Gold is an illustration of how obsessive we (gamers) can be, especially in a slightly different reality where there are professional RPG leagues with championships.  It is a well-acted, strongly written, authentic and earnest work that deserves the many accolades …

Critical Hit for Gold! “the web series that does double damage” Read more »

To test the latest beta of Hexographer I thought it would be a good exercise to base in on a real map.  I planned (and still do plan) to add in railroads using Hexographer’s new railroad icons, but that will …

Giant Hex Map of the United States, circa late 1800s Read more »

This is the 10th post in a series of map icons, with one key difference from the prior posts: these icons are already in the new beta version of Hexographer!  (Free and Pro.) Previous posts with new icons couldn’t be …

Grazing Land, Grassland Hills and Poor Grassland Icons Read more »

My Random Inn Generator already did a hopefully decent job of generating floorplans and menus.  But in the past couple of days, I’ve made some major upgrades to the Random Inn/Tavern Generator. I’ve added a random rumor generator and a …

Random Inn Generator Updated with Rumors and Staff/Patron Generators Read more »

When you’re creating a world for your game or novel, it helps to have a bunch of facts about our world at your fingertips.  This serves two purposes: You get the dimensions of things on our world as a guide …

51 Facts About Our World To Remember When You’re Building Your World Read more »

This is the 9th post in a series of map icons. Because each icon is just a 250×250 pixel transparent PNG you should be able to use them with many map software programs or with general image editors. As mentioned …

Snowfield, Broken Lands and Underdark Broken Lands Map Icons Read more »

This is the 8th post in a series of map icons. Because each icon is just a 250×250 pixel transparent PNG you should be able to use them with many map software programs or with general image editors. As mentioned …

Ancient Soldier and Mounted Knight Map Icons Read more »

This is the 7th post in a series of map icons. Because each icon is just a 250×250 pixel transparent PNG you should be able to use them with many map software programs or with general image editors. As mentioned …

Infantry and Catapult Map Icons Read more »

Despite going off on tangents like the Random Dungeon Generator project or writing here, progress on Dungeonographer (dungeon mapping software) continues.  A video clip demo has been posted to the Dungeonographer site.  Keep in mind the software is still pre-alpha, …

Dungeonographer Preview: Update and a Video Clip Read more »

If you’ve determined that a given hex has some “Ruins” the following chart will give you some ideas of what those ruins may have in store. You may want to roll/pick multiple options from the last column: Roll The Ruins …

Hexmap Alphabetical Random Charts: Ruins Read more »