PSJMaps and Dungeon24 Challenge

Ive decided that in 2024 I will attempt to take part in the drawing challenge, dungeon24. These challenges started a few years ago (AFAIK) to encourage artists to draw something every day. At the end of the year you’d have a mega dungeon with well over 300 rooms to explore. Last year I sucked at … Read more

Bring Your RPG Character to Life: FOUR Questions for Crafting Rich Backstories

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Have you ever found yourself at a loss for how to write a better dnd character? Do you want to know how to create a backstory that is both rich and memorable? To help you produce the best possible history for your new D&D characters, I’ve put together a list of questions that you should … Read more

The SIX best battle mats for D&D and Fantasy RPGs

The SIX best battle mats for DnD

While theatre of the mind is some peoples’ preferred method for gaming, I think it suits the Call of Cthulhu RPG much better than the Dungeons and Dragons game. For me, the D&D experience is totally taken to the next level with battle mats! Battle mats; grid maps full of miniatures, hand-drawn notations and delicate … Read more

The Best 18 Tavern Rumours for your Player Characters to overhear

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Players who frequent Taverns and Inn are likely to find themselves shoulder-to-shoulder with many faces, races and cultures. If they’re stopping off in the bustling city of Neverwinter, or lodging in the quiet Stonehill Inn of Phandalin, there’s nearly always something for your player characters to overhear. With myself and my current players gaining confidence … Read more

250 Follower Dice Giveaway Winners!

Today marks the end of the dice give away competition I ran over on Twitter. I ran the competition to mark hitting 250 followers, but by the time the competition ended I had over 370. Amazing! The TWO winners picked out of the hat were @pauljbaldwin and @varnished_truth. Congratulations to both of these wonderful people, … Read more

Day 15: Challenge Room #inktober

For the 15th of October I tried something a little more adventurous and a whole lot more deadly. The lethal addition for this #inktober drawing was a lava jumping challenge. As if plunging to your molten death wasn’t challenging enough on its own, the little stone islands gets progressively smaller until there’s barely anything to … Read more

Day 14: Tavern #inktober

Heading west out of the large semi-natural Dwarven cavern, we make our way up a heavily used stone staircase. As we reach the last step we see why these steps were so heavily worn… a sprawling Tavern. Amongst the empty chairs, deserted tables and dusty bottles, a stone well drops vertically down to a slow … Read more

Day 13: Dwarves #inktober

For the 13th drawing of our #Inktober map, we find our weary way south from the Shrine. As you pass through another thick blue curtain, the walls turn back to natural stone. Before you a vast cavern like room has been carved from what was probably a natural opening. Large, thick but ornately carved pillars … Read more