Ostensible Cat

So, what does a middle aged RPG obsessed man do for fun on a Friday night? Why complete a campaign world hex map. Well, at least part of one. So, here's the first stage of my campaign map. There will be some added embellishment, but overall, this is the basic structure. I don't think I'm in danger of winning any awards for my cartography, but I'm pretty satisfied with it. More importantly, it is helping tie together all the loose scraps of ideas I've had in the past four years or so since I started on this OSR project. Forward momentum on a project of my own (as opposed to the commissioned works)!!

As I mentioned in my last post, I'm working up a world map for my latest project. I've always been taken by those crazy old world maps with the sea monsters and skewed perspective. I know for some gamers, having a map that reflects actual terrain and distance is key. I can see that, but I actually enjoy the sense of wonder that these wonky maps engender. As I mentioned, the Might and Magic computer games really do a fantastic job at creating that sense of wonder. I for one would be interested in seeing more maps of that nature in gaming poducts.

Here's another map I did several years ago ( I think it is from around 2005 or so). I'd been very inspired at the time by reading George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series and decided to try my hand at world building (You can tell that the map is somewhat vaguely similar to Westeros). I just felt like sharing as it is my first real attempt at some serious, full on world building. I think it gives a good basis to show where I started so that I can look back and see how things have progressed. Oh, and yeah, the world building idea is still kicking around in my head, but at the current point in time, it is outside the scope of my OSR projects.