About outpost names
Military shorthand shapes results like "Night Redoubt" and "Copperpoint Command", while French entries such as "la Caserne Ombragée" soften the same frontier into something older. Redoubts and bastions imply fortification, camps imply impermanence, and that distinction tells players how safe a rest will be. Place one at the edge of every region you have not finished designing.
How outpost names are built
Outpost names build several ways. An English route pairs a descriptor with a frontier noun, as in Crystal + Camp or Night + Redoubt. A French route joins a structure word like le Bastion or le Portillon to a mood adjective, giving Le Bastion Cachée and Le Portillon Sauvage, or fuses fragments after a refuge word as in La Cachette Plailême.
Night Redoubt
Night (descriptor) + Redoubt (frontier noun)
Le Bastion Cachée
le Bastion (structure word) + Cachée (adjective)
La Cachette Plailême
la Cachette (refuge word) + Plai+lême (fused fragment pair)
Naming notes
The English patterns pair descriptors with a 44-entry frontier-noun bank (camps, redoubts, gates). The French patterns use a 25-entry structure-word bank with adjective banks (17 and 121 entries) or a fused two-fragment coinage. Signpost a supply line with English camps and hide a forward base behind a French name.
Questions about outpost names
- What forms do outpost names take?
- An English descriptor plus a frontier noun from the 44-entry bank (Night Redoubt, Crystal Camp), and French forms joining a structure word to a mood adjective (Le Bastion Cachée) or a fused fragment (La Cachette Plailême).
- Which banks supply the French forms?
- A 25-entry structure-word bank with adjective banks (121 and 17 entries) or the paired fragment banks that fuse into a coinage.
- How do I use them on a map?
- Signpost the supply line with English camps and hide the forward base behind a French name.