The first of the five votes has ended and Old Madeleine's Inn and Fighting Pit is a clear winner. However, the second winner is unclear, with the Traveling Inn and Floating Market tied for second place. This vote will determine which of those two maps will be drawn. You know the rules:
TWO ...
2019-06-02 21:48:29 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm giving out the DM notes for this map to everyone because I think they're pretty good and I want to share them. I didn't think I'd have too much to say about Delv...
2019-05-31 22:52:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Take a look at the DM notes for this map, I think they're pretty interesting. I didn't think I'd have too much to say about Delvers' Rest at first, but then it occurred to me that this would probably be the foulest-smelling place in the city. I won't explain the reason here, 2019-05-31 22:52:03 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the first of five votes. The top TWO maps chosen will be drawn. You can vote for any number of maps. If there are no clear winners, there will be a runoff. The voting will remain open until Sunday, unless I forget to close it on Sunday, in which case it'll be open longer. Anyway, he...
2019-05-29 15:33:46 +0000 UTC View Post
This is last month's Cartographic Congress winner, based on the idea proposed by Senator Wulfric. It's also the first map I've made with people in it. Dead people, sure, but still. By the way, if you don't want dead bodies in your iron mine, 2019-05-25 23:52:12 +0000 UTC View Post
This is last month's Cartographic Congress winner, based on the idea proposed by Senator Wulfric. It's also the first map I've made with people in it. Dead people, sure, but still. By the way, if you don't want dead bodies in your iron mine, there's a corpse-free version as well.
This...
2019-05-25 23:52:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the second edition of Brazenthrone History and Lore. New entries are marked with a red dot. The main things added are about the origin of the city and the unusual system of nobility in the kingdom.
Patreon won't display it at full size, so if you can't read it, just click 2019-05-20 09:49:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the list of map ideas that I mentioned in the last post. As I said, all patrons will be able to vote. I'll probably start the first vote in a week to ten days from now. Read it
over. F...
First, thanks to all my patrons for your support! I didn't want to say anything about this before, but this goal was the point where my rent, bills and food are all covered and I'm able to pay all my expenses without drawing from my savings. That is a really big deal and I can't thank you e...
2019-05-18 08:00:19 +0000 UTC View Post
My idea here was that this bridge is the border crossing between two (probably not super-friendly) countries, but it could also be used as a toll bridge or a fortress entrance. Of course, tell whatever story with it you like, but, personally, I think you should arrange a scenario where your playe...
2019-05-18 07:59:15 +0000 UTC View Post
My idea here was that this bridge is the border crossing between two (probably not super-friendly) countries, but it could also be used as a toll bridge or a fortress entrance. Of course, tell whatever story with it you like, but, personally, I think you should arrange a scenario where your playe...
2019-05-18 07:59:09 +0000 UTC View Post
EDIT: You can't view this image properly on patreon. Check it out on the website.
Well, there it is. A little later than I'd hoped, but with my computer degenerating into a mass of d...
2019-05-13 07:08:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, there it is. A little later than I'd hoped, but with my computer degenerating into a mass of dysfunctional electronics that necessitated several full hard drive wipes, I suppose that's to be expected. You know what's funny? I wiped my SSD several times over and you know what's still there? ...
2019-05-13 07:08:14 +0000 UTC View PostSo, about a week ago, Windows found a problem with my PC. I didn't notice anything wrong, but Windows decided there was a problem anyway and offered to help. Click here to fix it. Sure, why not. One reboot later and my computer is a toaster with a keyboard. Thanks, Windows. Thanks for helping...
2019-05-11 04:27:09 +0000 UTC View Post
If you look at the top-center of this map, you'll notice a large chair. That is the city's titular Brazen Throne. It's a large, tarnished hunk of brass that has been the Brasshand clan's royal seat for several thousand years. In case you're unaware, a lesser-used meaning of the word 'brazen' is "...
2019-05-03 23:15:33 +0000 UTC View Post
If you look at the top-center of this map, you'll notice a large chair. That is the city's titular Brazen Throne. It's a large, tarnished hunk of brass that has been the Brasshand clan's royal seat for several thousand years. In case you're unaware, a lesser-used meaning of the word 'brazen' is "...
2019-05-03 23:15:23 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the first of four floors of the High King's palace. This took a while longer than usual because I laid out all four levels before finishing this one. But with that out of the way, the next three should come pretty quickly. Look for the second floor in around three or four days.
Well...
2019-04-29 23:39:51 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the first of four floors of the High King's palace. This took a while longer than usual because I laid out all four levels before finishing this one. But with that out of the way, the next three should come pretty quickly. Look for the second floor in around three or four days.
Well...
2019-04-29 23:39:48 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the map chosen by last month's Cartographic Congress, based on the proposal by Senator Ross. It's designed to be a haunted house with a number of secret chambers, although I can imagine a few other uses for it. The largest of the secret rooms in the cellar were left unfurnished to make th...
2019-04-20 08:26:12 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the map chosen by last month's Cartographic Congress, based on the proposal by Senator Ross. It's designed to be a haunted house with a number of secret chambers, although I can imagine a few other uses for it. The largest of the secret rooms in the cellar were left unfurnished to make th...
2019-04-20 08:26:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the first of Brazenthrone's several residential districts. I know these residential districts aren't really the sexiest parts of the city, but I'm going to try and keep them interesting.
Next up is la...
2019-04-14 04:38:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the first of Brazenthrone's several residential districts. Since it's all homes, there isn't an annotated version, but there's more information on it in the DM notes.
I know these residential districts ar...
2019-04-14 04:38:56 +0000 UTC View PostSo, here's the thing: I can't do gridless maps. I mean, I can, but it'd take forever to erase the grids and I don't think my maps would look good without them anyway, since I incorporate the floor texture into them.
If you hate grids period, I can't really help you. But if you just hate try...
2019-04-12 05:01:36 +0000 UTC View PostYesterday was a big day. The good people of reddit took quite a liking to Neuschwanstein and I just wanted to thank all my patrons, new and old, and anyone else who can't afford to support me, but has given me an upvote or shared my maps with a friend.
When I started this, I decided to try ...
2019-04-12 00:11:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Here’s an alternate version with the tiles angled to follow the walls in the keep.
I was going to explain all the things that aren't accurate about this map, bu...
2019-04-10 05:58:32 +0000 UTC View Post
I was going to explain all the things that aren't accurate about this map, but it'd take forever and it doesn't matter anyway, so let me just give you the short version:
I seriously thought this whole thing would take a week. All of it. I was very, very wrong about that and I've come to realize the scale of this project more and more as I've been working on it. I do like the Neuschwanstein maps so far, but I'm not sure I'd have signed up for them if I'd ...
2019-04-05 03:45:10 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the first map I've ever made of a real place. It was built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria, who was known as "the Mad King." He was born in the 1800s and was really into Middle Ages architecture, so h...
2019-03-29 15:52:58 +0000 UTC View Post
There's something new in the print versions this time: a version with white backgrounds. I like the background colors on the maps, but it recently occurred to me that they might be draining peoples' toner pretty hard, so I thought I'd put out versions with just the map floors. I'm sure this isn't...
2019-03-29 15:51:31 +0000 UTC View PostThis month, the Cartographic Congress chose Senator Ross' proposal of a large, haunted mansion full of secret passages. It narrowly beat Senator John's proposal of a stone bridge with a guard station. So, congratulations to Senator Ross!
Senator John, I'll be drawing your map, too. I like t...
2019-03-28 05:07:12 +0000 UTC View Post
