Category Archives: Cartography

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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The Cartographer’s Annual Challenge: January 2013

I think it’s obvious from this blog that I love the awesome Cartographer’s Annual from Profantasy Software! However, too often I download and admire the new style, but don’t get round to actually using it in my mapping! So, a few weeks … Continue reading

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DM for Kids: Back in the Saddle (literally…)

In my last DM for Kids column I lamented the fact that scheduling D&D sessions was not happening nearly as frequently  as I’d like! However, my intention was to rectify that over the Christmas holidays …. and I’m very happy … Continue reading

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Map of the Month: A(nother) view of the Havenscoast

It’s been a while since Map of the Month was some of my own work, rather than someone else’s! It’s a good feeling 🙂 This month’s map is yet another view of the Havenscoast. You can find my previous maps … Continue reading

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2013: Onwards!! Aspirations for the New Year…

Well a Happy New Year to all; we seem to have decided there is still life after the Mayan calendar, which is good to know, as it means more gaming time! 🙂 Anyway, as I mentioned in my last post, … Continue reading

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Map of the Month: Mapping Worlds

This month, take a look at another great site for fantasy cartographers: Mapping Worlds, by Swedish mapper Pär Lindström. On this site he showcases a number of his maps, especially those of his fantasy world of Etrakien. You can find  large-scale … Continue reading

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Midgard Goodies

This post almost made it as my Tech Talk column of the month, or my Map of the Month … but in the end it stands on it’s own 🙂 The Midgard Campaign Setting is the upcoming product from Open … Continue reading

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Map of the Month: Earlsdale Interactive Map

This month’s Map of the Month column is another call-out to one of the awesome maps that are available out there on the internet. Grimur Fjeldsted is a cartographer that may be known to CC3 users, as his site MapVentures is linked … Continue reading

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DM for Kids: DnD Next

Unfortunately, I just haven’t yet managed to start some DnD Next play testing with the kids, due to end-of-term school commitment, exams and work stuff. Definitely want to have a go as it does look like a ruleset well suited … Continue reading

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Map of the Month: Mount Arghuangeusk

I love maps with a hard-drawn/painted feel, probably not least because such maps are waaaay beyond my own artistic ability. Recently I came across a tutorial in Digital Artist Magazine (a print magazine that is also available in the iTunes … Continue reading

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