1000 non-RPG websites for RPG ideas

[JadeLyon]

I love authentic maps. These are some of my best finds...

103. http://historymedren.about.com/gi/d...tp://grid.let.rug.nl/~welling/maps/blaeu.html

104. http://renaissance.dm.net/compendium/map-ingatestone.html

And also, renaissance.dm.net has an entire guide to Common Knowledge for the Victorian era - 1558 thru 1603.

105. http://renaissance.dm.net/compendium/home.html

I pass this one out to new gamers, and make them read it. It helps with roleplaying, and setting more than anything you can imagine!

 

[Krug]

I think that's 105... we aren't going to start with 1 again are we?

 

[JadeLyon]

I fixed it....

 

[archastrel]

106. http://www.nidlink.com/~jfromm/history2/chemist.htm

A history of chemistry. I find it useful for injecting a little more realism about what alchemists could do at whatever time period you're trying to emulate.

 

[Max]

107. http://web.reed.edu/resources/library/maps/index.html Antiquarian Maps

108. http://www.davidrumsey.com/ Lots of maps of all kinds

109. http://www.thehaca.com/ The Association for Renaissance Marital Arts

110. http://www.homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/oldwest/oldwest.htm The Old West Index, for you Sidewinder players out there.

 

[LGodamus]

96.http://www.entertheninja.com/ - Even has a Ninja slot machine...

oh lord please tell me this one was a joke

 

[Invictikore]

111. http://www.godecookery.com/macabre/macabre.htm

112. http://silent-movies.com/

113. http://digiserve.com/heraldry/

 

[barsoomcore]

114: Adobe's free PDF-to-text converter : Very handy when you want to tweak power levels on a pdf adventure...

115: Wars of the World : Tons of great historical information on how war has been fought through the ages.

116: Hyper-History : Just so cool. Thanks to my wife for finding this one.

 

[jrtyler]

117. http://www.costumes.org/pages/costhistpage.htm Costume History Links from prehistoric to present. A must see for the well dressed PC.

John Tyler

 

[Maerdwyn]

118. http://www.gaminggeeks.org/Resources/KateMonk/ Kate Monk's Onomastikon - a very useful collection of names and info about names from dozens of cultures and various time periods. This collection was lost from the net for a while; now it's reposted here

119. http://www.contemplator.com/folk.html Folk music(midis) and lyrics - great for inspiration. The Robon Hood ballads, for example.