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YZ Worldbuilding: Ruins of Symbaroum Call of the Dark

March 7, 2023 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

The Bell Tolls for Kastor, The Howling of Damned Gods, and What’s Bred in the Bone all deal with religious matters. The PCs must take sides, and their decision will profoundly affect the campaign world going forward. Religion and politics are intertwined in this world, and the final adventure in particular, marries the two into a complex and dangerous scenario.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: basic world building, Free League Publishing, Ruins of Symbaroum, world building, year zero engine, year zero world building

YZ Worldbuilding: Blade Runner

January 2, 2023 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

Imagine living as a have not in a future LA dominated by poverty, corporate overreach, moral quandaries, and violence. Blade Runner takes the Year Zero Engine system and couples it with investigation and existential character drama that will change and mark the player characters who survive.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: basic world building, blade runner, blade runner rpg, Free League Publishing

YZ Worldbuilding: The One Ring Vampires

October 2, 2022 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

This month features a return to Middle-earth via The One Ring Second Edition. PCs need a challenge as they grow in power. My answer? Vampires.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: basic world building, halloween, The One Ring, vampires, year zero engine, year zero world building

YZ Worldbuilding: The One Ring Shelob’s Siblings

August 7, 2022 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

First up are a Great Spider and a Monstrous Water Spider. Following that are the three siblings of Shelob. These siblings are inspired by three of Shelob’s spawn detailed in The One Ring First Edition. While these spiders are similar, they are tougher and far more dangerous with servants and far reaching webs of terror they spin in Shadow.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: basic world building, year zero engine, year zero world building

YZ Worldbuilding: Twilight: 2000

July 10, 2022 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

World War III has ended, and everyone lost. The PCs, caught up in the final battle, flee the carnage.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: basic world building, Free League Publishing, twilight: 2000, year zero engine, year zero world building

YZ Worldbuilding: Ruins of Symbaroum

June 5, 2022 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

Year Zero World Building creates campaign settings using Free League’s RPGs. This month is a trek into the vast Forest of Davokar for the Ruins of Symbaroum. How to kick off a campaign, and how to build your own version of this mythical setting.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: basic world building, Free League Publishing, rpg tips, Ruins of Symbaroum, Symbaroum, world building, year zero world building

YZ Worldbuilding: Mörk Borg

April 30, 2022 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

Year Zero World Building creates campaign settings using Free League’s RPGs. This month delves into the dying by murder world of Mörk Borg, Artpunk RPG

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: basic world building, Free League Publishing, mork borg, world building, year zero world building

YZW: The One Ring Diving Bell Landmark

March 6, 2022 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

Year Zero World Building creates campaign settings using Free League’s RPGs, many of which use the Year Zero system (Year Zero Engine OGL).

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: basic world building, Free League Publishing, year zero engine, year zero world building

YZW: The One Ring Landmarks

February 6, 2022 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

Year Zero Worldbuilding (YZW) creates campaign settings using Free League’s RPGs, many of which use the Year Zero system (Year Zero Engine OGL). 

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: basic world building, Free League Publishing, The One Ring, year zero engine, year zero world building

Year Zero World Building: The One Ring

January 15, 2022 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

Year Zero World Building creates campaign settings using Free League’s RPGs, many of which use the Year Zero system.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: basic world building, Free League Publishing, lord of the rings, The One Ring, year zero world building

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