quote—removed from its context—has been used to shape a lasting narrative about Gary Gygax.

The central issue is not whether the quote exists—it does. The issue is how it has been presented. When examined in its original setting within the Europa fanzine (1975), alongside the surrounding letters, timeline, and circumstances, the meaning changes substantially. This video presents that missing context in full.

Key areas covered include:

The Europa fanzine and why it was not an interview source

The “Lady X” letter and its role in provoking Gygax’s response

The broader discussion about women in wargaming during that period

Claims that Gygax “wrote misogyny into the rules” and how those claims compare to the actual texts Misinterpretations of AD&D mechanics, including Strength limits and probability

The use of mythological sources (e.g., Tiamat and Bahamut) and whether those choices reflect intent or adaptation

This video also addresses a larger question: what responsibility does a historian—or anyone presenting historical claims—have to context, accuracy, and completeness? When key details are omitted, does the resulting narrative still qualify as responsible scholarship?

All primary sources referenced in this video are provided below, including:

A full archive of the Europa fanzine issues A compiled research folder containing all cited material

There is also a GM guide (Pay What You Want)

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/553628/osric-3-0-gamemaster-guide

This article really promotes Ironsworn.

"​In the Ironsworn tabletop roleplaying game, you are a hero sworn to undertake perilous quests in the dark fantasy setting of the Ironlands. Designed for solo, co-op, and guided play, this award-winning game is free to download."

https://tomkinpress.com/

Other Solo RPG articles:

https://soloist.substack.com/p/1-why-we-play-solo-rpgs

https://www.runicdice.com/blogs/news/solo-ttrpg-the-one-player-rpg-trend

https://www.michaelghelfistudios.com/solo-rpgs/

https://jessencortashan.substack.com/p/playing-alone-living-deep-why-solo?selection=c6189b85-81ee-4c45-8cc5-5b114447fb0b#%3A%7E%3Atext=It+also+gives+me+a+way+to+confront+themes+or+situations+that+might+feel+too+personal%2C+too+awkward%2C+or+too+disruptive+for+a+group+table

https://www.graycastlepress.com/10-solo-games-on-list/

Back to the Basics of Fantasy Gaming

Enter a world filled with labyrinths, magic, and monsters!

You take the role of a burglar, cleric, cyclops, brownie, dwarf, elf, fighter, hobfolk, or wizard, on your quest for glory, treasure, and adventure!

This is a complete roleplaying game. All you need are a few sheets of paper and some dice.

The Labyrinth Lord awaits your arrival. Can you survive the dangers of the labyrinth?

Revised & Expanded! • Two new classes • More monsters • Expanded play advice • New adventure by Pauli Kidd!

Elfgame was written as part of the Icon0clasm Ball. Its premises are wide open: “This jam challenges you instead to make something novel; to deface the memory of this text (the original RPG game) with concepts untenable to the Gygaxian imagination; to resurrect this corpse into a new body.”

As such, we attempted to create a retroclone that is as far away as possible from its inspirations, without compromising its retrocompatibility:

There’s no class; no races; no ability scores; no XP for gold; no THAC0; no descending AC; one resistance instead of five saving throws; no Vancian magic; no thief skills or Listen rolls; no initiative tests; no hermetic text...

Great recent post from Grognardia.

"Goodman Games will set up an escrow account specifically to receive any royalties due to Judges Guild. Effective immediately we will take over administering the refund process for the 2014 Judges Guild “Pathfinder edition” CSIO campaign. All royalties generated from “our” 5E+DCC CSIO campaign will be paid directly into this account. No royalties will be paid directly to Judges Guild. "