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Maps of mines
Quick idea: suppose the upper level(s) of the megadungeon you are planning is composed of mines. How do you map a mining complex? Wing it? Or do you check some real-world mine maps? Here’s a link to...
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ABC: Always Be Cobbling!
Craft projects are big in my household, between my wife’s sewing and scrapbooking, my daughter’s myriad crafts, and of course my own constant painting and converting of minis. I was just taking stock...
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Free maps, and some pamphlets
So this is pretty cool — refurbished old maps free for educational use. I like the economic and fauna/flora maps especially, you don’t see a lot of them. Unrelated but interesting too is this post...
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Chance favors the prepared mind
Last night I stocked a dungeon map I’d stumbled upon in my research into copper mines, using the Moldvay Basic book, and a few tables from The Dungeon Alphabet and Kelri’s Old School Encounter...
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OPD with revised map
I already posted a bit about the Belly of the Beast here, and mentioned my intention to get the map looking better. Scottsz has very kindly cleaned up the whole thing, adding legible numbers and more...
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How Scottsz fixed my map
Scottsz explains the goetic art of ‘Gimping,’ and shows how he transmuted my shi*ty map into gold! Surf on over to Old School Jump to see how he fixed my OPD map. It was obviously a lot of work, and...
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Phantom islands of the Atlantic (book report)
Hoping to find some inspiration for the island-hopping “5DM campaign,” I read Phantom islands of the Atlantic by Donald S. Johnson. The book is written by an historian and sailor, and discusses seven...
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Wizardawn
I only found Wizardawn recently, through a link on someone else’s blog (Maybe Troll & Flame? or from someone on his blogroll? It was late last night and I forget). This has to be the most useful...
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Auran Empire map?
Been getting a little curious about the ‘default’ setting for ACKS and when I went to look at the map on their website, the link...
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The world’s laziest posts, part 1: GIS dungeons
I’m terrible at drawing maps, and designing rational floor plans. Sometimes I’ll Google image search (GIS) things like crypts or temples, which is always turns up tons of great stuff. Like this...
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