Giant Dungeon Maps on Walls!

Jack Berberette / The Game Hermit has been constructing a HUGE dungeon map on his game room wall using Inked Adventures Modular Dungeon Sections (with some designs from the Square Dungeon Tiles, I believe)

Slide show of a few photos (flash required)



These were taken from one of The Game Hermit's photo albums on Facebook.

Excellent! :)

Merry Dungeons and Happy Things!

Store: bit.ly/IAstore

Here's wishing you all a great holiday season. Thank you for following, downloading and buying, or just dropping in to the tiny corner of the net that is Inked Adventures. Here's also hoping that the New Year and MMXIII will bring you ever so slightly closer to your dreams.

May you dungeons be beautiful!

-Billiam Babble, December 2012.

Dungeon Map

Just a randomly doodled map, because I know you like this sort of thing. ;)

Positive Reviews and Explanation of Scale

I'm really appreciating the positive reviews and 4-5 star ratings for the Hand Drawn Geomorph Tiles on DriveThru/RPGNow sites.  Some of these reviews, a handful of emails and forum posts keep coming back to the fact that the geomorphs are not scaled for 28mm figures, so I'm adding the following paragraphs to the product description, by way of clarification.    

Please Note - Small Scale Product

Unlike some of the other Inked Adventures products these Geomorph Tiles are not scaled for use with 25-28mm figures. Each tile represents a large dungeon area and is only 8cm (3.2 in) across to minimise whitespace waste. The 10x10 grid on each tile means that each square 8mm (0.3in) wide.

Small geomorph tiles have been used in gaming since the 1970s mainly for map planning and reference in play (wikipedia)

If you require hand drawn 1in=5ft scale tiles or ready-to-use floor plan sections for use with miniature figures may we recommend our Square Dungeon Tiles or our popular Modular Sections Basic Pack.

Once printed onto thin card, the 8x8cm (3.1in) size tiles can be stacked in a compact card deck, ideal for planning or playing "megadungeon" games on small to modestly sized tables - as with traditional geomorphs.

Please feel free to contact me if you have purchased this product hoping that it was the same scale as our  Modular Sections or Square Dungeon Tiles, or are disappointed in any way.  Email: billiambabble -at- yahoo.co.uk

As well as a possible print-on-demand pre-cut release through the Game Crafter site, I am considering releasing the 300dpi tile graphics in PNG format for use with virtual tabletop software (VTT).  This also means that customers will also be able to scale-up the files any dimension when printing.

Thanks for reading.  May your dungeons be beautiful! :)

-Bb 12/12

Mock-up map views using geomorph tiles

Another mock-up lay-out of the geomorph tiles. (Deviant Art entry http://fav.me/d5nlynn )
Adapted from this:



(Deviant Art: http://billiambabble.deviantart.com/gallery/4084911 Tumblr: http://inkedadventures.tumblr.com/)  
 
Product link: Hand Drawn Geomorph Tiles on DriveThruRPG http://bit.ly/IAgeomorph

Staggering Geomorph Tiles

Inked Adventures Hand Drawn Geomorph tiles can be used with alternate rows being staggered.

This also creates increased variety when exiting an area in random play because one tile now can connect to 6 other tiles.

The Hand Drawn Geomorphs Tiles can be downloaded here: http://bit.ly/IAgeomorph

Inked Adventures Hand Drawn Geomorph Tiles are now on sale

Available now at DriveThruRPG and RPGNow $5.50 (reduced from $7.50)

http://bit.ly/IAgeomorph

Inked Adventures Geomorph Style Tiles Preview

More geomorph wip art photos

Okay I know this is a bit random and I apologise for the low quality, but here are a few more samples of some of the initial art for the pack of geomorphs I'm working on. (I'm preparing this post on an iPad - hopefully, everything will get beamed to the right place when finished!)

Inked Adventures on Tumblr, Fb and Blogger

Not much new news.  I'm still plodding away on these geomorphic style tiles (see previous) and a few top secret projects.  If you're a bit of a networking addict and would like to follow random pictures from Inked Adventures on Tumblr, the address is

http://inkedadventures.tumblr.com/ 

Also feel free to friend me for updates and general commentary on geekery on Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/inkedadventures

Depending upon where you are reading this you may like to know that the original site is:

http://inkedadventures.com

...but comments have been disabled due to a spam bot invasion fleet...

So I've also running my mirror site (secret base) on blogger:

http://billiambabbleinkedadventures.blogspot.co.uk/

...where eagles fly free and comments are possible.

You'll find Billiam Babble also lurking in places unsavoury, linked from those sites. You have been warned!

Billiam Babble also sends apologies to anyone receiving trojan spam links in emails from his Yahoo account which was recently hacked.  He will always include a sensible header text and explanation of any links contained. billiambabble -at- yahoo co uk is still a safe address to bother him on.

Billiam also apologies for sometimes typing in the third person tense, but he likes to pretend that Inked Adventures is actually a massive corporation which creates formal press releases and notices of great importance.  Billiam's doctor has been notified.

Whilst I'm posting links, here's that shop link again:

http://bit.ly/IAstore 

which takes you to the DriveThru page.

Thanks for browsing!

Bb, late in 2012.

Geomorphic Dungeon Tiles early sneak peak

These geomorphic dungeon tiles are still a work in progress, intended primarily as a pre-print product, but possibly a PDF as well. The trick is to make enough tiles for the pack to be truly random and fun to use (at least 40 unique tiles plus a few corridor repeats). The final cards will be approximately 3.5 inches square with blank parchment coloured backs so that they can be laid out on the table and turned over when a new area is entered. The grid scale is either 5ft or 10ft depending upon how grand the Dungeon Master like their dungeon to be – still too small for minis, but a fun RPG play-aid nonetheless. I’m currently working on entrances and exits from the megadungeon map “within” the tiles (whilst retaining all four exits). The edge of the tile map will be the edge of the table. I’m still divided about whether or not to include terminating “edge” tiles. I may throw in some blanks because part of the attraction of geomorphic style tiles is drawing your own. So many “mights” and “maybes”!
Watch this space! Digging in progress …

Mugs, bags and t-shirts on CafePress

Totally random plug for some of our designs on CafePress (monsters and RPG-related):




 Billiam Babble's Store Page: http://www.cafepress.com/billiambabble

Thanks for browsing. :)

A Delver’s Adventure Sheet

… character sheet, record sheet, stats card etc…

In a break from our usual programming I’ve decided to have a go at designing a character sheet with hand drawn elements for the Tunnels & Trolls game.  Not an official product (free download), I reckon a player could get by using this landscape character sheet -inspired, mainly, by gamebooks.

Since the elements were drawn on paper and then assembled in GIMP, the text then added in open office, I’m hoping that I can get away with it’s roughness  being a homage to Letraset and wood print. ;)  Next time I’ll plan it better and just draw the whole thing as one art piece.
I hoping I haven’t missed anything out that’s too obvious.

Downloads:

The PDF:  aDelversAdventureSheet_billiambabble_inkedadventures_2012_v1.pdf (350KB)

Image file

(click on thumbnail, then right click on image to save):

Happy Delving!

Review of Square Dungeon Tiles on Roleplayers Chronicle

Massive thanks to my friends at RC for writing such a splendid and unexpected review of my Square Dungeon Tiles.  It made my day!



http://roleplayerschronicle.com/?p=25668

Geomorphs?

Some early designs for small geomorphic tiles. Not quite sure where I'm going with these - maybe the colours will be brown-sepia ink on parchment.  If I make enough I guess I could actually get some pack printed through TheGameCrafter.



The Dungeon Master can choose if the grid is 5ft or 10ft.

Ideally a respectable pack of geomorphs needs to have at least 36 tiles (possibly all being unique).  So far I only have a handful - but they are lots of fun to draw. :) 

We'll see...

Free Wooden and Stone Double Doors

I wasn't comfortable with the standard doors which I have supplied in the Square Dungeon Tiles Pack, so I thought I should add these new designs as a free product.

Enjoy!

The Zip file containing the PDFs are free to download from the RPGNow/DriveThru/WVault http://bit.ly/freedoors







Inked Adventures Free Doors

Hand drawn free-standing double doors (to fit width of 10'/2" corridor). Double-sided wooden and stone work designs - with connected bases. These can also be cut in in half to make single doors (to fit width of 5'/1" corridor)

Will enhance any 2D floor plan or dungeon tile system - suitable for use with 25/28/30mm. They make an ideal accompaniment to the Modular Dungeon Cut-Up Sections range (Basic Pack) and the newly released Square Dungeon Tiles.

Two page, easy print PDF - 1. Wooden Door. 2. Stone Door.
Can be printed to paper, card or photopaper.Very easy to assemble. Perfect for younger players. Both A4 and US Letter page sizes are in included in the Zip file.

http://bit.ly/freedoors

Square Dungeon Tiles map mock-up

This promotional graphic was fun to make since it provides an example of a dungeon layout using the new square tiles. :)

Composited in GIMP. Feel free to share this on blogs and forums. ;)

Product link: http://bit.ly/squaredungeontiles

Free Bonus Square Dungeon Tiles

Oops, it appears that some goblins stole a few rooms from the original Square Dungeon Tiles set, but with the help of elven scouts we have retrieved the missing parchments!

Yours for free – three 4×4 rooms to supplement the Inked Adventures Square Dungeon Tiles set.




Free on DriveThru / RPGNow / Wargames Vault et al.

http://bit.ly/4x4bonus

FREE! – It also works well as a sample of the style of the tiles in the main set (found here)

-Bb July 2012.

Square Dungeon Tiles

Inked Adventures Square Dungeon Tiles

http://bit.ly/squaredungeontiles
(Product page on RPGDriveThru)

Reduced Price at $5.50!

I finally gave into to gamer pressure and have decided to supplement the Inked Adventures Modular Sections range with geomorphic style square tiles. ;)
Perfect for random play!
(Incidentally I still plan to release the Tombs, Crypts and Catacombs pack and other modular sets but it is cursed with a spell of self- doubt and mud-slow!)

Thank you for buying and donating to Doctors Without Borders!

I must give ongoing thanks to anyone buying or thinking about buying the 3D Furniture and the Evil Summonings products!

Since late August last year sales from these products have been donated to Doctors Without Borders / Medecin Sans Frontieres.   My sales reports state that from the 46 products sold* somewhere between $80 and $120 USD will be (or already has been) given to DWB thanks to OneBookshelf’s charity payment option – I can’t give an exact figure since I’m not sure exactly how much of the totals OneBookShelf are able to waive after transaction costs etc.





*Actually these are relatively slow-sellers in the Inked Adventures range, but I’m really pleased that they are quietly raising money for a good cause.

Anyway, thank you again!
You’re ace. ;)

Go to the original post below to find out more (with links to how to buy charity products or donate directly to DWB/MSF).

Related post:  “Buy products and donate to Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders” (main site)
(Post on Inked Adventures mirror blog)

DungeonMaster Mark reviews Inked Adventures

I've caught up with this one a few weeks late, but I'm really flattered by this review by DungeonMaster Mark (YouTube) (Mark on Fb) on YouTube.  

 

If you can't see the embedded player, this is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqEsYZYMbMg  

Thanks, DungeonMaster Mark!

Promo dungeon layout

This is seriously overdue!  I realise that there aren’t have enough examples of how sections from the Basic Pack can be used.

So here’s a sort of promo-poster thing for your visual enjoyment. :)




Happy dungeoning!

New Stock Art for fantasy publishers

New stock art for publishers for sale on DriveThruRPG / RPGNow.


Click on graphic for sample of detail:

Free Crypt Room Download

Spur of the moment free product!

This was partly inspired by the Going Last’s May of the Dead Carnival, but also it’s a chance for me to share with you some graphics from the seriously long overdue Crypts, Tombs and Catacombs pack.

Presenting The Crypt Room (with door)…

The Crypt Room available on DTRPG now

http://bit.ly/CryptRoom (Free download)

Stock Art: Trolls (or orc and troll) playing an RPG

New stock art for use in publications – available at DriveThru, RPGNow and Wargame Vault.
Currently $3.50 for files and rights usage in publications
http://bit.ly/trollsplaying

Shadowed Keep on the Borderlands

Shadowed Keep on the Borderlands
(Raging Swan Press)
http://bit.ly/RS_ShadowKeep
$9.99

A few days ago Shadowed Keep on the Borderlands was released by Raging Swan Press.  To my eyes, it's a storming tribute to the low level modules sold with the early D&D boxed sets - but that's an interpretation.  It's Pathfinder and D&D3.5 friendly - although some of the layout for encounters reminded me a lot of DnD4, but that just goes to show what a slick design job has been done on this adventure (or adventures I should say). 

There's plenty for a DM to get their teeth into.  There's many "freeze-frame" encounters, but there's guidelines for situational flexibility, should you want to make it a "living" dungeon.  

Shadowed Keep on the Borderlands contains b/w maps, drawn by yours truly, similar those I mentioned in this entry.  Oddly, I thought that Creighton (-Broadhurst of Raging Swan Press) would be adding titles to the maps - I must chat to him about this. ;)

I'm extremely proud to have been part of this project, amongst the other artists, writers, editors, play-testers etc.  Also, look out for the character portraits by the mighty Larry Elmore (I suspect that these were originally part of his Dragon Lance art, allowed to live again with new incarnations)  The writing is slick and DMs and their players will get a lot of mileage out of this product.

Available as a purchasable PDF on ...

DriveThruRPG http://bit.ly/RS_ShadowKeep

RPGNow: http://bit.ly/ShadowedKeep

Free Section on RPGNow http://bit.ly/ShadowedKeepFree


Raging Swan Press http://www.ragingswan.com/

Savage Cellar Floor Plan Tile now available

The Savage Cellar Floor Plan Tile  is now available on all good Onebookshelf sites (DriveThru, RPGNow etc.)

Suitable for fantasy and horror, this two-level room will be ideal for those interdimensional  encounters!

http://bit.ly/IAcellar
(Going for a song on DriveThru!)

Map Commissions for Raging Swan Press

I think that it would be wrong not to share some recent work with you, especially if you love dungeon maps. :)

Here’s a couple of pieces I’ve completed for Raging Swan Press (DriveThru Store) for the forthcoming publication Shadowed Keep on the Borderlands – a scenario for Pathfinder for low level characters (check out all of the lovely art that’s going to be in there too!)

 


For detailed views you can see them on DA: [link] [link]
-Billiam B.