Shops and Taverns Quest
Design and draw maps of dodgy potion shops and high-end taverns, create rude shopkeepers and nosy innkeepers, and build whimsical menus and lists of items to use in your tabletop games, stories and worldbuilding.
Expand your imagination and draw fantastical new things with our Quests.
This quest is part of our monthly drawing challenges. Find out more and subscribe here.
To help you with the design and drawing, this Quest includes:
Introduction letter with Pinterest board link to more inspiration.
A3 map of ‘Shrimply the Best’ Tavern and Shoppe, with description.
A big random idea generator for your own shops and taverns, plus tips and tricks to help you draw and design them (on the back of the map).
A5 print of the tavern-keeper and her unenthusiastic dog, with a description of their dodgy food and drink, and some tacky knick knacks.
Two A4 sheets of one-inch graph paper for your own map.
A transparent and glossy vinyl sticker of a mysterious potion bottle.
All packaged in an a5 green envelope.
Quests can be enjoyed at home or when you're out and about. They're usually pocket sized and only require a pencil and paper. You can spend as little or as long as you like on each quest, and you can choose how far to take your ideas. You could create a few notes and sketches, or an entire scale model or comic.
Who's it for?
The Quests are for adults and children, and are designed to be open-ended and compliment all skill levels, including beginners. They are ideal for:
People interested in drawing and inventing new people, places and things.
Artists, designers and other creatives seeking a new challenge.
Larpers looking for new ideas for events, character quirks and prop design.
Games masters and players keen to add new details to their games and characters.
There is no age restricted content in the Quests, but we've written the quests for the reading age of 13, and we do include links to Pinterest where you must be 13 or over to have an account.
Design
Inspired by zines, childhood games and tabletop adventures, each quest will be playfully designed to bring you joy and spark curiosity and creativity. We've had a lot of fun designing these, and although they're not easy to assemble we believe it's worth it for the experience.