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Pieces Of Creation is an occasional recurring column at Campaign Mastery in which Mike offers game reference and other materials that he has created for his own campaigns. All images used to illustrate this article are public-domain works hosted by Wikipedia, Wikipedia Commons, or derivations of such works, with the exception of the “fistful of dollars” which is public-domain clip art. A U2 spy plane crashed in China, and the pilot was arrested. A planned summit meeting with the Mao had to be abandoned when they subsequently refused to attend unless the Empress delivered a personal apology; she refused.
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I would suspect that even gunpowder era fortifications (and I know very, very little about the evolution of fortifications, so I'm just SWAGing here) would be inadequate when dealing with a hostile force that could teleport, use passwall, and other transportation magics to effectively neutralize set fortifications. Letting a few earth elementals loose would also have some devestating effects on a fortification, depending how the DM plays them and the powers of elementals and their kin. Some spells are slower acting, or affect a smaller volume (e.g. move earth, or stone shape) but could still have impressive effects in breaking a seige.
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Fantastic Maps | The fantasy maps of Jon Roberts
It’s official! I am working on the maps for A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin. The image above is an early mockup of the cover and the full map folio is due to come out in October of this year.
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LPJ Design is having a Memorial Day sale all this weekend. There are a lot of people going around claiming to have a Memorial Day sale, but there is ONLY ONE 2012 Memorial Day $1 Sale!!!! It’s the sale that happens only once a year for.
aerial photographs of Castles
More?..... well these are slightly further away, Germany to be precise. Now as the main audience is local I've written it in German and priced it in Euros, but if you can't live without your own copy then just email me and I will put something in English and pounds. To buy a print of the image simply click the buy button under each full page photograph or if you prefer not to buy online you can email us at sales@webbaviation.co.uk quoting the photograph number/name and your address and post a cheque.
"This program does everything I need an overland, hex-based mapping program to do. It allows me to produce high-quality, visually appealing maps with a minimum of effort and a very small learning curve... There is a forum for the program, and the support from [the developer] is outstanding. " Full Review --Bob, Back to the Keep "Hexographer is a great, quickly acquired and configured, utility-rich cartography tool with an intuitive, beginner-friendly interface, and a very accessible price-point."
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World Building, Mapping and Population (Part One)
This first in a series of posts describing a simple system of determining the maximum population levels of large hex-based map areas inhabited by cultures with a High Middle Ages style technology and culture. This is good for European-like human or even halfling lands but is not really suitable for barbarian cultures, elves, and more magical based societies. This system makes two important major assumptions:
March « 2011 « Lord Kilgore
Bear with me, here. This is a little lengthy, but I want to show a (simplified) snippet from a hypothetical game session. Situation : 3 PCs are exploring a dungeon looking for a hidden shrine and ran into some wandering zombies. The cleric’s attempt to turn them failed and the PCs, lacking a fighter, turned and ran. Game Master : The corridor you’re in ends in a blank wall. There is some refuse on the floor and scrawled marks on the right wall.
Initial multi-player test of Sovereign Light the board game I finally managed to co-ordinate a test play for the new and simplified rules, dubbed Sovereign Light . I gathered five people together to play, and it was amazing to watch how different each player approached the game.
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Paper Terrain - Home Page
Welcome to Paperterrain.com We produce a range of paper structures in a variety of scales and periods. They are printed on a heavy cardstock and are ready for immediate assembly and use.
Lux Delux - The best Risk game there is, free download for Mac and PC
Lux Delux is a game of strategy and domination inspired by the board game Risk. Control your armies to conquer and hold strategic countries on the map. The object of the game is simple: Take over the entire world! Play versus 11 different computer AI personalities.Revisiting the RPG cartography standard Once again donning my OCD hat, I’m compelled to implement a standard for mapping areas of my campaign. The goal is to use a consistent scale for areas of a certain size, as well as a static grid system that helps me drill down to sub-maps and note the locations of prominent campaign features. Given my earlier posts this month, it should be no surprise that I find my solution in the hex map. Hex Mapping Standards
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Playing Civ4. Discovered "Fall from Heaven 2" - a really great fantasy mod. I liked it so much, I decided to make a mod-mod for it. Click Here to find out more.