Category: Worldbuilding

Share Your World

Posted by Pete Petrusha | Mar 23, 2020 | Game Making, Gaming Trends, GMing Community, Products for GMs, Scenarios, Worldbuilding

You already imagine colorful characters...

So You Want to Write an Asian Campaign Setting (Part 1: Historical China)

Posted by Daniel Kwan | Nov 29, 2019 | Approaches and Techniques, Campaigns, Editorials, Game Mastering, Tools for GMs, Worldbuilding

So you want to try your hand at creating an East Asian Fantasy campaign setting? Start with some valuable research from Daniel Kwan’s favourites!

Weird U.S. Series for Modern Games

Posted by Martin-TT | Oct 13, 2007 | Products for GMs, Worldbuilding

I picked up a copy of Weird Las Vegas and Nevada...

Chris Chinn, Backdrop Plots and Home Bases with Personality

Posted by Martin-TT | Oct 11, 2007 | Campaigns, Online Resources, PCs, Worldbuilding

Link roundups like this one make me feel like...

Nonstop Pulp Action, HP Piles and Cartography

Posted by Martin-TT | Sep 10, 2007 | Approaches and Techniques, NPCs, Worldbuilding

Good stuff for GMs from around the web: •...

Go Ahead and Get it Wrong the First Time

Posted by Martin-TT | Jul 18, 2007 | Campaigns, Improving Your GMing, Worldbuilding

I just started reading The Making of Star Wars...

Interviewed for the Campaign Builder’s Guide: Volume Five is Out

Posted by Martin-TT | Jul 14, 2007 | Interviews, Worldbuilding

R.D. “Túrin” Heesen interviewed...

Aliens are Going to Kill Us All

Posted by Martin-TT | Jun 28, 2007 | Worldbuilding

Meet the neighbours: Is the search for aliens...

Have Your Players Ask Worldbuilding Questions

Posted by Martin-TT | Apr 24, 2007 | Worldbuilding

Jeff Rients is trying something interesting with...

Is Worldbuilding Pointless?

Posted by Martin-TT | Apr 16, 2007 | Worldbuilding

Novelist M. John Harrison has nothing good to...

Campaign Builders’ Guild for Homebrewers

Posted by Martin-TT | Apr 11, 2007 | Worldbuilding

The Campaign Builders’ Guild is a resource...

A Crucial Tenet of RPG Prep and Worldbuilding

Posted by Martin-TT | Apr 8, 2007 | Prep, Worldbuilding

Campaign Details: When ‘a Lot’...

Fantasy Campaign Tools from Arr-Kelaan Software

Posted by Martin-TT | Mar 15, 2007 | Tools, Worldbuilding

Arr-Kelaan Software has seven GM-oriented...

Homebrewed Settings: The High School Senior Approach

Posted by Martin-TT | Mar 3, 2007 | Guest Posts, Worldbuilding

In the recent TT forum thread How Much to...

The Power of Names: Choosing Good Ones

Posted by Martin-TT | Feb 28, 2007 | NPCs, Prep, Worldbuilding

When you’re choosing a name for an NPC,...

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