I was interviewed by the RPG Examiner, Michael Tresca, regarding Inkwell Ideas’ two ENnies nominations. Voting is open through 7pm US Central time on July 30th. Please vote for the products you feel are most deserving!  Of course, we hope …

ENnies Voting Ends July 30th; Cityographer & Creature Decks Nominated Read more »

Inkwell Ideas is pleased to receive two 2014 ENnies nominations!  Our thanks to the judges, our supporters, and the freelancers who helped make this happen. Cityographer is nominated in the “Best Software” category. Cityographer lets you instantly create a city …

Inkwell Ideas’ ENnies Nominations Read more »

It’s been a while since we’ve done a fun random table, and while browsing other websites, something put the idea of a table of fantasy landmarks in the ole noggin. Imagine the Colossus of Rhodes or Mount Rushmore, but customized …

Fantasy Landmark Generator/Table Read more »

This post includes a few medieval house battlemat floorplans. Previously a guildhouse, gatehouse, jails, shops, town halls, temples, a wizard’s tower, medieval homes, taverns  and inns have been posted. Feel free to use them for your game!  The Dungeonographer (.dgo) …

Monday Maps: Square Houses Read more »

Wilderness/Area/World Map software Hexographer has been updated with several new terrain types based on user requests.  The new terrain choices are: dead forest wetlands, evergreen wetlands, forest wetlands, jungle wetlands, mixed (coniferous & deciduous) forest, heavy mixed forest, mixed forest …

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Inkwell Ideas is pleased to announce the release of Cityographer 1.0!  The project has been in open beta for about a year. With the addition of one final feature and several fixes it has reached the 1.0 milestone. You can …

Cityographer 1.0 Released (City Map & Details Generator & Editor) Read more »

These great ideas come from amishbreakfast on reddit, with my comments added: If you roll a die and it goes off the table, it’s a natural zero. This encourages players to roll on the table because dropping dice breaks up …

4 House Rules for Every RPG Read more »

This post shows a map for a 2-level guildhouse.  The main floor features a large meeting room, a bar operated by the guild, a storage room, and a couple of smaller meeting rooms. The upper floor has offices and two …

Monday Maps: Guildhouse Read more »

If you like Hexographer’s easy to use interface, but prefer maps in the 1E World of Greyhawk boxed set style, we’ve just released a new icon set that fills this niche perfectly. This page has more details including samples, a …

1E World Map Style Icons Released Read more »

We here at Inkwell Ideas have been doing a lot with Labyrinth Lord lately.  But it was cool to see someone else did the work of creating the Labyrinth Lord Known World map (as well as another Labyrinth Lord product’s …

The Known Lands of Labyrinth Lord Using Hexographer Read more »