Author Archives: Tolrendordm

Wizard’s Watch: Embers Stirring?

Well, stimulated by some good vibes about DnD Next on a number of blogs I follow (here being one key example), I downloaded the recent Playtest packet (April 1st!) for the first time since about August last year. Things have … Continue reading

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April Fools (Not…!!)

It certainly isn’t at Profantasy Software! The first of the (any…) month is always one to look forward to, as it’s the release of the next Cartographer’s Annual issue! April’s issue is a new style from Jonathan Roberts, one of … Continue reading

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The Cartographer’s Annual Challenge: March 2013

Ok, so I’ve now got caught up in the Challenge (just) after a late February entry! The March Annual issue returned to a more normal type of style, after a couple of months of quite different offerings. It is an overland … Continue reading

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World-building: History vs Geography

In the real world, it’s clear that History, the march of human events across the slowly unravelling scroll of time, is driven by Geography. Natural mountain barriers, impassable terrain, waterways and seas, climate, land fertility; all these factors have had … Continue reading

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The Cartographer’s Annual Challenge: February 2013

Yes, I’m aware it’s March! 🙂 This is my (late) entry for the February Annual in my own challenge, in which I attempt to create a meaningful map for Tolrendor using the Cartographer’s Annual issue for the month. I have to … Continue reading

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Wizards Watch: Phew!

Work and (work) travel have pretty much blown March away so far! So this Wizard’s Watch post is bit random, and just based on some of the things I’ve been keeping up with on the internet!! Have they finally clicked!? … Continue reading

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RPG Tech Talk: Realm Works

Just got an update email to say that the Kickstarter for this project by Lone Wolf Development has funded! Great news! It’s a different style of project from some, in that the software is pretty much already developed, and has … Continue reading

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Midgard: Campaign Setting Review – Part 5

Welcome to the last post in my review series (you can find the whole series here) of the Migard Campaign Setting. It’s been quite a journey, and we’ve encountered some strange and wonderful places, peoples and more along the way. … Continue reading

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February Update

Well, here we are in the second month of 2013 already!! There’s a cliche in there somewhere … 🙂 January was a great month for TolrendorDM’s Blog: after ending 2012 on a high with the highest monthly total of hits; … Continue reading

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Wizards Watch: DnD Classics dot com!

It’s been foreshadowed on many blogs for several days, and now it has come to pass: a new website (dndclassics.com run by DriveThruRPG) is now live offering a large range of TSR and Wizards of the Coast products in PDF … Continue reading

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