Role playing game software and accessories
Cultures should not have a one-to-one relationship with countries or states in your game world. Many provinces will have more than one culture and in many cases the cultures may overlap. In some cases where they overlap, one of the …
A list of free inn and tavern maps continues this semi-regular series that features interesting and useful RPG resources. I would highly recommend printing a few of these out and keeping them in a GM’s notebook so you can pick …
This year’s RPG Superstar contest from Paizo Publishing has been over for a few months, but there has been some discussion ever since. If you haven’t followed it, the contest was divided into several phases: An open contest where anyone …
Game Design Tips from the Paizo RPG Superstar Contest Read more »
My Hexographer hex mapping software is only a release or two away from version 1.0. (I hope.) If you haven’t seen it before, it allows a user to make quickly and easily make maps in the style of 80’s/early 90’s …
Hexographer (Hex Mapping Software) Nears Version 1.0 Read more »
Most role-playing games have some form of experience points that allow characters to gain strength and abilities over time. But sometimes experience point awards don’t factor in all the aspects of RPGs that most people want to encourage. Several years …
Experience Points Should Reward All Gaming Styles Read more »
Yesterday’s post of 101 Fantasy City/Town/Village maps made me think about real historical city maps. I was going to links to many of them (not 101 of them because doing upwards of 101 links in one or even two or …
RPG Resources of the Day: Two Sites with Hundreds of Real Historical City Maps Read more »
I’m sure there are thousands of fantasy maps posted on-line. Below are links to over 101 fantasy cities and towns. It can be useful to see such a large and varied set of examples to help you design your map. …
RPG Resources of the Day: 101 Fantasy City, Town and Village Maps Read more »
The RPG Inspiration site has a slew of random generators for names and other things. Names are broken down by race (elf, dwarf, orc, etc.) or by sex and culture for modern names (Chinese male, Spanish female, western male, etc.). …
RPG Resources of the Day: Random Generators for Names and More Read more »
I love adding a 3-D element to my games. A few years back we often used Dwarven Forge’s “polystone” pieces for 3-D dungeons. I’ve also bought some of Fat Dragon Games’ foldup dungeon models. But Wizards of the Coast published …
If you haven’t seen the Hexographer software before, it lets you easily create hex maps. The icons scale nicely; a random terrain generator is included as well as a terrain wizard that lets you just sketch a little bit of …