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A review: The Ultimate RPG Worldbuilding Deck

June 30, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Ultimate RPG Worldbuilding Deck is 75 tarot-sized cards designed to help bring whole worlds to life. It works.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: james d'amato, reviews, worldbuilding

Worldbuilding Amazing Adventures: Transylvania and the Necronomicon

April 13, 2025 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

This month continues building a 1930s world of player characters armed with guns and fist facing off against vampires. In Transylvania. To claim the Necronomicon.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: amazing adventures, Necronomicon, worldbuilding

Worldbuilding Dolmenwood

October 13, 2024 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

When starting a new campaign in Dolmenwood, the following steps are recommended.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dolmenwood, old school essentials, reviews, worldbuilding

Hedron: Worldbuilding platform raises $51,000 (and changes name)

September 5, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Tabletop Mirror isn’t a VTT, although it does have map-making and battle-map functionality. It’s now known as Hedron.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: virtual tabletop, worldbuilding

Worldbuilding Forbidden Lands: Dark Secrets of The Bloodmarch

March 3, 2024 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

This setting is a great location to launch a new brand new campaign with plenty of worldbuilding support provided.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: forbidden lands, Free League Publishing, worldbuilding

World-building: Five idioms for the Forgotten Realms

February 25, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A warning against seeking unjust vengeance or retribution. References the god of justice, Tyr, who is often depicted with a single eye.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: rpg ideas, worldbuilding

Two heads are better than one: Amsel Suite funds for GMs/DMs on Kickstarter

November 14, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Also worth noting is that while Ollam Technologies has a section in the Kickstarter called “The Apps”, we’re (probably not yet) talking about mobile apps. Lore and Tome are web apps.

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

YZ Worldbuilding: The One Ring Vampire Lair

November 5, 2022 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

The Old Dwarf-Mines for Ruins of the Lost Realm is a landmark perfect to expand into a vampire lair. The mines are located far to the north in the Blue Mountains deep inside Dark Lands territory.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: rpg tips, The One Ring, vampires, worldbuilding, year zero engine, year zero world building

Worldbuilding, mapmaking and character journals at Fat Goblin prices

June 13, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In particular, campaign aids are being offered up – digital guides, techniques and tools to make life as DM, GM, Narrator, She-At-The-End-Of-The-Table or herder of gamer cats life easier.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Fat Goblin Games, worldbuilding

Level up your worldbuilding with the Bundle of Holding’s Worldbuilder’s Toolkit 7

November 2, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Bundle of Holding’s Worldbuilder’s Toolkit 7 contains two Suppressed Transmissions collections from Kenneth Hite, two books from Robin D. Laws, two Lazy DM offerings from Sly Flourish and a Kobold Guide as well as plenty more.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Kenneth Hite, robin d laws, sales, worldbuilding

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