Mythoard is a new (January will be the second edition) monthly subscription box for RPG enthusiasts.  What is a subscription box?  It is sort of a collated, quality grab-bag centered around a specific interest–in this case role-playing games.  The subscription …

Mythoard RPG Subscription Box taking January Orders Read more »

As you probably know, we at Inkwell Ideas love random charts.  (Some prior examples: Spicing Up the Empty/Mundane Room, Random Charts for “Spell Accents”, Coin Description Generator (Random Table), Random Unusual Weather Table, Random Magic Fountain/Pool Effects Chart, Hexmap Alphabetical …

Describing the Door Read more »

We had a question about this Hexographer feature and thought a blog post describing it and screenshots would help.  A “child map” (aka submap) is a map of a smaller region created from a map of a larger region.  Perhaps …

Making Child Maps (Submaps) in Hexographer Read more »

Found this very imaginative table/list and wanted to share it!  Some favorites: 9.       The dungeons are the remnants of an ancient civilization that was much more technologically advanced than the current civilization. These ancients constructed a series of shelters and …

100 Dungeon Concepts – Mines of Khunmar Read more »

The art of the empty room is a curious line to walk.  On the one hand you want to keep things interesting… otherwise the players will meta-game that the room with no/little description has nothing worth discovering.  On the other …

Spicing Up the Empty/Mundane Room: A Random Table Read more »

Our recently created mini-websites of creatures for Dungeon World & Fate have been very well received, so we created another mini-website with 0e/1e (Labyrinth Lord) stats. The art and stats come from our recently completed Creature & Encounter Decks Kickstarter. …

0e/1e (Labyrinth Lord) Creature Stats Mini-Website Launched Read more »

It’s been a while since we’ve done a fun random table, and while browsing other websites, something put the idea of a table of fantasy landmarks in the ole noggin. Imagine the Colossus of Rhodes or Mount Rushmore, but customized …

Fantasy Landmark Generator/Table Read more »

Thanks to artist/cartographer Robert Altbauer, we have just released a new set of battlemat icons that addresses the needs of Science Fiction settings.  These were made for the map software Dungeonographer, but they are any tool that imports transparent PNGs …

Science Fiction Battlemat Icons Released Read more »

Antony Brotherton, David Winterbottom, Matt Jackson, Keith Curtis, Tim Ballew, Shane Knysh, Brutus Motor, AJ Stone and I collaborated on two decks of Random Encounter Generation cards last year. Antony posted a retrospective/review of the finished cards and raves about …

Random Encounter Generator Decks in Use! Read more »

Yesterday we linked to a great list of  ways to make your villain stand out. #8 on that list mentioned the villain using “calling cards” aka objects or actions that let everyone know this particular villain did the deed.  To …

Villain Calling Cards Chart/Ideas List Read more »