Author Archives: Tolrendordm

13th Age: Inspiration!!

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Tolrendordm

A couple of months ago, I spent a few hours at the Dragonmeet convention in London. Unfortunately due to the fact I’d only flown in from New York a couple of hours prior, and I had other commitments during the day, … Continue reading →

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D&D 40th Anniversary: Words to Celebrate

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Tolrendordm

Over at the lair of the Kobolds, they’ve been running a cool D&D 40th Anniversary series of articles (one, two, three, four…) where they ask various luminaries of the RPG world four questions about their past and present D&D experiences. … Continue reading →

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DM for Kids: Moral Qualms?

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Tolrendordm

In our last but one session of the Amber Tower campaign, the PCs arrived in the Seven-Pillared Hall (we’re playing through Thunderspire Labyrinth at the moment). After quite of bit of interaction and role-playing the party headed off to the … Continue reading →

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The Annual Challenge: February Issue

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Tolrendordm

Its the first of the month, and that’s Cartographer’s Annual issue date! For February 2014, the issue is all about the new Character Artist 3 (CA3) add-on, which was released recently. This product allows you to create character or monster … Continue reading →

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Cartographer’s Annual Challenge: January 2014

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Tolrendordm

The January 2014 Annual issue is a style for producing small-scale overland maps suited for early modern settings; the clue is in the name: “World War 2 Area Maps” 🙂 Once again, the question was how to use this style … Continue reading →

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D&D: The 40th Anniversary

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Tolrendordm

According to Jon Peterson, author of Playing at the World, a history of wargaming and role-playing games, January the 26th 2014 is the date to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the birth of the world’s oldest and most popular role-playing game!! … Continue reading →

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2014: A new Cartographer’s Annual Challenge!

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Tolrendordm

Last week, I posted the final month’s effort for my 2013 Cartographer’s Annual Challenge, bringing to an end 12 months of enjoyable and productive mapping using the wonderful styles and tools provided by the folks at Profantasy. You can browse … Continue reading →

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Cartographer’s Annual Challenge: December 2013

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Tolrendordm

I’ve done it!! Slightly late as usual, but here is my offering for the final Annual Issue of 2013!! The style was named “1930’s Overland”, and is designed to mimic the famous Baedeker travel guide maps; not exactly intended for … Continue reading →

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Cartographer’s Annual Challenge: November 2013

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Tolrendordm

Yeah, yeah, catching up again I know!! November’s issue was a neat re-working of the standard CC3 overland style (i.e. terrain fills, bitmap symbols etc) in a hex-mapping style. Of course, if hex maps are the topic, what better subject to … Continue reading →

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Wizards Watch: DnD Next Release

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Tolrendordm

Well it’s official!! Everyone had assumed anyway I think the DnD Next (or whatever they will actually call it…) would be released for GenCon 2014, and Thursday’s press release seems to support that! A lot of chatter across about this … Continue reading →

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