I still remember writing up a bunch of really overcomplicated rules for adding ley lines to my old high school GURPS games.  They’re a worldbuilding…

My friend Mischa has been waiting for this day since I started posting Gazetteer entries.  Todays’ entry is the Renardi, a vulpine people of travellers,…

It’s a bird!  It’s a cat!  It’s a… sheep?  It’s a… sphinx but instead of a human head it’s got a… ram’s head?  Was somebody…

This is a fun one.  You folks want nymphs?  Here’s nymphs.  Yes, they’re cute and nubile.  Also they want to eat you alive. — NYMPHS…

It’s finally time for the most metal setting element in the Speaking Lands: the horrific OGREWAR.  This started as an off-the-cuff reference in one of…

We’re back from hiatus with a big mystery: literally.  The Gracia Span was a massive stonework construction… when it was still standing.  Its mysterious loss…

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There’s something… not quite right about that tree.  Let’s camp somewhere else, somewhere nowhere near that… tree.  You say it’s just a tree, but maybe…

I usually like my magic-in-games to be both weird and tied into the rest of the setting.  And there’s nothing I enjoy more than a…

Can you have Arabian Steeds in your setting if it doesn’t also have an Arabia?  People may get a little giggle out of this, and…