M Harold Page put together a detailed review of Hexographer for Black Gate magazine.  Here is a snippet: Assuming that the resulting maps look good enough to be inspiring, the basic requirement of a cartographical creativity aid is that it …

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Antony Brotherton, David Winterbottom, Matt Jackson, Keith Curtis, Tim Ballew, Shane Knysh, Brutus Motor, AJ Stone and I collaborated on two decks of Random Encounter Generation cards last year. Antony posted a retrospective/review of the finished cards and raves about …

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Just yesterday we posted a new Cityographer add-on (but good for any mapping tool or image editor that accepts PNG images) featuring 150 new fantasy buildings plus a bunch of other graphics. Whether you’re creating an elegant city of elves, …

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The Coat of Arms Design Studio by Inkwell Ideas has received a few recent updates: 20 new symbols have been added.  These were added in two sets of 10 each. The graphics library has been replaced with something much smaller.  …

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Yesterday we linked to a great list of  ways to make your villain stand out. #8 on that list mentioned the villain using “calling cards” aka objects or actions that let everyone know this particular villain did the deed.  To …

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This is from a couple of years back, but it is still good advice. Via Logan Bonner the excellent blog/website Dungeon Mastering: 10. Has Boundaries. Your villain will be more well-rounded if there are some things he or she won’t …

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Just fixed a couple of issues with this cool tool: When exporting to the Hexographer format, the areas that didn’t have terrain (are supposed to be nothing) didn’t match up properly (covering up part of the terrain, and not covering …

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A new volume of mostly “old-school” goodness by some of your favorite blogger/writers has just been posted. Highlights include: New DCC spells. Three new races for Labyrinth Lord. Magic fountain chart. Ghost’s background story generator. Mechanical trap generator. OSR Character …

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Another week, another group of monster conversions.  This week we added the Assassin Vine, Boggard, Choker, Chuul, Dhampir, Giant Flytrap and Girallon.  More next week, I’m sure!