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Goblin Forest Fortress [17x22]

Hi everyone!

This is the Goblin Forest Fortress. Here, you can expect to find goblins partaking in their favourite activites (if you're lucky enough to approach without being ambushed of course).

The goblin gang in charge of this humble clifftop fort will often spend their afternoons fishing with dynamite, creating explosive barrels and carrying out target practise with knives, rocks, arrows and whatever else can be used as a projectile. The more creative of them are usually ...

Oasis Expedition [33x46]

Hi everyone!

Welcome to the Oasis Camp. These intrepid archaeologists have set up their base here to study the area further.

Who carved the mysterious shrine in the lake? Where could those steps possibly lead? What treasures could lie deep within these ancient temple ruins?

Only your players can find the answers to these questions!

Enjoy :)

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2024-10-11 21:57:54 +0000 UTC View Post

Magical Tournament Arena [32x46]

Hi everyone!

Here's a fun map for you. It's a bit of a spiritual successor to our original Colosseum of Challenges Map with the added twist that this arena is based around a magical tournament. We imagined this could potentially be part of a magical school or university as an examination room for their curriculum or a tournament held by the Grand Wizard's Consortium. Perhaps your pa...

Czepeku Tokens - 48hrs Until Launch - Last Chance for 66% Discount

Hey everyone!

On October 1st we'll finally be launching Czepeku Tokens!

We first announced this new project in August and wanted to give you all sometime to get a special pre-launch discount of 66% off. That offer will ending on October 1st when the project goes live. So this is a final annoucement! If you want to grab it, sign up now. :)

For those who have already signed up, the first payment w...

Market Streets

Hi everyone :)

This map will be the first in a new series, but a series like we've never done before! This series will take us through 8 battlemaps all set within the same city. Here's a little preview of what we're working on.

Over the next few months we'll be releasing 7 more maps to allow you to take your players on a journey throughout this city however you like with scenes to follow...

Cloud Forest Camp [33x46]

Hey everyone!

We'd like to welcome you all to the Cloud Forest Camp. This campsite can be found way up in the saddle of a mountain. Persistently in the midst of low-level cloud cover, the twists and turns of this forest can be a very dangerous place. Just be wary of your surroundings as there might just be an ambush waiting for you in the trees!

We also included a clear sky variation for everyone too just in case you want to use this as a normal forest and let the clouds descend d...

Rosehydra Crypt [24x33]

Hey everyone!

This map was the idea of Pupu on our team. She wanted to design a graveyard overtaken by giant vicious roses., and their leader the Rosehydra. There's a lot of variations that work as normal graveyards and crypts, as we know that's a hotly requested setting! Let us know if you use this map and how you run the hydra. :)

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Jungle Cave Tunnel [33x46]

Hey everyone!

We haven't made a cave or jungle map in a while and it's such a classic theme. We hope you like it. We wanted to focus on the idea of a pit that monsters could climb out of, or that your part could spleunk into. Maybe this map could serve as a base camp you return to over and over as you dive to further and further levels of the cave system.

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We will be launching on October 1st. When we launch the discount will finish. If you'd like to ...

Market City Walls [32x69]

Hey everyone,

A lot of people recently requested we have a city that can be attacked/defended or just explored, hopefully this is what you were looking for! The siege variant might be particularly useful for that. Or it could be used for shopping scenes or as a hub town!

We wanted to design several ways to arrive, via bridge, boat, or sneaking in via the woods, so there's a lot of fun ways to get around this map.

Enjoy! :)

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Swamp Graveyard [22x17]

Hey everyone,

Here's another in our simple natural maps series. A lot of people asking for swamps and jungles, so hopefully you like this one! The idea was simple, we thought it'd be fun to come across this giant skull in the swamp, maybe the rest of the body is still preserved under the water nearby. We're particularly fond of the Hunger and Hell Rift variations, definitely check those out below!

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Tidal River [33x46]

Hey everyone!

We're back with another mostly natural map. We thought these white rocks and cliffs would make for a great dynamic battlespace, lots of spaces to hide between and dodge behind.

For the $5 tier we wanted to try something a bit different and make a phased battlemap. You can see that transition in the gif below. This way you can have an enivronmental danger happening as the battle draws on.

2024-08-27 08:06:27 +0000 UTC View Post

Which map would you most like to see a dungeon for?

Hey everyone!

We have a lot of maps that are either just entrances or boss rooms without the dungeon area between.

We'd like to hear your thoughts on which you'd like to see multi-room dungeons for. :)

It's multiple choice so pick as many as you like!

If you don't remember some of these maps, remember the best way to find our content is through czepeku.com!

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Here's another sneak peak at 2024-08-22 07:38:53 +0000 UTC View Post

Desert Trading Camp [33x46]

Hey everyone!

This is for everyone asking us to make desert maps! :) We hope you like it!

We imagined this as a place to get rare goods from far across the sand sea. These traders are part of a long linkage of merchants connecting far distant empires. But they're also well aware of the bandits and greedy djinn that live in these deserts and will fight any suspicious looking murder hobos coming their way. So be on your best behaviour!

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Magic Popup Shop [31x46]

Hey everyone!

There's a ton of details in this one, so make sure to zoom in! This was a poll winner a while back so thank you to the community member who suggested it. :)

This is the place to buy your magic items. But be careful not to accidentally touch something and turn to slime. Or get sucked into a parallel dimension. Or a myriad other ways to discombobulate yourself. If you're lucky you'll just come out smelling like spells.

We imagined this shop teleports fro...

Candlestair Shrine [33x50]

Hey everyone!

This is the next map in our Celestial Mountain series. After passing through the portal of the Celestial Tome the players arrive here at the Candlestair Shrine, rising through the darkness of the forest towards the light of the angelic host above. We wanted this place to feel holy and it could be used for a lot of pilgrimage paths or as a special gathering place of Arch Cler...

Czepeku Resources

Hey everyone!

We get similar questions coming up a lot, so we wanted to spend some time showing you what useful resources are out there for finding the maps you want.

The biggest ones is: CZEPEKU.COM. If you haven't used it yet, please do. Dan and the rest of the dev team have put a ton of work into it. Here's some things you can do:

2024-08-09 08:13:25 +0000 UTC View Post

Arctic Expedition - Animated Battlemap

Hey everyone!

This month we've animated our Arctic Expedition map! Take your players to the frigid north, battle against ice shard winds and save your ship from the frozen waters and the monsters that lie below.

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Cliffside Training Grounds [22x17]

Hey everyone!

This is another experiment from us in the landscape format with a tighter map focused on a more normal area you might see often. There's a few variations of natural river passes and wooden walkways along high cliffs.

You can use this for your monk/assassin training routine, or come meet the mountain acsetics who train here and learn their secrets.

Let us know if you want more maps like this in the future!

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2024-07-31 00:07:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Mysterious Druid Grove [33x46]

Hey everyone!

Here's our attempt at a druid grove, for those among you wanted to go speak to your spirit animals or call down nature's favours. The lighting in this map was very difficult, trying to get the dappled treelight and the glowing glyphs to balance. We hope you like it! We think this'd be a great place to protect an ancient spirit or a wounded beast from poachers and bandits.

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2024-07-30 00:23:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Marketplace Festival [35x55]

Hey everyone!

This was a highly requested theme, so we hope you like it! Expect wine and mead, singing and revelry. Time to don your masks and join the festival shows up on the stage! Be wary of bards and their trickery and of the pickpockets lingering the crowd.

There's several variations that work for the city at other times of the year too, so maybe you can use this as a hub location in your campaign.

2024-07-27 11:46:14 +0000 UTC View Post

Celestial Tome [46x33]

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This is the next in our Celestial Mountain series. This map follows on directly from the Celestial Chapel Interior. On the altar of the chapel was a bound book, glowing with magical energy. That is the Celestial Tome. We thought it'd be fun imagine the inside of the book itself as the monk's portal to the Celestial Mountain. Within the book are small puzzles, trinkets, ru...

Goblin City Centre - Animated Map

Hey everyone!

This month we decided to animate our Goblin City Centre battlemap.

The desert winds blow through the canyons, the yurts and bridges sway in the breeze, cacti flowers rustle and dust storms pass through and goblins busy themselves in their sandy fortress city. A great place to get some supplies on your way through the desert, but watch out for ambushes!

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You'll have hopefully seen the post by now, but yesterday we released our newest project! 2024-07-23 14:10:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Announcing: Czepeku Tokens! Pre-Launch Discount! 66% Off!

Hey everyone!

We’re very excited to announce our newest project! Czepeku Tokens! We’ve been working hard on Czepeku Tokens for the past few months and we think you’ll really love what we’ve created.

You can check out the website >>> HERE <<<

2024-07-22 13:05:58 +0000 UTC View Post

Czepeku are Ennie Award Nominated!

Hey everyone!

We've been nominated for Fan Favourite Publisher at this year's ENNIE Awards!

The voting ends tomorrow (21st July). We'd absolutely love your support!

If you don't already know, the ENNIES are a fan-based celebration of excellence in tabletop roleplaying games. We actually won the Best Cartography category back in 2022 which we're incredib...

Grand Duke's Plaza [33x46]

Hey everyone!

Welcome to the Grand Duke's Plaza. The hustle and bustle of the courtiers pass through here daily, it's a wealthy part of town with a long history and many say the horseback statue hides tunnels to a secret dungeon!

This could also be used as a civic quarter, making the building at the top more like a city hall, courthouse or library.

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Czepeku has been nominated for Fan Favourite Publisher at this year's ENNIES Awa...

Roadside Ambush [33x46]

Hey everyone!

This is a bigger map than the previous two but continuing on with the idea of simple encounter ideas that we expect might come up in a lot of games and be useful for a lot of GMs.

We also decided to do something a bit different with the biome here, something more arid and rocky than our usual nature scenes, and there's a few pure desert variations too as those are requested a lot.

As always, let us know your thoughts in the comments! We really appreciate the po...

Precarious Waterfall Crossing [22x17]

Hey everyone!

This is another attempt at a smaller map with a simpler theme. Trying to focus on making something tactical without getting carried away with being epic. So here is a humble river crossing, with some waterfall rapids and a stone bridge. We've left space for archers or rangers to fire from the sidelines. Maybe you could have waterbased monsters popping up from the river itself as an ambush!

Enjoy!

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2024-06-25 00:04:24 +0000 UTC View Post

Fjordside Cabin [22x17]

Hey everyone!

This map is quite a departure for us and an experiment. We get a lot of messages asking for several things: smaller maps, landscape maps, simpler themes (like crossroads, paths, rivers, etc.) here's our attempt at that. Let us know what you think!

This map is inspired by sod roof cabins in Iceland and Scandinavia. We thought a strange mystic or retired warrior might live here that you need to seek out for information or protect from oncoming evil.

2024-06-20 17:10:47 +0000 UTC View Post

Beach Town - Animated Battlemap

Hey everyone!

We've animated our Beach Town Battlemap this month! This originally was inspired by several real world locations, one of those being Cze's home town!

The music in the video above is 'Gold Is Meant to Be Spent' by the amazingly talented 2024-06-16 19:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Prismatic Ballroom [33x46]

Hey everyone!

Welcome to the Prismatic Ballroom! We wanted to make a bright, fun, shimmery, rainbow coloured map to celebrate Pride Month. Grab a drink, listen to the music and get your groove on.

The idea behind this map was a planar ballroom, somewhere on the edge of the aurora, with big glass windows and transluenct marble-like floors looking across the cosmos. Whether you're here to show off your bard's skills, to parley with the fey queen, or to dethrone a planar dance diety,...