Borough Bound

Latest map is out, Eldritch Lair! Where a giant eldritch crab god(?) lives! 26x65
Part of an amazing collab with @boroughbound.bsky.social

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This is a lot of bandits 😦

With a Passive Perception of 16, you notice this grate has been moved very recently...

Oops, I went crazy thinking about magic.

Run Tabletop Campaigns with Hybrid Theater Halfway between theater-of-the-mind and strict use of tactical batlemaps, Hybrid Theater is an ideal way to run tabletop campaigns.

You don't have to run your tabletop campaigns purely with theater of the mind, nor with maximally tactical battlemaps. Split the difference! Our "Hybrid Theater" approach is the perfect way to run immersive campaigns with an emphasis on visual aids.

Hoping to find something undiscovered up there? 🌠

Bastions & Guildhalls: A Modular Map Maker Design buildings your party will love, loot, or accidentally burn down—with gorgeous hand-drawn map tiles by Czepeku!

Bastions & Guildhalls is LIVE on Kickstarter!

Early Bird rewards available for the first 24 hours!

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The most important detail you have to pin down when worldbuilding your fantasy tabletop cities is what everyone eats. You can’t just have a village in the sky or a city in a volcano and NOT figure out how the citizens get fed.

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Stop making your players track gold pieces! It’s boring!

Our pals over at Czepeku just launched their very first Kickstarter, and we were lucky enough to score their trailer.

If you dig the Czepeku aesthetic, you absolutely must try out this software.

There seems to have been a lot of deaths for such a tiny island...

The entire city of Wresyck Junction has a fully explorable underground. What secrets does this place hold?

Borough Bound has, at time of writing, over 300 tracks written specifically for use in tabletop campaigns. Grab our music on Bandcamp, Patreon, Spotify, or wherever else you stream! 🎵

Seaside resort but make it fae 🧚🏽

It's always fun and illuminating to chat with @willsavino.bsky.social of @boroughbound.bsky.social about games. This is probably the best, deepest dive we've done on the specific historical + political + just epic gameplay of Danse Macabre. Please read it, and please help us bring the game to life!

Make the Most of Mirror Parties Mirror parties are a convenient reflection of the player characters. Throw them into a tabletop campaign to force your players to consider who they really are and what they want.

Introduce a mirror party into your campaigns! Characters that function similarly to the PCs are great foils for your players, and they may help your friends formalize what they want out of their adventure.

Are you here to join the bandits or defeat them?

A cosy home can be found in the unlikeliest of places 💫

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The do’s and don’ts of looping tabletop music

The perfect home for an introvert!

Danse Macabre - Interview with Chris Pickett and Wythe Marschall of Stillfleet Studio We go deep on historical fantasy, mutations, and the Grit System with the team behind Danse Macabre.

We interviewed the fabulous creators behind the upcoming Danse Macabre (now available on Kickstarter) for the Borough Bound Blog! We go deep on historical fantasy, weird mutations, and the innovative Grit System.

A fulfilling TTRPG campaign explores the friction between player agency, uncertainty, and inertia.

There's no time to save anything. Just run!

What's your favorite piece of fantasy music?

Sootwyn Barrow has had a refresh! With Halloween just around the corner, your favorite spooky town is getting some new tomb interiors and new music 👻 perfect for planning a creepy one shot!

Everyone wants to run a Harry Potter-esque magic school TTRPG campaign, but that format of adventure brings with it a number of challenges.

The Astronomer has made a new discovery. But others want in on it too...

Frontiers are an ideal location to set a roleplaying adventure