As you may have already heard, we've started our awesome Halloween sale at DrivethruRPG. We've taken 50% off everything in the Halloween section, including 4 brand new maps.
We're really excited about the four new maps - let's have a look at them.
Hey everyone,
Time for a look at the Map of the Month for November. This one will be a 20x30 Hermit cave. A winding path skirts around a forested valley floor, going past some caves (each with their own secrets), and finally reaches a cave where a secretive hermit lives.
This map will be part of the rewards bundle for all patrons in November, but as usual it will also be tweaked to produce an al...
2018-10-08 22:03:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for all your ideas for next month's third map. We put them into a table and rolled for a winner - number 16 came up. Slightly unsurprisingly, as so many of you suggested something along those lines, the winner is a parliament style building.
Vector169 was the actual winner (congratulations Vector!) and their request was for "a political building similar to the bu...
2018-10-05 21:07:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello!
We've sent links to October's rewards to everyone that has had their payment processed by Patreon.
Everyone has been sent links to the North Docks map, 5-page supplement, Airship Docks alt-version map, Dragon's Maze map & a one page GM resource for Hecse Fyre Field.
If you don't already own Hecse Fyre Field, it will be discounted next week as part ...
2018-10-05 19:35:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey,
Just wanted to make you all aware that 5 of our castle maps are part of a bundle with Fat Dragon and Troll Lord Games on Drivethru, with over 80% off. You save over $100!
You can have a look here
It'll run for about 10 days.
Next month's reward bundle will be due on the 5th of November and to us in the UK that day means one thing: gunpowder treason and plot.
We thought that would be a fun prompt for your Third Map competition. What map ideas can you come up with for that theme?
We're going to pick the winner in a few days time with one of our random dice rolls, so post your idea below and maybe the luck of the dice will be with you this month.
2018-10-03 19:33:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone. Thanks for your support over the past month - rewards will be coming to processed Patrons in a couple of days.
Meanwhile here's the planned schedule for Patreon posts and releases for October.
Schedule
2nd October- The Third Map contest. We'll have a theme and will ask for suggestions.
4th October - Third Map competition closes and winner revealed. We'll use a dice roll to randomly pick a winne...
2018-10-02 08:40:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone,
We just wanted to quickly summarise all the maps etc that Patrons will be receiving in October (probably on 5th Oct, after Patreon have processed pledges).
All Patrons will get the following: (for $5)
The Map of the Month is the North Docks, a 20x30 of a harbour/dock district for a town (with the same style as the Market Square from a few months back). The North Docks will also have a 5 page adventure supplement.
2018-09-28 20:56:47 +0000 UTC
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What we've been working on
This month you'll know we brought out our second bundle of Heroquest-inspired maps. We're really pleased that people are enjoying them and are keen for future sets, so we're busy planning our next bundle of maps. One really fun thing about making them has been that in finding ways to br...
2018-09-25 20:42:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey,
Have a look at the preview of the Third Map, which patrons will receive as part of their October rewards bundle. We asked you a few weeks back to suggest which of our Patreon maps would benefit from a complementary map, one that expands the adventure. Creating something for the Bridge at Dragon Chasm was a popular option, and so we went with that.
Even though we had originally said the expansion didn't need to physically connect, when we came to design this we felt that it wou...
2018-09-24 22:51:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone,
We're pleased to show a preview of the alt-version Patrons will be getting in October. The Map of the Month is the Docks, and after some great suggestions and a close-run poll, the winning choice for the alt-version was an airship docks. You clearly need somewhere for your airships to go to after visiting Aerineya :)
This will be in the rewards bundle that patrons get in October.
2018-09-19 21:59:11 +0000 UTC
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Hello!
We've been very hard at work on the next bundle of HeroQuest maps. A couple of months back we released 5 maps that are inspired by the quests in HeroQuest, and are compatible with the adventures. Over the past 2 weeks we've been working on the next five, and we're happy to say they're now available at Drivethru :)
2018-09-16 14:45:13 +0000 UTC
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We thought it was time for a classic sci-fi base-in-space! This was a fun one to make and we've styled it as a smuggler hideout in an asteroid. Carved into the rock there is small hanger/workshop, a command room, living quarters and a store for smuggled goods.
The only thing we don't have is a great name - any suggestions?
It's a 30x30 map, but the base itself fits into a 20x30 if you would prefer to crop your jpeg down to that size.
2018-09-15 16:54:35 +0000 UTC
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Wow - you came up with some fantastic suggestions for an alt-version of the North Docks harbour map. There were so many exciting and creative suggestions for how we could reskin the map to make it something different.
From dozens of suggestions we've shortlisted five. It was a tough choice to get it to 5, and we're sure it'll be a tough choice to just pick 1. Whatever wins thoug...
2018-09-09 22:34:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone,
We're very happy to show a preview of the Map of the Month for October. We decided that, since the Market Square map from a few months back was so popular and useful, we'd revisit the area and map out a new location. So, here are the North Docks - a great location for adventure, intrigue, chases, raids, pirates, drunken fights and sinister meetings.
Alt-version
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Hey!
A popular theme suggested for many of the alt-maps and third maps involves being underwater, and that is something that has been lacking from our catalogue. We were always inspired by the ideas though, and had they won some of the close polls they would have been fun to make.
We thought it was a good time to work on something underwater, and so here's a 30x30 Sunken Ruins of Blightstone Abbey.
It was really enjoyable to create this map, playing with lighting effects to make it...
2018-09-06 14:41:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone!
If Patreon processed your payment on 1st of September then you'll have a message in your inbox with a download link to your September rewards (you'll have two messages if you're in the $8 Sci-Fi tier).
As a reminder of what you're getting:
Hi everyone,
Thanks for taking the time to get involved with our Third Map competition, where we asked you to let us know a map that you've particularly enjoyed, and then suggest a sequel or companion map that would complement it.
We've chosen to make a companion map for Bridge at Dragon Chasm. This was suggested by many people, and there were some great ideas about how to expand the scope of adventure. We're going to incorporate the various aspects and see what we...
2018-09-04 20:47:34 +0000 UTC View Post
October's rewards will mark the first anniversary of our Map of the Month club here on Patreon - 12 months of rewards bundles! We thought it would be fun if this month's Third Map marked that anniversary.
Once again we are looking for your suggestions and will pick our favourite, but here is what we want you to do:
Hi everyone,
Thanks for your support! We've got lots of exciting maps planned for the coming month.
Here's the rough schedule we're planning for Patreon posts and releases for September.
Schedule
2nd September- The Third Map contest. We'll be asking for your suggestions with a specific focus.
4th September - Third Map competition closes and winner revealed.
Hey everyone!
We've been a bit quiet recently, but that's because we've been hard at work on the Stronghold of the Elf Mage.
Back in July we held our Caption Competition, the prize being a custom map commission. The winner, chosen by Creighton at Raging Swan, was
Hi everyone,
Cast your mind back to the poll we had at the start of the month for the third map, with the theme of 'water'. The winning option was a harbour fort that guards the entrance to the harbour or estuary.
Here's a preview of that map now it's done (and we'll be posting a gif showing some of the stages of it's construction in the next few days).
This 20x30 map will be part of the September reward bundle.
:)
2018-08-25 15:21:19 +0000 UTC
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A monastery in the mountains was the winner of your alt-map poll earlier in the month. It was a fun one to make and we really hope you like the results. It's a pretty different looking place to the werewolves' den!
As promised, we kept the styling pretty neutral, so we think it can work in both East Asian and European inspired fantasy settings. Of course there are lots of other adventures it could be useful for too, including low tech sci-fi settings.
2018-08-19 19:42:44 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone,
We've just released a new sci-fi map over at DrivethruRPG called Caerulenite Mining Facility. It's a lovely run-down, semi-abandoned facility, just right for a fire-fight with some xenos! You could even use it as a lower level to the sci-fi map you'll be receiving in September (the ruined facility in the jungle).
If you'd like to pick it up, you can use...
2018-08-16 08:56:14 +0000 UTC View Post
How about a look at another map in next month's reward bundle?
September's Sci-Fi map for our $8 patrons will be this ruined industrial facility, a 20x30 battle map.
In a jungle setting, there are ruined buildings open to the sky and a more enclosed area where some rooms are abandoned but intact. A partially open lift shaft ominously hints that something might appear from beneath the facility...
2018-08-15 23:11:07 +0000 UTC
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Hey!
We've just put out a new set at Drivethru - The Wizard's House. This is a new map for our Tower Builder range, a range that we started a few years back but that we hadn't gone back to and expanded.
The concept behind the Tower Builder range is that you can mix and match floors from different sets, making unique and huge towers. The original two ...
2018-08-14 14:31:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for all of your suggestions for the alternate version of the September MotM. We noticed many of you kept the water theme going from the Third Map ideas, so we have made sure to include a good number of these in the poll.
So, what do you think we should turn the werewolves lair map into? The poll will be open for 48hrs.
2018-08-11 07:31:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Start planning your Halloween campaigns with your Map of the Month for September, 'The Den of the Fleischesser Pack' (20x30 map) - a werewolves' den in a ruined temple. The temple rooms are accessed via a cave entrance, the forest outside flooded with moonlight. Watch out for those werewolves on the prowl!
Your ideas
What ways do you think we can alter this map to ma...
2018-08-08 19:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone
Thanks for your diverse suggestions around the theme of water. We've picked out three favourites, so think carefully about which you want to have as your third map in September.
The poll will close in 48hours
Time to give us your ideas for the Third Map
What is it?
The Third Map is a 20x20 ish, single floor map that we make for your reward bundle every month, usually based on a patron's idea.
How is it going to work this month?
We do something different every month to select a third map. This month: