rollable tables
Fantasy TTRPG City Generator
Generate unique and memorable ideas for tabletop cities in just 3 rolls.
city
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!
interview
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.
music
Use Weirder Tabletop Music
An unexpected music choice can immediately invigorate a TTRPG encounter and dramatically alter how your players conceptualize the scene.
interview
Usable, Legible, Believable - Interview with Tom Cartos
A conversation with mapmaker Tom Cartos about his cartography philosophy, workflow, and new Kickstarter.
music
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.
design
The Hub-and-Spoke Dungeon
The hub-and-spoke dungeon is easy to design, easy to explore, and filled with unpredictable nonlinearity.
guides
Justify Tabletop Combat With Genre
If your party won’t engage in violence, consider tweaking the genre to make combat seem more reasonable.
structure
How to Structure a Magic School Campaign
Running a TTRPG campaign in a magic school creates unique challenges for how to organize playtime.
NPCs
Every NPC a Short Story
When designing NPCs for your tabletop campaigns, think of each as an unfinished short story.
music
Score Your Tabletop Sessions with the RPG Music Matrix
Don't think of tabletop music in terms of genre, but instead setting, intensity, and mood
city
The RPG City Trilemma
Creators of fantasy cities always make sacrifices. It's important to understand the tradeoffs when creating massive tabletop settlements.