rollable tables
d100 Points of Interest for Your Tabletop City
Populate your TTRPG city with clever and unique POIs with just one roll!
magic
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.
TTRPG philosophy
Embrace the Inertia of Your Tabletop Game World
The best TTRPG stories explore the frictions between player agency, uncertainty, and inertia.
world
The Gameplay Value of Frontiers
Where to place an adventure matters. A frontier is the perfect setting for tabletop campaigns.
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.