Substack Gaming Yellow Pages
The game creators we're aware of who are active (updated 3/3)
I wanted a central place where creators who focus on games can more easily find each other. If you’re into video games, tabletop games, TCGs, the games industry or etc., you’ll find creators related to your interests below.
If you’re missing & you belong, feel free to comment & we’ll update the list (there are no intentional omissions — it’s just hard to know who’s out there).
Also, if you’re new, it will help you to be added here (I believe). The early days can feel pretty lonely at the moment, without some sort of support network.
Hope this helps!
Tabletop & TCG & TTRPG:
Justin Gary — Think Like a Game Designer — Justin is the CEO at Stoneblade Entertainment, and wrote the book “Think Like a Game Designer.” He’s former pro Magic: the Gathering champion who has also designed Ascension, Solforge & Solforge Fusion, and works at the cutting edge of design & how to build a community to do so.
Mike Mearls - Arcane Mutterings — Mike has spent his adult life working on D&D & Magic: the Gathering. He writes about TTRPGs most heavily on Substack, and knows a ton about game design.
Jonathan Tweet - Jonathan is similarly a legend in the tabletop gaming space, having worked on D&D, Ars Magica, Everway and many others. He’s also an accomplished children’s author, and wrote the wonderful Grandmother Fish.
Mike Elliott - Mike was an early game designer for Magic: the Gathering, and later contributed to hit games in Japan: Duel Masters & Battle Spirits. In 2017, he was voted into the Tabletop Gaming Hall of Fame.
Brian Schneider - Alternate Worlds — Brian was the lead game developer for Magic: the Gathering, and most recently was Chief of Studios at Series Entertainment. He most recently wrote the book Alternate Worlds about his experiences with Magic: the Gathering & is recording a podcast about game makers & creators, now.
Chris Backe — Making Games by Chris Backe — Over at entrogames.substack.com I write about board game design, and help designers make amazing games.
Frankie Abralind — The BrainSpin Method
Sophie M. — The Roleplay Experience
Niamh Celeste — Role Player’s Digest, The Silver Spire
Ty — Ty’s MTG Blog
Alxlinear — Design Quest
Angeline Trevena — Step-by-Step Worldbuilding
Margo Margan — The CroXdome’s Quill
Write Firster — Playing With Myself
Kind of Old — Kind of Old Games
Alex Tzakis — Glyph and Grok
Bart Carroll — Curious Figures
OldSchoolWargamer — Command Post Gaming Substack — I am an independent designer of RPG and wargaming products. I host a show on YouTube called “Campaigns and Conquests.” Command Post Gaming also runs large online tabletop wargame and RPG campaigns. We want to bring the experience of large-scale gaming events like Gen Con in Milwaukee to life online via Element and Discord. https://www.youtube.com/@CommandPostGaming https://matrix.to/#/#command-post-gaming-server:matrix.org https://discord.gg/UD8BDQJew4
BryanMiller54 — The Annals of the Simple Solo Roleplayer
The Evil Dungeon Master 😈 — The Black Notebook
Sean A Hembree — The Grimoire
Barry Eby — Talks With Meeples
Christian Lindke — Geekerati
GMaia — VI·VIII·X KUP FANTASY RPG
KrakenKeys — Steam Pricing Newsletter
Michael Dozark — Komodo Games
Ben Milton — The Glatisant
The Soloist - an indie RPG newsletter
DrLoveWizard — Drlovewizard’s arcanum
Nate Whittington — Grinning Rat
Xapur — 1020 RPG Newsletter
Dungeon Masterpiece | Baron de Ropp masterpiece
Warren D. — I Cast Light
Monte Cook — RPG Design Theories
Ben Laurence — Missives from Beyond the Veil of Sleep
Tommaso De Benetti — Incudinemartello
Dave Thaumavore — Thaumavoria
Patrick Buechner — soloist.substack.com - The Bloggie-winning newsletter with over 10,000 subscribers focuses on single-player and co-op tabletop RPGs and boardgames.
OSR Rocks! by Golem Productions
Phil Nguyen — BANDING
Gaming Travel:
Chess:
Jennifer Shahade — Games and the Grid
Kevin Lincoln — Good Moves
Frank Lantz — Donkeyspace
Nick Visel — Nick Plays Chess
Video games:
Dylan Cornelius — Nintendo is Great
Magnvs — Magnus’s RPG Journey
Alex Antra - Reconnect - Alex has been a pioneer in helping Substack’s videogame writers to find each other (and their audience), and still provides the best, and most updated, list on this subject, while also offering an highly curated newsletter.
Harrison Polites - Infinite Lives - Australian videogame journalist discussing a variety of titles and industry topics, helping out local talents and organizing collaborative pieces here on Substack with other authors.
Joe | The Saved Game — The Saved Game — This gaming-centered publication by Joe is all about video game nostalgia for new and old favorites, thoughtful opinions on gaming news, community spotlights for others, and helping readers find ways to discover or rekindle their love for video games!
Amy J - Retro-spect - Focused on retrogames and on the impact those experiences had on people’s lives, Amy has been one of the most active members of Substack’s videogame community, with a number of initiatives like the Game-mas in late 2025.
JM Mendez — 1UP Vault
James Mastromarino — Games with James
ROP — ROP’s Passions — Gamer Dad writing about games, their meaning, the bonds and the stories created through play. From thoughtful, reflective game reviews (with his son or solo), to nostalgic stories and the occasional dive into other media or creative hobbies. Each article is accompanied by a personal recorded narration, often enhanced with music, effects, and Junior’s voice, for a more immersive experience, adding depth and context beyond the written word.
Sey — Good Game Lobby
Jay Rooney — Game & Word — Examines video games through the lenses of history, psychology, art, physics, economics, mythology, theology, and whatever other academic rabbit hole the topic demands. It’s rigorous, funny, accessible, and treats games as what they really are: some of the most sophisticated storytelling and meaning-making tools humanity has ever built. Jay’s intense curiosity and deep love for the medium shine through ever word. If you’ve ever paused mid-dungeon to wonder why a game made you feel a certain way, this is your newsletter.
Fred Z. — Games, Stories & Systems
Brandon — The Desk of Chaos
Cat — Cat’s Controller Corner
Rose Behar — Narrative News
Jake Steinberg — Jake Should Be Writing
Sina Hosseini — Game Designer’s Critical Sheet
Laura B — BabyGamer
Maurice Klimek — The Solo GameDev
Margot — Margot Plays Video Games
Nyacoris — Nyacoris Anime Gaming
David Byrne — Creating for Godot
Eska Faye — Eska’s Substack
Andrew — Andrew writes about video game development and finds joy in building his own games!
Scanlines - Scanline’s Journal - Scanlines is quite an eclectic writer, jumping from grand strategy games to boomer shooters and Nintendo franchises while declaring his love for Howard and Pushkin, showcasing how much a cross-media approach can benefit gaming-related pieces.
_ekspi_ - XP+ writings, thoughts and questions with the intention of imbuing the world of video games with conscious intention and spiritual wisdom.
Graham R - Mechanized Narrative - Graham’s pieces offer a number of interesting insights on videogame RPGs, emphasizing the intimate connection between their systems and storytelling.
Evan C. Moore — Play Moore
Oya — Oya’s Game Hub
Nick Pasta — Bits N’ Pixels
Jed Ashforth — Realised Realities
Corerunner — A Substack about video games with experienced core gamers in mind. If you enjoy games like Ghostrunner, Hotline Miami, System Shock 2, Colony Ship, and Drova, then you’ll feel right at home.
Calvin Barrett — Retro Journal
John Murphy — Nerd Central — The main thing I focus on are my free posts in which I play games and then write about them. It’s not a traditional review but instead grouped into 3 sections: What I liked, what I didn’t like, and overall thoughts. I also have paid posts that range from a bit of video game history to focused posts about games in my collection. Posts go out every Monday.
Sean Berry — Game Hard
Tyler DeFazio — Couch Company
Jayden — The Save File
Chris — Wark Digest from Final Fantasy Union
Chris — The Ludic Lens
James Francis — Adventures in Indie Gaming
Emma 💫 — GLHF Club
Peter Monks — Late to the LAN party
M. Campassi — The Boss Level
Katya Ryabova — Playing This Week — Katya focuses on covering the Canadian video games industry and games made in Canada through reporting, reviews, and an occasional essay on what the heck it all means.
Jim Mander - I Play Games So You Don’t Have To - Jim loves to discuss indie games, unafraid of focusing on even the least known titles with a level of care, wit and passion that are seldom seen, while betraying a deep knowledge of a variety of diverse gaming niches.
Doctor Blue Duck — Doctor Blue Duck (Dr. Terry Tripp) offers honest reflections on gaming from the perspective of a Christian dad striving to balance family, health, and a lifelong love of video games. He’s passionate about creating a supportive gaming community where dads can encourage and build each other up. He’s the author of multiple books and the creator of the Doctor Blue Duck video podcast.
Sam Yates — Cogito, Ergo Sam
Nicholas Cordoba — Retro_loneliness
Mo — Retro Mo — Video Game Reviews
Riley Jordan — 314-bit
Gonçalo Santos — Button Musher
Stefano Besi — Artcade
Sean J. Jordan — The Greatest Games You’ve (Probably) Never Played
Ian Campbell — Cozy Tea Church
InGameScientist — Just One More Turn
Phi — Practice Flip
Nathan Webb — Pixel & Pulpit
Lucy Yearwood — Short Musings About Short Video Games
Jordan H.J. — Voltaic
Jesse Bartel — Damage Per Second
RedLuigi — Neverending Backlog
James Margaris — On Video Games
Dorian — Console Crit Chat — A place to talk games, their stories, and the people who make and play them.
Milly Gaming — Cozy Cartridge
Chris Mumola — Game Sense
Rockagoth — Crimson Console
Carlos Miguel del Callar — Ramblings of a Filipino Nerd
paranoxis — Well Played Indeed
Zach Long — Press Start to Credits
90 or Nothing — Weekly Steam list of games 90% off
Marco Hernandez — Minus Marco
Juliano Zucareli — The Magnificent 7s
Jordan H.J. — Voletic
Asha Barden, MA — The Gaming Lorist
Conner Dejecacion — The Thief-Taker General
Matias Barragan | Barragames — A veteran brand strategist and author from Paraguay based in Taiwan. He writes about how games hijack culture and how gaming brands build meaning. BARRAGAMES is his shot at turning this into a job in the game industry.
Maddy The Game Traveller — Blogs gaming experiences
Tobias James — Game Think
Gilberto Padron — Games and Gripes
Flannel Jim — Flannel Jim's Loot Drop
degonyte — Dego Talks Game Design
Mike Young — A friend I often do convoys together with asked me to join his podcast as a co-host. https://wejustlovegames.com/ I’ve my own SubStack for writing and podcasts, but didn’t realize there’s a (small) gaming community in here.
Italian Video Game Writers (per Magnvs):
Simone Baldetti 🎮📿 - Giochi Sacri giochisacri.substack.com
Luca Bavutti - Ludologie interiori ludologieinteriori.substack.com
Stefano Besi - Giochetti giochetti.substack.com
Chelios - Confessioni Videoludiche chelios10.substack.com
Massimiliano Di Marco - Insert Coin insertcoinnews.substack.com
Dario Marchetti - Videoludica Obscura videoludicaobscura.substack.com
Federico Molino - Extra Level extralevel.substack.com
Andrea Pachetti - Quattro Bit quattrobit.substack.com
Psycholudens - Obscurities from Japan substack.com/@psycholudens
Mattia Ravanelli substack.com/@zaves
Day One - L'almanacco dei videogiochi day1one.substack.com
Le parole dei videogiochi zaves.substack.com
Lorenzo Strambi — substack.com/@lukather-
Simone Tagliaferri - Gameplay Exp simonetagliaferri.substack.com
Vitoiuvara - Vitoiuvara vitoiuvara.substack.com
Alessandro Zampini - Barili Esplosivi bariliesplosivi.substack.com
Matteo "Kage0x" Mangoni - Nerd Zone substack.com/@kage0x
Paolo - Game Design Italia substack.com/@sentendo
Fabrizia Malgieri - Una stanza (dei videogiochi) tutta per sé substack.com/@unastanzatuttaperme
Tahva - Narratahva substack.com/@stefaniasperandio
Spanish-language Video Game Writers (per Magnvs):
Ryu Ga Acuchus - Virtual Religion substack.com/@vexdevlin
Alex B. - Golpe Crìtico substack.com/@alexbaena
Cifuliciense - Gamento - substack.com/@cifuliciense
Guardar y Salir - Guardar y salir substack.com/@chicocaja
Un mundo precario - Un mundo precario unmundoprecario.substack.com
Felipe Gugelmin - substack.com/@felipegugelmin
Fichinescu - Cronotripper substack.com/@cronotripper
Gamer a los 40 - Gamer a los 40 substack.com/@gameralos40
Alfonso Gómez - Hablaemos de videojuegos substack.com/@alfonsogomez
Anti-FOMO - pauloma.substack.com
Juan Pablo Menichetti - El jugador solitario substack.com/@jpmenichetti
Mario Munera - MMunera mmunera.substack.com
Naxuna - Modo Creativo naxuna.substack.com
Press Over - Press Over pressover.substack.com
Álex Pareja - Ruido, por Alex Pareja substack.com/@alexpareja
Fran Pérez - Reverse substack.com/@franperez
Mario Tejada - La esquina del rol substack.com/@laesquinadelrol (Tabletop RPGs, bilingual Anglo-Spanish newsletter)
Pere Sbert (Ludonautas) - Ludonautas substack.com/@ludonautas
Spi — Jueguitos y Mazmorras - Jueguitos y Mazmorras substack.com/@impopularspi
Luis Wong - Save Point luiswong.substack.com
Toni Galera - El Substack de Sony - Reverse (together with other writers) substack.com/@galeratoni
Alejandro Treceño - Reverse (together with other writers) substack.com/@onlytrece
FaCu — Los 100 Cuarenta Principales
Portuguese-language Video Game Writers (per Magnvs):
Portugal:
Filipe Urriça - Videojuegos boas leituras videojogos.substack.com
Brazilian:
Jornal dos Jogos - Jornal dos Jogos substack.com/@jornaldosjogos
Mateus Mognon — mognon.net
Sidcley S. de Lyra — O Jogador
TBD:
Daniel Carrapa - Metro Restauradores Direção Cassiopeia substack.com/@danielcarrapa
Tiago Germano - substack.com/@tiagogermano
Sir Richard - Sir Richard substack.com/@sirrichard2
French-language Video Game Writers (per Magnvs):
Azura Notes - Patch Note substack.com/@azuranotes
ChriS - Pop Culture & Comics chrisstup.substack.com
Thierry Falcoz - Pixel Bento substack.com/@thierryfalcoz
CYBERNÉTRUC - Cybernétruc substack.com/@virtuels
Point'n Think || Kaleidoscope substack.com/@pointnthink
KOUB - KOUB’s Newsletter substack.com/@koub
Canard ludique - canardludique.substack.com(focused on tabletop gaming and board games)
Taleboules - Patch Notes taleboules.substack.com
Thomas Olivri - Geek Art (Bilingual Anglo-French publication about art in a variety of media, including videogames) substack.com/@geekart
Yamukass - Manettes et Chouquettes substack.com/@yamukass
yann leroux 💻 - Psychologie et jeaux vidéo yannlerou.substack.com
Xavier - Le résumé jeaux vidéo resumejeuvideo.substack.com
German-language Video Game Writers:
Systemfehler: Ich? — Narrative designer with interest in world building, NPCs and indie dev.
Im Spielekeller — Dennis Gehlen and Chris Hana — https://substack.com/@imspielekeller
Maroni - Deep Statt Doom https://substack.com/@mrnmnzl
Greek-language Video Game Writers:
Still_Closed - substack.com/@stillclosed (dual language Anglo-Greek publication)
Games Industry & Analysis:
David Kaye — David Kaye’s Essays — David is a venture capitalist who specializes in the gaming industry. He writes great stuff on a semi-frequent basis.
Ryan K. Rigney — Push to Talk — Ryan is a marketing & games guru currently at A16Z. Has an keen eye on where the future of gaming may lead, and is a major contributor to the gaming/growth landscape. He was at Riot, prior.
Jordan Mazer — job hunting sux — Jordan is a lead recruiter for A16Z’s portfolio, and is one of the best recruiters I’ve encountered. He was at Riot, prior.
Simon Carless — The GameDiscoverCo Newsletter
Recognizing Patterns — 25+ years shipping video games, Peabody and Mandela award winning transmedia, and securing $17M+ for studios across six continents. Works with governments, development agencies, and policymakers on building creative ecosystems in emerging markets. The intelligence that stays in publisher meetings and conference bars at 11pm.
Mark Brown — The GameMaker’s Toolkit
Brian Crecente — Game (By Pad & Pixel)
Chris Plante — Post Games
Christopher Dring — The Game Business
Rocka — Kingdom Code
Simon Dor — Parenthèse vidéoludique
Stephen Totilo — Game File
Tommy Thompson — AI and Games
George E. Osborn — Video Games Industry Memo
Jordan — OP Game Marketing
Patrick Klepek — Crossplay
Dmitriy Byshonkov — Game Dev Reports
Game Music:
Niccolò Hilgendorf — Words and Sounds
Christena Maurer — Tunesdays With Maurer — A weekly look into the video game soundtracks (and sometimes, movie scores) that make up my writing playlists. Join me as I discuss how composers use music to tell the stories and evoke the emotions thattie us to some of our favorite games.
J.D. Spears — Between the Notes: Composing Music for Games
Kenny Vaughan — Between Music & Gaming
Juliette Jones — Sparks & Comet
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Me under video games please :)
Thanks for doing this! Several names I don’t recognise on there. 🥳
Thank you for organizing this.
I'd love to be added in under the game music category. 😁