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The Ruins of Gyan'dis

Gyan'dis is a ruined illithid settlement in the Black Loch. The colony thrived in its corner of the loch for over 800 years, until it was brought down and its inhabitant...

The Ruins of Gyan'dis - Patrons' Edition

Gyan'dis is a ruined illithid settlement in the Black Loch. The colony thrived in its corner of the loch for over 800 years, until it was brought down and its inhabitant...

The 40th Cartographic Congress Runoff

I hope everyone had a good New Year's and other holidays, however you happened to spend them. I ended up having a few drinks and watching Twitch streams, so if you did anything more exciting than that-- like actually playing a video game yourself-...

The 40th Cartographic Congress Vote

I hope everyone had a good Christmas, or a good Saturday, as the case may be. I certainly did and I'm still recovering from it, so I'll just go ahead and get to the proposals. I'll leave the vote open for around 5 days, since a lot of people have ...

Annotated Maps Collection and a Foundry Module Update

First, if you missed it at the end of the last post, there's a collection of the annotated versions of all my maps on the Goog...

Ard Skellig

Of the many Irish isles, one would have stood out to ancient settlers as a particularly good place to live. With its rolling hills, thick forests and an abundance of arable land, it was exactly what many of them were looking for. The island was ca...

Ard Skellig - Patrons' Edition

Of the many Irish isles, one would have stood out to ancient settlers as a particularly good place to live. With its rolling hills, thick forests and an abundance of arable land, it was exactly what many of them were looking for. The island was ca...

Mountainous Island Settlement (Almost Finished)

I wanted to show you what's been taking so long. The rest of the island is done as well, I just need to color the interiors of the buildings. That should take one more day, two at most.

By the way, this island is based largely on 2021-12-19 21:29:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Mountainous Island Settlement (Work-In-Progress)

As sometimes happens with me, I started on this map with relatively humble plans, which ended up becoming a bit more grand. I've spent the last week drawing this island and now I just need to draw some buildings to put on it and we'll have our tow...

The Grinning Widow: A Ship for the Seas of the Underdark

The Grinning Widow is a ship designed for the Black Loch. In an underground sea, sails aren't going to accomplish much, so the Widow doesn't have any. She's a galley, po...

The Grinning Widow: A Ship for the Seas of the Underdark - Patrons' Edition

The Grinning Widow is a ship designed for the Black Loch. In an underground sea, sails aren't going to accomplish much, so the Widow doesn't have any. She's a galley, po...

The 39th Cartographic Congress Runoff

The last vote was almost close enough to call, but not quite. So we're having a runoff between the top three. Your contenders are: 

Senator Shawn proposes a fortified trading town built on a wide bridge spanning a canyon, with ...

The 39th Cartographic Congress Vote

We have five proposals for this month's vote, but before I get to them, I just want to show you a picture of a ballista I found. I don't know about you, but I think tha...

The result of a hard day's work in the token mines.

You can download these tokens here.

With the exception of one random elf, all 17 of these tokens fall into one of two categories:

1. The f...
   2021-11-28 22:43:53 +0000 UTC View Post

The Smoldering Abyss

The Smoldering Abyss is a part of the Black Loch almost no one even knows exists. It's a deep, underwater trench at the bottom of a larger underwater trench at the botto...

The Smoldering Abyss - Patrons' Edition

The Smoldering Abyss is a part of the Black Loch almost no one even knows exists. It's a deep, underwater trench at the bottom of a larger underwater trench at the botto...

New Modules for Foundry & EncounterPlus

The Foundry module has been getting a little big and I thought it was time to start a new one. And since the EncounterPlus module is exported from the Foundry module, E+ is getting a new one as well. This should cut down on the time it takes to do...

Altar of the Black Lamb

This map was the demonologist's tower chosen by the Cartographic Congress. One of the stipulations was that it would have a portal to hell and I decided to go a little... non-traditional with that. "Traditional," in this case, would be yo...

Altar of the Black Lamb - Patrons' Edition

NOTE: This isn't in the Foundry module yet. The module has gotten pretty big, so I'm going to create a new one with this map in it. I'll post it here soon.

This map was the demonologist's tower chosen by the Cartographic Con...

Fort Bourtange - Roof Level and Dutch Version

Here's the roof level, which is the last part of Fort Bourtange. I also made something else: 2021-11-10 20:04:45 +0000 UTC View Post

Fort Bourtange - Roof Level and Dutch Version - Patrons' Edition

Here's the roof level, which is the last part of Fort Bourtange. I also made something else: 2021-11-10 20:04:33 +0000 UTC View Post

The 38th Cartographic Congress Final Runoff

Whew, this month's vote has been quite a rollercoaster. Here's what we're down to in the end:

Senator Jon proposes the Infected Citadel, a dwarven fortress whose lower reaches have been tainted by the Far Realm. The upper level is relatively...

Fort Bourtange

In the 1500s, the Netherlands were ruled by the Habsburgs. The Habsburgs were an astoundingly inbred German noble family with faces that were about 85% chin. For some reason, they were the rulers of the Spanish Empire.

The people of the the ...

Fort Bourtange - Patrons' Edition

In the 1500s, the Netherlands were ruled by the Habsburgs. The Habsburgs were an astoundingly inbred German noble family with faces that were about 85% chin. For some reason, they were the rulers of the Spanish Empire.

The people of the the ...

The 38th Cartographic Congress Runoff Vote

We've gone from ten down to four. Fort Bourtange is coming along nicely and I think I might get it done by Saturday or Sunday at the latest. Anyway, your contenders in the runoff are:

Senator Todd proposes a map inspired by Philadelphia's no...

Finbarr's Marsh in Minecraft

A Youtuber named Andyisyoda is building all of Finbarr's Marsh in Minecraft at the mome...

The 38th Cartographic Congress Vote

We have ten proposals on this month's ballot and there's quite a bit to read, so I'll keep this short and let you get to it!

Senator Todd proposes a map inspired by Philadelphia's notorious prison, Eastern State Penitentiary.

Senator B...

Fort Bourtange – Second Update

This is the linework for Fort Bourtange finished and ready for coloring. I'm planning to crop this map to a few different sizes, since I don't think most people w...

Fort Bourtange - An Update

Here's where things are at with Fort Bourtange. This is all of the fort's structures, including about 40 buildings, 6 bridges, a few wells, some watch posts and a...

The Flying Rook

The Flying Rook is the sort of place wizards build to show off. Anyone with the power to keep this architectural Frankenstein standing is no joke, but-- just in case anyone wasn't fully convinced-- they made it fly as well.

I didn't have any...