troik tue: district generation

26 Jan, 2026

District Generation Tables

Submissions for the swyvers heistable hovels jam start in February. The district generation rules struck me as something I could use for my slow-burning effort to map Troika city¹.

This generator doesn't only use six-sided dice. Is this a crime? What should the punishment be? Opinions welcome.

District Names

making heavy use of the Wikipedia entries for Areas of London and for Constantinople, and this blog post.

D66	Name of District	D66	Name of District
11	Lampreys	41	Shottknacker
12	The Algedonic Quarter	42	Deuteron's Way
13	Mount Dextrous	43	Pempton's Gate
14	Vale Sinister	44	Wetcolumn
15	Saints Park	45	Luminouses
16	The Pickle Runs	46	Edgewise
21	The Quarter of the Hebephrenes	51	Middletwit
22	Dreel Holdings	52	Pinacothecae
23	Upper Gammon	53	Murrain Stacks
24	Welkin Wallow	54	Starsilvers
25	Spagyric Bottom	55	Chainswept District
26	Eel Pie Island	56	Gazebotown
31	Cacogens' Stoop	61	Mese Autarchi
32	Chiliarchi	62	Temple Deeps
33	Lochagi	63	Puma-Upon-Glifford
34	Logoi	64	Dovecoffles
35	The Uric Gardens	65	Fallowfishes
36	Weddincrypt	66	The Autothysic Wasteland

General Information

roll once per column. Time to Cross is the exception; this is tied to Size.

1D6	Size	Time to Cross	Density	Wealth	Crime Levels	Autonomy	Inter-Sphere Travel
1	Tiny	20min	Deserted	Destitute	None	Anarchic	Banned
2	Small	30min	Suburban (100s)	Poor	Fleeting	Inter-Sphere Enclave	Rare
3	Large	60min	Quiet (1,000s)	Poor	Petty	Rebellious	Monopolized
4	Large	60min	Normal (10,000s)	Average	Common	Contented	Common
5	Huge	1 day	Normal (10,000s)	Rich	Rampant	Obedient	Common
6	Non-Euclidean	1 week	Heaving (100,000s)	Affluent	Institutional	Autarchy Power Centre	Portal Epidemic

Dominant Functions, Opportunities/rumours

D20	Functions	Opportunities/Rumours
1	Department Stores	The district is plagued by doppelgangers.
2	Entertainment	Gamins are disappearing off the street.
3	Alchemy	An Exultant is brewing sedition.
4	Golden Barge Docks	The district has an unusual frequency of resurrections.
5	Temples & Monasteries	A famous thief is the subject of a manhunt.
6	Erudition	A tide of refugees arrive from a blighted Sphere.
7	Goblin Labyrinth	All inhabitants work for a single (cruel) employer.
8	Clavigers	Two Saints and their followers clash over ideology.
9	Mercenaries	A grand Expo is underway.
10	Teahouses	A noble's beloved pet Alzabo is missing.
12	Arms & Armour	Two mysterious Towers have appeared in a plaza.
13	Metallurgy	The district is inexplicably two months behind Troika.
14	Hotels	Orphan gang-war causes widespread chaos.
15	Palatial Complex	The river has flooded everywhere to the knees.
16	Exotic Trading	A new restaurant is so good, it will ruin your life.
17	Sorcery	A new cult spreads like wildfire.
18	Gambling	Yesterday, a wizard in this district casted Zed.
19	Banking	Famine: food rots and spoils, localised to this district.
20	Travel Agents	Saintly Relics are waching up on the riverbanks.

Notable Denizens/Secrets

D20	Descriptor	Profession	Secret
1	Obsequious	Exultant	Local kids harbour a crash-landed alien horror.
2	Fastidious	Exographer	A world-ending relic is kept in an unassuming glass case at the local pub.
3	Dismal	Thinking Engine	Residents of the district are members of a hivemind.
4	Anonymous	Pig	None of the stonework has seams.
5	Contagious	Collector	The corpse of a deity rots deep underground.
6	Invisible	Temple-Knight	Agents provocateurs of rival City-Spheres base themselves here.
7	Radiant	Befouler of Ponds	An abandoned hotel is far bigger on the inside.
8	Addled	Sphinx	The Alderman never makes appearances because he has turned into a Zoanthrop.
9	Bankrupt	Dwarf	There is a Witch Convention in town.
10	Obsessive	Harpy	A plasma-tycoon has quietly bought nearly the entire district.
11	Fabulous	Saint	The latest fashion trend is secretly an epic fraudulent scam.
12	Lawful	Gang Boss	A Necromancer has set up under the graveyard.
13	Unlawful	Sheriff	A gang of thieves frequently distributes their spoils to the poor.
14	Ancient	Demonologist	A cell of anti-Autarchy rebels is recruiting.
15	Shapeshifting	Fallen God	An abandoned well leads to the Primary Underworld.
16	Scarred	Publican	The entire district is dangerously close to collapsing into a wormhole.
17	Corvid	Wizard	The district sits on a thick vein of silver.
18	Cacogenic	Red Priest	A terrible beast stalks the sewers.
19	Wet	Orphan	The local dining club feasts on thinking flesh.
20	Friendly	Barge-Captain	A meteor will obliterate the district in six days.

this post is heavily derivative of Luke Gearing's work. Go buy Swyvers.↩

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