Ex Novo 2e

Ex Novo - 2nd edition is a map-drawing game and a playable city-generator. Here maps are drawn by hand and histories are crafted through play. Starting from a blank page, Ex Novo will guide and inspire you as you construct fictional villages, towns, cities, and worlds.

Whether you’re worldbuilding for a campaign in your favorite tabletop role-playing game, telling a one-off tale, or diving into a fun night of creative exploration with friends, Ex Novo offers a rich, cooperative, map-drawing experience that unfolds over 1 to 3 hours.

Ex Novo has been designed as both a fun game, and a tool to help you build memorable settlements with rich histories, impressive landmarks, and enduring factions - settlements that can fit any fantasy, science-fiction, cyberpunk, contemporary, and even historical setting.