Category Archives: Cartography

Heroic Maps – a Shout Out!

Posted on August 19, 2018 by Tolrendordm

I love mapping! There’s nothing better than creating a fun and interesting battle-map… Mapping is hard … it takes a lot of time and effort to produce even one battle-map, let alone enough maps for a whole adventure. Which is … Continue reading →

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Map of the Month: CC3+ and Mike Schley Overland

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Tolrendordm

It seems an age since I really got my teeth stuck into a proper map e.g. one which wasn’t just a quick CC3 hack to print out a scale battle-map. For my ‘Amber Pendant‘ solo campaign with my son, I needed … Continue reading →

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Down the River

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Tolrendordm

A really fun encounter in my ‘solo’ campaign session with my son today. His character, with a few accomplices, is travelling down-river on a merchant’s barge in pursuit of some nefarious folk who have stolen an ancient artefact known only … Continue reading →

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Map of the Month: Eldolan

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Tolrendordm

A real gem this month, from the Pelgrane Press website newsletter, combining two of my current favourite things: maps by Pär Lindström, and the 13th Age RPG. This fantastic town map, done in a classic style which Pär has developed (and … Continue reading →

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Cartographer’s Annual Challenge: April 2014

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Tolrendordm

Once again I’ve got a bit behind here, so I’m just posting my effort for the April Annual issue, which I highlighted here. Going along with the ‘Volcanic Island’ vibe, this map depicts the Isle of Heldan (first shown in … Continue reading →

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The Annual Challenge: April Issue

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Tolrendordm

I didn’t quite get as far as I wanted on the March Challenge, having found that merging a Fractal Terrains full ‘world’ with an already created ‘world map’ in CC3 is not that easy 🙂 There are a number of … Continue reading →

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The Annual Challenge: Fractal Fun

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Tolrendordm

The March Annual issue is all about Map Projections, which normally implies that you’re starting with a globe!! In the last post on this topic I talked about how small and insignificant my Tolrendor ‘World Map’ was when placed on … Continue reading →

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Map of the Month: Profantasy Competition Winner!

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Tolrendordm

Profantasy recently had a competition to map an island, less than 3 miles across. The map could be drawn with any tools, as long as it met this basic requirement. There were a number of great entries (see here). Cartographer … Continue reading →

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The Annual Challenge: March Issue

Posted on March 1, 2014 by Tolrendordm

I’ve been looking forward to the March Issue!! Map projections are something I’ve never really spent a lot of time thinking about in relation to fantasy maps. I have however, always admired the projection maps produced by Ralf Schemmann (of Profantasy) … Continue reading →

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Cartographer’s Annual Challenge: February 2014

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Tolrendordm

The Annual Issue for February wasn’t a style, but a collection of ready-made characters and monsters created using the recently released Character Artist 3 (CA3) add-on for CC3. Although I recently purchased this add-on, I’d never used it, so this month’s … Continue reading →

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