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Category Archives: World Building
Finding Tolrendor on the Roman Frontier
A nine-day journey along Hadrian’s Wall—and a new search for the landscapes, communities and forgotten edges of Tolrendor’s fallen empires. Continue reading
Finding Tolrendor in Ljubljana: The Crossroads of Velsar
Some places inspire a building. Some inspire a landscape. Ljubljana inspired several thousand years of history. When I arrived in Slovenia’s capital, I was already travelling through the landscape that would eventually become the inspiration for a large, still mostly … Continue reading
From Trogir to Talovar
One of the dangers of travelling with a fantasy world permanently lurking somewhere in the back of your mind is that eventually you stop seeing places simply as they are. You start seeing what they could be. That happened almost immediately … Continue reading
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A Pirate City in the Palace of Dragons
Split, Croatia The first few days in Split were really just supposed to be a short city break before the backpacking ‘research’ journey got underway properly with my first train north to Zagreb. But that didn’t last long. Inspiration hit … Continue reading
Finding Tolrendor in Medieval Europe
Every fantasy world begins somewhere. Sometimes it’s a map scribbled on the back of an envelope. Sometimes it’s a scene from a favourite novel. Sometimes it’s a place you’ve stood, looked around, and quietly thought: this belongs in another world. For … Continue reading
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Reimagining the Age of Strife for Norðrlǫnd
When I reviewed Kobold Press’s Northlands setting recently, Northlands has Landed … and Northlands — Playable Flavour Done Right, I mentioned that my intention is to use the setting and it’s companion Northlands Sagas as the foundation for my first Tales of the Valiant … Continue reading
Maps, Maps and more Maps…
When I wrote my two-part review of the Northlands Worldbook, I mentioned that I intend to use the companion Northlands Sagas as my first full Tales of the Valiant campaign in the World of Tolrendor. That decision, of course, immediately raises the obvious question: How … Continue reading
Northlands — Playable Flavour Done Right
Following on from my first post looking at the setting and flavour of Northlands… Why This Matters Players tend to ignore setting flavour unless it: Northlands clearly understands this. Almost all the setting flavour is reinforced by mechanics that push it … Continue reading
Northlands has Landed …
And it might be exactly what I’ve been waiting for… There are Kickstarters you back on a whim… and then there are the ones you quietly (and impatiently..) wait for because you know they’re going to shape your next campaign. Northlands for … Continue reading
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