Close
Close
Advanced Search

Borderland Provinces Journey GeneratorClick to magnify
Quick Preview
/gs_flipbook/flip.php?xml=/demo_xml/176136.xml&w=500&h=324
Full‑size Preview
https://watermark.drivethrurpg.com/pdf_previews/176136-sample.pdf

Borderland Provinces Journey Generator

ADD TO WISHLIST >

The Borderland Provinces “campaign” is designed for characters who like to travel across wide regions, and Game Masters who like to run such “sandbox” campaigns. There are upsides and downsides to running a sandbox campaign rather than one where the characters are presented with a series of clear objectives, all of them roughly designed for the character’s current level of experience. A sandbox campaign like the Borderland Provinces requires that the players are able to identify objectives for themselves, or else they may become paralyzed with indecision, looking for the “right” place to go. So, on the Game Master’s side of the GM screen, it’s very important that the characters are presented with lots of choices wherever they go. This — as any experienced Game Master will immediately note — makes a lot of work for the Game Master. How do you generate those choices? Do you need to prepare five or six different adventures for each time the characters enter a tavern and start asking questions?

 This book is a resource for generating journeys, but in doing so it allows you to fill the world with a realistic jumble of objectives, possibilities, opportunities, and motivations for the characters, keeping them from asking, “Well, what are we supposed to do?” It might take them a bit of practice to switch into the “sandbox” mentality, but soon they will be asking, “Which opportunity do we want to take?” And that brings us to the reason for this book, because at that point they’re going to need lots of options, and it’s your job to produce those options.

 So we get to the well-known fact about running a sandbox campaign. It’s not necessarily more work for the Game Master, but it requires much more improvisation and thinking on your feet than a programmed adventure path does. It’s a method used more by experienced Game Masters for this reason, and there are actually some groups of players who feel like it’s too unfocused. However, for those who like the feeling of forging their own destinies in a living world, the sandbox style of play in unparalleled. The Lost Lands: Borderland Provinces is designed for that difficult but highly-rewarding type of Game Mastery, and this book is a tool for handling the “journeying” part of a sandbox.

pixel_trans.gif
pixel_trans.gif
 
 Customers Who Bought this Title also Purchased
pixel_trans.gif
pixel_trans.gif
Reviews (1)
Discussions (0)
Reviews
Thilo G. [Featured Reviewer]
-
September 18th, 2016
An Endzeitgeist.com review One central component of any sandbox campaign worth its salt is the component of the journey - whether because wine and wenches await in a far-off place or because something needs to be delivered - whether a secret mis [...]
Browse Categories
$ to $
 Follow Your Favorites!
NotificationsSign in to get custom notifications of new products!















Product Information
Copper seller
Author(s)
Artist(s)
Pages
22
ISBN
978-1-62283-273-6
File Size:
1.1 MB
Format
Original electronic Click for more information
Scanned image
These products were created by scanning an original printed edition. Most older books are in scanned image format because original digital layout files never existed or were no longer available from the publisher.

For PDF download editions, each page has been run through Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software to attempt to decipher the printed text. The result of this OCR process is placed invisibly behind the picture of each scanned page, to allow for text searching. However, any text in a given book set on a graphical background or in handwritten fonts would most likely not be picked up by the OCR software, and is therefore not searchable. Also, a few larger books may be resampled to fit into the system, and may not have this searchable text background.

For printed books, we have performed high-resolution scans of an original hardcopy of the book. We essentially digitally re-master the book. Unfortunately, the resulting quality of these books is not as high. It's the problem of making a copy of a copy. The text is fine for reading, but illustration work starts to run dark, pixellating and/or losing shades of grey. Moiré patterns may develop in photos. We mark clearly which print titles come from scanned image books so that you can make an informed purchase decision about the quality of what you will receive.
pixel_trans.gif
Original electronic format
These ebooks were created from the original electronic layout files, and therefore are fully text searchable. Also, their file size tends to be smaller than scanned image books. Most newer books are in the original electronic format. Both download and print editions of such books should be high quality.
File Information
Watermarked PDF Click for more information
Watermarked PDF

These PDF files are digitally watermarked to signify that you are the owner. A small message is added to the bottom of each page of the PDF containing your name and the order number of your purchase.

Warning: If any files bearing your information are found being distributed illegally, then your account will be suspended and legal action may be taken against you.

Here is a sample of a page from a watermarked title:

File Last Updated:
February 29, 2016
This title was added to our catalog on March 02, 2016.