tavern scene
Inn's interior depiction
A tavern scene is a depiction of life inside a drinking establishment, especially in Dutch and Flemish paintings of the 17th century showing peasants carousing, gambling, or brawling.
The term extends to similar scenes in literature, film, and games—particularly fantasy role-playing games, where the tavern scene is a stock setting where adventurers meet, gather information, or get into fights: Every campaign starts with a tavern scene.
- pubLicensed drinking establishment
- aleWarm-fermented malt drink
- barmaidFemale pub employee
- serving wenchFemale tavern attendant
- tankardHandled drinking vessel, often lidded
fireplace · rowdy · innkeeper · mead · patrons · smoke · laughter · drunken · hearth · wooden · wooden beams · benches · revelry · brawl · bar fight · candlelit · wench · storyteller
- scenesdream sequence, climax, confrontation, first kiss, first meeting
- Drinking historyale, mead, alehouse, tankard, flagon
- genre scenesdining room, drawing room, family meal, family gathering, baking
- RPGsDungeons and Dragons, Final Fantasy, Skyrim, GM, Baldur's Gate
- LARPgarb, NPC, NPCs, player character, player characters
tavern scenelandscape
Visible features of terrain
seascape · still life · religious painting · altarpiece · mountain vista
tavern scenechurch interior
Inside a worship building
court scene · royal audience · funeral scene · sacred ceremony · deathbed scene
tavern scenelandscape
Visible features of terrain
wilderness · forest scene · mountain scene · desert landscape · garden scene