Category: How To Run Big Cities In TTRPGs

In my final article of the How To Run Big Cities In TTRPGs series, I’m sharing my tips for creating fun and engaging stories in your city setting. After you’ve nailed down the framework of your metropolis, established a unique culture to enrich the gameplay, and you’ve stocked the city with a colorful population of […]

My How To Run Big Cities In TTRPGs series is a collection of thoughts on just that, creating and running a metropolitan city in a tabletop role-playing game as the game master. This week’s article is all about putting NPCs into the city you’ve so carefully crafted. We’ll use the tips and tricks from the […]

In this four-part blog series, I’m covering my top tips for running large metropolitan areas in your tabletop games. My current campaign is totally centered on the biggest city in my homebrew world. It’s been a challenge keeping track of everything happening behind the scenes… But it’s honestly been my favorite campaign I’ve DM’d so […]

I love the stories that major cities have to offer in tabletop role-playing games. Centers of civilization are the one common thread across game settings. Whether you’re playing in a fantasy world, a sci-fi galaxy, or a wild west frontier, you’ll always be able to find a big city at some point. Cities offer the […]