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I Cast Fireball is a Dungeons & Dragons 5e Actual-Play podcast. Our first campaign played through the D&D adventure Tyranny of Dragons, and our second campaign is loosely following the story of Pathfinder's Skull & Shackles Adventure Path. Founded by our DM, Thomas Brower, I Cast Fireball is more than just an excuse to have a D&D group that actually meets consistently. Links icastfireball.net - Official website youtube.com - Youtube channel podcasts.apple.com - Apple Podcasts feed patreon.com - Patreon page

Fantasy Name Generators is the world’s largest collection of random name generators, famously created and maintained by a single developer known as Emily. Launched in 2012, the site has grown into a massive cultural pillar for tabletop gaming, featuring over 1,400 different generators ranging from traditional high fantasy races to real world historical names, pop culture references, and even abstract concepts like "evil sword names" or "inn signs." In 2025 and 2026, the site has remained the industry's "gold standard" specifically because it avoids AI generation in favor of hand-coded linguistic patterns and custom syllables. Description Fantasy Name Generators is the ultimate "anti-writer's block" tool. It is a lightweight, browser-based repository that generates 10 names at a time with a single click. What sets Emily’s site apart is its sheer granular depth; you aren't just looking for "Elf names," you are looking for Night Elf, Blood Elf, Tolkien Elf, or Pop Culture Elf names. It is highly valued for its speed and its "clean" nature—there are no accounts to create and no complex settings to tweak. Furthermore, the site is famous for its environmental focus, using its ad revenue to fund massive tree-planting initiatives. System Overview & Key Features Hand-Crafted Linguistic Patterns Unlike modern AI generators that "predict" text, Emily's tools use specific phonetic rules for each category. For example, the Dwarf generator is hard-coded to favor gravelly, consonant-heavy sounds, while the Elven generators prioritize melodic, vowel-rich patterns. This ensures that names feel like they belong to a coherent culture rather than being random gibberish. Extreme Categorization The site is divided into massive sub-sections: Fantasy, Real World, Pop Culture, Place Names, and Other. You can find names for anything from a "Post-Apocalyptic City" to a "Legendary Weapon" or even specific names for "Demon Souls" and "Lovecraftian Horrors." Real-World Cultural Accuracy The site features one of the most extensive collections of real-world names on the internet, covering hundreds of ethnic and historical groups. GMs often use these to give different regions of their world a distinct, authentic "flavor" (e.g., using Icelandic names for a northern kingdom and Swahili names for a southern trade port). Description and Prompt Generators Beyond just names, the site includes "Description Generators" for NPCs, landscapes, and even "Backstory Generators." While simple, these provide a "Mad Libs" style framework that can jumpstart a GM's creativity when they need to describe a room or a character's personality on the fly. Environmental Philanthropy A unique "meta-feature" of the site is its partnership with wildlife and forest conservation. By simply using the site, users contribute to the planting of millions of trees. As of 2026, Emily has expanded these efforts to include specific ocean cleanup and rewilding projects, making it a "feel-good" tool for the community. The "Roll For Fantasy" Sister Site Emily also maintains a companion site called Roll For Fantasy, which offers free browser-based tools for map making, dungeon building, and character sheet management, all using the same user-friendly, non-subscription philosophy. Additional links fantasynamegenerators.com - Official website rollforfantasy.com - Companion site for TTRPG building tools tree-nation.com/profile/fantasy-name-generators - Tracking the site's tree-planting progress

Welcome to Weird Games and Weirder People, my name is Diogo Nogueira and I will be your host in a series of interviews or chats I am having with creators and artists from the tabletop RPG scene, especially the weird “Indie” people, who creates more personal and, why not, weirder games, weirder, art, weirder fiction, and so on. That’s the stuff I crave, and I think many of us do as well. Weird Games and Weirder People is a podcast about role playing games and the weird wonderful people bedim them. This is the show where we welcome the weirdness both inside and outside each and everyone of us, and talk about how we harness its power to our creations. Links spotify.com - Spotify feed podcasts.apple.com - Apple Podcasts feed ko-fi.com - Ko-Fi Page