Category Archives: World Building

Winter is coming …

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Tolrendordm

It’s been a good summer, with plenty of sun and BBQs, but with 3 months of parents-in-law, holidays and then parent (Mum) staying, not much time for anything else!! As you can see from the fact that this blog has … Continue reading →

Posted in 13th Age, Kickstarter, Midgard Campaign Setting, Miscellaneous, Roleplaying with Kids, The 'Eyes' of the Watch, The Amber Tower Campaign | 2 Comments

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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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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Wizards Watch: Tidbits…

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Tolrendordm

I thought there’d be a whole raft of posts up on the happennings at GenCon over the weekend, but it seems those people lucky enough to be there are still travelling/catching up on sleep! 🙂 The one obvious update I … Continue reading →

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RPG Blog Carnival: Campaign Creation

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Tolrendordm

It’s a while since I participated in a Carnival, but this looked like a fun topic! Creating a new campaign is one of the most exciting things you can take on as a GM. All those ideas, all that potential: … Continue reading →

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Ahhh, Summer…

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Tolrendordm

In actual fact, as I steal 10 minutes in the office to start this post, rain is beating against the windows!! Summer in the UK I guess … although to be fair the weather has been pretty awesome for the … Continue reading →

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Wizards Watch: De Planes, De Planes

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Tolrendordm

I’ve been musing about the subject of this article for sometime now, without it coming to the boil! Finally I’ve managed to collect my thoughts on this, so here goes! 🙂 The original trigger was Chris Perkins’ editorial in Dragon … Continue reading →

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Wizards Watch: Deep Magic

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Tolrendordm

I’m sure a lot of you have seen the latest Kickstarter project from Kobold Press: Deep Magic. It’s pitched as a setting-neutral tome of all kinds of magical goodies: new spells, class features, magical academies etc, for all types of spell-casters. … Continue reading →

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April Fools (Not…!!)

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Tolrendordm

It certainly isn’t at Profantasy Software! The first of the (any…) month is always one to look forward to, as it’s the release of the next Cartographer’s Annual issue! April’s issue is a new style from Jonathan Roberts, one of … Continue reading →

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The Cartographer’s Annual Challenge: March 2013

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Tolrendordm

Ok, so I’ve now got caught up in the Challenge (just) after a late February entry! The March Annual issue returned to a more normal type of style, after a couple of months of quite different offerings. It is an overland … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartography, Columns, Roleplaying with Kids, The Amber Tower Campaign, The Annual Challenge, Tolrendor Gazetter, World Building | 2 Comments