I posted a list like this a few years ago, and it seemed pretty popular. However, time passes - so it's time for a new list, especially since today is Twitter's 10 year anniversary! This list is for those who use Twitter, and is designed to give you a "starter set" of tabletop RPG accounts you can follow. It's not exhaustive; I'm keeping down to a manageable number, with a mix of game companies, prolific bloggers, designers, and so on, pulled from the folks I myself follow. Sometimes a company will have an official account, and its employees also have individual accounts - I haven't attempted to list them all. Feel free to share who you're following in the comments!
I was going to include a section on bloggers, commentators, reporters, etc., but I ran out of time. Keep an eye on this page, as I'll likely come back and add a new section later!
As a side note - I'm aware that the list 'misses' several thousand RPG folks; listing them all is too great a task for me, but these are the ones I tend to interact with. It's a little current/ex D&D/WotC/TSR centric. But please do share your favourites in the comments.
[h=4]It's Me![/h]
[h=4]Company Accounts[/h]
These are the company accounts of a few major RPG publishers. Company accounts tend to be mainly promotional (for obvious reasons) but they're great for getting the latest official announcements.
[h=4]WotC Employees[/h]
Because I know a lot of folks on this board will want to follow them!
[h=4]Individual Game Designers[/h]
I can't hope to list all the game designers. These are some of the ones I follow myself, in no particular order, not including those in the WotC list above.
[h=4]Bloggers & Pundits[/h]
This is a list of just some of the many thousands of awesome bloggers and personalities out there. This list could easily be a thousand people long, so I've selected a sample of some I personally enjoy.
I was going to include a section on bloggers, commentators, reporters, etc., but I ran out of time. Keep an eye on this page, as I'll likely come back and add a new section later!
As a side note - I'm aware that the list 'misses' several thousand RPG folks; listing them all is too great a task for me, but these are the ones I tend to interact with. It's a little current/ex D&D/WotC/TSR centric. But please do share your favourites in the comments.
[h=4]It's Me![/h]
- Morrus. That's me. This is the 'official' (as much as that means anything) EN World account. I tweet about tabletop gaming news, along with assorted other geeky subjects. Most EN World news items get tweeted, as do some items which I haven't specifically written an article about. I try to cover as much major tabletop RPG news as I can. Follow me for D&D news, Pathfinder news, general tabletop gaming news, news about WOIN, Kickstarters, industry stuff, and other topics like space, sci-fi, Doctor Who, superheroes, and various assorted interests. Follow me!
[h=4]Company Accounts[/h]
These are the company accounts of a few major RPG publishers. Company accounts tend to be mainly promotional (for obvious reasons) but they're great for getting the latest official announcements.
- Dungeons & Dragons. This is the official D&D twitter account. If you're a D&D fan, you should probably be following it. There's also the official D&D Adventurers League account.
- Paizo. The official Paizo account for Pathfinder releases and other news.
- ENnie Awards. The official account of the EN World Gen Con RPG Awards.
- Monte Cook Games. For fans of the Cypher System, Numenera, and The Strange.
- Evil Hat Productions. Evil Hat produces Fate, amongst other games.
- Goodman Games. Follow for news about the Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG line. Not updated very often, unfortunately (only five tweets so far this year).
- Pelgrane Press. Lost of GUMSHOE stuff, and 13th Age stuff. There's also a dedicated 13th Age account.
- Sasquatch Games. Sasquatch made Princes of Elemental Evil and Primeval Thule.
- Frog God Games. Frog God produces various third party 5E things, plus a bunch of Swords & Wizardry and Pathfinder material.
- Margaret Weis Productions. Firefly, Leverage, and more.
- Green Ronin Publishing. So many things. Out of the Abyss, Mutants & Masterminds, Dragon Age, Song of Ice & Fire, Titansgrave, more.
- Kobold Press. Made Tryanny of Dragons, used to produce Kobold Quarterly, and makes tons of 5E and Pathfinder material.
- Catalyst Game Lab. For your Shadowrun or Battletech fix.
- Fantasy Flight Games. As well as a billion boardgames, FFG produces the current Star Wars RPG.
- Onyx Path Publishing. Licensed publisher of WoD tabletop RPGs.
- White Wolf. Newly owned by Paradox, White Wolf will be publishing WoD material again in a range of formats.
- Mongoose Publishing. Traveller, Paranoia, and a range of miniatures games.
- Kenzerco. Follow for Knights of the Dinner Table and Hackmaster, amongst other things.
- Steve Jackson Games. GURPS, Munchkin, Car Wars, Ogre, so much stuff.
- Chaosium. For all that Cthulhu and Runequest goodness.
- Cubicle 7. With plans for Middle Earth for D&D 5E, plus the Doctor Who RPG and The One Ring.
- Modiphius. Kickstarter powerhouse and producer of board games and RPGs such as the Conan RPG.
- Fantasy Grounds. The official licensed virtual tabletop for D&D.
- Critical Role. The weekly D&D web show from Geek & Sundry.
- Gale Force Nine. Licensed D&D accessories - cards, DM screens, etc.
- Roll20. The other major virtual tabletop.
- Dungeon World. Official game account.
- TableTop. Wil Wheaton's baordgame web show.
- Gen Con. Official convention account.
[h=4]WotC Employees[/h]
Because I know a lot of folks on this board will want to follow them!
- Greg Tito. WotC's communications manager.
- Christopher Perkins. Game designer and DM extraordinaire.
- Jeremy Crawford. He's the guy to ask rules questions.
- Nathan Stewart. Director, D&D. if you enjoy a little managerial input into your D&D tweets!
- Christopher Lindsay. The main Organised Play person at WotC.
- Trevor Kidd. WotC's friendly community manager.
- Greg Bilsland. Marketing chap at WotC.
- Bart Caroll. WotC's website and online tech person.
- Mike Mearls. Lead designer of D&D 5E.
[h=4]Individual Game Designers[/h]
I can't hope to list all the game designers. These are some of the ones I follow myself, in no particular order, not including those in the WotC list above.
- Jason Bulmahn. The lead designer for the Pathfinder RPG. For Pathfinder fans, following Jason should be a no-brainer.
- Kenneth Hite. Designer of more things than I can shake a stick at. He's worked for most tabletop RPG companies and currently does a lot of stuff for Pelgrane Press.
- Sarah Newton. Sarah wrote the Mindjammer RPG.
- Wes Schneider. The editor-in-chief over at Paizo.
- Owen K.C. Stephens. Owen works for Paizo and for Green Ronin, as well as his own Rogue Genius Games.
- Fred Hicks. Head honcho over at Evil Hat; Fred posts a lot of useful business advice for small game publishers.
- Tracy Hickman. Ravenloft. Dragonlance. Goes without saying.
- Robin D. Laws. Robin has worked on most everything, as far as I can tell. Designer of the GUMSHOE system.
- Shanna Germain. Of Monte Cook Games. Editor, author, and designer. Cypher System must-follow.
- Steve Winter. From Sasquatch Game Studio; worked on D&D 5E and on Princes of the Apocalypse.
- David Noonan. Also from Sasquatch. Used to work for WotC.
- Stan! Cartoonist and designer. WEG, TSR, WotC, and more.
- Nicole Lindroos. Runs Green Ronin Publishing; was also part of White Wolf, Atlas Games, and more.
- Liz Courts. Paizo's community and store manager.
- Keith Baker. Creator of Eberron.
- John Kovalic. Artist for Munchkin, amongst a million other things.
- Sean K Reynolds. Worked for TSR, WotC, and Paizo.
- Robert J Schwalb. The man with the name that's hard to type. D&D, Warhammer, and his latest RPG Shadow of the Demon Lord.
- Charles Ryan. From Monte Cook Games, Charles was also the D&D brand manager for a while and did a lot on d20 Modern.
- Steve Kenson. The guy who created Mutants & Masterminds and part of Green Ronin.
- Angus Abranson. UK founder of Chronicle City; also founded Cubicle 7.
- Peter Adkison. WotC founder, current Gen Con owner.
- Jonathan Tweet. One of 13th Age's designers, Tweet also created Ars Magica and was one of the D&D 3E lead designers.
- Rob Heinsoo. The other designer of 13th Age and a D&D 4E lead designer.
- Chris Pramas. President of Green Ronin Publishing.
- Erik Mona. Pathfinder publisher and previous editor-in-chief of Dragon Magazine and Dungeon Magazine.
- Wolfgang Baur. Head of Kobold Publishing. Worked for Dragon Magazine, WotC. TSR, and more.
- Kevin Kulp. Designer of the Timewatch RPG.
- Bruce R. Cordell. Ex-WotC, now at Monte Cook Games. The Strange was his brainchild.
- Ryan S. Dancey. Architect of the Open Gaming License, worked at WotC, CCP, recently left GoblinWorks (which was making the Pathfinder Online game).
- Monte Cook. Probably the most famous RPG designer these days. Founder of Monte Cook Games, lead designer on D&D 3E.
- Margaret Weis. Dragonlance; head of Margaret Weis Productions.
- R.A. Salvatore. He made a Drizzt.
- Cam Banks. Game designer at Atlas Games. Lead designer of Marvel Heroic Roleplaying.
- Monica Valentinelli. Author and designer. Lead Firefly developer.
- Ed Greenwood. Made some Realms which got Forgotten.
[h=4]Bloggers & Pundits[/h]
This is a list of just some of the many thousands of awesome bloggers and personalities out there. This list could easily be a thousand people long, so I've selected a sample of some I personally enjoy.
- Morrus. Me (again). Tabletop RPG news and more. The 'official' EN World account, as much as there is one.
- Christopher Helton. EN World columnist and news reporter.
- Sean Patrick Fannon. Creator of Shaintar. Writes the Picks of the Week columns.
- Bill Cavalier. The one and only Dungeon Bastard.
- Jon Bolding. Reporter at Escapist magazine.
- James Introcaso. Blogger, home-brew content producer, and podcaster.
- Gnome Stew. Excellent RPG blog.
- Harbinger of Doom. D&D blogger and producer of home-brew content.
- Alphastream. D&D Adventurers League enthusiast and blogger.
- Brian Patterson. d20Monkey web comic.
- Sly Flourish. One of the best D&D bloggers out there.
- Lizzy B. Runs the weekly #RPGchat event on Twitter.
- Dave Chalker. Of CriticalHits.com, a great gaming blog.
- ChattyDM. Also from Critical Hits.
- GeekDad. Family friendly gaming blog.
- Wil Wheaton. You're already following him! TableTop, Titansgrave, and more.
- Merric Blackman. Reviews a lot of 5E adventures.
