Dungeons and Dragons campaigns can benefit from using real history. My guest today, Tristan Zimmerman, explains how you can use real history to improve your D&D and other tabletop RPG sessions.
Also, we take one historical example and discuss how it could be used in a D&D campaign, a Call of Cthulhu adventure, and a sci-fi setting. Get ready to learn about the Missouri Leviathan and a “fossil showman.”
Tristan Zimmerman Books and Blog
Tristan is a writer and a creator of role-playing game resources. Every Tuesday he publishes an article on his blog Molten Sulfur. He has also published several books, which you can find below.
- The GM’s Real-World Reference
- Archive: Historical People, Places, and Events for RPGs
- Making History: Three One-Session RPGs
The Missouri Leviathan
If you want to learn more about the Missouri Leviathan, here are a few resources. It is an absolutely fantastic story.
- The Missouri Leviathan – Molten Sulfur
- Missouri Leviathan: the making of an American mastodon – Natural History Museum
Albert Koch, a self-proclaimed fossil showman, took his show on the road and created some amazing advertising, here are a couple of examples.
