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Surprise your players with this (literal) pop-up D&D town square

August 30, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Watch as this small bundle becomes a village town square and surprise location for some tabletop RPG melee.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: battle mats, Etsy, papercraft

1,000 cut out battle maps assets for $30: Dungeon Craft tackles Kickstarter

July 19, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The idea is you buy the book and then destroy it. That’ll divide gamers. However, having a bank of assets that you can drop onto battle maps is an excellent idea.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 1985 games, battle mats, kickstarters

7 tips for creating fantasy battle mats

June 25, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Jon Hodgson is a professional artist and his cartography Patreon has an impressive 215+ supporters.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: battle mats, cartography, handiwork games, Jon Hodgson, kickstarters

One million square feet of volcanic island RPG battle maps free to use

June 13, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 4 Comments

This impressive cartography collection is a whole island for your players to explore. There’s a volcano complete with dangerous streams of lava, ruins, temples, bridges and even an encampment hidden away.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: battle mats, cartography, virtual tabletop, Zatnikotel

Game grids and battle maps to enhance your tabletop RPG

July 9, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Do you use miniatures in your Dungeons & Dragons or Pathfinder games? Is it a unique playing map each time or something abstract? Many gamers find that PVC game grids are a good compromise. GMs can scribble down the terrain as and when it is needed in as much detail as necessary. Let’s take a […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: battle mats, cartography, maps

Battlemaps: Dungeon Rooms Vol.IV

August 22, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Game: Battlemaps: Dungeon Rooms Vol.IVPublisher: 0one Roleplaying Games Series: genericReviewer: WyrdmasterReview Dated: 15th, January 2005Reviewer’s Rating: 7/10   [ Good ]Total Score: 7Average Score: 7.00 “Get me out of this hell hole!” … ah, the famous quote from Baldur’s Gate. One of my regular gaming groups still uses it and chances to do so spring […]

Filed Under: Wyrd Reviews Tagged With: 0one Games, battle mats, cartography, reviews, rpg

Battlemaps: Divine Alligator’s Temple

August 22, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Game: Battlemaps: Divine Alligator’s TemplePublisher: 0one Roleplaying Games Series: d20 / genericReviewer: WyrdmasterReview Dated: 8th, June 2004Reviewer’s Rating: 7/10   [ Good ]Total Score: 7Average Score: 7.00 There’s no doubt; 0one Roleplaying Games’ Battlemap series are jolly good. If you’ve found the cash to buy your way through the expanding collection you will have a […]

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