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Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · Oct 18

We're Borough Bound!

We create fully realized RPG settlements for your tabletop campaigns. We give you everything you need to run #TTRPG adventures.

Full city-sized battlemaps (with variants and fully-explorable interiors)
Music
Detailed lore
NPCs with character art
VTT integration
DIY map assets

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Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 1d

The perfect home for an introvert!

Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 2d

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.

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.

blog.boroughbound.com

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Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 3d

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

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Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 3d

What's your favorite piece of fantasy music?

Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 4d

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!

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Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 4d

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

Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 5d

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

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Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 6d

Frontiers are an ideal location to set a roleplaying adventure

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Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 6d

Frontiers are an ideal location to set a roleplaying adventure

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Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 7d

Struggling to come up with exciting story hooks? Our newsletter will give you prompts that actually work at the table. Some ideas here: shapeshifting dungeon, death traps, indigenous kobolds or a false temple!⁠
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Sign up at the link in our bio for more ideas like these and free content 🙌

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Will Savino @willsavino.bsky.social · 8d

Repel the assault, save the base. Simple as.

Map by @czepeku.bsky.social Sci-Fi, featuring “Seething Skull” by @boroughbound.bsky.social

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Albyon Absey’s Geographical Almanac @albyonabsey.bsky.social · 10d

The temple of ashen embers, where struck a monstrous fire sent from the heavens to spew its molten vengeance upon the godless hordes who once gathered there.

Somewhere within those walls it waits, turning the charred pages of the last remaining grimoire, parched with the thirst of a thousand years…

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Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 10d

We'd love to hear how you would describe this place to your players? Is it cursed or is it a ruin? Let us know what spin you're putting on this map!

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Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 10d

You're designing the faiths of your fantasy world. How do you even begin to design a pantheon of deities that will serve the needs of your tabletop campaign? Let's break it down into the three most important questions you need answer first.

Lore & Mortar #3: Gods and Faith

Before you start sketching out complex pantheons, consider the fundamental questions of divinity in a tabletop context.

blog.boroughbound.com

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Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 13d

Our newest release of Demlin is now live! And yes, it's ANOTHER collab with Moonlight Maps! There are bizarre tales unfolding along the Boulevard every second and even stranger ones brewing in the sewers 👀⁠
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Remember you can sign up for our newsletter to receive exclusive promotions & freebies!

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Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 14d

While in Muc-Mhara, your players may have to:
- Compete for the glory of the shallow fae
- Recover that which they've lost
- Confront the wicked Ambergris Coven
- Resucitate the felled sky titan

Which campaign are you going for?

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Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 17d

Who could be visiting?

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Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 17d

Stop listening to the same handful of video game soundtracks over and over again. Check out these 8 deep cuts to help score your tabletop campaigns.

8 Albums to Amplify Your Tabletop Sessions

Expand your tabletop music library with 8 picks from various genres and lesser known artists.

blog.boroughbound.com

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Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 22d

It's carnival time! Some would say it's the perfect distraction for infiltrating a dense military fortress...

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Will Savino @willsavino.bsky.social · 22d

You’ve spent months seeking the gate. Now that you’ve found it, are you prepared to leave this world behind?

Map by @czepeku.bsky.social, featuring music by @boroughbound.bsky.social

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Tom Cartos @tomcartos.bsky.social · 23d

Fully funded in less than 30 minutes!

Tom Cartos @tomcartos.bsky.social · 23d

⭐ Into the Wilds Battlemap Books Volume 4 - Extraplanar is LIVE NOW ON KICKSTARTER! ⭐

Explore the various worlds beyond the material. The raging Elemental Planes, the vast Astral Sea and the alluring Realms of Shadow and Fey.

Get yours here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/int...

Into the Wilds Battlemap Books Volume 4: Extraplanar

A Collection of Fantasy TTRPG Battlemap Books

www.kickstarter.com

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Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 23d

You need more tabletop battlemaps in your life, and Tom makes some of the best. Go support his latest Kickstarter filled with extraplanar settings.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/int...

Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 25d

Not the best weather for camping out. This temple better be worth it!

blog.boroughbound.com/#/porta...

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Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 26d

Want discounted access to towns like this? Sign up to our newsletter for coupon codes AND guides on how to make this into a story hook!⁠

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