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Lakelands Setting Index

The Lakelands is my post-apocalyptic / cosmic horror TTRPG setting; the name is subject to change. This page is an easily-accessible index of all of my published work on the setting; it is equally subject to change.

Overview

  1. Introducing the Lakelands: A Post-Apocalypse / Cosmic Horror Setting
  2. The Geography of the Lakelands and the World
  3. The Bad Years
  4. Scavenging in the Lakelands

Design and Style Notes

  1. Neither Hope Nor Cynicism: A Central Tension
  2. Both Grounded and Fantastic: A Central Tension
  3. The Lakelands as a Fate Core Setting

Peoples of the Lakelands

  1. Playable Peoples of the Lakelands
  2. Mundane Humans
  3. Geminites
  4. New Hominids
  5. Mould Nymphs
  6. Half-Nymphs
  7. Amazons (upcoming)

The Weird

  1. The Weird in the Lakelands
  2. Fauna of the Lakelands, Part 1
  3. Dreamzones
  4. Hrönir and History
  5. Esoteric and Exoteric Traditions
  6. Fauna of the Lakelands, Part 2 (upcoming)

Communities and Culture

  1. Religion in the Lakelands
  2. Settlements of the Lakelands, Part 1

The following posts aren't dedicated to the Lakelands, but they either make enough mention of the setting, or operate enough in the background of my writing about the setting, that I think they're worth linking to here.

  1. The AOA Non-Fiction Bookshelf
  2. Worldbuilding with Colin Woodard's American Nations
  3. The AOA Fiction Bookshelf
  4. The Flickers and the Bandits: Analyzing A Successful Encounter

The current preview picture for this post is owned by Vadim Morozov on Unsplash (19 July 2021).