Author Archives: Tolrendordm

DM for Kids: The Weekly Game Challenge!

I’ve never run a weekly game! There, I’ve said it! It’s unfortunately the honest truth. My DMing experience back in college/university days was always in ‘burst mode’: we’d have a few sessions in a short space of time, followed by … Continue reading

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Wizards Watch: De Planes, De Planes

I’ve been musing about the subject of this article for sometime now, without it coming to the boil! Finally I’ve managed to collect my thoughts on this, so here goes! 🙂 The original trigger was Chris Perkins’ editorial in Dragon … Continue reading

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Wizards Watch: Deep Magic

I’m sure a lot of you have seen the latest Kickstarter project from Kobold Press: Deep Magic. It’s pitched as a setting-neutral tome of all kinds of magical goodies: new spells, class features, magical academies etc, for all types of spell-casters. … Continue reading

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Map of the Month: Profantasy ‘User Maps’

Most of my mapping efforts so far this year have been sucked into my personal Cartographer’s Annual Challenge, so the Map of the Month column has been a bit lacking. So instead, why don’t you check out the June ‘User … Continue reading

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Cartographer’s Annual Challenge: June 2013

So we’re six months into the year, and that means the sixth entry in my personal Cartographer’s Annual challenge: to use every issue of the Annual in the same month for a meaningful map. This months Issue is another overland style, … Continue reading

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RPG Tech Talk: Waiting patiently…

In my last RPG Tech Talk column I talked about Realm Works, the new ‘Campaign Information Manager’ being developed by Lone Wolf Software, who also make the Hero Lab character creation software. As a backer, I have access to the monthly … Continue reading

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Cartographer’s Annual Challenge: May 2013

The May 2013 Annual issue was somewhat different than many, presenting a library of symbols intended for adding information and markers to your maps. For this month’s Challenge entry, I decided to create a marked-up map showing the key travel … Continue reading

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DM for Kids: The Eyes have it!

As I’ve mentioned several times over the last six months or so, the Amber Tower campaign, my 4E game with my kids, has stalled somewhat. It’s not to say we’re not enjoying it, the kids are as keen as ever … Continue reading

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Wizard’s Watch: Subclasses!

Mike Mearl’s latest Legends and Lore column touched on a topic from my previous Wizard’s post, here; namely the variability within the class structure possible to achieve the flavour of character desired. As I said last time, I am impressed … Continue reading

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The Cartographer’s Annual Challenge: April 2013

Just in time for the April entry!! This month’s Annual Issue was a welcome return for one of my favourite cartography, Jonathan Roberts, who drew the beautiful overland maps in the Midgard Campaign Guide. In fact, this issue was a … Continue reading

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