Raging Swan Press is a UK-based roleplaying game publisher that “specialises in producing products for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.” They want articles of 500 words. They pay 11 cents per word, up to a maximum of $55. For details, visit this page.
EN World offers news coverage of tabletop roleplaying games. They are looking for articles for their three publications named TRAILseeker, EN5ider, and EONS. According to an old writer's guidelines page, the starting rate for their new writers is $0.03 per word, which comes out to be “$60 for a 2,000 word article, $150 for a 5,000 word adventure, and $210 for a 7,000 word adventure.” It is not clear if they still pay these rates. To learn more, contact them here.
Deorbital is a “videogame-aligned journal for insightful articles on games, culture, and society.” They prioritize writing from marginalized voices and young writers. They want articles of 1,000 to 1,500 words. They pay $200 per article. For details, read their pitch guidelines.
Geek Native is a blog for gamers that covers role-playing games (RPGs), computer games, comics, tech, sci-fi, anime, books, movies, and shiny gadgets. According to their website, “as an experiment a small monthly budget is being set aside to pay for written content.” They will pay for news, tips and tricks, and industry commentary. The rate is $0.08 per word for articles of 750 to 1,000 words. For details, refer to this page.
Ogrezine is a PDF magazine that is published by Steve Jackson Games (a game company) in Austin, Texas, United States. The magazine is “devoted to the game of Ogre in its many forms.” They are looking for anything related to Ogre that their readers might find interesting. They pay 6 cents per word. To learn more, read their writer's guidelines.
Pyramid Magazine Pyramid Magazine is a PDF magazine published by Steve Jackson Games in Austin, TX. According to the guidelines, this publication is focused on “tabletop role-playing games (RPGs) with most articles devoted to either generic (systemless) gaming or GURPS.” Pyramid buys all rights to any original article editors publish. Payment is $0.04 per word for features (2,000-5,000 words). To learn more, read writers’ guidelines: http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/writing.html.
Polygon publishes engaging stories based on video game artists, fans, and culture. They previously listed pay as $0.25 per word, but now state that they pay both on effort and word count. They now say "Our rates are
competitive and designed to allow freelancers leeway to sink their teeth into stories, sometimes spending months pursuing particular interviews or background information. " They imply that they'll be willing to pay a significant sum for the right
kind of article. To learn more, read their
submission guidelines.