TTRPGs
Dark of Hot Springs Island
swordfishislands.com
Original seed for the idea of a decadent fallen elven civilization.
Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master
slyflourish.com
Great advice on DMing.
Alexandrian
thealexandrian.net
Essays on DMing, hexcrawls, and game structures.
Appendix E (Fifth Edition)
An expanded list of fantasy influence is available in the back of the 5th edition Player's Handbook.
A Wizard of Earthsea
by Ursula Le Guin
The Black Company
by Glen Cook
Appendix M (Mutant Crawl Classic)
Hothouse
by Bryan Aldiss
Appendix N (First Edition)
From Gary Gygax's original Appendix N.
The Broken Sword
by Poul Anderson
Establishes the nature of elves and trolls.
Three Hearts and Three Lions
by Poul Anderson
Establishes the nature of paladins.
Tales of the Dying Earth
by Jack Vance
Source of "Vancian magic".
Other
Willow
TV series
Thunderbolt Fantasy
thunderboltfantasy.com
Demons and magic swords.
Parf Edhellen
elfdict.com
Tolkien's elvish languages
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