A Taxonomy of Magical Taxonomies
How you categorize the magic in your TTRPG setting will have a huge impact on the feel of your game world.
Embrace the Inertia of Your Tabletop Game World
The best TTRPG stories explore the frictions between player agency, uncertainty, and inertia.
The Gameplay Value of Frontiers
Where to place an adventure matters. A frontier is the perfect setting for tabletop campaigns.
Fantasy TTRPG City Generator
Generate unique and memorable ideas for tabletop cities in just 3 rolls.
How Borough Bound Designs an RPG City
From ideation to final edits, here's the full process Borough Bound uses to create tabletop settlements. Please steal our ideas!
A Glimpse Into How She Games - Interview with Ginny Di
A conversation with RPG guru Ginny Di about session prep, NPC creation, and kenku reproduction.
Use Weirder Tabletop Music
An unexpected music choice can immediately invigorate a TTRPG encounter and dramatically alter how your players conceptualize the scene.
Usable, Legible, Believable - Interview with Tom Cartos
A conversation with mapmaker Tom Cartos about his cartography philosophy, workflow, and new Kickstarter.
Looping Tabletop Music: The Do’s and Don’ts
Should you loop each track when you're scoring a TTRPG campaign? The question is more complicated than you might suspect.
The Hub-and-Spoke Dungeon
The hub-and-spoke dungeon is easy to design, easy to explore, and filled with unpredictable nonlinearity.
Justify Tabletop Combat With Genre
If your party won’t engage in violence, consider tweaking the genre to make combat seem more reasonable.
How to Structure a Magic School Campaign
Running a TTRPG campaign in a magic school creates unique challenges for how to organize playtime.