Author Archives: Tolrendordm

January Update

Six days on from my ‘Taking Stock…‘ post, and already I feel like things have changed for the better! Of course this is common to New Year’s resolutions: start off with a hiss and bang with post holiday energy … … Continue reading

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Wizards Watch: Christmas Presents…

Kudos to Wizards of the Coast for managing to keep up their publishing schedule over the holiday period. I must admit that I was expecting nothing on the web-site all week, so it was a pleasant surprise – a bit … Continue reading

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Taking Stock …

The New Year approaches, and with it comes the traditional time of reminiscing about the year just gone, and crystal ball gazing into the many possibilities of the coming one… I started this blog back in January 2011, with no … Continue reading

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A Merry Gaming Christmas …

So what gaming goodness did Santa bring you, and what did you give a fellow gamer?? Well, from the list from the left, I was lucky enough to receive Player’s Option: Heroes of the Feywild! Very much looking forward to … Continue reading

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Wizards Watch: Fey Paragon Paths

The Feywild is one of the best additions, IMHO, to the 4E D&D cosmos. My current campaign strongly features the overlap of the normal world and its Fey and Shadow ‘mirrors’. Right now, some of the PCs (run by my … Continue reading

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Cartographer’s Annual 2012

Yes, it’s that time of year again! The 2012 Cartographer’s Annual for 2012 from http://www.profantasy.com has been announced … and I’ve subscribed already. For anyone that uses Campaign Cartographer software, I can’t recommend this product enough. Over the last few … Continue reading

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The Monte Cook Question

There seems to have been a fair bit of discussion around the web over Mike Mearls’ annoucement that Monte Cook was rejoining the R&D team at Wizards of the Coast. What did it mean? Where are they going this time? Well, Monte’s … Continue reading

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Maps for Players

One of the things I always like to do in a campaign is have a map of the region that I can use as a handout for the players. I believe this helps them visualise the area and encourages them … Continue reading

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Well …

… that went well, didn’t it – NOT! There was me in my second to last post, looking forward to the Havencoast project i.e. converting one of the best detailed areas of Tolrendor from its AD&D 2E days into 4E. … Continue reading

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Area Hex Maps – A Guide…

  Before moving on with more detailed maps, or indeed the first written content, I thought it would be interesting to talk (ramble?) a little bit about my hex mapping techniques.   As I’ve posted before, I use Campaign Cartographer … Continue reading

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