Posted on December 16, 2019December 16, 2019 by MonkeyBlood Design — Leave a comment

Megadungeon Monday: Map 4

It’s Monday and here is the part 4 of the Megadungeon Monday project!

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Map 4 – Lair of The Five Beasts

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Posted on December 9, 2019December 9, 2019 by MonkeyBlood Design — Leave a comment

Megadungeon Monday: Map 3

It’s Monday and here is the 3rd map in the Megadungeon Monday project! Put your wellies on! Enjoy!

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Map 3 – It’s a Bit Wet in Here

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Posted on December 2, 2019November 30, 2019 by MonkeyBlood Design — Leave a comment

Megadungeon Monday: Map 2

It’s Monday and here is the 2nd map in the Megadungeon Monday project! Enjoy!

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Map 2 – The Large Lair

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Posted on November 30, 2019December 30, 2019 by MonkeyBlood Design — Leave a comment

HandyMaps Buildings & Structures is LIVE!!

The HandyMaps Buildings & Structures Kickstarter is now LIVE!!

We are creating set of twenty two (22), double-sided A5 cards showing illustrative elevations and floorplan layouts for buildings/structures. The map cards can be used as player handouts or tools for game planning by Game Masters.

Useful for any fantasy-themed game, but really useful for your The Midderlands games in The City of Great Lunden.

Follow this link to check it out: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/monkeyblooddesign/handymaps-buildings-and-structures-a5-card-handouts-for-rpgs?ref=gxwqnl

Plus, we have some extra card stretch goals:

Also… something to put them in…

Posted on November 25, 2019November 28, 2019 by MonkeyBlood Design — 2 Comments

Megadungeon Monday: Map 1

It’s Monday. The start to another week of shit? Don’t worry, I’ve got your back!

I had this crazy idea to draw a megadungeon map… in parts. I’ll assemble it at the end — whenever that is. I’ll leave out the descriptions, monsters, stats, and stuff. So, this is the first part in a series of posts that draw out a much larger megadungeon map. Each post (on a Monday or as close as I possibly can) will add a little bit more and eventually we might do something with it!

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Map 1 – The Jagged Entry

Posted on November 14, 2019 by MonkeyBlood Design — 1 Comment

The Rise of Ryecroft

As we get ready to launch HandyMaps – Buildings & Structures later this month (preview video below)…

We are also continuing apace with the next hardcover book project…

… An old school cemetery-crawl with a lack of undead.

It will be a case of rocking up following some hook or other, and then exploring the cemetery whilst trying not to become another one of the bodies interred here.

I thought it would be a good idea to provide some update as to its current status and development…

I want to have this mostly written and a good chuck of the artwork and cartography complete by the time we launch the KS (early 2020).

I see it as an A5 book with a page count likely to be 200 pages or somewhere close. A black cloth and silver foil blocked cover, or maybe black leatherette with silver foil blocking cover. It would have a beautiful dust jacket artwork design by Jon Hodgson (the piece will also appear as a double page art spread inside).

For Artwork, Juan Ochoa has turned in a number of fabulous art pieces already (creatures and full pages), which I’ve tentatively plugged into layout… These are some of the Maggotkin.

We plan to Kickstart extra pieces from Jon and Juan. I’ve also worked on some of my own pieces too, of which I plan to do more (all full colour):

Writing for above ground is mainly complete except for some outsourced stuff I’m waiting on. Below ground has started now that I have fleshed out the below ground map and its tentative locations.

Cartography is well-developed and coming along. Plans are for a A2 folded poster map of the cemetery above ground, and the same for the below ground map.

A starting village to reprovision, and all the 284 above-ground structures in the cemetery will have information text, and if memorials, will have information about who is buried there and some kind of hook.

And this is my marked up notes for the below ground map… the colours indicate faction areas…

The project gets more exciting the more I work on it, and seeing art come in really solidifies the vision.

Really looking forward to bringing it to life in early 2020, and your support would be invaluable.

Take care,

Glynn

Posted on November 5, 2019 by MonkeyBlood Design — Leave a comment

State of the Monkey – November 2019

I’m buried in all sort of things at the moment… but I figured it would be a good idea to give an update on some of the key MonkeyBlood Design & Publishing stuff I’m progressing/planning for those interested…

HandyMaps – Buildings & Structures

So, I am putting the finishing touches to a new Kickstarter for another HandyMaps campaign to be run on Kickstarter. The draft preview is up already, so click that Remind Me on Launch button to get an email when it goes live:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/monkeyblooddesign/993119939?ref=7q2gfc&token=62144ca9

Launch is tentatively planned for 10th Dec 2019, but will very likely come forward.

I’ve been working on a couple of extra structures (suggested in the feedback) which will become stretch goals… two cottages and a stables. All your favourite Great Lunden locations will be included (Clopetra’s Needle, Gael’s Sanctuary, Dourgul’s House, etc)

Ryecroft – A Cemetery-Crawl

Another project that will come to Kickstarter early next year is Ryecroft. I’ve been posting about this tentatively already, and it’s moving along nicely. I have the awesome Juan Ochoa working on some art, and also pleased to have the fabulous Jon Hodgson working on the cover. Really excited to see this coming together.

It will be an OSR (S&W Complete) cemetery location which will be mostly devoid of the undead trope, instead focusing on the insects and vermin that thrive there. It’ll have lots of Midderlands references whilst not being a specific Midderlands product.

You can hear the excellent Spikepit podcast (Colin Green) doing any exclusive reading from the Ryecroft project here: https://anchor.fm/spikepit/episodes/213-Into-the-Pit—Glynn-Seals-Ryecroft-Exclusive-e6e4jm

Definitely check out the Spikepit podcast, it’s great stuff!

Super-Secret Big Project

I’m currently in negotiations with a large 3PP about a secret project that might take place early next year. You won’t want to miss it. Keep your fingers crossed it happens.

Midderlands Dice Bags and Storage Boxes

So, Midderlands Dice Bags are in the UK, currently processing through customs, so they will be up on the store very soon by December… Also, The Midderlands storage boxes will be a thing around December, also up on the store. Somewhere to finally keep all your Midderzines, maps, cards, and bookmarks in one place.

Treat yourself this Christmas!

The Bats of St. Abbans

The great Richard Marpole (Midderzines and Adventures in Great Lunden story) is currently working on an adventure called The Bats of St Abbans. Here’s the cover art so far. No release date as yet.

Midderzine Issue #4

Tentatively in progress. My challenge is to deviate from my usual Serif PagePlus and Affinity Publisher layout tools, and use InDesign instead… I’ll need that just in the the Super-Secret Big Project happens. I’ve made a good start, and a couple of great folks have expressed a desire to contribute content.

Trollfang, Serpentlands, Lost Machines, and a Midderlands Megadungeon…

All these are in the pipes but progressing at less speed than the other things above.

Anyway, hope that’s whetted your appetite.

Over and out, Glynn

Posted on October 11, 2019October 11, 2019 by MonkeyBlood Design — 2 Comments

Ryecroft in progress

My next project is the cemetery-crawl of Ryecroft. Work continues in between commissions. This will be a forthcoming Kickstarter as well as a HandyMaps – Structures

I love my job!

Posted on October 7, 2019October 7, 2019 by MonkeyBlood Design — Leave a comment

Nordlond Sagas for Dungeon Fantasy

I continue to have the high honour to work with Douglas Cole at Gaming Ballistic and have recently completed the poster map for the Nordlond region for his latest Kickstarter: Nordlond Sagas for Dungeon Fantasy.

It ends this coming weekend, so do not tarry. Doug has a track record for delivering great Kickstarters with this one being his eighth.

Check out the Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gamingballistic/nordlond-sagas-for-the-dungeon-fantasy-rpg

This is the lo-res version of the 20″ x 16″ map by Glynn Seal.

Posted on September 19, 2019September 19, 2019 by MonkeyBlood Design — 6 Comments

Massive OSR Humble Bundle!

Hey All!

There is an Old School Humble Bundle up and running and MonkeyBlood Design is super-pleased to be involved (with The Midderlands) along with some top creators.

Here’s the link: