Random pages on Wikipedia are good for relieving boredom, expanding your mind and improving your game. Clicking “Random Article” can take you almost anywhere on a huge site about a million different things including a page on company name etymologies. See how, and why, companies carry the names they do.
In modern games, one huge conglomerate corporation is usually the worst of the evil worst but often enough the names mean little outside of the universe in which you’ve put them. This page can help you come up with more realistic company names as well as send subtle messages to the players about the direction you plan to take the campaign. And yeah, I know, the players will probably miss it until you hit them with the 2×4 you keep in the corner but it’s worth a shot!
elf-skinned sergeant | 21-Oct-07 at 9:43 pm | Permalink
Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You’re crazy. Drillers who Edwin L. Drake tried to enlist to his project to drill for oil in 1859.