Roleplaying Resources

Campaigns

Running a Game

Four rules for conduct at the gaming table

Safety and Consent in Roleplaying Games

A Guide for the Lazy DM

Creating Good Encounters

Funny Campaigns

Guide to Solo Campaigns

Horror, Fear and Torture

Creating a Low-Magic Campaign

Low Magic Casters: Balancing spellcasters for a low-magic campaign.

Low Combat Campaigns

Non-Experience Awards

Running a PBeM (Play-By-Email) Game

The Secret Railroad: Tips on directing the campaign where you want it to go while maintaining the illusion of player agency.

Edgy games require trust: An article about how to run an “edgy” or “dark” campaign.

Realism

Running a Better Medieval Campaign

Life in medieval times

Farming

Adventuring in Cold Weather

British and Sweedish Measurement Units

Taxes

What did houses look like in the middle ages?

What did people do in a medieval city?

Medieval Demographics: Medieval Demographics Made Easy, an article by S. John Ross.

A Boke of Gode Cookery: James Matterer's collection of medieval recipes which he has translated and adapted for the modern cook.

Blue Moon Aurora: This site has some well-constructed adventures, advice on duet roleplaying, and some roleplaying tips.

The Medieval Technology Pages.

Ancient and Medieval Law.

Combat

Misc

The Campaign Builders' Guild Useful forums for campaign building, with a play-by-post section.

The FidoNet AD&D Compendium Version 2.1: A collection of classes, monsters, spells, magic items and whatnot else for 2nd edition, created by the FidoNet community.

Encyclopedia Mythica, a thorough reference on real-world myths and legends. This is very useful for giving your campaign world a unique feel. Don't like the standard D&D goblins or kobolds? Look them up in the encyclopedia and see what you find. Wikipedia is also a good reference for this.