We’re continuing to shake out the bugs in the recently released settlement building functionality of Worldographer.  You can always get the latest version at http://worldographer.com/download/ The latest fixes centered on the configuration the data used to generate a new city …

Worldographer Cities & Villages Update Read more »

In a fantasy world, monsters don’t have to be just foes.  A city or town can make agreements with a nearby tribe of goblins, send adventurers out to make a mutually beneficial contract with a Medusa, or summon an elemental …

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Tags: Wilderness, Combat Unlikely, Traders, Deception Setup: The PCs have finished a campfire dinner and are about to start the first character’s watch when they spot a new campfire several hundred yards away. From this distance, the PCs can make …

Rest Sidequests: Trading Caravan Read more »

Here is the first of a series of articles/charts to augment a hex crawl game.  This chart gives you some interesting ideas for an unusual building found in a hex. To use it, roll a d6 for each column, adjust …

Hexplorations: The Observatory Read more »

Just like 2017, 2018 was another year Inkwell Ideas grew by focusing on making tools that help you make your games better! And as 2017’s biggest achievement was getting Worldographer (Hexographer 2) released, 2018’s biggest achievement was getting the City/Village …

Inkwell Ideas 2018 Year In Review Read more »

This post has a preview of our city High Seas themed Patreon icons for December 2018 by artist/cartographer Keith Curtis. The set has a number of dock pieces, a marina, warehouses, ships, etc., plus an airship port & airship icon.  …

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This is the next to last preview of our Patreon (an opt-in monthly subscription) of map icon mini-sets for use with our software programs.  This month’s theme is High Seas, and this post has the Dungeonographer map icons.  These icons are perfect …

High Seas Battlemat Map Icons Preview Read more »

Our Patreon (something like a monthly subscription) continues with High Seas themed map icon mini-sets for use with our software programs, plus a couple airship icons.  This post has the Worldographer/Hexographer classic style map icons as a preview below.  We have icons …

High Seas (plus a couple Airships) Classic World Map Icons on Patreon Read more »

December’s theme is High Seas, but we’re also including a few Airship icons for our Patreon (something like a monthly subscription) map icon mini-sets for use with our software programs. We are creating new icons each month thanks to artist/cartographer …

High Seas & Airships Isometric Map Icons Preview Read more »

Inkwell Ideas will be releasing the first deck of creature cards featuring monsters and critters from Kobold Press’s Creature Codex at PAX Unplugged this weekend. This first deck has most of the creatures with Challenge Ratings 0-2.  For more details …

Creature Card Codex from Kobold Press’s Creature Codex Debuts at PAX Unplugged Read more »