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Shostak · 12-09-2020, 07:37 PM

A few answers:

1. Invent your own setting, starting with a small town or city and "explore" it through the creative process, discovering it only shortly before your players do as you need to create more.

2. Set your game in the real world, but in a time and location you know little about (feudal Japan, the Silk Road, Constantinople, Ancient Egypt, etc.) Get some source books (GURPS has lots) and enjoy learning about the world.

3. The Fantasy Trip has materials which can be used to randomly generate labyrinths and dangers--drop tables, megahexes, labyrinth generator cards, rumor cards, adversary cards, etc.

12-09-2020, 07:37 PM	#4
Shostak Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: New England	Re: How to game master, being an explorer? A few answers: 1. Invent your own setting, starting with a small town or city and "explore" it through the creative process, discovering it only shortly before your players do as you need to create more. 2. Set your game in the real world, but in a time and location you know little about (feudal Japan, the Silk Road, Constantinople, Ancient Egypt, etc.) Get some source books (GURPS has lots) and enjoy learning about the world. 3. The Fantasy Trip has materials which can be used to randomly generate labyrinths and dangers--drop tables, megahexes, labyrinth generator cards, rumor cards, adversary cards, etc.