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Sneak Peek - Video Trailer: Candy House

Hey everyone! I'm on the road to recovery from this bugger of a flu and finally feel my creative blood returning to me. So, I made a fun trailer video for my next map launching tomorrow!Hope you enjoyed this fun little vid, and I'll catch up with you all tomorrow for my holiday map, "Candy House" release.Cheers,DM Andy

Sneak Peek - Gingerbread Hag's Home

Hansel reached up and broke off a little of the roof to see how it tasted, while Gretel stood next to the windowpanes and was nibbling at them. Then a gentle voice called out from inside:Nibble, nibble, little mouse, Who is nibbling at my house?Hey everyone, and happy sneak peek day! I know I'm late on this one; I've been out with the flu this week, but had enough of this map finished to show off a bit. I hope I'll be able to prop myself up by my computer this weekend to hit the map target by Monday.For my next map, I have a holiday...

Quick Update

Hey friends! Just wanted to let you all know I'm currently down with the flu, so was not able to post yesterday's sneak peek. My apologies! I'm hoping to get something posted today and hope this won't impact my map schedule too much. I must have rolled a nat 1 on my CON save this week!I'm confident I'll bounce back and get back on schedule, though. Thanks for all your support.Cheers,DM Andy

Champion Tier - Saltmarsh: Faithful Quartermasters

Hey everyone, and happy New Release Monday! Today, I visited the salt air and warm sun of Saltmarsh to bring you the 7th location in my series of mapping out Saltmarsh: The Faithful Quartermasters.This map was inspired by the entry in the Saltmarsh book and ended up being a super fun project to work on. Originally, I was not sure how I would approach this trade delegation / magic item broker, but I think the end result came out great!This is a three-part map with a 1st floor, 2nd floor, and roof level. Starting with the roof, I wanted to create...

Sneak Peek - Faithful Quartermasters (2nd Sneak Peek!)

Hey everyone! As I put the finishing touches on my newest map, I just had to share with you another sneak peek! There are so many cool rooms to check out and I'm really happy with how the lounge came out. Can't wait to share it with you all tomorrow!Cheers,DM Andy

Sneak Peek - Faithful Quartermasters of Iuz

Hey everyone, and happy Sneak Peek Thursday! It's always a refreshing change to pivot from the grim and dreary village of Barovia to Saltmarsh's bright and vibrant lands. Today, I am showing a sneak peek of my next map inspired by the Faithful Quartermasters of Iuz.Operated out of Saltmarsh by Captain Xendros, this location is used for a multitude of reasons. Primarily, it is a trade delegation that exports fish from Saltmarsh to their northern homeland ruled over by the Cambion demigod Iuz. In addition, this location serves as a hub fo...

Champion Tier - Updated Desecrated Chapel (Free)

Hey everyone! I have a fun little update I wanted to share with you all in addition to the new map post made earlier today.I made some updates/changes to my Descrated Chapel map I created for the Lunch Break Hereos adventure; Hell Comes Knocking.You can find the original post with the adventure PDF I made a while back here.For this update, I made the following changes: Moved the second floor to be aligned with the library (instead of the upper left) Created a second-floor variant of the map to be more aligned with how I create my multi-level ma...

Champion Tier - Gothic Village [40x60]

Hello everyone, and happy New Release Monday! I'm excited to have finished the exterior version of the Gothic Village (inspired by the Village of Barovia). This 40x60 map features over 30 homes in various states; some lived in, others abandoned and boarded up. For now, this is just the exterior version, but I do have plans to create interior locations for each of the homes here.Additionally, I created a version with and without Death House in the center of the map as well for those who would like to run this encounter inside the city.I crea...

Sneak Peek - Village of Barovia Streets (Gothic Village) v2.0

Hey everyone! Sorry, the sneak peek is a little late; with the holiday this week, I'm a little off my schedule.I present to you a small section of the revised Village of Barovia Streets map I've been working on! (I will market this as "Gothic Village" for IP reasons).This map is a re-work of my streets map I did over three years ago! A few notes about this map: It'll be larger, coming in at 40x60 and focusing on the eastern side of the village. These are just generic homes for now, as I will be mapping the key locations on t...

A Thankful Message

Hi everyone! On this day of thanks, I wanted to take a moment to tell you all how truly grateful I am to each and every one of you. As a creator, I often struggle to find the right words to say that don't sound fleeting and inauthentic. However, each day I wake up, I think of how much you all have helped me achieve my dreams of being a full-time artist and map maker and I will forever be thankful for you allowing me to pursue this. For the first time in my 41 years of life, I am finally able to start thinking about a transition plan out of ...

Public Version: The Interactive Tome of Strahd - Prologue

Hey everyone, and happy New Release Monday!Today, I am revisiting an old favorite and finishing up the last two maps I needed to mark this project as complete. I present to you the Prologue scene as described in the incredible third-party supplement, The Interactive Tome of Strahd, written by The Aciduous Adventurer. You can find a copy of this incredible supplement here, which brings the Tome of Strahd item to life and allows your players to experience Strahd's history firsthand.This map features Strahd's ancestral home courtyard where...

Champion Tier - Interactive Tome of Strahd: Prologue

Hey everyone, and happy New Release Monday!Today, I am revisiting an old favorite and finishing up the last two maps I needed to mark this project as complete. I present to you the Prologue scene as described in the incredible third-party supplement, The Interactive Tome of Strahd, written by The Aciduous Adventurer. You can find a copy of this incredible supplement here, which brings the Tome of Strahd item to life and allows your players to experience Strahd's history firsthand. This map features Strahd's ancestral home courtyard wher...

(Early) Sneak Peek - Village of Barovia Streets

Hey everyone! I thought I would give you all some early insights on the next map I'll be working on for the streets of Barovia. I decided to use the eastern part of town for this one as I wanted this to be a more generic street map you can use for various encounters.I also added in Death House in the middle row of houses and plan to create a variant with and without it. This way, you can run it per the book with Death House in town, or not. I am also thinking of putting in a little wooden pie stand with a cart full of pies for any possible ...

Sneak Peek: The Interactive Tome of Strahd: Prologue

Hey everyone, and happy Sneak Peek Thursday! Today, I am showing a bit of my next map to support the incredible third-party supplement: The Interactive Tome of Strahd. This time, I go all the way back to the start and am working on creating a map for the prologue. It is a small start to a grand adventure but a chance to meet a young Strahd.If you have not yet heard of the Interactive Tome of Strahd, you can check out the PDF over on the DMs Guild written by the incredibly talented The Aciduous Adventurer.This map will feature a 30x20 castle cou...

Champion Tier - Argynvostholt Update! (Free)

Disclaimer: All content controlled by Wizards of the Coast IP is available for free in compliance with the Fan Content Creation Policy.Hey everyone! I have a little mid-week surprise for you all. Over the past few days, I've been working on updating my Argynvostholt map, and this is now being released to you all for free as a way of saying THANK YOU for your continued support.The map itself is the same, however, I made the following changes: Created an all levels parchment version (8k only, the 4k was way too low res) Resized to be more VTT...

Champion Tier - Bottom of Well - [20x20]

Update: April 11th, 2025: Attached printable PDF .zip file to the post Hey everyone, and happy New Release Monday! Today, I have a smaller map for you, but a map I hope you will find versatile to use in your games. I was inspired by a small encounter written in the Rising the Stakes Curse of Strahd guide written by Lunch Break Heroes. In it, there is an encounter in the Village of Barovia where the villagers are getting sick, and the cause is some zombies that were thrown into one of the wells.Though the write-up calls for a 4x4 area, I expande...

Sneak Peek - Bottom of the Well

Hey everyone, and happy Sneak Peek Friday! I'm sorry I missed my normal sneak peek yesterday (I normally post them on Thursdays), but I have been traveling this week for my day job and just completely drained after that trip.The next map I'm working on is small but what I believe to be a very versatile map that is a common encounter spot in many campaigns. In the Lunch Break Hereos Curse of Strahd guide "Raising the Stakes," there is an encounter in the Village of Barovia with some zombies at the bottom of the town's well, w...

Champion Tier - Wizard's (Keledek's) Tower - 30x40

Hey everyone, and happy New Release Monday! I'm starting the month off with a pretty large release (apologies for the number of .zip files!), and I'm excited to tackle the sixth location of the Saltmarsh series of maps. This time, I've completed Keledek's Tower.I created 6 core versions of this map as follows: Ground Floor 1st Floor 2nd Floor 3rd Floor Roof (with blur) Roof (without blur)I created two roof versions with and without blur so you can use them when your players approach the tower from the ground as an outside view a...

Sneak Peek - Keledek's Tower

Hello everyone, and happy Sneak Peek Thursday! Today, I'm excited to share a bit of my work for the Saltmarsh series I've been working on. This one is location #6, featuring the three-story tall wizard's tower overlooking the town of Saltmarsh and owned by the wizard Keledek!With four total floors to explore plus a small cottage attached to the tower, you'll have plenty to build an encounter on with this wonderous tower. Is this elusive wizard a friend or a foe in your game? Either way, it's my hope this tower map will serve...

Champion Tier - Gothic Village Outskirts

Update: March 21st, 2025: Uploaded printable PDF .zip file Hey everyone, and happy New Release Monday! Also, a very happy Halloween to you all as well! Today, I have created a map to showcase the outskirts of the Village of Barovia as I re-map my way to an updated village.The goal for this map was to create a landscape and an encounter-rich map for the possible dangers that might lurk on the outer edges of the Village and plague those hardy farmers who struggle to grow their puny root vegetables.This map comes with both interior and exterior ve...

Sneak Peek - Gothic Village Outskirts

Hey everyone, and happy Sneak Peek Thursday! I'm grateful for the extra week this month as it allowed me to take a bit of a breather, but happy to be back at it again. Today, my sneak peek includes a sample of my newest map scheduled for Monday: The Gothic Village Outskirts.As I map my way back to the Village of Barovia (aka "The Gothic Village" for IP reasons), I am starting my reworks with a map I did 3 years ago. I wanted to show some of the Barovian life on the outskirts as your players head toward the village. This map will fea...

Quick Update

Hey everyone! Just a quick reminder that I'm taking this week off from posting a new map. I like to keep my releases at 4 per month, which normally results in a weekly post, but every now and again, there is a five-Monday month, and it's a nice chance for me to take a little breather before I'm back in the workshop.The good news is I will end the month with an updated CoS map I did a while back: The Outskirts of the Village of Barovia. This map will feature the Svalich road leading into (or out of, whichever you'd like!) the Vil...

Champion Tier - Dia de los Muertos Graveyard - 40x40

Hello everyone, and happy Release Monday! Today, I have the privilege of sharing with you all a map that is near and dear to my heart. I've created a graveyard map dedicated to Dia de los Muertos in honor of my wife's Mexican heritage. I hope you'll enjoy checking out all of the wonderful decorations I've added to the various graves and the vibrancy of the colors used here. I especially love the night version of this map, in which you'll see over 800 candles illuminated!Death and funerary customs have always intrigued me in ...

Sneak Peek - Día de Muertos Graveyard

Hello everyone, and Happy Sneak Peek Thursday! Today, I am showing just the center portion of the new map I've been working hard on in celebration of the upcoming Día de Muertos celebration. This is a theme that I've not seen represented too much in RPGs, and I've not seen a map portray the beauty of this day. This holiday is celebrated in my own household and is part of my wife's Mexican culture, so it is very special to me.I'll be creating two core variants of this map, one (which is shown here) for Día de Muertos, and t...

Champion Tier - Dwarven Mining Company HQ 2nd Floor / Roof / Vault

Hey everyone, and happy New Release Monday! I'm very excited to finish this map I've been working very hard on and, to date, has been one of the most detailed manor maps I've done! I'm very proud to present to you the Dwarven Mining Company HQ 2nd Floor, Roof, and Vault! Make sure you pick up part 1 here.Inspired by the entry in the Saltmarsh module, it was a great challenge to create a mansion that acts as a Dwarven Mining Company HQ, especially since you don't see a lot of above-ground Dwarven buildings. I wanted this to f...

Community Spotlight - M.A.B. Music

Hello everyone!I wanted to take a moment this Friday to recommend a fellow content creator whom I've been following personally for quite some time: M.A.B. Music.M.A.B. Music specializes in crafting remarkable soundscapes tailored for popular Dungeons & Dragons modules, including titles like Icewind Dale, Beyond the Witchlight, Call of the Netherdeep, and various Ravenloft Domains.Today, M.A.B. Music has unveiled an exceptional video, which you can find linked above, featuring the Gates of Barovia. I'm excited to spotlight this incredibl...

Sneak Peek - Dwarven Mining Company HQ - 2nd Floor

Hey everyone! So sorry for the delay in Sneak Peek "Thursday", been up all night working on something worthy enough to share with you all. Today, I'm showing casing just a bit of the 2nd floor I did for the Saltmarsh Dwarven Mining Company HQ. This next release will include the 2nd floor, roof level, and underground vault to finish up this large mansion.The 2nd floor will include a total of 12 more rooms for your players to explore and for you to run a highly detailed and immersive mansion map! Once this project is finished, it'...

Champion Tier - Dwarven Mining Company HQ 1st Floor

Hello everyone, and happy New Release Monday! Today, I have part 1 of my next map: The Dwarven Mining Company HQ.This map proved to be quite the challenge when thinking of what an above-ground Dwarven mansion turned into a Mining Company HQ would even look like. It's not a very common concept, after all, but I was excited about the challenge. As you can see from the amount of detail added here, this will be a two-parter for sure, with the next release focusing on the 2nd floor, roof level, and underground vault.This map will be perfect for ...

Sneak Peek - Dwarven Mining Company HQ

Hello everyone, and happy Sneak Peek Thursday! It feels great to pivot back to the town of Saltmarsh, and this time, I have been working hard on a very challenging yet rewarding location: The Dwarven Mining Company HQ.This location was a bit daunting, considering it features a mansion in which the Dwarves conduct their mining operations. Anyone who has seen my previous manor maps knows I put a significant amount of detail in each room, but I wanted this location to feel truly "Dwarvish," so spent extra time with little small details tha...

Champion Tier - The Count's Manor (A Pyram King Adventure)

Hey everyone, and happy New Release Monday! Today, I bring you a long-time community-requested map for a wonderfully spooky adventure written by my amazing partner Pyram King: The Count's Manor.This dungeon was created as an alternative to the dungeon for Death House but offers a far more interactive and interesting encounter below and allows your players the chance to experience their first vampire to set the pace for their Gothic Horror journey.This dungeon is great to drop in just about anywhere within your gothic horror campaigns!You ca...