1000 non-RPG websites for RPG ideas

dreamthief

First Post

• Aug 22, 2002

• #1

Well as the title says, 1000 NON-RPG websites to look at for inspiration and ideas. I'm just amazed at what's out there that can be picked for game resources.

1. http://horimono.net/ - Japanese Tattoos
2. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historic_us_cities.html - Historical US Maps
3. http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/ - Atlas to every tomb in the Valley of the Kings
4. http://www.americanfolklore.net/ - Stories from American Folklore
5. http://www.themoonlitroad.com/ - The Moon lit Road; Ghost stories from the American South
6. http://www.chronicle-future.co.uk/ - A guide to the next 50 years
7. http://www.symbols.com/ - The resource for symbols, bar none.
8. http://www.bulfinch.org/ - Bulfinch's Mythology
9. http://www.weeklyworldnews.com - Just... ODD!

 

Last edited: Aug 22, 2002

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Mark

CreativeMountainGames.com

• Aug 22, 2002

• #2

10. http://www.strangehorizons.com/2001/20011022/medieval_clothing.shtml
Medieval Clothing

11. http://sunsite.ee/animals/
Animals of Estonia

12. http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Ask how things work

13. http://www.bcpl.net/~tross/gnlist.html
Group Names for Birds

14. http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/
NASA site

15. http://www.xs4all.nl/~kvenjb/madmon.htm
Mad Monarchs

16. http://www.gis.net/~dansmith/fonts/
Fantasy Fonts

17. http://www.switcheroozoo.com/
Combine animals into unusual combos

18. http://www.kokogiak.com/megafauna/default.asp
Extinct Animals.

19. http://title.flywheel.org/
Random Title and Name Generator

Enjoy...

 

Last edited: Dec 27, 2002

drnuncheon

Explorer

• Aug 22, 2002

• #3

20. http://www.maryrose.org/ - the excavation of a Tudor warship
21. http://www.hillsdale.edu/dept/History/War/index.htm - period documents from military history

These will be more valuable to players of modern games, but can be applied to other genres with a bit more work:

For people who want to make the Thieves' Guild a 'family' business:
22. http://www.americanmafia.com/
23. http://www.crimelibrary.com/

For people who want to 'illuminate' the various conspiracies in their world:
24. http://www.crank.net/

J

 

Last edited: Aug 22, 2002

dreamthief

First Post

• Aug 22, 2002

• #4

Thanks Mark!

25. http://www.castlewales.com/database.html - Welsh Castle Database

 

Last edited: Aug 24, 2002

Mark

CreativeMountainGames.com

• Aug 22, 2002

• #5

26. http://www.xs4all.nl/~mke/ End of the World scenarios

 

Last edited: Dec 27, 2002

BiggusGeekus

That's Latin for "cool"

• Aug 22, 2002

• #6

http://www.washingtonpost.com
-Because sometimes truth is stranger than fiction

http://www.wehali.com/tsalagi/
-Cherokee to English dictionary

 

Dr Midnight

Explorer

• Aug 22, 2002

• #7

Great thread! I'll try to think some up...

 

dreamthief

First Post

• Aug 22, 2002

• #8

BiggusGeekus said:

http://www.washingtonpost.com
-Because sometimes truth is stranger than fiction

Click to expand...

Thanks but no serious news sites... Imagine if everyone starts putting up cnn.com, nytimes.com, guardian.co.uk and so on.

29. http://medievalrussia.freeservers.com/ - Medieval Russia guide

 

Last edited: Aug 22, 2002

Sammael99

First Post

• Aug 22, 2002

• #9

30. http://www.snopes2.com/ Urban Legends webiste. Great stuff !

 

Last edited: Aug 22, 2002

dreamthief

First Post

• Aug 22, 2002

• #10

31. http://198.144.2.125/ - Knight's Armory, includes Siege Engine blueprints for those times you need to storm a castle.