Get Medieval: The Town in the Middle Ages
This is the second installment in the “Get Medieval” series, exploring the historical world of the Middle Ages in Europe, particularly in the 13th and 14th centuries in England, as a potential source for...
Tagged: World Design
A Classical Medieval Fairy Tale Western Game World Design: The First (of Four) Principles
Previously in this column, Wallace outlined four “First Principles” for game world design, four things that many would-be world creators don’t get right when they think about how to create a setting for the Dungeons ...
Get Medieval: The Village in the Middle Ages
Introductory Note: The “Get Medieval” series explores the historical world of the middle ages in Europe, particularly in the 13th and 14th centuries in England, as a potential source for inspiration in D&D and...
Introducing The Vault
What is the Vault? The Vault is a game world designed to reflect the mechanics, character, and ethos of the Dungeons & Dragons game. It is a world created to reflect a game system,...
The Village of Mistmill
By Graham Robert Scott (Note: This article was written in response to a recent Ludi Magister article by Wallace Cleaves.) I have to admit that in my own campaigns, I have tended to be...
Game World Design Four First Principles
I have created game worlds before, starting from other sets of basic principles, but now I’m going to create one based on a different thought experiment. D&D has come out with a new edition that I predict...
Introducing the Ludus Population Engine A smarter way to estimate adventure-class demographics
Your players have just made enemies of the local Thieves’ Guild. Mortal enemies. Whoops. As a result, they are starting to wonder how much trouble they’re in. “Is it possible,” a player wonders, “to...
