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ENnie Awards 2022! – Voting for ENnie-nominated HandyMaps is now OPEN

Voting is now OPEN for the ENnie Awards 2022!

We’re proud to have been nominated for HandyMaps: Dungeons, Caves & Strange Locales!
Please consider voting for us in the following categories:

  • Best Cartography
  • Fan Award for Best Publisher

We’d love your vote, it means the world to us and we get to continue creating awesome things.

https://vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2022/

  • Vote for us by giving us a ‘1’ in the Best Cartography category
  • Vote for us by giving us a ‘1’ in the Fan Award for Best Publisher category

Thank you,
Glynn

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Conan Age of Hyboria Map

I’ve been working on this fan map for a while now, but it’s finally finished as far as I’ll take it for the moment.
We shifted the original version of this to align it more with the Robert E. Howard texts, and it’s thanks to Jk Hep and David Thomas (Rambling Conan Blog) for the double checking and keeping me honest.

Whilst it’s not technically ‘The Lands of Hyboria’, and rather the mainly western lands in the Hyborian Age, I like the title 😛

The files are ISO A2 size at 600dpi, so you can still print it off at 300dpi colour at ISO A0 size!
I hope you like it. If you print it and stick it on your wall, we need photos!

This link should take you to the three high resolution versions of the map as follows:

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Asryxq7YIiBZiOYQ5gvO7MSF0zDu5A?e=2S0KkC

  • Full version with borders and text labels
  • Version without borders
  • Version without borders and text labels
  • Mono A3 Version (with labels). This map was commissioned and kindly provided to all by Matthew Fenn

Snapshots of the different variants!

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Two New Books for Other Publishers

Hello everyone!

I just wanted to let you all know that there are two new books added to the webstore. Now, whilst they are on the MonkeyBlood webstore, they are linked to the respective websites of other publishers, who contracted me to create books for them, so here they are:

The Midderlands for 5E (Necromancer Games/Frog God Games)

https://monkeyblooddesign.co.uk/product/the-midderlands-for-5e-print-or-printpdf/
  • Front Cover
  • Rear Cover
  • Spine
  • Poster Map
  • Poster Map
  • Interior Pages
  • Interior Pages
  • Interior Pages
  • Interior Pages
  • Interior Pages
  • Interior Pages

This project was successfully completed a little while back, but I have been very remiss in not blogging about it. The good folks over at Necromnacer Games/Frog God Games contracted me to work on a 5E version of The Midderlands book. Edwin Nagy handled the 5E conversion on behalf of the Frogs, and I handled the new colour artwork/cartography, and layout.

It’s a beautiful book and I am so pleased with how it came out. You can also get a really swanky cloth/foil Limited edition if you are quick (read the webstore product entry to find link).

  • Limited Edition Front Cover
  • Limited Edition Spine
  • Limited Edition RearCover

Staffortonshire Trading Company Works of John Williams, The (Lamentations of the Flame Princess)

https://monkeyblooddesign.co.uk/product/staffortonshire-trading-company-works-of-john-williams-the-print-pdf/
  • Front Cover
  • Rear Cover
  • Front Cover
  • Rear Cover
  • Spine
  • Spine
  • Endpaper
  • Endpaper
  • Interior Pages
  • Interior Pages
Back in 2017, James Raggi commisisoned me to create a 128 page ‘map book’. I spent the next 13 months of evenings and weekends (I was working full time doing something completely different) researching and drawing 17th century plans, strutcures, buildings, ships, etc. Things happened in between and final release dates faltered along the way, but now it lives! I completed all artwork, writing and layout for the project and it’s come out lovely.

So, why not check them out and head over to the prospective webstores and pick them up. You won’t be disappointed!!

Many thanks, Glynn

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Need Maps? Of course you do! Last Few Days!

500+ backers! Over 550% Funded! Two stretch goals down!

Hello Everyone,

We hope you are all doing well.

We just wanted to let you know that the last few days of the campaign are upon us.

HandyMaps Dungeons, Caves & Strange Locales

So, we have currently funded a set of twenty four (24), double-sided A5 cards showing beautifully illustrated dungeons, caves and strange locales for fantasy-themed games. The cards can be used as valuable tools for game planning by Game Masters.

Whilst there are 24 cards, they detail a total of 60 locations for you to populate and your players to explore.

The cards will be double-sided in a handy A5 size (210mm high x 148mm wide OR 8.27″ high x 5.83″ wide) from 350gsm uncoated card stock (giving a nice matt finish, suitable for ink and pencil marking).

Each side will be professionally digitally printed on a parchment style background.

The maps will all have a basic grid and minimal text labels (generally kept to elevation marks, stairs/slope directions, secret doors, etc), but NO title, room numbers, or compass allowing Game Masters to use them as they need for their campaigns.

Also, a great opportunity to pick up previous HandyMaps too!

Please feel free to check it out here:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/monkeyblooddesign/handymaps-dungeons-caves-and-strange-locales-for-game-masters?ref=d58ck6

Card fronts
Card rears
Sample card front and rear

Please feel free to check it out here:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/monkeyblooddesign/handymaps-dungeons-caves-and-strange-locales-for-game-masters?ref=d58ck6

Many thanks,

Glynn over at MonkeyBlood Design & Publishing

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HandyMaps Dungeons, Caves & Strange Locales has just launched on Kickstarter!

Hello Everyone,

We hope you are all doing well.

We just wanted to let you know that we have a new Kickstarter campaign running which might interest you.

HandyMaps Dungeons, Caves & Strange Locales

So, we are creating a set of twenty two (22), double-sided A5 cards showing beautifully illustrated dungeons, caves and strange locales for fantasy-themed games. The cards can be used as valuable tools for game planning by Game Masters.

Whilst there are 22 cards, they detail a total of 56 locations for you to populate and your players to explore.

The cards will be double-sided in a handy A5 size (210mm high x 148mm wide OR 8.27″ high x 5.83″ wide) from 350gsm uncoated card stock (giving a nice matt finish, suitable for ink and pencil marking).

Each side will be professionally digitally printed on a parchment style background.

The maps will all have a basic grid and minimal text labels (generally kept to elevation marks, stairs/slope directions, secret doors, etc), but NO title, room numbers, or compass allowing Game Masters to use them as they need for their campaigns.

Also, a great opportunity to pick up previous HandyMaps too!

Please feel free to check it out here:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/monkeyblooddesign/handymaps-dungeons-caves-and-strange-locales-for-game-masters?ref=50qgem

Card fronts
Card rears
Sample card front and rear

Please feel free to check it out here:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/monkeyblooddesign/handymaps-dungeons-caves-and-strange-locales-for-game-masters?ref=50qgem

Many thanks,

Glynn over at MonkeyBlood Design & Publishing

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Friends of the Monkey Shout-out!

Hi all,

This past couple of months have been sooo busy! Kickstarter fulfilments and freelance work has gone stratospheric. I wanted to take some time to shout out some friends of MonkeyBlood who are running Kickstarters right now. Here they are (click pics to take you to the campaign pages):

North Wind Adventures – Hyperborea 3E

Jeff Talanian is taking his fantastic Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerors of Hyperborea game to a revamped ‘third edition’. The game is split into different books now which should make table play much easier. A Player’s Manual, Referee’s Manual, and an Atlas. Great stuff!

The campaign ends on 1st August and I am super excited to see if Jeff can hopefully hit $200k funding. That would be amazing!

Doug Cole and the Steve Jackson Games’ GURPS 2021 PDF Challenge

If you play GURPS, then this is for you! The excellent Douglas Cole has written a cool fortified town encounter PDF for the Steve Jackson Games’ GURPS 2021 PDF Challenge. There’s up to 12 to unlock. Doug’s is already secured and I did the ring fort map! Check it out here:

Steamforged Games – Animal Adventures: The Faraway Sea

Osric the Otter, your guide to the Faraway Sea, is back once again to show you the landmarks of Flotsam! https://steamforged.com/blog/landmarks-flotsam-animal-adventures-faraway-sea

Check out the Flotsam map I did for the great team at Steamforged!

This launches soon and is more great looking setting material for the Animal Adventures 5E setting. Click to get notified when campaign launches on July 20!

Black Cats Gaming – Cursed Captains of Cthulhu

The good folks over at Black Cats Gaming are running a campaign for Cursed Captains of Cthulhu. A swashbuckling tabletop roleplaying game pitting your pirate crew against the eldritch forces of Cthulhu in the Golden Age of Piracy.

I’ve been involved in the cartography, so why not take a look? It’s funded and ends on 30th July.

That’s it for the moment!

Enjoy, Glynn

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Midderzines Kickstarter ENDS in just a few days! Over 400% Funded!

Midderzines Kickstarter ENDS in just a few days! Over 400% Funded!

Zines for Old School Games. Compatible with The Midderlands setting.

Also, a great opportunity to pick up all the back issue zines too!

Check out the Kickstarter page here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/monkeyblooddesign/midderzine-issues-6-and-7-zines-for-old-school-games?ref=4soa8p

The Midderzines are an old-school, zine format gaming supplement intended for use with, but not exclusively for, The Midderlands setting. The rules content is written for Swords & Wizardry Complete and therefore can be used in all retro-clones and old school role-playing games with little or no work.

The two new zines contain:

  • Meet The Midderlander interviews
  • More juicy rumours from The Haven Gazette.
  • Gloomium – the lowdown.
  • Currency thoughts.
  • Slightly Less Sh*t Lesser Rings and Scrolls
  • The Lost Wyrld: The world of The Midderlands setting.
  • Races of the Lost World: A focus on the main S&W races with a Midderlands twist.
  • Treasure of the Lost Wyrld.
  • Drakekin – the OSR Dragonborn.
  • Three Drakekin NPCs.
  • New Oddities for Drakekin.
  • Upper Wychbray: A riverside settlement on the edges of Linkern Wolds.

Also, all physical backers will receive this lovely A2 (folded to A5) poster map if we hit the £6,000 GBP Stretch Goal!

Check out the Kickstarter page here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/monkeyblooddesign/midderzine-issues-6-and-7-zines-for-old-school-games?ref=4soa8p

Many thanks,

Glynn over at MonkeyBlood Design & Publishing

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Midderzine KS is almost 350% funded!

The Midderzine KS is almost 350% funded and we have announced the only stretch goal of the project at £6k for a larger The Lost Wyrld Map (in digital and print formats)!
Get a pile of page content for Midderlands/OSR games.

Get on board here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/monkeyblooddesign/midderzine-issues-6-and-7-zines-for-old-school-games?ref=88x9q3

Get on board here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/monkeyblooddesign/midderzine-issues-6-and-7-zines-for-old-school-games?ref=88x9q3