We’ve just posted 2 sketches for each of 5 new creatures by artist Simon Buckroyd for the Creature & Encounter Cards Kickstarter.  We’d like to include backers’ input on these sketches as Simon refines them into the final images for …

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Hexographer just got a new feature: Converting a map (or really any PNG image) into a hex map!  This is designed to make it a little easier to create a hex map based on another map you’ve created or scanned. …

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Today we’re starting what I expect/hope will be a regular series of posts on Hexographer & Dungeonographer’s less known features.  Although the user interfaces for the tools are designed to make creating maps in particular styles very easy, that means …

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Artist Eric Quigley has refined his overall group sketch for the Creature & Encounter Cards Kickstarter‘s Dragon Turtle, Wyvern, Tengu, Intellect Devourer and Froghemoth!  See the samples below.  The idea is to use these sketches combined into one compositions as …

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Great stuff via Matt Jackson on Google Plus by “0x442644”: Pit Fight Each player has a distinct set of dice?d4 through d20. These are their gladiators. Players decide secretly which die to throw into the pit each round. All players …

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All three main software programs by Inkwell Ideas have been updated in recent days.  In case you aren’t on our mailing list, here is a rundown: Hexographer: A bug was fixed which prevented maps to be scaled up in size …

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In case you missed the announcement elsewhere, the Creature and Encounter Card Decks project has expanded to 4 creature card decks (from 3 decks) and 2 encounter card decks (from 1 deck). Each deck has 54 cards plus a cover …

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At the moment I’m involved in a few Kickstarters: First is my own Creature and Encounter Cards Project.  It is several decks of cards: 4 creature decks (each deck has a different theme) and 2 encounter generation decks.  Each of …

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Inkwell Ideas has just launched its latest Kickstarter project: Creature & Encounter Cards! There are monster cards, encounter cards (Mad Libs meets the Book of Lairs), maps, a Paper Minis PDF & stock art. The creature cards are: Great stat …

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Posted this update on Kickstarter last night, but some folks may not see the update or missed the Kickstarter: I wanted to give you an update on Cityographer development.  In short, it goes well and a lot has been done, …

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