
Hinterland
On Quisicosas since 11 September 2024
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11 September 2024 (on Substack)
What it is about
HINTERLAND is a toolkit designed to generate maps of wilderness/frontier settings for TTRPGs. Format is a single 8.5x11" sheet of paper; trifold pamphlet design. The mechanics are setting- and system-agnostic; just grab your favourite TTRPG system and some dice, and get rolling. Bioclimatic zones: from desert scrub to boreal forest to tropical rainforest, and all points in between. Topography: Build your region with highlands, lowlands, ridges and valleys. Landmarks and Features: it's not an empty world-- fill it with hazardous (or lazy) rivers, natural landmarks, villages, ruins, dungeons, and everything else. Settlements: towns don't exist in a vacuum; create a network of frontier settlements, complete with road system. Seasons and weather: extreme, inclement, and clement. v0.06 changes: streamlined village creation Minor edits to habitations list HINTERLAND is released under Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 4.0 license ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), so please share, hack, edit, rewrite, and otherwise do what you like with this.

