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You changed my life

Although it might sound a bit pretentious, it’s no exaggeration.

Over 25 years ago, my teacher asked me at my high school entry exam what I want to do for a living. I said I wanted to become a boardgame designer. Then 10 years later, I suddenly noticed I became a lawyer. Over the past 10 years, I prepared legal documents and represented my clients in various lawsuits and disputes. I guess I can say I’ve been successful as a lawyer, but creativity is fairly limited in this field.

The roleplaying experiences of my youth made D&D an indelible part of my life. I actively returned to roleplaying a few years ago, first as a player and later as a DM. With hindsight, the first maps I prepared were fairly poor, even the ones I first put up on Patreon, as they were often made with inferior textures and assets. At the time, I didn’t know about the software I’ve been using day after day for the past eight months, yet I was very keen on realizing my ideas and I was proud of the results even if, professionally speaking, I’m not fully satisfied with all of them today.

What makes me incredibly grateful is that You accompanied me through this learning process, not just with an onslaught of helpful and benign comments and sharing, but also with your financial support, providing me with the creative freedom that allowed me to decide what I wanted to do. 

Many of your names are now familiar to me from all the valuable comments and letters I received from you. It’s incredible to think that in less than a year such a supportive community has been developed around this concept.

Thanks to your money and trust, you’ve turned a lawyer into a Cartographer.

Therefore, beyond offering my thanks, it’s my task to make the best possible content for You, which includes even more map variations and modular scenes. 

I am still open to your suggestions and will do my best to satisfy the requests that inspire me, yet Patreon is fundamentally a platform of support that puts a great deal of emphasis on creative freedom. From September, I’ll have an assistant for all of this.

Oh, and it goes without saying that legal assistance for chaotic good patrons free of charge :)

You changed my life

Comments

I think Hd is good enough, and yes there are no so much content for UHD res yet. I’ll continue to make gridded maps which’ll be optimized for 40”. On a larger display I suggest to use the Dynamic Dungeons Editor and Player’s custom grid function. Some cool, new advanced features will be in the upcoming 1.1. version to make the perfect hex or quad grid.

Dynamic Dungeons

I am sold. I just renovated my house with a dedicated game room and a gaming table on order. I do have one question. It sounds like the standard maps are optimized for a 40" TV while UHD uses a 50" TV. I should have room for the larger TV, but I am concerned that the content is not there. Would you recommend a 50" TV for the UHD content? Note that I am partially doing to save prep time and don't want to have to resize and add a grid to every map.

Mark Switzer

I think the world is much better off with one less lawyer and one more person living the dream they always wanted to live.

David Tannen

I did not make a big area yet, because there was so much requests I wanted to satisfy. I plan to make a big forest, which would be modular as well.

Dynamic Dungeons

I love these maps / videos, thank you. I wanted to know if there is a group of videos that complete a specific area. The town for example. Each map only shows "so much" . Are there a group that can be put together to show it in its entirety?

Edward Williams

I think people with talent should be Motivated and supported. that is not always easy in todays world. with all that is going on. you should always follow your dreams, when ever possible. And your welcome and thanks for the Stunning maps. they are worth every penny.

Dan Bultman

You were clearly meant to be a cartographer, your maps are amazing! I'm so excited to try them out soon with my D&D group- going to use them in my little brothers first game!!

Kristen Meyers

Let me just say: my players and I found ourselves once forgetting to play, staring at your map. So, thank you right back. :-)

Heinz Kreienbaum

Your story is an inspiring one! I've made a good living working in IT for the last 20 years, but am SO ready to be done with it. I would like nothing more than to downsize, play music, and work in the gaming industry. Kudos to you in achieving your passion! You really are providing amazing content and we thank you for it!

Jim Carsone

What an amazing share, thank you. As an aside, you changed my (our) lives too... all other maps are inferior. Gaming will never be the same.

Jonathan Wilson

So glad that you've decided to chase your passion into something that is also fruitful for you. As fallbacks go, having a law degree isn't a bad one. Best of luck in this journey and glad to play a small part in it.

Thank you for providing us with these amazing maps! I look forward to creating encounters for each one.

Timothy Maher

Glad we could help someone live the way they dreamed as a kid! It's often hard to make a living doing what you love, so it's encouraging when someone gets there. Keep up the great work!

New here but I have used your maps in the last 3 sessions I've ran. Thank you so much for your content and creative talent.

Thank YOU! Your maps are amazing. How about a royal throne room map???

Casey Gomez

Your work is amazing. I’ve said before, you’ve spoiled my players rotten. Thank you.

Lou Anders

You are worth every bit of support! Your time and hard work is evident in your maps. It's a pleasure to be part of making your dream come true.

John A Paty

Thanks, I use Unity, Final cut Pro and Photoshop.

Dynamic Dungeons

So happy for you !!

Dude, you are doing an awesome job. When I first read your post on my phone, I was like, WOW, this guy is really down to Earth. I am glad that you are having fun in something you consider your passion, and are growing in it. I wish I had the courage to stop doing what I do (which is along the same lines as you!) and break into D&D full time. You are an inspiration, and I hope nothing but the best for you! :)

Anthony Tony

More than just liking your work... I like you! =)

Water is Life

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I am new but for the past 2 months I have been here your dynamic maps inspired me to turn my old tv to a Game Table and look forward to what you make next while I like everyone else would love to see you make this or that I rather see what your artistic muse will inspire you to create next :-) keep up the excellent quality and love the audio as well in truth the highest honor I can give you is that when I play on your maps I feel the same feeling when I played Baldur's Gate back in the 90's Thank you. :-)

Jeremiah

it is really great work! there is nothing out there like this. my players really ohhh and ahhh when I pull up a map of yours.

Robert Plummer

good stuff dude! What program do you use to make all this stuff?!

ben

Thank you for all your hard work and for helping to make my sessions more engaging!

You definitely deserve it! Keep up the amazing work and thank you for your contribution to my favorite game!

Matthew Lewis

You rock!! THANK YOU!

This is the best thing to happen to a table top game since well ever. Thanks for all the hard work!!

James Engel

You're work is above all else in my opinion hands down, and you absolutely deserve every dollar! When we pull up one of your maps in our campaign everyone is literally speechless for the first 20 seconds, because they just want to enjoy the scenery. Thank you for all the effort you put into these maps, and for making them so affordable to people like me who would otherwise have to just draw on a dry-erase grid.

Carpe Noctem

You, your maps, your commitment, and your love for the hippy is what has kept me here since I first discovered dynamic dungeons and my group LOVES the maps!

Zachary Orzech

You deserve every dollar you've earned on here, and then some. Thank you Tamas for enriching our games! Still spreading the word and hoping to see that monthly support number grow like crazy!

Cris Jesse

Keep up the great work!

T3nac1ous

Well done. I think we all wish, just a little bit, that we could be doing something we love. Your dedication and passion for your work definitely shows through and needless to say...keep up the great work. You've enriched all of our lives by helping us to enjoy what we all love, and made it even better. Thank you.

Hah! I could use an adventure map to navigate GDPR. But in all seriousness, this is really inspirational. <a href="https://goo.gl/images/MfYikA" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/images/MfYikA</a>

David Hoekzema

&lt;3

bewby

Thank you for being such a great guy , you always are really helpful and openly take suggestions for new ideas . You can tell your a perfectionist as all of the maps are such high quality and a high level of detail ! You rock 🤘

TheTabletopSmithy

Glad to have found you and glad to support you! Keep it going!!!

Laird Krug


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