Role playing game software and accessories
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 …
Often, when a party gets to back into a reasonable sized town, they want to look for a wizard’s shop (or similar) to see if there are any magic items they can trade or purchase. Determining the shop’s inventory can …
Announcing the Magic Item Shop Random Inventory Generator Read more »
If you haven’t seen or tried the Hexographer hex-map creation/editing software, it is a web-based program that lets you quickly and easily make maps in the style of the D&D known world maps from the 1980’s and early 1990’s. A …
“Terrain Wizard” feature makes the Hexographer mapping software even faster to use Read more »
A timeline or history of your world can add a great deal of depth that can have as much impact on your storylines as you like. Timeline facts will often even suggest new story ideas. “Building a history provides you …
New Worldbuilding Article Posted: Creating Timelines Read more »
This month’s RPG blog carnival topic is “The Future of Roleplaying” and it is hosted by Roleplaying Pro. Naturally, I wrote an essay on April 29th (just before this blog carnival started) titled “A Roleplaying Resurgence is on the Horizon.” …