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Message: <blockquote data-quote="robertsconley" data-source="post: 9330619" data-attributes="member: 13383">My <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/470041/How-to-Make-a-Fantasy-Sandbox" target="_blank">How to Make a Fantasy Sandbox</a> is a walkthrough and discussion of it steps using the creation of the <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/470159/the-isle-of-pyade" target="_blank">Isle of Pyade</a> setting as an example. The Sandbox Generator is a set of useful tools to generate a map procedurally, its locales, and the details of the locales and what could be encountered.When I wrote <a href="https://batintheattic.blogspot.com/2009/08/how-to-make-fantasy-sandbox.html" target="_blank">my original set of blog posts</a>, I thought about going this route. However, in 2009, I realized there are a lot of great books of random tables out there, including some like the Sandbox Generator, which tied them together into a nice procedural setup.But there is not a lot that discusses why you would use a given element over another. There is not a lot that coaches the reader through the process with a worked-out example that is ready to use at the end of it. So, it is from this viewpoint that I wrote my original posts, and I reinforced this when I re-edited them into the How to Make a Fantasy Sandbox book. I do have some tools and procedural material but the bulk of the book is about discussing the ins and outs of making a fantasy sandbox setting.So my recommendation is to get both. Read my book (or posts) to get a high level view of what you should be considering.  Use Sandbox Generator as a set of useful tools to create ideas and fleshing out the details.  Or use some of the other recommendations in this thread.A review of<a href="https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2024/04/review-how-to-make-fantasy-sandbox.html" target="_blank"> How to Make a Fantasy Sandbox</a> just came out on Grognardia.Thanks for the shout out and I appreciate the compliment.</blockquote>

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