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Wizard Prison Part 1 - Animated Battlemap

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As promised! Here is our first Wizard Prison Animated Map release. We're working on animating some other parts of it too. We're hope you enjoy this one and we're very excited to show you more.

Enjoy!

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The music in the video above is 'The Fathomless' by the amazingly talented Will Savino. Please check out the link for more great tracks!

And of course,  join us on Discor...

Tidal Isle Fort [37x48]

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We've actually had this map idea in our backlog for over 3 years! We had planned on creating a small island fort inspired by Mogador Island in Essaouira. We're glad we finally got around to...

Giant Ancient Sundial [22x29]

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Will your party manage to activate the powerful magic stored within this ancient sundial? This map almost feels like a spiritual successor to our Celestial Gate battlemap. It may be that they share an architect?

These ancient runic carvings, along with a gnomon created with immovable, unbreakable minerals have been slowly ravaged by time and lay long forgotten...

Start Drawing Your Blueprints!

Every adventurer needs a home, a place to regroup, a sanctuary for well-earned rest, a stronghold where treasures are safeguarded and victories are honored.

We’ve been busy behind the scenes, working on something we think you’ll love: a modular map maker for bastions and guildhalls.

Soon, you’ll be able to create sorcerers’ sanctums, bardic conservatories, rogue hideouts, and more—piece by piece, room by room. Whether you're a GM or a player, this tool will let you shape...

Czepeku is Hiring! Role: Graphic Designer

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We're looking for a designer to join our team to help us with creating marketing assets, for example, social media banners, advertisements, kickstarter graphics, newsletters, blog, etc. but also graphic design features like buttons and UI elements for our website, and product logos, layouts and designs.

We want to make sure that our wonderful community has the chance to apply before we post elsewhere. Many of our team members we've found through our Patreon, Discord,...

Royal Mine Town [29x46]

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Welcome to the Royal Mine Town! When designing this battlemap we wanted to create a mining themed town with lots of variable height, pathways, minecart tracks and routes for your players to traverse across this hilly town. We imagined it as an industrial part of a larger cityscape, the gold and gems being carted off to glimmering temples and palaces.

This is one of our first maps created in a Mesoamerican style in terms of architecture and environment. Me and Peku n...

Wild West Town [33x46]

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It's been a long time since we visited the old west although we did recently release some Wild West Saloon themed tokens and scenes which would fit nicely alongside this map.

The initial idea for this map was to have the setting of a street for shoot-outs or brawls but it progres...

Deep Sea Temple - Animated Battlemap

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Here's our animated release for January. We've animated the Deep Sea Temple and we really hope you enjoy watching your players get lost around each corner.

In February we're hoping to release our first Wizard Prison Animated Battlemap. We can't wait to show you!

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The music in the video above is 'Honeycoral' by the amazingly talented Will Savino. Please check out the link for more...

Port Bastion [46x36]

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Today we're returning to this city series. We started with the Market Streets a few months back and we're heading across the bridge to the Port Bastion. We'll be releasing 7 more maps in this series over the next few months and once they're completed we're hoping to make 1 scene showing a view of the entire city so you will have an entire setting to let your players explore. 2025-01-28 00:20:58 +0000 UTC View Post

Wizard Prison Part 6 [41x55]

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See the whole Wizard Prison series here.

It's 10 months since we released the last Wizard Prison map. We struggled a lot with this one, we wanted it to still feel like a useable battlemap but also wanted to vividly depict the key breathing dragon. In the part 4, we saw the strange Angel of...

Orc Desert Camp [33x46]

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From behind the rock formations some of you may manage to stumble across this Orc Camp, tucked away deep within the jagged, sun-scorched walls of this canyon. It may not be a welcome site for most, but the skull adorned tents and blood soaked palisades will only remind an Orc of home.

For those of you playing as orcs, this could potentially become a base for you. Otherwise, hopefully this will give you a nice opportunity to attempt a hostage rescue mission or steal a ...

Great Wall [46x33]

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Battle looms. Only this great wall stands between the approaching army and absolute devastation to your people. Will you be atop the walls firing flaming arrows down at the approaching warriors, or charging out to meet them in melee combat?

When we began designing this, we wanted to just create a map based purely on being a stretch of wall for people to run combat on along with lookouts and fires to warn people of oncoming attacks.

We hope you enjoy challenging ...

Shadowlands Pyramid [33x46]

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Welcome to the Shadowlands. We started drafting this map with an Egyptian pyramid design and decided ultimately to give it a spooky, otherworldly theme by creating a more surreal setting.

This skeleton could belong to any giant beast of your choosing and who knows what mysteries might lie at the bottom of this crevasse.

Happy New Year too everyone. January 2025 marks our 6th year of creating TTRPG content which feels absolutely wild. Thank you so much for suppor...

Chrono Chaos Ruins Interior [33x46]

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This is our final map release of the year. It's very hard to believe that we started this project almost 6 years ago now way back in 2019. We still have so many ideas in the works too to show you in 2025!

Today we return to the Chrono Chaos Ruins. We wanted to create a gothic, warped clocktower interior with lots of playable space for you to move around on. Just be carefu...

Drow Warship [33x46]

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One of the most common requests we get each week is for more ship battlemaps. One that we haven't really seen attempted before is a drow themed ship, so we painted one!

We've created as many variations as possible to give you the opportunity to use this in more normal fantasy/ocean settings along with a transparent version to add this ship onto any background you like. We've even made a couple of Spelljammer options too for those of you that prefer to sail your ship...

Crumbling Platform Boss Fight [33x46]

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We all know this classic boss fight. As the big bad swings their mighty attacks in your direction. It just misses you. The resulting attack causes some of the platform to crumble away into the darkness below. We liked the idea of you having the option to begin a combat on a full sized battlemap and then squeezing the conflict down to one small platform forcing your players to think quickly before they get crushed by a monstrous boss!

You'd better be light on your feet...

Candy Castle [33x48]

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We have a fun battlemap for you today! This was actually the prompt from one of our Map Remixing Contest prize winners, Mo. Hopefully we did it justice with our interpretation, it was very enjoyable to brainstorm this map and see it come together.

It might be easy for one to get drawn in by all of the sweet treats on offer. The allure of these giant sugary snacks might ...

Jungle Village [22x17]

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Surprisingly, Jungle Village is a theme we haven't really covered yet, so here you go!

Step into a world where nature and day to day life coexist harmoniously. Experience the thick, humid air, the scent of wet earth and fresh fish on the breeze along with the sounds of chirping birds high above you in the jungle canopy.

I'm sure that you'll enjoy your stay in these simple, thatched, stilted huts and as long as you contribute to the community you'll be well fed...

Magical Snowglobe - Animated Battlemap

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It's December, so of course that means festive content! Where better to set your Christmas one-shot than inside a magical snowglobe? I certainly wouldn't mind a swim in that hot cocoa.

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The music in the video above is 'The Gingerbread Lounge' by the amazingly talented 2024-12-03 21:03:14 +0000 UTC View Post

Gryphon Roost Inn - Animated Battlemap

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We thought we'd round off our Taverns Month by animating the Gryphon Roost Inn. We had a lot of fun animating this one and we really hope your players enjoy exploring the inn whilst they settle down for a few drinks in the clouds!

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The music in the video above is '2024-11-30 21:23:30 +0000 UTC View Post

Fey Vineyard [33x46]

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We have had a lot of requests for winery and vineyard maps over the years so we thought our tavern month would be a perfect time to create one!

These picturesque ruins have been converted by talented nymphs, fairies and other mystical fey creatures into one of the finest wine-tasting establishments in the realm and it's your turn to sample their delights.

Take a seat at one of the tables and simply enjoy the surroundings whilst you drink the best wines these fey...

Orc Mess Hall [33x46]

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When the orcs are finally done fighting, they of course retire to their mess hall, drink copious amounts of home brewed grog, feast on whatever they can get their hands on and inevitably end up fighting some more against one another in the fighting pit!

Alongside this release too, we have also created a brand new scene and a full 2024-11-26 00:17:42 +0000 UTC View Post

Wuxia Tavern [33x46]

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Welcome to this mystical Wuxia Tavern. If your party visits here. I hope they arrive with an appetite! Any time you visit you can expect to feast well. If you're in a more meditative mood you could sit down and enjoy the experience of a relaxing ceremony of delicate tea preparation.

However, hidden away in the secret room at the top left of the map, you might notice an eerie shrine. This is inspired by the venom based practise of 2024-11-20 17:30:25 +0000 UTC View Post

Twisted Tavern [29x46]

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At first glance, this tavern seems welcoming. The patrons appear normal enough, chatting quietly with one another at the crooked bar with their backs facing you. The inviting scent of roast meat wafts into your nostrils as you enter and perhaps you don't notice the strange scratches on the furniture or the eyes peering through at you through one of the paintings at the far end of the room.

It could be that not everything is what it seems here. Will you be able to disc...

Haunted Dockside Tavern [33x46]

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We consistently get asked for more tavern maps in the discord, for both Fantasy Maps, Sci-Fi Maps and Scenes. We thought the best way to respond was to give you an entire month of Tavern and Bar releases across every project.

Without further ado, welcome to Tavern Month at Czepeku! Hopefully the theme of this one stands out on its own. This spooky tavern down by the water should slot perfectly into any fantasy setting or pirate campaign.

We have many more tav...

Medieval War Tents [29x46]

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We wanted to create another War Camp, suitable for an army to prepare for battle. We all know those scenes from fantasy books, series and movies. The Generals all meet in their lavish tent to plan out the next steps of the war that will ultimately change the world around them.

Will your party be in there, debating which battalion to send where, or will you be hiding on the clifftops up above trying to gain some useful information to try and stop this unnecessary los...

Czepeku Pricing Questionnaire

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In 2025 you'll be able to sign up to projects directly on czepeku.com. Our Patreon isn't going away, but the website will have a lot of benefits for how we can present and release our content, it'll make search and downloads a lot more convenient, including allowing you to hand select variations you want to download, only downloading gridded or gridless, as well as easier access to animated maps, and VTT modules. ...

Golden Cathedral Rooftops [39x53]

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EDIT - Gridded files have been re-uploaded and should now be working for everybody!

Welcome to the rooftop of the Golden Cathedral. We wanted to create this map entirely with the rooftop in mind, so we've tried to provide as many pathing options as we can across scaffolding, rooftops support beams and magnificent domes. Of course there's always the option of a leap of faith down to the bushes below too!

We pictured this being set high ab...

Czepeku is Hiring! Role: Growth Marketing Lead

Hey everyone!

We're looking for a Growth Marketing Lead and want to make sure that our wonderful community has the chance to apply before we post elsewhere. Many of our team members we've found through our Patreon, Discord, and social media. We think it's a great way to make sure that those who love what we do already are able to join us in making Czepeku even better. :)

We feel like we've got as far as we can with our current marketing efforts and we're loo...

Ropebridge Chasm - Animated Battlemap

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This month we've animated our Ropebridge Chasm map! How will your players cross this chasm now that the ropebridge has completely collapsed? Let's roll the dice and find out!

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Czepeku Tokens

We actually released a Token Pack for Ropebridge Chasm ...