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Weekly Update – January 23, 2019
Hello OP,
Not too many items to go over this week, but the few I do have are big ones – so please join me as I dive in (especially if you are authenticating to the site via the Google+ social sign in method).
40 Magnificent Mapping Resources
The map is often the centerpiece of a game – a visual focal point on which to sketch your story. Players plot their strategies over scrolls depicting the overworld and talk tactics with a dungeon drawing in hand. But good cartography is hard work and we all could use a little help and lot of inspiration.
Weekly Update – January 17, 2019
Hello OP!
I’ve just got a couple of things for this week, so let’s dive right in and get to it.
Action Intro: Explosive Exposition from Scene One
Many games start quietly. A letter summons you to a castle for a civilized meal and a mystery. The train hisses to a halt outside the sleepy, frontier town. And there’s the inescapable, pervasive meeting in a tavern. Sound familiar? Yawn. Skip it! Sidestep the storybook staple and throw your players straight into the fray with an action-packed introduction!
