d12 Monthly – Issue 59 – World Building

d12 Monthly – Issue 59 – World Building

Issue 59 of d12 Monthly has landed – and this one’s for those who love worldbuilding.

This issue brings you ways and ideas on how to generate your own D&D campaign world – one step at a time.

Dive in and discover news ways to play the game.

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Related Issues

Here is a list of past issues of d12 Monthly that you may find compliments this issue. A lot of my issues can be used with OSE quite easily, but here are some specific ones:

Past Issues

Free past issues are also available.


List of Articles:

Grids > Hexes – I outline why using square grids is better than using hexes.

It’s Your World – An overview of how to build a world.

It’s 5 Leagues Beyond The Great Swamp – Terrain generation.

Building A World – How to fill that terrain as character explore your world.

Look Out! – Another look at random encounters in the wilderness.

What Is This Place? – How to place settlements.

Finally, Civilisation! – How to generate a settlement quickly.

Where Are We? – Generating a region by bring it all together.

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Contributions

Want to feature in the zine in an upcoming issue? Feel free to contact me and let me know what you want to contribute.

Art

Cover art by David Markiwsky.

Internal Art by Grey Gnome Games. Plus some art ©2025 Jesse Mohn..

Featuring art by Danial Comerci and Dean Spencer.

All art ©, used with permission, all rights reserved. Some artwork provided by Zed Nope, and used with permission.

Unless otherwise mentioned, all articles are written by Russ at YUMDM.

Over to You

What did you think of the issue? Any favourite articles? Feel free to leave any feedback on this issue in the comments below.

While You’re Here…

Since 2021 I have been publishing d12 Monthly, a monthly zine, which has a ton of articles for any edition of Dungeons and Dragons.

Printed copies are available in my store. The PDF is available on DriveThruRPG and you can get both, plus support my work, via my Patreon.

I will also be releasing some more products in the near future.

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