We’ve just finished adding more of the Inkwell Ideas Sidequest Decks’ maps to our website as free downloads! This is a great resource if you want to use them in a VTT or if you want to print them. (But …

Oodles of Free Maps! Read more »

For our upcoming Sidequest Decks: Tavern Quests we’ve made a bunch of tavern maps.  While not all of the quests remain in an inn or tavern, many are located almost entirely in a tavern or inn.  So for these we’ve …

A Slew of Tavern Maps Read more »

For our new Sidequest Decks (part of our Fantasy Sidequest & NPC Decks Kickstarter–now underway!) we’re creating over 200 new fantasy maps.  We’re making one new Sidequest Deck and one new NPC Portraits Deck for each of four themes. One …

Sample Sidequest Maps! Read more »

A couple years back we started a Patreon (something like a monthly subscription) for map icon mini-sets for use with our software programs.  Last month we re-launched it thanks to an agreement with artist/cartographer Keith Curtis, who has done the …

Worldographer Isometric Icons Patreon March Preview: Castles! Read more »

We’ve just finished the new city icon pack for our Patreon project. It includes 15 graphics for Cityographer. Based on patron feedback, this month features ruined castles and a few related buildings. The graphics are transparent PNG images, so they …

January’s City Map Patreon Graphics Read more »

December is almost finished, and we’ve now completed the new art/icon packs for our Patreon project. This post shows thumbnails of our Hexographer graphics for the month.  We finished off a list of resources (silk, cotton, ivory, etc.) this month …

December Hexographer/Inkwell Ideas Patreon Graphics Thumbnails Read more »

Our winner of the “Mini-maps” edition of our Geomorph Map Contest is Thaumiel Nerub of cryptofrabies.blogspot.com for the Lost Caverns design: Many of our entries had an interesting aspect to them.  These designs have a very polished, yet hand-drawn style, …

Geomorph Map Contest Winner & Next Contest Announced! Read more »

We’ve been able to rebuild our Java-based city map editor/generator Cityographer so it doesn’t require Java to be installed and configured. The program lets you instantly create a city map and details (residents, store inventories & prices, etc.) You can …

Cityographer goes native! City map (and occupants & store inventories) generator/editor Windows version doesn’t require Java Read more »

Below you’ll find the final wave of entries for our initial geomorph design contest!  #GeomorphMapContest Here is the prior set and the first set.  Also, you can see the rules post. If you entered and don’t see your design, please …

Final Wave of First Geomorph Contest Entries 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 »