Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf
@tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com
Owner/Operator @TabletopBookshelf.com
Your friendly online TTRPG shopkeep ✌️🤓
Your friendly online TTRPG shopkeep ✌️🤓
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It's me, Tom G, the guy behind the curtain at Tabletop Bookshelf!
In 2023 I saw an opportunity to build a new kind of shop that would serve as a platform for all the great work being done in the TTRPG space, bringing it all together in one place for people to discover, explore, and enjoy.
In 2023 I saw an opportunity to build a new kind of shop that would serve as a platform for all the great work being done in the TTRPG space, bringing it all together in one place for people to discover, explore, and enjoy.
A little update on progress for the shop's physical location
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Tabletop Bookshelf Physical Shop Update - Walls! Founder Tom G walks through the new space for the physical shop for Tabletop Bookshelf in Milwaukee as the walls go up and discusses the plan for the d...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
A little update on progress for the shop's physical location
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so many kinds of blue today
November 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
so many kinds of blue today
Floors done! Next up, walls!
November 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Floors done! Next up, walls!
A bit surreal to run the process on an original game. Grateful to those who helped make this happen.
One Way Out from @tabletopbookshelf.com is is a quick-play fantasy storytelling game of escape and betrayal.
Designed for two players, each fast-paced 30 minute session pits you against the terrible dangers of the all-powerful High Mages -- and each other ⚔️
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Designed for two players, each fast-paced 30 minute session pits you against the terrible dangers of the all-powerful High Mages -- and each other ⚔️
tabletopbookshelf.com/products/one...
November 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
A bit surreal to run the process on an original game. Grateful to those who helped make this happen.
Sunday nights are a magical time when I consult the stars (merge spreadsheets) and chart the course for the next month (reorder stuff)
November 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Sunday nights are a magical time when I consult the stars (merge spreadsheets) and chart the course for the next month (reorder stuff)
I wrote a quick post with some lessons learned from my first Kickstarter as One Way Out crosses the fulfillment finish line tabletopbookshelf.com/blogs/news/s...
Lessons Learned From Our First Kickstarter for One Way Out
Fulfillment is Finished! After nine months and a few delays, I'm happy to finally have One Way Out out the door. It wasn't an easy path, and I made a lot of missteps on my first foray into the world o...
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November 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I wrote a quick post with some lessons learned from my first Kickstarter as One Way Out crosses the fulfillment finish line tabletopbookshelf.com/blogs/news/s...
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I have a bit of a queue on intake of new titles at the moment, so open submissions for the shop are currently closed. I plan to re-open the submission portal for new titles sometime over the next month. I'll post it on here.
October 30, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I have a bit of a queue on intake of new titles at the moment, so open submissions for the shop are currently closed. I plan to re-open the submission portal for new titles sometime over the next month. I'll post it on here.
I know of a place that sells offset print tabletop books
October 30, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I know of a place that sells offset print tabletop books
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Tried putting together my thoughts about taking the shop to Gamehole Con while they were still fresh
Lessons from Gamehole Con 12
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Lessons from Gamehole Con 12
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Lessons from Gamehole Con 2025
Was It Worth It? Yes. Was it profitable? Barely. But the relationship building and knowledge gained made it worthwhile. The Numbers Here's a rough breakdown of my costs: Booth space: $750 Sponsorship ...
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October 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Tried putting together my thoughts about taking the shop to Gamehole Con while they were still fresh
Lessons from Gamehole Con 12
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Lessons from Gamehole Con 12
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Tried putting together my thoughts about taking the shop to Gamehole Con while they were still fresh
Lessons from Gamehole Con 12
tabletopbookshelf.com/blogs/news/s...
Lessons from Gamehole Con 12
tabletopbookshelf.com/blogs/news/s...
Lessons from Gamehole Con 2025
Was It Worth It? Yes. Was it profitable? Barely. But the relationship building and knowledge gained made it worthwhile. The Numbers Here's a rough breakdown of my costs: Booth space: $750 Sponsorship ...
tabletopbookshelf.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Tried putting together my thoughts about taking the shop to Gamehole Con while they were still fresh
Lessons from Gamehole Con 12
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Lessons from Gamehole Con 12
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I'm deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Rob Weiland. He was a supporter or Tabletop Bookshelf, and everything I've been trying to do. He helped me find the shop's first employee. Once long ago, I even got to be a player it has table. My heart goes out to those closest to him.
October 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I'm deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Rob Weiland. He was a supporter or Tabletop Bookshelf, and everything I've been trying to do. He helped me find the shop's first employee. Once long ago, I even got to be a player it has table. My heart goes out to those closest to him.
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I just published my first project on itch: a supplement for Midnight Muscadines!
ericlazure.itch.io/wining-and-d...
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Wining and Dining Under the Beacons by Eric Lazure
A supplement for Midnight Muscadines
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October 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I just published my first project on itch: a supplement for Midnight Muscadines!
ericlazure.itch.io/wining-and-d...
ericlazure.itch.io/wining-and-d...
10 horror movies to get to know me by
👽 Alien
🪓 The Shining
👹 Gremlins (and G2!)
🌲 Blair Witch
😱 Scream
🧚♀️ Pan's Labyrinth
🧟 28 Days Later
😈 Hereditary
🧙♀️ The Witch
👁️ Get Out
👽 Alien
🪓 The Shining
👹 Gremlins (and G2!)
🌲 Blair Witch
😱 Scream
🧚♀️ Pan's Labyrinth
🧟 28 Days Later
😈 Hereditary
🧙♀️ The Witch
👁️ Get Out
10 horror movies to get to know me by
🚑 Return of the Living Dead
🥩 Ravenous
💃 From Dusk Till Dawn
🧛♂️ Nosferatu
📚 In the Mouth of Madness
☎️ Skinamarink
🪓 The Shining
🖐 Evil Dead II
🕶 Near Dark
📷 Lake Mungo
🚑 Return of the Living Dead
🥩 Ravenous
💃 From Dusk Till Dawn
🧛♂️ Nosferatu
📚 In the Mouth of Madness
☎️ Skinamarink
🪓 The Shining
🖐 Evil Dead II
🕶 Near Dark
📷 Lake Mungo
10 horror movies to get to know me by
🦇Bram Stoker's Dracula
✝️The Devils
🍼Rosemary's Baby
👻The Medium
👫Possession
📹Lost Highway
💉Audition
🐸The Wicker Man ('73)
⚫Under the Skin
♦️The Neon Demon
🦇Bram Stoker's Dracula
✝️The Devils
🍼Rosemary's Baby
👻The Medium
👫Possession
📹Lost Highway
💉Audition
🐸The Wicker Man ('73)
⚫Under the Skin
♦️The Neon Demon
October 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
10 horror movies to get to know me by
👽 Alien
🪓 The Shining
👹 Gremlins (and G2!)
🌲 Blair Witch
😱 Scream
🧚♀️ Pan's Labyrinth
🧟 28 Days Later
😈 Hereditary
🧙♀️ The Witch
👁️ Get Out
👽 Alien
🪓 The Shining
👹 Gremlins (and G2!)
🌲 Blair Witch
😱 Scream
🧚♀️ Pan's Labyrinth
🧟 28 Days Later
😈 Hereditary
🧙♀️ The Witch
👁️ Get Out
On the topic of TTRPG publishing costs...
99% of what the shop sells is priced at 2x the total cost to acquire (most of the markup goes to marketing, shipping, labor)
99% of what the shop sells is priced at 2x the total cost to acquire (most of the markup goes to marketing, shipping, labor)
October 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
On the topic of TTRPG publishing costs...
99% of what the shop sells is priced at 2x the total cost to acquire (most of the markup goes to marketing, shipping, labor)
99% of what the shop sells is priced at 2x the total cost to acquire (most of the markup goes to marketing, shipping, labor)
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This week @sharangbiswas.bsky.social hangs up his adventuring gear and settles down into the world of Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern a cozy roleplaying game by Takuma Okada from @evilhat.bsky.social
Learn how Stewpot makes cozy more than a vibe
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Learn how Stewpot makes cozy more than a vibe
tabletopbookshelf.com/blogs/tablet...
September 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This week @sharangbiswas.bsky.social hangs up his adventuring gear and settles down into the world of Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern a cozy roleplaying game by Takuma Okada from @evilhat.bsky.social
Learn how Stewpot makes cozy more than a vibe
tabletopbookshelf.com/blogs/tablet...
Learn how Stewpot makes cozy more than a vibe
tabletopbookshelf.com/blogs/tablet...
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Two years from full draft of Designers & Dragons Origins to crowd-funding announcement?
Yep!
Here's a bit on what that totally normal hang time resulted from.
Yep!
Here's a bit on what that totally normal hang time resulted from.
September 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Two years from full draft of Designers & Dragons Origins to crowd-funding announcement?
Yep!
Here's a bit on what that totally normal hang time resulted from.
Yep!
Here's a bit on what that totally normal hang time resulted from.
an influx of bots on this platform the past few days...
September 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
an influx of bots on this platform the past few days...
logo variations I thought about when I was getting started
August 31, 2025 at 1:41 PM
logo variations I thought about when I was getting started
I'm so excited the shop is able to offer this opportunity! We are going to need a lot of help over the coming months... 😅🤐
Join our small but mighty team as we continue on our journey to celebrate and connect people to the world of indie RPGs and solo games!
Tabletop Bookshelf is looking for a hospitality-minded, tech-savvy tabletop RPG enthusiast to help build our audience and community (link in comments)
Tabletop Bookshelf is looking for a hospitality-minded, tech-savvy tabletop RPG enthusiast to help build our audience and community (link in comments)
August 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I'm so excited the shop is able to offer this opportunity! We are going to need a lot of help over the coming months... 😅🤐
Absolutely. And, as hard as it is to hear, most people still have no clue what a TTRPG is.
In One Way Out (coming soon!) I avoid the words TTRPG and role-playing game altogether:
In One Way Out (coming soon!) I avoid the words TTRPG and role-playing game altogether:
August 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Absolutely. And, as hard as it is to hear, most people still have no clue what a TTRPG is.
In One Way Out (coming soon!) I avoid the words TTRPG and role-playing game altogether:
In One Way Out (coming soon!) I avoid the words TTRPG and role-playing game altogether:
I have never been more busy in my life. good busy. but whew
August 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I have never been more busy in my life. good busy. but whew
It's been a big week for the shop, feels like we are at another level up moment (and it's a big one)
Cannot wait to share more of what's coming 🚀
Cannot wait to share more of what's coming 🚀
August 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It's been a big week for the shop, feels like we are at another level up moment (and it's a big one)
Cannot wait to share more of what's coming 🚀
Cannot wait to share more of what's coming 🚀
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Omg, just seen that French artist Jean Jullien has a big show on at Nanzuka in Shanghai, JUJU’s Castle, that looks INCREDIBLE. basically you get to wander around a fantasy world built from his “memories & experiences”. Someone please send us out there to cover it! More info & link in the replies
August 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Omg, just seen that French artist Jean Jullien has a big show on at Nanzuka in Shanghai, JUJU’s Castle, that looks INCREDIBLE. basically you get to wander around a fantasy world built from his “memories & experiences”. Someone please send us out there to cover it! More info & link in the replies
wow, D&D is totally getting crushed 😒
August 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
wow, D&D is totally getting crushed 😒
Looking for rare tomes at the Ren Faire today
August 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Looking for rare tomes at the Ren Faire today