Skip to content
The Welsh Piper

The Welsh Piper

Tools, rules, and templates for tabletop games

  • Facebook
  • Bluesky
  • Articles
    • Characters
    • Encounters
    • Game Mechanics
    • Mapping
    • Settings
    • Software
    • Tutorials
    • WorldBuilding
    • Smale’s Tales (blog)
  • Downloads
  • Tools
    • NPC Generator
    • Settlement Generator
    • Treasure Generator
  • Shop
  • Forums
  • About Us
    • Contact Us
  • My Account
    • Dashboard

Category: Articles

Monster Turf

March 3, 2010December 10, 2019 Erin D. Smale

Sizing territory for your campaign’s beasties

Articles, Encounters, Mappingdemographics, monsters15 Comments

Elfish Clans

January 27, 2010March 29, 2020 Erin D. Smale

If elves had phonebooks, these names would be inside

Articles, Settingsaerchus, elf2 Comments

Alignment sans Morals

December 30, 2009November 5, 2019 Erin D. Smale

What if Alignment weren’t a moral compass?

Articles, Game Mechanicsalignment3 Comments

Three-act Adventures

December 23, 2009November 5, 2019 Erin D. Smale

Scenario scripting in the well-made play tradition

Articles, Settingsadventure designLeave a comment

Alignment Tweaks

December 9, 2009November 5, 2019 Erin D. Smale

It’s all in the definition

Articles, Game Mechanicsalignment6 Comments

Hex-based Campaign Design (Part 2)

October 28, 2009December 16, 2019 Erin D. Smale

Populating your Hexes

Articles, Mapping, Settingscampaign design, hex maps39 Comments

Hex-based Campaign Design (Part 1)

October 21, 2009December 16, 2019 Erin D. Smale

Campaign Design by the Hex

Mapping, Settingscampaign design, hex maps91 Comments

Inkwell Ideas Hexographer

October 17, 2009November 5, 2019 Erin D. Smale

Advanced hex mapping software

Articles, Softwarehex maps31 Comments

Arr-Kelaan Hexmapper

October 10, 2009November 5, 2019 Erin D. Smale

A fast and easy tool for making old-school hex maps

Articles, Softwarehex maps3 Comments

May the Hex Be With You

October 7, 2009November 5, 2019 Erin D. Smale

What hex maps are, and why they’re Good

Articles, Mappinghex maps4 Comments

Posts pagination

Previous 1 … 7 8 9 10 Next

Read These First...

  • Hex-based Campaign Design (Part 1) 80.3k views
  • Hex-based Campaign Design (Part 2) 47k views
  • Medieval Demographics Online 34.9k views
  • May the Hex Be With You 17.5k views
  • Random Noble Houses 15.4k views
  • Low-fantasy Populations 15.2k views
  • Feudalism 101 11.8k views
  • Mapping Your Setting 10.5k views
  • Gazetteer Template 8.8k views
  • Ability Checks in BX 7.5k views

The Life Apocalypse Survival Guide

The Life Apocalypse Survival Guide

Recent Forum Posts

  • BX Options: Alternate Magicks Release!

    If you'd like to add high-level spells to your campaign...

    By Erin D. Smale , 1 year ago

  • RE: Chimera RPG Expansion Rules

    Hey Erin! Is there a chance you could send that to me a...

    By Jerry Eveland , 2 years ago

  • RE: Chimera RPG Expansion Rules

    Yes, please! That'd be incredible. The core rules are a...

    By Livable8121 , 3 years ago

Subscribe to The Welsh Piper

Enter your email to receive notifications of new posts.
We never share our subscriber list, ever.

Copyright © 2026 The Welsh Piper. All rights reserved.
WEN Corporate Pro by WEN Themes