Not to scare you, but as a publisher deadlines are approaching even earlier for us! Below is a list of helpful advice for attending Gen Con.  We’ve gone at least 10 times over the past 15 years and while we …

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Inkwell Ideas runs a Patreon for new map icons every month… Each month we make 100+ total icons usually in 4 styles: isometric world/kingdom, classic world/kingdom, settlement, & battlemat based on a theme picked by our patrons. Support us/get them …

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Due to time and other priorities several years ago we stopped updating and selling our first product: The Coat of Arms Design Studio. However, while there are a few other interesting tools, I don’t know if anything else out there …

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Inkwell Ideas is heading back to Gen Con—and we’re in the same spot as last year! You’ll find us at booth #150 along the far left wall when you’re facing the exhibit hall from the main entrances. We’re also back …

Coming To Gen Con From Inkwell Ideas: Rock & Roar! Read more »

Here’s our final preview of the month for our monthly map icons: Steampunk Battlemat icons. Support us/get them via Patreon! (On the last day of the month we make a pinned post to get the icons via DriveThruRPG at no …

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We at Inkwell Ideas have run Kickstarters since 2011, doing about three each year. And while few of our projects cross $100,000, all but 1 or 2 early project have funded.  I’m also regularly posting advice and learning on Reddit’s …

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Each month we create a set of 100+ map icons through our Patreon based on a theme our supporters select. This month’s winning theme was “Steampunk”. Support us/get them via Patreon! (On the last day of the month we make …

Steampunk Classic & Isometric World/Kingdom Map Icons Preview Read more »

Time for our first map icons preview for the month. This month’s theme is “Steampunk”. We’ve done that with an airships focus, so this time we’re doing trains and naval ships. We’re making 100+ icons split between four different subsets …

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Hopefully we at Inkwell Ideas, after creating our map making programs Worldographer, Hexographer, and our HexLands web app know something about this topic.  We may not always apply it in our generators (plus, see #3) but we know it! Without …

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Each month we create a set of 100+ map icons through our Patreon based on a theme our supporters select. This month’s winning theme was “Tiefling”–designed to be a culture that is related to demons or more often devils. Support …

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