One Mini Every Week #16

As I mentioned in last week's post, I've decided to take a break from the orc miniatures that I've been painting recently, and have instead been working on something that I can use to mark areas of 'tangleroot' (from the Encounters in the Northlands booklet).

To make these I've simply took some of the spare branches from a GW Dryad sprue, and glued them to small (20mm) round bases.

And I have to say that I'm pretty pleased with the way they turned out!

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Another Patreon Funded Map :)

As I mentioned at the beginning of the month, I have one extremely generous patron (over on Patreon) who's pledged at the 'dungeon designer' level - but instead of requesting a specific geomorph, they have instead asked that I simply 'freestyle' a couple of maps however I see fit.

So, for this next map I've had a go at another 'lets build a dungeon' project over on G+ (basically, it was a fun little project where folks offered up basic room descriptions, one or two at a time - which I then attempted to add to the map).

And here's the resulting map...

(note, if blogger makes this image too small, you can get a full size version, scaled at 50 pixels per grid square HERE)

Furthermore, if you'd like to see how the map progressed over on G+, you can check out THIS 'collection' - or if you would just like to grab a pdf copy of the dungeon (complete with all the descriptions that people submitted), you can download it HERE.

Anyway, here's hoping you guys like it!

One Mini Every Week #15

Despite being a little busy last week (what with the release of the 'zine and my 'lets build a dungeon' project over on G+), I did manage to get another miniature painted ...though I've only just got round to photographing it...

As you can see, this one is the second miniature from the pack of two 'orc archers' (that are available from Ral Partha Europe), and just like the last one, I've gone with another simple (and dark) paint scheme.

And here's a quick look at all of these particular style of orcs all together...

- these will be used as 'darklings' (i.e. the half-breed spies from the encounter booklet) in my current AoS campaign -

...and though I still have about half a dozen more of these guys to paint - I might take a break from them for a little while, and splash some paint on something different this coming week :)

'Neath the Shadow #2 (a zine for the Age of Shadow RPG)

I'm very pleased to announce the release of the next little 'zine for the Age of Shadow RPG...

Included in this (A5 booklet size) issue are:

• A small dungeon filled with traps, hazards, and puzzles.
• A new undead hazard.
• New abilities for magical weapons.
• Additional rules for creating beastling characters and NPCs.
• Several basic plot-hooks and encounter ideas.

And while some mechanics/statistics are geared towards the Age of Shadow RPG, most of these articles should be compatible with other percentile based games with little or no modification.

'Neath the Shadow #2 is available (in pdf form) from RPGNow and DriveThruRPG.

Furthermore 'Neath the Shadow #2 is also available in print via LULU.

Fungus Caves (patreon funded)

Over on my Patreon page I have a $25 pledge option that enables folks to submit a geomorph sketch of their own - that I will then attempt to draw in my usual style.

Now to be honest, I didn't really expect there to be much interest in that option, so imagine my surprise when one extremely generous patron not only jumps in at this level - but also requests that I simply 'freestyle' a map however I see fit!

So, rather than creating another modular/geomorph-style map, I thought I would spend a little more time on this one - the result of which I've posted below:

As you can see, I've gone with a similar theme to the last geomorph (i.e. a mushroom filled cave), but this time I've drawn it as a (full colour) stand alone map that can be used for an little encounter or two :)

One Mini Every Week #14

I had hoped to get more than one mini painted this week ...but alas, all I had time for was a single archer:

Like the last bunch, this mini is available from Ral Partha Europe, and comes in a pack of two 'orc archers' (the second of which I plan to get painted this coming week).

As I said before, I really like the look of these miniatures (not to mention the fact that they're also pretty cheap), and once I get the rest painted (I think I have about a dozen of these orcs in various poses), I'll have a nice little warband to terrorize my players with ;)

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Dungeon Monthly #40 (April 2016)

It's time for another dungeon map ...and for this month's geomorph I thought I would include a few clusters of giant mushrooms (as no RPG cavern system would be complete without them :) ).

As usual, unlabelled versions of all these maps can be found in these albums...

50 pixel per grid square

70 pixel per grid square

Furthermore, if you'd like to see me create even more of these geomorphs, feel free to check out my 'dungeon monthly' Patreon campaign (which has nearly met it's second milestone!)

 And for those of you that may be interested, here's a quick look at one way of piecing all of this year's maps* together...

*that is, all the maps so far :)