Urban Dressing: Bridge Town by Josh Vogt is a role playing game supplement published by Raging Swan Press for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. As such, it is covered by the Open Game License and some parts are considered to be Open Game Content as a result.
The supplement is available as a 12-page PDF from DriveThruRPG for $3.75 but was purchased at a reduced price as part of a special bundle. Two pages are the front and rear covers, two the front matter, Contents and Foreword and one is the Open Game License. The PDF comes in two versions, one designed for print and high-end devices, the other for mobile and low-end devices.
Bridge Town: Sights and Sounds starts with a brief paragraph on use before moving onto the d100 table. This has various things to see and hear, some connected directly to a bridge, some influenced by it – a children’s rhyme, for example, references a bridge – and some more general.
Bridge Town: Businesses again starts with a brief paragraph on use and is a d100 list with 50 results. Each has a business name, what type of business it is and what they do. Some of the businesses are directly related to bridges, or indirectly by being about water, or are more general in use.
Bridge Town: Remarkable Bridges once more starts with a brief paragraph on use and is a d100 list with 50 results that can be used to describe the bridge.
Bridge Town: Hooks, Complications & Opportunities is a d20 list of potential adventure hooks related to bridges.
Urban Dressing: Bridge Town in Review
The PDF is well bookmarked with major sections linked. The Contents is to a similar level of depth and is hyperlinked. Navigation is good. The text maintains a two-column format and appeared to be free of errors. There are a few pieces of black and white stock art. Presentation is okay.
This is an interesting collection of things to enhance a town built around a bridge, and many used to be back when rivers were major impediments to travel across them. Some of the results are more directly related to bridges than others, which means some could be used in other locations too. Urban Dressing: Bridge Town is a decent collection of bridge-related tables and it can be found by clicking here.
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