Simple Rumor Mill

Rumors/clues/hooks are a super important part of RPGs, especially sandbox campaigns. Here's a very simple spark table, inspired by Traveller. Roll d6 & d10, look up the result, if you need extra inspiration just roll twice and combine.

	1-2 Location	3-4 Danger	5-6 Tabloid	7-8 Politics	9-10 Lore
1	Treasure	Urban crime	Love child	Faction conflict	History
2		Highwaymen	Adultery	Secret society	Monster
3	Resources	Wild animals	Inheritance	Impending war	Place
4	Person	Monsters	Rivalry	Corruption	Magic
5		Nat. disaster	Marriage	Diplomacy	Technology
6	Mythical place	DOOM!	Dark secret	Spies	Religion

A couple of quick examples:

1. Location (Treasure) & Danger (Monsters) = either a place guarded by monsters, or, to give it a spin: the location of a VALUABLE MONSTER - to develop this further, let's say a local noble is looking for a unicorn for their park, and the rumor is about the last sighting of a unicorn.
2. Danger (Monsters) & Politics (Diplomacy) = Messenger from neighboring kingdom captured by monsters - peace treaty endangered / messenger from neighboring kingdom is actually a doppelganger!
3. Tabloid (Rivalry) & Lore (Magic) = there is a schism in the Wizard Council, caused by the variant readings of an ancient prophecy - and to add that "tabloid" element, maybe the prophecy is about a "chosen one", and the various wizards now want to influence this person.
4. Lore (History) & Tabloid (Love child) = a classic! Genealogical research reveals heir actually being from a different branch of renowned family or something similar.
5. Location (Mythical place) & Danger (Urban crime) = crime lord found an entrance into the Dreamlands.
6. Location (Resources) & Tabloid (Inheritance) = copper mine inherited by young noble is mismanaged by cunning assistant.

Edit: I was also inspired by the rumor tables over at alea iactanda est, and the rumor mill in Luke Kennedy's Basic Fantasy RPG Hexcrawl Supplement.

Edit 2: I was also reminded of Delta's rumor system.