Saturday 20 December 2014

More free/low-cost products released this week...

As the title of this posts indicates, CSP has another two products available for download this week...

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The first of these is a new map-pack that depicts the interior of an Elven Temple:


This one is done in the same style as the Fortress map-packs (not the new 'into-the-city' range), and contains a pdf file featuring both a labelled and unlabelled version of the map, as well as separate image files (scaled at 50 pixels per square) that can be used with VTTs.

The Elven Temple map is available from RPGNow & DriveThruRPG for just $1.

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The second product is a new character sheet for the Age of Shadow...



...which, as you can see, offers an alternative to the one featured in the back of the AoS core rule book.

The Age of Shadow character sheet is available for FREE from RPGNow & DriveThruRPG.

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And finally, I'd also like to say a big thank you to everyone who purchased the Dungeon Monthly compilations earlier in the week. At the time of writing, they are sitting at number 3 & 4 in the DriveThuRPG charts (and got up to number 2 & 3 at one point) - which has been a pleasant surprise to say the least!

Tuesday 16 December 2014

Dungeon Monthly Compilations

If you've been following my 'dungeon monthly' posts over the past couple of years, you'll probably be aware that, as well as being generic geomorphs, each year's worth of maps can also be pieced together in a specific way to create a huge level of an ever-expanding mega-dungeon (i.e. all 12 of 2013's maps form level 1, and all 12 of 2014's map form level 2).

So, with that in mind, I'm pleased to announce that each of these dungeon levels are now available as bonus map-packs over on RPGNow & DriveThruRPG.


However, unlike the original 'dungeon monthly' versions, these maps are supplied as: 
  • A pdf version of the entire level (supplied as parchment style handout).
  • A large (50 pixel per grid square) jpeg image of the whole map - with a dark background.
  • A large (50 pixel per grid square) jpeg image of the whole map - with a white background.


So if you're planning on running a mega-dungeon in the near future (or would simply like to show your support for the 'dungeon monthly' project), then you can pick up both of these products for just $1 each.


Sunday 14 December 2014

Furniture for the 2.5d dungeon...

I think it's been well over a month since I've made anything new for the 2.5d dungeon ...and so this weekend I thought I would remedy that (and take a bit of a break from all the writing I've been doing lately).


As you can see from the picture above, it's time to add a bit of furniture to the dungeon ...and if you want to have a go at making something similar yourself, HERE's a link to the pdf file that contains the two 'wood textures' that you'll need to print out before you get started.

MAKING THE TABLE

STEP 1. The first thing you'll need to do, is cut out the tabletop from thin (single corrugated) cardboard, and the legs from thick (double corrugated) cardboard.


Obviously the sizes involved will depend upon the size of table you want to make, but in this example the tabletop is 1 & 1/8 inches wide by 1 & 7/8 inches long. For the legs I've cut a strip that's 2/8 of an inch wide (i.e. roughly the same width as the cardboard is thick), that I've then cut into half inch long pieces.

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STEP 2. Next, you will need to cut out a piece of the 'wooden planks' texture (from the pdf file provided) that is big enough to cover (and wrap around) the table top.


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STEP 3. Then glue the cardboard to the underside of the paper, and cut out the 'tabs' that will fold around the sides...


...and glue the tabs in place.


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STEP 4. For each of the table legs, you'll need to cut out a piece of the 'plain wood' texture (from the pdf provided) that is big enough to wrap around the circumference of the entire piece...


...and glue the texture in place (note that all I've used up to this point is a cheap glue-stick).


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STEP 5. Once you made the tabletop and all four legs, all that's left to do is glue the legs in place with a hot-glue-gun.




MAKING THE BENCHES

STEP 1. To make the benches you'll first need to cut out a piece of thin (single corrugated) cardboard for the seat, and two thick (double corrugated) pieces of cardboard for the legs.



In this example I've used a piece 3/8 of an inch wide by 1 & 6/8 inchs long for the seat, and for the legs I've used the same (2/8 of an inch wide) strip I used for the table legs - but this time I've trimmed them down so that they are slightly shorter than the width of the seat.

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STEP 2. Just like when making the table, we'll need to cut out a piece of the 'wooden planks' texture to cover (and wrap around) the seat, and also a strip of the 'plain wood' texture to go around the legs...


...but note that this time, we're using the legs in a different orientation - so the paper needs to be wrapped around in the opposite direction (i.e. around the longest sides of the cardboard, as shown below).


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STEP 3. At this point you should have all the pieces to make one bench...


...which just need to be glued together with a hot-glue-gun.


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And that's all there is to it!

However, you'll notice that the very first picture also shows a little shelf in the background ...and this was made in much the same fashion as the seat of the bench - except that it uses the plain wood texture for both sides and all 3 shelves, and that you have to make sure that you use enough of the textured paper to wrap around the entirety of each piece (so as to not leave any cardboard showing).

(note that I hope to have another tutorial for the little bits & pieces on the shelf at a later date)

Monday 8 December 2014

Dungeon Monthly (December 2014)

Here is it ...the last geomorph of the year...



Hopefully you've enjoyed all of these 'dungeon monthly' maps ...or better yet, managed to put some of them to use in a few of your games!

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And if you're looking to use any of these maps with a VTT (or similar), then don't forget that unlabelled versions for all of these maps can be found in the following G+ albums: