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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 · 17h

Seaside resort but make it fae 🧚🏽

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The Stillfleet Studio ☉ more than play 🇵🇸 @stillfleet.bsky.social · 1d

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!

Will Savino @willsavino.bsky.social · 2d

I chatted with @stillfleet.bsky.social and @timespace.place about their intriguing historical fantasy game Danse Macabre. Wythe and Chris are two of the smartest people in the TTRPG world, and this interview is filled with fascinating takes.

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.

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Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 2d

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.

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.

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Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 2d

Are you here to join the bandits or defeat them?

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Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 4d

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

Don't forget, if you sign up to our newsletter, you'll be the first to learn about our big discounts! Then all you have to worry about is finding out who lives in these huts...

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Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 4d

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

Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 6d

The perfect home for an introvert!

Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 8d

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 · 8d

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

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Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 8d

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

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Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 8d

What's your favorite piece of fantasy music?

Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 9d

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 · 10d

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 · 10d

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

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Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 11d

Frontiers are an ideal location to set a roleplaying adventure

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Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 11d

Frontiers are an ideal location to set a roleplaying adventure

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Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 12d

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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Will Savino @willsavino.bsky.social · 14d

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 · 15d

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 · 15d

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 · 15d

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.

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Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 18d

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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Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 19d

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 · 22d

Who could be visiting?

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Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 22d

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.

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