The Coat of Arms Design Studio was recently updated with two new major Pro version features. If you’re not familiar with the program, it is another tool from Inkwell Ideas that allows you to create a coat of arms in …

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I just wanted to call your attention to the great work Joe Bloch of Greyhawk Grognard has been doing in his “Mapping Beyond the Flaneass” series.  The series is his attempt to create  Darlene-style maps (like those in the 1985-ish …

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Hexographer 1.71 was just released.  It includes a few new features as well as some changes behind the scenes that make it a bit easier to maintain.  Below is a quick summary: The Map Key can now be saved! (Finally.)  …

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The Welsh Piper just posted a very well-timed article with advice for creating hex crawl encounters.  I think it is well-timed because last week we kicked off a hex crawl location “contest.” I put contest in quotes because all you …

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Only a little over a day left to pledge as I write this!  (Ends March 14th at 11pm US eastern time.) Get 400+ minis for $25.  And/or get publishable stock art for a very good price. Link: Monster Stock Art …

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Only 5 days left as I write this!  Get 400+ minis for $25.  And/or get publishable stock art for a very good price. I’ve posted two updates to the the project recently: Art Keeps Rolling In; Sample Minis Sheet – …

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We’re planning to make Hexographer even better, but we want your help! Get a free copy of Hexographer for writing up 8 “hex crawl” locations!  (If you’ve already got a copy of Hexographer, feel free to request a copy of …

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I’ve done several worldbuilding articles here over the past few years.  They are based on The Worldbuilder’s Guidbook, a number of Dragon magazine articles, a few other miscellaneous sources and of course my own take on things. The religion guide …

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Earlier today I was checking one of the RPG advertisement message boards and I saw an interesting post about Raging Swan Press’s latest release: Random Hill Encounters Based on the sample encounter (linked from the page linked above) the product …

Remember the Book of Lairs? Want Some Hexcrawl Encounters? Raging Swan Press Can Help Read more »