Category Archives: Columns

Cartographer’s Annual Challenge: July 2013

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Tolrendordm

Yes, I realise it’s almost the end of August, and this is the July Cartographer’s Annual Challenge post. I guess I got waylaid on the road. Better late than never as they say… July’s Annual Issue was a new black … Continue reading →

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Wizards Watch: Tidbits…

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Tolrendordm

I thought there’d be a whole raft of posts up on the happennings at GenCon over the weekend, but it seems those people lucky enough to be there are still travelling/catching up on sleep! 🙂 The one obvious update I … Continue reading →

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RPG Tech Talk: Prep Tools

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Tolrendordm

In my last DM for Kids post, I talked about the challenge of preparing for a weekly game session, something I’ve never really done on a regular basis. My work and home life schedule doesn’t really seem cut out for … Continue reading →

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DM for Kids: Session Prep

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Tolrendordm

So the first session of my Summer Holiday (Monday) Weekly Game Night challenge has been and gone. As I previously mentioned, I only had one session pre-prepped before I began the challenge, and there are 5 more potential sessions before … Continue reading →

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Ahhh, Summer…

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Tolrendordm

In actual fact, as I steal 10 minutes in the office to start this post, rain is beating against the windows!! Summer in the UK I guess … although to be fair the weather has been pretty awesome for the … Continue reading →

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DM for Kids: The Weekly Game Challenge!

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Tolrendordm

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

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Tolrendordm

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

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Tolrendordm

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’

Posted on June 29, 2013 by Tolrendordm

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

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Tolrendordm

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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