Written Sketches
I recently started using Day One, a journaling app that’s sleek and fun and has a popup feature whereby the app tells you, “Okay, write something.” I’ve been using it mostly for sketching — a pa[...]Read on >>
New Brittanis Campaign Video!
This time, I've kicked things up a notch. I decided to do a full Campaign Trailer, including plot elements for the game, and a bunch of other cool stuff. Take a look! In the video you'll find elements of the Brittanis-sp[...]Read on >>
Brittanis Iconics: Berek of Mordengaard
[This post is part of a series. I've always loved Paizo's iconic characters-- the "default" pre-generated characters for their Pathfinder world of Golarion. So I'm doing the same for Brittanis. Characters who embody th[...]Read on >>
Kicking off Campaigns by Keeping Players in the Dark
Joe Bloch's recent thought provoking article on Greyhawk Grognard suggests that the question facing DMs when starting a new campaign is one of information flow. This may be true in sandbox campaigns but I often fin[...]Read on >>
RPG Mapping Tools Part 4 – Planet and Star Maps
In this part I zoom out even further and take a look at planetary system maps and star maps. Which conventionally use the hex grid I looked at in Part 3: Region Maps.Regina Subsector Jump MapSTARMAPSThe definitive [...]Read on >>
The Architect DM: Designing with Precedents
It has been a few weeks since my last Architect DM post, but I've been brainstorming a handful of different posts and this one came to the forefront as something I want to discuss. My last post introduced some of my gene[...]Read on >>
Guilds of Dual – Basic Guild Concepts for Fantasy Roleplaying Games
November 29, 2011 from Roleplay Geek
Filed under: Advice/Tools, Fluff/Inspiration, RPG Hub, Worldbuilding
Worshipful Company of Feltmakers of LondonI recently read a couple of interesting articles on Trollish Delver and Grognardling discussing the use of Guilds which inspired me to go revisit the guilds for my own FRPG campa[...] Filed under: Advice/Tools, Fluff/Inspiration, RPG Hub, Worldbuilding
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[Applying Theory] Worldbuilding: Top Ten List for your Game/World/Campaign
MULTI-PLATFORM BLOGGING CHALLENGE!!! Read the post and see the challenge at the bottom. This applies to all rule sets and game systems. THIS MEANS YOU. It should be no surprise to recurring readers of The Action P[...]Read on >>
Coinage, Nationhood and the defacto Gold Standard
Irrespective of your particular flavour of FRPG the Gold Piece is one of the defacto fantasy standards, and is accepted the world over (whichever world it is that you play in). The implicit reliance on a Gold Stand[...]Read on >>
Worldbuilding Diary: Layers
November 21, 2011 from The Spirits of Eden
Filed under: Campaigns, D&D 4e, Fluff/Inspiration, Legacy D&D, Other Systems, RPG, RPG Hub, Worldbuilding
I have talked about “Layers” before, in brief, and probably in other web sites and not this one. There is a price to pay in memory when you make disparate comments about your projects on other people’s [...] Filed under: Campaigns, D&D 4e, Fluff/Inspiration, Legacy D&D, Other Systems, RPG, RPG Hub, Worldbuilding
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The Architect DM: On Modern and Futuristic Settings
I've talked quite a lot about worldbuilding and running roleplaying games in fantasy settings, but I've been planning on addressing modern and futuristic RPGs for a long time as well. One of the big hurdles that I have t[...]Read on >>
Where Did the Dungeons Come From?
Dungeons are a staple of most D&D campaign worlds. However, when it comes to world-building, why were the dungeons originally built? Why are there so many dungeons for the player characters to explore? It is a good i[...]Read on >>
