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A Gallery of WotC Poster Tile Maps

The excellent Sly Flourish came upon the kind of organizational idea we often have but seldom execute. He took pictures of each of the poster tile maps in a 3E or 4E product he owns and uploaded them so he had a handy reference. He can look at the gallery and see all the maps he has when planning for a gaming session. Need a desert map? How about that poster map that came with the Blue Dragon? Need a river running through underground caves? Several RPGA/organized play posters can fill that need.

I loved the idea, but I wanted to make two changes. First, I downloaded them and renamed them so each file has the name of the map. That way I easily know the product on my shelf that has the map. I can also work with the thumbnail viewer mode in Windows to easily

(This is a repost from my general blog, Confessions of a Middle-Aged Adolescent, (growoldnotup.blogspot.com/ ), so my apologies if it seems pedantic!)

It occurs to me that I have been lax in posting nerdly content for a while, so I will see those of you with no appreciation for such things in a week or so.  Having gotten together for one of our irregular but not too infrequent Dungeons & Dragons sessions last night, it seemed an opportune time to discuss some of the various tools and doo-dads we use to keep things moving and organized.

The 4th edition D&D rules continue to be a divisive force within the fantasy RPG community, but that doesn't bother me since I wasn't a member of the community when this schism occurred.  I like how straightforward the 4e rules

www.infernaltitans.com is running a pre print sale. We got four 24"x36" full color poster maps printed on 80# paper. Order now for a $5.00 discount off the regular price. 

I love maps. They're one of my favorite things about D&D I think. Whether maps of the world, maps of a kingdom, maps of a city, or maps of a dungeon makes no difference. I love looking at them, drawing them, and using them. A good map can be as inspiring as a good book.

            A while ago I was talking to a friend of mine who worked in the printing business about having poster maps printed for my gaming group. We love using battle maps. The only problem was there weren't enough of them. Turns out it would be damn expensive to print out individual maps for personal use. The more you print though, the cheaper it becomes. So I figured why not try to sell them. I've seen plenty of threads where people are asking for poster sized battle

I've got poster maps for sale on my website. We're doing a pre-print sale to see what kind of interest there is in the community. Four full color 36"x24" battlemaps for $10. They'll be available at that price until we go to print. I know I want more battle maps, hopefully many of you do also.

Check out the pics in my photos for a preview, and check out the website: www.infernaltitans.com

Two players couldn't make it this week, so I decided that it would be better to run something else -- the party is on the doorstep of their nemesis of the past seven months, and it didn't seem fair to make two players run two characters (and do so sub-optimally due to lack of familiarity), and have the missing two unable to witness the triumphant conclusion/final whimper/TPK.  Anyway, pinch-hitting this week for the regular campaign is Khyber's Harvest by Keith Baker.  It is a bare-bones short adventure, which isn't surprising given that it was handed out for free.  The adventure starts in a town -- a town with no map.  I'm still trying to learn Campaign Cartographer, so I figured I'd give it a try.  There are no combat encounters in the town, but since this