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Invent Your Own Towns with Castles and Crusades

A detailed aerial view of a fictional town surrounded by water, featuring a central castle-like structure with a red roof. The town is composed of various buildings with sloped roofs, arranged in a winding layout, and connected by pathways. Surrounding the town are walls and bridges, with boats visible in the water, suggesting a vibrant community with a mix of residential and commercial areas.

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Ever wanted to create your own towns for RPGs? Then check out Troll Lord Games new release, Engineering Towns.

A sequel to Troll Lord Games’ Engineering Villages, this new release gives game masters and worldbuilders all the information they need to create fictional—yet believable—towns. This step-by-step guide will show you how to determine the following:

• The town’s size, location and development.

• Why was your town established, and does it owe its existence to agriculture, commerce, administration, the military or something else?

• Your new town’s economy, political systems, supplies, population and daily life.

• The types of housing found in your new town

• The way magic is used in your town, the various magical races and creatures which inhabit it, and how magic may impact a town’s infrastructure.

Engineering Towns also includes a pre-generated sample town with basic guidelines on how to place it in your own fantasy world. You can use this town as presented, or use it as inspiration for your own hamlet.

A host of ready-made tables and charts makes it quick and easy to add a unique and believable town your campaign, scenario or work of fiction.

See the Troll Lords website for more details.

Images courtesy of Troll Lord Games

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Nov 20, 2025
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Troll Lord Games' Engineering Towns sequel teaches fantasy urban planning from population density to magical infrastructure. Essentially a civil service simulator for dungeon masters who've been waiting their whole lives for this. #fantasy #Rpg #worldbuilding #trollLordGames

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