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RPGaDAY2025 Day 3: Tavern

Written by TardisCaptain

Tavern is the Day 3 topic for RPGaDAY 2025 Challenge and I think this is a good one. The common thread of taverns with roleplaying games is the “you all meet up at the tavern for the start of the adventure.” Well taverns can be a bit more than that. They can be a home base of operations such as the Inn of the Crescent Moon seen in the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons comics from DC Comics, a common gathering place for the community such as Quark’s Bar on Deep Space Nine, a place to find transport such as the Mos Eisley Cantina or just a place to pick a fight…

“Funny, sir, how you always seem to find yourself in an Alliance-friendly bar, come U-Day, lookin’ for a quiet drink.” Zoe- The Train Job, Firefly episode 2

Taverns, bars, inns, etc. can be used as plot points in may different roleplaying games or stories. A place to find a contact or pass on information. Especially if it’s a last minute option for the GM to use. Just in case you suddenly find yourself in need of a name for that shady little dive the players find themselves in, here are some random tavern names.

Fantasy Taverns-

  1. The Silver Stag
  2. The Soot and Song
  3. The Broken Tankard
  4. The Rusted Crown
  5. The One-Eyed Owl
  6. The Whispering Mug
  7. The Moonspindle Inn
  8. The Wyrm and Whistle
  9. The Laughing Lich
  10. The Barrel and Brimstone
  11. The Hearthless Flame
  12. The Twisted Oak
  13. The Sly Fox and Fowl
  14. The Emerald Lute
  15. The Crooked Lantern
  16. The Grinning Gargoyle
  17. The Copper Cauldron
  18. The Wand and Wagon
  19. The Hollow Helm
  20. The Scarlet Manticore

1920’s Speakeasies-

  1. The Velvet Valve
  2. The Blind Canary
  3. The Whispering Flask
  4. The Garter Grip
  5. Club Hush
  6. The Gilded Ghost
  7. The Gin Mill Grin
  8. The Clover Club
  9. The Cat’s Meow
  10. The Backdoor Saint
  11. The Brass Button
  12. The Crooked Ace
  13. The Cinder Lounge
  14. The Owl and Hourglass
  15. The Silver Stitch
  16. The Blue Note Bunker
  17. The Dizzy Duchess
  18. The Blind Ledger
  19. The Staggering Dame
  20. The Clockwork Coda

Space Bars-

  1. The Nebula’s Kiss
  2. The Black Hole Saloon
  3. The Cyro Leak
  4. The Void Cantina
  5. The Binary Shot
  6. The Dockside Drift
  7. The Event Horizon
  8. The Crater and Cask
  9. The Proton Parlor
  10. The Ion Ivy
  11. The Comet and Coil
  12. The Blacklight Bazaar
  13. The Tachyon Tap
  14. The Gravity Well
  15. The Chrome Chimera
  16. The Red Shift
  17. The Wreck Deck
  18. The Quantum Mule
  19. The Circuit Inn
  20. The Infinite Happy Hour

Western Saloons-

  1. The Rusted Spur
  2. The Dusty Deputy
  3. Cactus Canteen
  4. The Whiskey Widow
  5. The Silver Saddle
  6. The Golden Rattlesnake
  7. The Crooked Trail Saloon
  8. The Tin Horn Tavern
  9. The Red Mesa Saloon
  10. The Prairie Rose
  11. The Dry Gulch Tavern
  12. The Coyote’s Cry
  13. The Spittoon and Sparrow
  14. The Gold Tooth Tavern
  15. The Bootjack Burrow
  16. The Hangman’s Harmony
  17. The Devil’s Draw
  18. The Brass Rail
  19. The Blind Bear
  20. The Lone Star Hollow

What adventures have you had in a tavern? Is there a better name of a bar that you’d add to the list? Tell me about it. This article is open for discussion on the TardisCaptain dot Com Discord server. You can also email me at Carl (at) TardisCaptain.com with any comments.

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