Outbound reading worth keeping

Pacing, consent, and prep load deserve session-zero time—same as the character sheet.

One-page house rulings. Repeat calls get written so the table trusts the process.

Core references

• Old School Revival on Wikipedia.
• Dungeons & Dragons history.
• DriveThruRPG blog.
• Necrotic Gnome / OSE context.
• Dungeon crawl structure.
• OSR reading lists (community).
• Basic Fantasy RPG.
• Sandbox design ideas.

One keyed area, a reaction reminder, and two faction wants—enough for a night underground or on the road.

How to evaluate a source

Guides, Glossary, and Resources go deeper when you need them. Prefer named authors, dated posts, and publisher domains over anonymous mirrors.

Track light, rations, and time like hit points. Attrition is the engine.

Revisit this list quarterly; blogs reorganize and encyclopedia pages gain better citations. If an outbound link 404s, tell us—authority hygiene is part of the desk's job.

Keep going

Use the guides hub when you want procedures, the glossary when vocabulary blocks a new player, and the resources page when you need outbound authority reading. Community notes explain discussion norms; updates logs what changed on this desk over time.

Cross-link thoughtfully to sibling domains when your campaign drifts into a neighboring system or genre. Quiet footer links point to WOGD and Pop Culture USA for operator context—never as a spam wall of unrelated sites.

Good tables treat prep budgets, safety tools, and recap rituals as seriously as character sheets. Write those habits down. Share credit for freelancers and designers when you discuss tools that shaped your night. Come back when you need a calm second opinion on orientation—not when you need invented product prices.

If a paragraph here ever conflicts with a primary publisher document, trust the primary source and tell us so we can fix our summary. Accuracy beats clever phrasing every time.