Working on a new map.

Big lake, will eventually have many islands. So far I don't hate it.

Not a bad test score, I guess..

MIke Davison took the Hardest Gary Gygax Quiz in the World and got 50%!



You are a Gary Gygax Swashbuckler. You are cunning in the ways of Gary Gygax. You've probably been to Gen Con once or twice, and if I searched your house, I bet I'd find a Gary Gygax autograph, a humorous D&D-related T-shirt, and/or a stack of Dragon magazines.

Paladin Code: You completed this quiz without using Google.

Drums in the deep.

Well it only took me 6 months after we moved into our new home, but I finally got me drums set up in my basement game room. Now I have Dungeons, Dragons, and drums....

Inspiration strikes!

Scott has been posting about his Dwarf-Land campaign lately and it looks awesome. Me, I have been re-reading The Hobbit along with The History of the Hobbit (Part 1 - Mr. Baggins) and well when I saw this post at Scott's blog - I knew I had to draw my own Outdoor Survival Map. I have never owned the Avalon Hill game, but I found a good quality picture of the map online and went straight to work on one of the blank Judges' Guild map sheets I had (the last one actually - I and just reordered a few from Noble Knight Games).  So here is my latest hand drawn map (I am not too pleased with my art here, but it is a good working map for now).

I am using the 3 LBB to stock the map and have made some tweaks to the table for determining who lives in the castle as seen below (I wanted to have more demi-human types around). I want a setting more like early middle-earth, except more Hobbits. I want Tolkien mixed with H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard. (Greedy, I want it all).

RANDOM CASTLE OCCUPANTS
d6   CASTLE OCCUPANT  
1    Men      
2    Men       
3    Men      
4    Demi-human  
5    Demi-human 
6    Demi-human  

d6   MEN SUBTABLE
1    Lord
2    Superhero
3    Wizard
4    Necromancer
5    Patriarch
6    Evil High Priest

d6   DEMIHUMAN SUBTABLE
1    Halfling Hero
2    Halfling Hero
3    Dwarf Myrmidon
4    Dwarf Myrmidon
5    Elf Hero-Warlock
6    Elf Hero-Warlock

I have completed the rolls for each castle, here are the results (some have already been named):

SETTLEMENTS

-    TOWNS

0118 Westfold (men)

1917 Loudwater (men)

2313 town

2317 town

2323 town

2717 town

4317 Eastwatch (men)

-    CASTLES & HOLDFASTS

0824 Fane of the Fiery Eye – Evil High Priest
0930 Castle – men - patriarch

1014 Castle – dwarf – myrmidon

1117 castle – men - wizard

1211 castle – elf – hero/warlock
1305 castle – elf – hero/warlock

1408 castle – Halfling - hero

1831 castle – men - patriarch

1922 Hob’s Shire – Halfling - hero

2128 castle – men - wizard

2205 castle – Halfling - hero

2232 castle – men - lord

2308 castle – Halfling - hero

2424 castle – elf – hero/warlock

2510 castle – dwarf - myrmidon

2703 castle – elf – hero/warlock

2719 castle – men - lord

2806 castle – men - patriarch

2928 castle – elf – hero/warlock

3332 castle – elf – hero/warlock

3414 castle – hafling - hero

3626 castle – dwarf - myrmidon

4120 Bastion of Belegore the Undying - necromancer

4202 castle – dwarf - myrmidon

I'm still alive!

It has been a busy summer between work and time with the family, but I am still here and checking out the blogs. I expect to start posting in the next couple of weeks again.