Category Archives: RPG Technology

RPG Tech Talk: Taking Notes

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Tolrendordm

I recently picked up a book Never Unprepared: The Complete Gamemaster’s Guide to Session Prep. An interesting read, and one which I’m sure will bring some changes to my game prep activities. The link to this column, however, is that there … Continue reading →

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Map of the Month: Mapping Worlds

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Tolrendordm

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

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Tolrendordm

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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RPG Tech Talk: ORP and the Die (or Dice…)

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Tolrendordm

In the July RPG Tech Talk column, I talked about the concept of the Open Roleplaying Platform, or ORP. Briefly, this is the concept of a suite of software tools that together form a viable platform for computer assisted table-top … Continue reading →

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Map of the Month: Earlsdale Interactive Map

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Tolrendordm

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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RPG Tech Talk: An e-Module Kickstarter

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Tolrendordm

A few months back I talked about the potential of the new iBooks format for RPG publications – and in fact how I was a little underwhelmed by the iBooks Author software. Well, now it seems that there is an interesting … Continue reading →

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RPG Tech Talk: The Tech Gametable

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Tolrendordm

Well, last week Wizards of the Coast announced via a DDI broadcast email that they would not be moving forward with their Virtual Table product past the Beta stage. The official line is that there is not enough interest in it … Continue reading →

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RPG Tech Talk: iBooks Author

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Tolrendordm

In my last column, I talked about my opinion that current eBook  formats are not really suitable for RPG publications, where typically a greater level of control is required over the precise layout – unlike a novel where the ‘flow’ … Continue reading →

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June Cartographer’s Annual!!

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Tolrendordm

And as I mentioned just this morning re Henrik Wielink’s Dungeon style for CC3 … how cool does this look … 🙂

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Fantasy Maps – A Stunning Site!

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Tolrendordm

The Cartographer Annual (from Profantasy) April Issue shipped last week, with yet another great overland style, based on the work of Herwin Wielink. I hadn’t come across this cartographer before, but his work is really stunning. His own site, Fantasy Maps, … Continue reading →

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