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This map of Shadow World was created by Matt Hanson from the April 2009 issue of the Annual Subscription.
I started creating a map of the continent of Jaiman on Shadow World® to include in an upcoming Player Guide. I wanted to create a comprehensive map that included all map related layers of data in all the official books: Places of Interest for players and GM's, Essaence Flows, Climate, Navigator Obelisks, Roads, Cities & Towns, Kingdom borders in different time periods. However the base map was on the continent scale so I felt the "Fantasy Worlds" style from the April '09 Annual would work best and give a nice simple and clean look.
I made a few changes to the standard Fantasy Worlds style. Given that the entire continent (45 to 70 degrees latitude) would be covered in forest I felt that the obvious borders in the standard forest (that uses a tree symbol fill) didn't make much sense. Instead I changed the color of the default land fill to make it a darker and more saturated green. I also created two additional bitmap fills - one darker and greener, and one lighter and more yellow. I scattered a handful of polygons about using these fills to give further variation in the landmass, representing denser than average forest, and more sparse forest mixed with grassland.
Jaiman Map Copyright Matt Hanson 2009, based on Terry Amthor's Shadow World setting , now published through Guild Companion Publications. Shadow World® is a registered trademark of Terry K. Amtho. This map will be available in final form in the upcoming Shadow World® Player's Guides series.  
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I just hope I can get it printed in time...
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Trail of Cthulhu was nominated for an Origins Award for Best RRG, but the honours were taken by Mouseguard. I must play it. Oh, there was another game nominated, but it was fairly obscure. Read more...
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You might consider friending Jérome's journal for regular art updates. I repost his latest post as a taster.
I just love drawing menacing cultist ! I like the enigmatic face, questionning the viewer, is it a mask ! A cthulhu face ? my grandma ?
This last pic is for the "suprise" book for Trail of Cthulhu that might be (if the stars are with us) at gencon indy.
I now have my plane tickets for gencon so you will see me there (well if you want to !)
I will be signing books at Pelgrane place. Well, maybe not all the time, as it is the first time I come to this great convention. Simon Rogers will plane some signing sessions I guess.
I am pretty excited, mostly because I will be with the Pelgrane team (Kenneth, Robin, Sacha, Ralf, Steve), not only job partners, but enjoyable fellows that I don't see enough... lost I am in the east of France...
I also hope to play some game, wich I never have a chance to busy drawing for enthousiastic fans !!! wich is a very enjoyable feeling too ! and a great exercice ! you have to creat a cool drawing in about 10 minutes with no computer help or image references...
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So, it appears I am coming back to life, at least according to the Order of the Stick #644, panel 6!
What, Captain America, you say? Bah.
Hat-tip to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) uthoroc
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James Semple, who has written music for Esoterrorists and Trail of Cthulhu, has just released a new superhero-oriented piece for Daring Entertainment, called City Rampage which is now available from rpgnow.com.
An excerpt from the Esoterrorists theme can be found here.
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The second most popular Google search term after "Campaign Cartographer 3" is "Campaign Cartographer 3 torrent."
I'd like to appeal to those people considering a pirated copy to buy the software - since 2005 we've had a 14-day money back guarantee, and we urge you to try our support and community if you have any questions during that time. If you don't think the software represents value for money after that, just get your money back.
Piratebay, demonoid and all those other seeders have CC3 on torrent. There isn't too much we can do about it, though we have got a few sites to pull down links, and got a few pirates to pay up. We aren't sure how much this affects our sales - I'm sure a lot of pirates wouldn't have bought our stuff anyway - but there are certainly those who have made the choice to steal rather than buy. I estimate that there are four pirated copies in use for every one sold. These pirates aren't freedom fighters - most of them make money from advertising, and some even have the cheek to ask for donations.
Piracy definitely decreased when we introduced CC3 - it pings our server automatically to validate the serial number on installation, or gets you to type in a code if you don't have internet access. However, we don't want to inconvenience our customers, so we rely on our reputation for technical support, and the excellence of our community to keep revenue flowing. CC3 is a relatively inexpensive piece of software, and even our Whole Shebang bundle, while a fair price, still represents excellent value for money compared with other similar commercial software.
One other issue - on the CC3 torrent we downloaded, there was a very nasty Trojan virus. You get what you pay for.
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Robin is working on a new game for us, based on the Dying Earth. My question is, which settings would you like to see?
SKULDUGGERYThe Roleplaying Game Of Verbal Fireworks & Sudden Reversalsby Robin D. Laws Join Your Friends For an Evening Of Scheming, Betrayal and Temptation Need a break from five foot squares and attacks of opportunity? Looking for an alternative when half the group bails on your in-depth saga of super-serious emoting? Seek no further than Skulduggery, Pelgrane Press’ hilarious new roleplaying game of doing unto others because they’re sure as heck planning to do unto you. Skulduggery streamlines the acclaimed core rules of the Dying Earth RPG, allowing you to play quick, uproarious games of treachery and oneupmanship in any setting. Fine-tuned for one-shot and impromptu sessions, it can be adjusted for longer-running series as players demand. • The tongue is sharper than the sword. Skulduggery makes verbal persuasion as suspenseful and decisive as physical combat.
• There’s always another comeback. Don’t like the results when you roll a die? Skulduggery’s reversals-based resolution system lets you roll again—if you can afford to pay the price...
• Characters in minutes. The GM hands out stacks of cards. The players trade for a few minutes. Presto: instant characters, ready to play!
• Wit wins out. Strategic deployment of dialogue snippets recharges your supply of the points you need to succeed.
• Think you’ve got it all under control? Just when they think they’re ahead, characters must face their own worst enemies—the all-consuming temptations driving them to distraction and doom. Skulduggery comes with all you need to create your own settings and adventure
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This maps is created using DD3 and CC3's lighting effects. It was created by bearclaw over on the ProFantasy forum.
Last weekend I thought I'd learn light effects for DD3. What an amazing tool!!! I was fairly impressed with the end result that I put together (which is for an on-going adventure we're currently playing).
The characters in my adventure are all demi-humans so I wanted to add light to the side rooms that they can see with their infravision. I put a light at the door facing inwards. I did that a greyish color light where the torches are all yellow. There's also a light at the top of the stairs facing downwards that is a white light to show the daylight streaming down, but that one didn't turn out as well as I would have liked.
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Disguise“I jam the pieces of mirror in front of my eyes, like a toff with two monocles. Once I feel the blood flow from my cheeks, I just walk up to him and wait to see who he thinks he sees looking out at him. If it works anything like it does in my nightmares, he probably thinks I’m his dead brother.”
( Creepy art behind the cut. )
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The Armitage Files brings improvisation to the GUMSHOE system, and to Trail of Cthulhu. It's still Keeper-lead, but players contribute, too. The heart of the book is a series of documents and pictures sent from the future (or is it an alternate time line?) but Dr Henry Armitage. The PCs must follow the leads, and prevent disaster. The Files have been subject to rigorous playtesting, and now include extra practical material on improvising in actual play for both players and the Keeper. Oh, it's written by Robin Laws.
I'm also pleased to announce that Sarah Wroot, our amazing Dying Earth layout artist and illustrator has returned to create the documents themselves. Here is a section:
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Time for a new Map of the Month. KeithC over on the ProFantasy Forum made these maps using the default CC3 style. He says:
The images overlap around the town of Footbridge. This was intentional.
I'm starting at the southernmost town and mapping my way north. I'm trying to make the entire ecological and economical system work, i.e. how the towns, villages, and city interact with each other based upon imports/exports, local trade craft, proximity to water for fish and/or game for hunting/food, crops grown at which altitude etc. I need to keep the settlements rather small to prevent over hunting, deforestation, polluting water sources. Each grid represents approximately 16 miles and the altitude logically increases as you travel north. Click on the images for a bigger image.  
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Which is the best cafepress.com-style website (including cafepress, of course!) I'm looking for a store which sells world-wide. Any ideas?
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A surprise supplement for Trail of Cthulhu will be released at GenCon, printers willing. This is the front cover image. You know who created it.
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Know someone who deserves a free 4-day ticket to GenCon? Tell Flames Rising!
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There is a review of the Esoterror Fact Book over on the Pelgrane Press forums.
I just didn't get what Esoterror was supposed to look like ... The Esoterror Factbook changed all that for me.
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The part that really struck me was the section on the Special Suppression Forces. To be sure, all the crunchy combat rules you could possibly want are available here. The good news is, they stick to the theme of genre and narrative use, and do not take GUMSHOE too far down the wargame path. But here's the better part: embedded in this section, along with the sample adventure, is a thinking man's wargame. Mr. Laws has managed to show how the GUMSHOE paradigms of resource management and clue finding can be used in a tactical combat environment. Now, taking down the bad guys guns blazing is more about managing your pools, and using your noggin to get the best advantage. And one by Pookie on Game Cryer for Trail of Cthulhu supplement, The Dying of St Margaret's: There is something awful about the Purist nature of The Dying of St. Margaret’s, but a stark beauty too, one that exemplifies Lovecraftian horror’s uncaring nature.
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We asked our ProFantasy user base to fill in a survey, and we got well over 1000 responses.
I'm glad that a few results surprised me, for example, the number of people who run games using miniature-scale battle maps (72%), and that 25% of users draw starship deckplans.
Competition
Guess what percentage of our users have computers under a year old? A prize for the nearest. Post your answer in the comments.
The prize? We'll be doing an open RPG cartography survey, which will include some more general questions.
The winner will be able to choose the question, and get the results.
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Arkham Detective Tales
The various municipal police services in New York and the surrounding area, as well as the federal Bureau of Investigation are becoming aware that certain cases are… unusual. As the investigators have proven to be adept at handling things that are out of the ordinary, they get called in whenever there’s a hint of the occult. Each investigation begins with some terrible crime that stems from some ghastly corruption caused by the Mythos...
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