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Completely Unfathomable: NPCs Help Build a World

August 20, 2023 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

This month covers creating non-player characters to help build the world and bring it to life.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dungeon crawl classics, rpg tips, world building

Year Zero Worldbuilding: Forbidden Lands – The Bloodmarch

July 2, 2023 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

Year Zero World Building creates campaign settings using Free League’s RPGs. This month looks at The Bloodmarch, a realm in the world of the Forbidden Lands.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: basic world building, forbidden lands, Free League Publishing, world building

YZ World Building: Coriolis – Wake of the Icons

June 11, 2023 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

Space intrigue and war meets Arabian Nights, the Coriolis bundle combined with Wake of the Icons provide a core rulebook and setting, and four adventures with world building extras to any GM wanting to create their own version of the Dark between the Stars.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: basic world building, Coriolis, Free League Publishing, world building

The Lord of the Rings RPG Shire Adventures

May 7, 2023 by Charles Dunwoody 3 Comments

Year Zero World Building creates campaign settings using Free League’s RPGs. The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying takes The One Ring RPG 2E and converts it to Dungeons & Dragons 5E.

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

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: Alien Trilogy

February 7, 2023 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

Year Zero Worldbuilding creates campaign settings using Free League’s RPGs.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: alien, alien rpg, andrew gaska, world building, year zero world building

Modiphius launch 2d20 World Builders third-party publisher program

January 14, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The 2d20 World Builders community content program from Modiphius and DriveThruRPG provides rules and a platform for third-party publishers to create and sell content.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 2d20, drivethrurpg, legal, Modiphius Entertainment, world building

YZ Worldbuilding: Into the Odd – A Whole Campaign in One Book

December 4, 2022 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

Year Zero World Building creates campaign settings using Free League’s RPGs. This month covers Into the Odd. This one book RPG contains not only a complete rule set but also an entire campaign, including dungeons, a hex crawl, and a city all between two covers.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Into The Odd, world building, year zero world building

The Hexcrawl Toolbox unpacks into a set of 150 physical tiles, and Kickstarter success

December 1, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Hundreds of gamers are backing Andre Novoa’s deluxe worldbuilding set.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cartography, kickstarters, 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

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