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Here are all the publications on the Koryo Hall's website. Make sure to visit the Topics Page if you are looking for a specific category.
Audio & Music 🎧
Here is a playlist for players and DMs who wish to add mood to their games in the world of Jeosung. It contains traditional, fusion and modern music.
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Kuunmong - The Cloud Dream of the Nine
The tale of a Buddhist monk who fails in his religious duties when he meets a group of nine gorgeous fairies and finds himself tempted by their beauty.
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Korean Culture - 233 Traditional Keywords
It can be challenging to breathe life into a fantasy world, especially if it’s a culture that’s not a fantasy analogue of your own. This book helps you that respect.
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The Samguk Yusa and Samguk Sagi
There is a tendency to summarize Hong Gildong as being “the Korean Robin Hood,” but this doesn’t really do Hong’s odyssey justice.
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Musical Resources - Traditional Korean Music
In a previous installment, I recommended some more modern musical resources. This time around, I’m turning to more traditional sources.
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Essay on Time in Jeosung
It's not easy to choose a name for your character when starting up in an unfamiliar setting so here is a simple Name Generator.
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Name Generator
It's not easy to choose a name for your character when starting up in an unfamiliar setting so here is a simple Name Generator.
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War Ships
An inspiration gallery that shows a specific style of war ships that can be found in Jeosung-the turtle battle ship.
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Wild Spirit - Bamsoolea
Bamsoolea is known as the faint light in the night. It appears with the tiny sound of jingle bell, on a road, while no one’s watching.
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War of the Arrows
In this film, a man’s sister is kidnapped by Manchurian invaders and taken back across the border into Manchuria.
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Koryo Hall to Daewanguk
This publication provides travel distances to major destinations around Daewanguk, starting from the major points of entry into the realm.
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Thatched Houses
An inspiration gallery that shows a range of thatched houses as can be found around Jeosung.
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Koryo Hall to Haenamguk
This publication provides travel distances to major destinations around Haenamguk. Accessing Haenamguk requires a travel pass.
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Ranking System
Bamsoolea is known as the faint light in the night. It appears with the tiny sound of jingle bell, on a road, while no one’s watching.
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Koryo Hall to Noonnara
This publication provides travel distances to major destinations around Noonnara, starting from the major points of entry into the realm.
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Koryo Hall to Mudangguk
This publication provides travel distances to major destinations around Mudangguk, starting from the Koryo Hall of Adventures.
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Shrines
An inspiration gallery that shows the diverse types of shrines that can be found in Jeosung.
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Jeosung Sailing Routes
This publication provides distances between major ports around Jeosung, connected by the most common sailing routes.
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Map Scales
A list of changes within the book in relation to the scale of Jeosung, in order to make it work better as a RPG world.
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Grand General Jeonbok Shiktang
Kapsang Jeonbok Shiktang is situated roughly 30 minutes walk east of Kapsang. It is nestled at the bottom of a small hill, in the center of a cove.
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Merchant Ships
An inspiration gallery that shows what merchant ships can look like in the world of Jeosung.
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Temple of the Midnight Oil
Unlike most of the temples around Jeosung, it was never given a name in spiritual lexicon, leading many to believe that it is a rather recent construction.
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Joseon Royal Court Culture
There is a tendency to summarize Hong Gildong as being “the Korean Robin Hood,” but this doesn’t really do Hong’s odyssey justice.
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Blood Rain
Blood Rain deals with a affluent island community with a thriving industry centered on its paper production.
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Fortifications and Gates
An inspiration gallery that shows a range of gates and fortifications that can be found in Jeosung.
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Musical Resources - Modern Korean Music
For many game groups, music can be a great tool for evoking the mood and setting of a distant, fantastical place.
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The Dutch Come to Korea
The Dutch Come to Korea is a great resource for anyone considering the idea of using a Korean-inspired fantasy setting like Jeosung as part of a wider world setting.
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The King and the Clown
Blood Rain deals with a affluent island community with a thriving industry centered on its paper production.
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Chimneys
An inspiration gallery that shows different types of chimneys,an important feature of many large buildings which use fire induced floor heating.
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Feng Shui
In the movie Feng Shui, what if the burial site of an ancestor magically determined the fate and fortune of his or her descendants?
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Bamboo Forest
An inspiration gallery that shows what a bamboo forest, such as can be found in both Daewanguk and Haenamguk, can look like.
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Eerie Tales from Old Korea
Eerie Tales from Old Korea collects a selection of tales compiled by a pair of Christian missionaries named James Gale and Homer B. Hulbert.
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Garoojigi
The character Byeon Gang-soe is often summarized as a kind of “Korean Casanova” due to their “legendary libido” but beyond that one trait, the two have very little in common.
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Kingdom
In the wake of historical hell breaking loose in Korea, a much worse kind of hell breaks loose-the historical hell is that of the Imjin War.
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The Pirates
A well executed Korean take on the popular Hollywood franchise, set during the transition from the fallen Koryo Dynasty and the beginning of the Joseon Dynasty.
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The Story of Hong Gildong
There is a tendency to summarize Hong Gildong as being “the Korean Robin Hood,” but this doesn’t really do Hong’s odyssey justice.
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Jeongja
An inspiration gallery that shows different types of Jeongja, a place where the people of Jeosung like to gather and rest.
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Along With The Gods Duology
The Along with the Gods duology is an adaptation of a popular webcomic by the same title, and is set in the modern era—or at least parts it.
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Jeon Woochi
Jeon Woochi is kind of the Korean equivalent to Merlin or Gandalf, except that unlike these other figures, he’s also a thief and a trickster.
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Adventurer's Guide to Jeosung
The Koryo Hall of Adventures is a complete fantasy campaign setting deeply inspired by the richness and beauty of Korean culture and history.
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Perpetrators
Discover the World of Jeosung in Perpetrators - Bracelet of Shadows
Step into the richly imagined world of Jeosung, home to the legendary Koryo Hall of Adventures, in this thrilling comic book that blends mystery, adventure, and intrigue. …
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