It has been a pretty big week here.  There was an update about Dungeonographer (dungeon mapping software) on Tuesday.  Yesterday a whole new wilderness icon set done by Kevin Chenevert/RedKobold was posted. Now there is a new tile-based random dungeon …

Debuting a New Tile-Based Random Dungeon Generator Read more »

Kevin Chenevert at www.RedKobold.com has put together a number of new wilderness map icons for Hexographer.  Importing icons is a “Pro” feature in Hexographer.  But because like all Hexographer icons they are simply transparent PNG images, you can use them …

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Alpha testing of Dungeonographer is a little less than month away (I hope, life schedule and other projects permitting) but I want to share a couple of the special features of Dungeonographer via samples. One-Page-Dungeon Wizard The first sample is …

Dungeonographer Preview: Samples of One-Page-Dungeon Wizard and Battlemat Maker Read more »

Lately I’ve been thinking about dungeon geomorphs.  Hack/ has a great tile geomorph based dungeon generator.  A few other writers have been posting new geomorph tiles in other styles and have been posting interesting ways to use them. I’ve long …

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I’ve added a bunch of new tiles for the Random Inn Generator over the past few days.  Based on prior feedback I added a set of tiles that doesn’t include privies, and I added an option that toggles whether the …

Random Inn Generator Gets Many New Floor Tiles Read more »

This is the 4th post in a series of hex map icons.  However, these icons are usable with any map style and any map tool because each is just a 250×250 pixel transparent PNG.  As mentioned in prior posts, I’ll …

More Map Icons: Seagrass and Whirlpool Read more »

This is my second post listing a bunch of random inn rumors. These will be added to the Random Inn Generator shortly.  (Once I build up enough so the same few don’t pop up over and over.)  When they are …

More Random Inn Rumors Read more »

For a number of reasons I wanted to catalog/list the many RPG game magazines available in print and PDF.  I was surprised at how many I found!  Here’s a list with a short overview and link to each one.  If …

RPG Magazine List/Roundup Spring 2010 Read more »

Those of you who like Hexographer may know that I’ve been working up a Dungeon mapping equivalent called “Dungeonographer” over the past two months.  It was something that I had considered for months, but when I received my 8th request …

Dungeonographer Project Update Read more »

About a week ago I asked for small, simple rules changes to let spellcasters have something useful to do or a way to cast one more critical spell even when the spellcaster is spent.  There were several good ideas, including …

Alternate Rules for Spellcasters Out of Spells (Update) Read more »