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How to Design Maps for a Sandbox Campaign Part II - Region Maps

How to Design Maps for a Sandbox Campaign Part II - Region Maps

Rokas Malinauskas
DM Tips, Worldbuilding, Guide, How to Use a Monster, Maps

While World Map is the most helpful tool for the DM to design their overarching sandbox campaign, Region Maps is one of the most valuable tools for the player to experience your story in your Sandbox Campaigns. Regional Maps entice the players to go to different plot hooks and be intrigued by what the region offers. For the DM, it's also a valuable tool for planning your quests and having a player progression that does not go out of hand with too many choices for your players but also provides the freedom to explore your sandbox campaign organically. 

How to Design Maps for Sandbox Campaigns (Part I - World Map)

How to Design Maps for Sandbox Campaigns (Part I - World Map)

Rokas Malinauskas
DM Tips, Guide, Worldbuilding, Starting Out

World Maps are essential for DMs to grasp the big picture and define the type of world in which your campaign is set. Even though it's the first step, and it's not the most crucial map type, but its creation leads to the most important map type creation - Region Maps. The reason is that the players will not use World Maps the most often, but a good World Map is a founding block for everything else.

How Not To Burn Out Running a Sandbox Campaign

How Not To Burn Out Running a Sandbox Campaign

Rokas Malinauskas
DM Tips, Worldbuilding

One of the biggest problems in running a sandbox campaign, in my opinion, is the scale problem and the biggest of them all - burnout since you probably will need to prepare more than one or couple things before the session. In this blog post, we will take a look at how I deal with these scale problems and what do I do to avoid burnout, that could happen rather fast if not managed well.