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The Snake Temple Battle Map - Launch

Hello Adventurers! Here is our first map for March, The Snake Temple! I wanted to create a map with a large open interior space for a large scale fight as well as a map that could be used as a mini dungeon. So I went with a circular central chamber that could be used for a bunch of different scenarios, I imagine lots of hooded figures standing around the edges while a priest does something dastardly on the central platform.

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Maps for March - Update

Hello Adventurers! Just a quick update on my plans for the month. I've been looking through the list of your map suggestions and decided on a few that look promising. I like the format I've been using recently, so two maps for buildings and one for wilderness. I'll be keeping that up for this month as well.

The Snake Temple / Medusa's Lair
I imagine this could be used for a snake cult or a lair of a Medusa, even a heavily themed assassins guild. Lots of snake motifs ...

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The Rocky Ravine Battle Map - All versions (Explorer & Delver)

Here is The Rocky Ravine battle map. You get all versions of the map here in one place, including the base version from the Explorer Tier!

  • 30x30 grid map

Downloads:

  • VTT (Virtual tabletop) - JPG, 6000x6000 pixels
  • Print - PDF Printable versions
  • Notes PDF

Variants: 

  • Rocky Ravine with road (Day/Nig...

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The Rocky Ravine Battle Map - Base version

Here is the base version of The Rocky Ravine battle map with and without grids. You'll find a notes PDF in the zip and also here as a separate download.

  • Virtual tabletop - JPG, 6000x6000 pixels, 30x30 grid
  • Notes PDF (included in map zip or separate download)

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The Rocky Ravine Battle Map - Launch

Our last map of the month is an environmental encounter map based around an arid desert road in a deep ravine. I went full tilt with the rocks for this one! It's a bit like doodling, you just kind of see what shapes come out and continue outwards. I wanted something that could work for most types of campaign settings, so hopefully this will do as a rocky road on a high pass, or a deep chasm which tends to be lacking in vegetation, as well as a desert canyon.

Next month’s maps are yet ...

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The Clock Tower - All versions (Explorer & Delver)

Here is The Clock Tower battle map. You get all versions of the map here in one place, including the base version from the Explorer Tier!

  • 30x30 grid map

Downloads:

  • VTT (Virtual tabletop) - JPG, 6000x6000 pixels
  • Print - PDF Printable versions
  • Notes PDF

Variants: 

  • The Clock Tower, Chapel
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The Clock Tower - Base version

Here is the base version of The Clock Tower battle map with and without grids. You'll find a notes PDF in the zip and also here as a separate download.

  • Virtual tabletop - JPG, 6000x6000 pixels, 30x30 grid
  • Notes PDF (included in map zip or separate download)
  • Three maps: Base, Stairs and Top

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The Clock Tower Battle Map Set - Launch

Hello Adventurers! I’ve been working hard over the last week or so on our latest map, ‘The Clock Tower’. Originally I was planning on it being some stairs leading to the top of the tower, but ended up creating a set of three maps (with a bunch of extra variants for you Delvers). They can be used separately or in sequence for a longer battle encounter. You have a base, which I decided should be some kind of Chapel/temple, a set of stairs leading up the tower as a separat...

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The Family Mausoleum Battle Map - All versions (Explorer & Delver)

Here is The Family Mausoleum battle map. You get all versions of the map here in one place, including the base version from the Explorer Tier!

  • 30x45 grid map

Downloads:

  • VTT (Virtual tabletop) - JPG, 6000x9000 pixels
  • Print - PDF Printable versions
  • Notes PDF

Variants: 

  • The Family Mausoleum, unlit...

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The Family Mausoleum Battle Map - Base version

Here is the base version of The Family Mausoleum battle map with and without grids. You'll find a notes PDF in the zip and also here as a separate download.

  • Virtual tabletop - JPG, 6000x9000 pixels, 30x45 grid
  • Notes PDF (included in map zip or separate download)

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The Family Mausoleum Battle Map - Launch

Hello Adventurers! I’ve been working hard this week on our latest map, The Family Crypt, renamed ‘The Family Mausoleum’. I wanted to create a multi roomed mini dungeon style map with a range of different rooms, mostly all filled with coffins, urns and sarcophagi. It turned into quite a large crypt, so I can imagine its owners are some old family with a long and storied past. This could be used for a number of scenarios, from a lair of a vampire and thei...

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Maps for February

Hello Adventurers! I wanted to drop a quick update on the maps I'm planning for February. I've taken a look at our map suggestions list and picked three I think will work well. 

First off I want to create a 'Family Crypt', which should work well for a city cemetery encounter or estate, I'm thinking it will be a mini dungeon style battle map. I'll look at getting this launched towards the end of next week.

I'd also like to create a 'Clock Tower Gauntle...

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The Star Pool Battle Map - All versions (Explorer & Delver)

Here is The Star Pool battle map. You get all versions of the map here in one place, including the base version from the Explorer Tier!

  • 30x30 grid map

Downloads:

  • VTT (Virtual tabletop) - JPG, 6000x6000 pixels
  • Print - PDF Printable versions
  • Notes PDF

Variants: 

  • The Star Pool with Island
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The Star Pool Battle Map - Base version

Here is the base version of The Star Pool battle map with and without grids. You'll find a notes PDF in the zip and also here as a separate download.

  • Virtual tabletop - JPG, 6000x6000 pixels, 30x30 grid
  • Notes PDF (included in map zip or separate download)

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The Star Pool Battle Map - Launch

Hello Adventurers! It's the end of the month and the final map of January. This map was another Patron suggestion, this time for an Underground lake. I really enjoy drawing natural maps, they are quite relaxing to create, it's all very organic. I like the idea of a dark pool of water, the sequence in Lord of the Rings when the ‘thing in the water’ attacks the fellowship is awesome and I imagine this kind of encounter being really fun to play out. However I also wanted to ...

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City Streets Battle Map - All versions (Explorer & Delver)

Here is the City Streets battle map. You get all versions of the map here in one place, including the base version from the Explorer Tier!

  • 30x30 grid map (and single street maps, see file names for grid sizes)

Downloads:

  • VTT (Virtual tabletop) - JPG, 6000x6000 pixels
  • Print - PDF Printable versions
  • Notes PDF

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City Streets Battle Map - Base version

Here is the base version of the City Streets battle map with and without grids. You'll find a notes PDF in the zip and also here as a separate download.

  • Virtual tabletop - JPG, 6000x6000 pixels, 30x30 grid (plus single street versions)
  • Notes PDF (included in map zip or separate download)

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City Streets Battle Map - Launch

Hello adventurers! This week's map is called City Streets. I wanted to create an urban map which could help out with general street encounters. Sometimes you just need a street or back alley for a quick encounter... so hopefully this will do. I cut the map up into three different smaller maps, or you can go with the full 30x30 version if you need something a bit bigger.

I’m looking at creating an Underground lake map next, it should be full of stalact...

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Man of War Battle Map - All versions (Explorer & Delver)

Here is the Man of War battle map. You get all versions of the map here in one place, including the base version from the Explorer Tier!

  • 30x45 grid map

Downloads:

  • VTT (Virtual tabletop) - JPG, 6000x9000 pixels
  • Print - PDF Printable versions
  • Notes PDF
  • Blanks Zip files contain the empty ocean and sky background (these are al...

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Man of War Battle Map - Base version

Here is the base version of the Man of War battle map with and without grids. You'll find a notes PDF in the zip and also here as a separate download.

  • Virtual tabletop - JPG, 6000x9000 pixels, 30x45 grid
  • Notes PDF (included in map zip or separate download)
  • Blanks Zip file contains the empty ocean background

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Man of War Battle Map - Launch

Hello adventurers! The Man of War map is here! This was interesting to work on and turned out to be a fairly big release. There are four levels to the map, the upper decks, upper decks interior, gun deck and the cargo hold. I think I got the essence of a ship of this type about right, it's a fairly big ship with a good amount of space for combat. Just as a side note, I imagine the sailors normally sleep in hammocks on the gun deck, I decided not to add them into the map as it looked a bit con...

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Map Schedule for January! - Update

Hello Adventurers! January has been a busy month for me so far, so I’m a little behind on map production. The Man of War - Large Galleon is well on its way and should be with you later this week. I’ll then be creating a City Streets map, as I think an exterior urban setting would be useful after all the interiors I’ve been creating. Then if time allows I’ll try for a wilderness map for the end of the month, I liked the suggestion of an Undergr...

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Next map and desert Hacienda - Update

Hello Adventurers! I hope your New Year is going well. I wanted to let you know I'll be working on the 'Man of War' Large Galleon next week with an eye for release next weekend. I'll also update you on what maps are coming in January at that time.

I've added a desert variant to the Hacienda map. Hopefully it will come in useful for those of you running desert campaigns. I also create a no labels version of all the maps. You can find all the new maps in ...

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The Hacienda Battle Map - All versions (Explorer & Delver)

Here is The Hacienda battle map. You get all versions of the map here in one place, including the base version from the Explorer Tier!

  • 30x45 grid map

Downloads:

  • VTT (Virtual tabletop) - JPG, 6000x9000 pixels
  • Print - PDF Printable versions
  • Notes PDF

Variants: 

  • The Hacienda Outside, Day
  • ...

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The Hacienda Battle Map - Base version

Here is the base version of The Hacienda battle map with and without grids. You'll find a notes PDF in the zip and also here as a separate download.

  • Virtual tabletop - JPG, 6000x9000 pixels, 30x45 grid
  • Notes PDF (included in map zip or separate download)

Update - Added desert version and no label version into the noLabels zip!

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The Hacienda Battle Map - Launch

Happy New Year Adventurers! Whatever time zone you are in, I hope you’re having a great New Year. I wanted to get The Hacienda map out before the end of the decade (that sounds weird) and I just managed it! Huzzah! I hope you like it.

I went with a somewhat tropical version of a Hacienda because I rather liked the vibe it gave off. I imagine this could work for a villa along a coast, a pirate hideout or a compound of some crime boss up in the mountains. Or simply a place your party co...

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The Tarrasque Task - A FREE Tarrasque Dungeon Adventure

Hello Adventurers, happy holidays! I hope you are having a great time. Over the last couple of months many of the best creatives in this community have been working on something special as a thank you to the wonderful people that support us. I'm super excited to finally show it off to you all. Its completely free, I really hope you enjoy it, I had a blast working on my part. And yes, I chose to draw the Tarrasque Rectum map, I have no regrets! Other than maybe the google searches for referenc...

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Map ideas and Happy Holidays!

Hello Adventurers! I wanted to send you all a most heartfelt best wishes for the holiday season and a big thank you for all the support you've given me over the last year. You are awesome! Keep being awesome and I hope you continue to have amazing adventures into next year and for many years to come!

New patron map ideas please!

With the new year just around the corner, I think its a great time to start collecting new map ideas from you wonderful creative people. ...

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The Yeti's Cave Battle Map - All versions (Explorer & Delver)

Here is The Yeti's Cave battle map. You get all versions of the map here in one place, including the base version from the Explorer Tier!

  • 30x30 grid map

Downloads:

  • VTT (Virtual tabletop) - JPG, 6000x6000 pixels
  • Print - PDF Printable versions
  • Notes PDF

Variants: 

  • Yeti's Cave, Day
  • Yeti's...

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The Yeti's Cave Battle Map - Base version

Here is the base version of The Yeti's Cave battle map with and without grids. You'll find a notes PDF in the zip and also here as a separate download.

  • Virtual tabletop - JPG, 6000x6000 pixels, 30x30 grid
  • Notes PDF (included in map zip or separate download)

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