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Trolltown in The Big Rubble II

Posted on December 14, 2024

We often forget that the Big Rubble can actually be viewed as a troll city with a human minority. First some comparisons of size. New Pavis is 28 hectares, and I think…

New Pavis and the Big Rubble Adventures

Posted on September 23, 2024

A few thoughts about New Pavis and the Big Rubble when we think about them within the context of an RQ game or campaign. The Big Rubble is where we go to…

Trolltown in The Big Rubble I

Posted on July 15, 2024

Some 2000 trolls now reside in Trolltown. Powerful troll kinship groups have taken over the intact villas, which may be the home of 50-120 dark trolls, trollkin, and great trolls. The largest…

Trolls of The Big Rubble

Posted on June 20, 2024

There are some 2500 trolls in the Big Rubble, making them the single most numerous community. There are some 500 adult dark trolls, over 1600 trollkin, and at least 100 great trolls,…

Levels of The Big Rubble

Posted on June 9, 2024

SPOILERS AHEAD! If we think about the Big Rubble as a sprawling collection of dungeons, it has four basic levels: From a design and play perspective, the Big Rubble lets you introduce…

Planning Pavis

Posted on May 23, 2024

The foundations of the original city of Pavis was laid out by Lord Pavis himself around 830. The city as originally planned had two main areas, laid out in grids. The first…

How Big is the Big Rubble?

Posted on May 11, 2024

The Big Rubble covers about 1900 hectares of area. To put that in comparison, New Pavis covers only 28 hectares, and even Nochet covers only 600 hectares. For real world comparisons, Ancient…

Notes on the Big Rubble

Posted on January 15, 2024

The Big Rubble covers about 25 square km. With 6100 inhabitants, that’s almost 250 inhabitants per square km or 2.5 per hectare. In comparison, New Pavis with 28 hectares has 5150 inhabitants…

Temple Hill, Big Rubble

Posted on October 29, 2023

Temple Hill, in the Big Rubble, is about two and half times the size of the Capitoline Hill in Rome. Long ago this area housed foreigners and their gods who visited Pavis….

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