[Show me this!] Here’s a great little tool if you want an instant fantasy city map made for your RPG. The free website will let you create a small town, large town, small city or large city. Hovering over the map lets you see the name given to a particular quarter – like docks, or […]
Middle Earth map annotated by J.R.R. found in a book
This map was found in a book owned by the illustrator Pauline Baynes. Baynes had been tasked with creating illustrations by Tolkien’s publishers Allen & Unwin in 1970. In drawing her own map she worked with J.R.R. Tolkien who suggested edits on the like of city locations, flora and fauna. We get to discover that […]
Winter is Coming poster
I rather like this limited edition print from Antoine Corbineau. For €50 you get a stylised Westeros that’s not too grim and yet feels appropriate to Game of Thrones. Tempted? Check out the product page and more art.
D&D projection map
Redditor and Roll20 developer Silverlight has shared a pretty funky D&D project. Using Roll20, Apple TV and a projector Silverlight was able to project a map onto the gaming table. The project makes great use of Roll20’s “dynamic lighting” which only shows what the PCs can see with their line of sight. In this case […]
Retractable whiteboard for tabletop melee battles
Some gamers use blackboard tablets, plastic covered maps, tiles and other clever adaptations in order to have re-usable surfaces they can draw on and move minis around on. What about an actual whiteboard? Buy at Uncommon Goods. The whiteboard is made from plastic, paper and tyvek and rolls up. The screen is 9.5″ in length […]
Exclusive sneak peak! Inkwell Ideas launch new DungeonMorph campaign
The original DungeonMorph Dice Kickstarter from Inkwell Ideas raised over $20,000 from 379 backers. It funded back in 2011. Years ago. Now the clever RPG design company is back with a campaign that includes cards, PDF and font to support a city and town theme. You can back it here. The premise is simple but […]
Royalty free RPG map maker turns to Kickstarter with Other World Mapper
I suck at drawing maps but what’s an epic fantasy quest without the world map to put all that travel into context? Three Minds Software is having a crack at the computer cartography market with a project called the Other World Mapper. [Back this Campaign] It looks like this Kickstarter will slide to success. This […]
Mapping Minas Tirith
Have you ever been a mapper in an old style dungeon crawl? It’s not easy. If you have then you’ll have an additional level of respect for this very detailed map of Middle Earth’s Minas Tirith. It’s fair to call out old RPGs for this map as it was surfaced over at Reddit as an […]
Battle for Wesnoth maps
Cartographer “zookeeper” created and shared these maps from the free and open source game Battle for Wesnoth at the Cartographers’ Guild. These maps are the first time Zookeeper has done any cartography and so the results are very impressive. I’m sharing them here as it is rare to get a multi-part map of a world. […]
Tabletop RPG perfect? Glass and river cartography tables
Could Greg Klassen’s range of cleverly designed tables that use the natural flow of wood be the gaming table you’ve been looking for? Klassen embeds glass rivers into the cut surfaces of discarded trees. The effect is wonderful. You can buy online, too if you’re able to treat yourself. (Via Christopher Jobson at Colossal)
