DM_Andy

To blur.. or not to blur

Hi all! So I am testing out some new features released in the map tool that I use and one of them includes a new "blur" filter. I have personally never been a big fan of blur as it hurts my eyes when looking at it, but I've also heard others say they prefer the blur for 2nd stories and above to give a greater sense of height.So I figured I would ask my amazing community here! While the...

Champion Tier (Free!) - Destroyed Version - 40x40

Hey everyone! Very excited to bring to you today the destroyed version of the winery. And, for those of you not familiar, I do my best to keep to a Monday release schedule as consistency is important to me. However, I only will charge for 4 maps per month, regardless of how many I release. It is important to me that those who choose to support my maps knows exactly what the price cap will be each ...

Sneak Peek - Destroyed Wizard of Wines

Hey everyone! Giving you a sneak peek of what is coming up with my next release. I know in my game, my players did not prioritize the plea of the Martikovs to deal with the druids of Yester Hill so when they come back to the winery, they will see it fully destroyed!There are over 9,000 assets hand placed on this map! I went through and "destroyed" each room before then adding the roof tile...

Public Version - Interactive Tome: Chapter 1

All "Interactive Tome" maps are inspired by the well-written work of The Aciduous Adventurer and the original adventure can be found on the DMs Guild here.I'm super excited to release the first series of maps to support the Interactive Tome of Strahd (Module by The Aciduous Adventurer). If you don't yet know about this amazing supplemental content for CoS, you can find it on the DM...

Champion Tier - Interactive Tome: Chapter 1

All "Interactive Tome" maps are inspired by the well-written work of The Aciduous Adventurer, and the original adventure can be found on the DMs Guild here.Hello everyone and happy Monday! Wow, I was blown away by the feedback on the sneak peek image and I'm super excited to release the first series of maps to support the Interactive Tome of Strahd (Module by The Aciduous Adventurer). ...

Sneak Peek - Interactive Tome of Strahd, Chapter 1

Hey everyone! I've received many requests to create maps for the amazing supplement, The Interactive Tome of Strahd by The Aciduous Adventurer and I have begun creating the maps for Chapter 1. If you are not familiar with this awesome supplement you can find it here.This gives you a great opportunity to not only tell your players about Strahd's past, but show them!For this map, since chapt...

Champion Tier - Death by Lanternlight, an Original Lunch Break Heroes Adventure

Hey everyone and happy Monday. Today I'm very excited to bring you another original adventure written by Lunch Break Heroes with maps done by me!This is an adventure which takes place at the Wistful Way Inn, a small, yet tall 4 story inn nestled within some dangerous woods. The inn is run by the innkeeper and her three daughters, but the innkeeper harbors a terrible secret. This adventure is g...

Jan 2022 Updates

Hey everyone! I feel like it has been a while since my last update post so I thought I would ramble a bit at at where I'll be headed in 2022.First off, I want to express my utmost gratitude for your support and engagement. As a content creator, seeing your comments and engagement with my maps is so inspirational. I truly do love hearing your stories and seeing what amazing things you are able ...

Sneak Peek - The Wistful Way Inn

Hey everyone! Just wanted to show you a sneak peek of the upcoming release, the Wistful Way Inn. This is an original Lunch Break Heroes adventure they asked me to map for them and as my patrons, you all get the adventure and maps!This is a 1st level adventure and is perfect to replace Death House with for your intro to Barovia if you are looking for a new location to add to your game. I love Death...

Grim Hollow Map - Altenheim

Hey everyone! I have a bit of a change from my normal CoS maps which is why I'm releasing this 100% free and not on my normal release day.I made this for my personal campaign but I figured I would share it with my patrons in the event anyone else could use it. This is my first time making a large scale city map and also my first time using the water color art style.This is a map of Altenheim w...

Public Version - Wizard of Wines

Disclaimer: All content controlled by Wizards of the Coast IP is available for free in compliance with the Fan Content Creation Policy.Hey everyone and happy Monday! Today I'm very excited to bring you a much anticipated map, the Wizard of Wines! I'm pretty happy how this map came out and I hope you will be too. With over 6,000 assets hand placed this map was a beast to make but well worth...

Champion Tier - Wizard of Wines

Disclaimer: All content controlled by Wizards of the Coast IP is available for free in compliance with the Fan Content Creation Policy. The free post for this map can be found here.Update Jan 19th, 2022: The awesome Pyram King has made another excellent video to flush out this location even more. Chalk full of lore and additional content, he really brings a lot more life to this location! You can ...

Sneak Peek - Wizard of Wines

Hey everyone! It's a new year and I've been hard at work on the next map, this time it will be the Wizard of Wines!This map will include the maps from the book re-done, in addition to a full roof map. I also made this map a 40x40 size so I can include plenty of room for tons of vineyards around the area. This allows you to have some blight fights all on the same map as the winery. For the ...

Champion Tier - The Fetid Swamp - Hill & Ruins - 40x40

Happy New Year everyone! We made it to 2022 and I look forward to a great year of fun D&D games with our friends, creating awesome collaborative narratives, and of course, building maps for you all to enjoy :)With today's release, I bring you the second ruins map for The Fetid Swamp. I love this swampy zone and when I run it, I like to make travel just as dangerous as the horrors that haunt th...

Sneak Peek - Berez Ruins 2

Hey everyone! As we gear up for ushering in 2022 I wanted to share with you the work I'm doing for the next Berez ruins map. Berez is such a massive location and I know many DMs who do hex crawls or extended encounters as your party traverses the dangerous swamp. If you caught my last release, the "Weeping Meadow" I even have my own random encounter table which provides for all sorts o...

Champion Tier - The Fetid Swamp - Weeping Meadow - 40x40 - With Written Adventure

Update: Jan 14th, 2022: One our of our amazing community members, JM Tixu78, has translated the adventure write up in French! I really appreciate the time taken to translate this and I hope it will benefit our French speaking friends. You can find the attachment below.Original Post: Happy Monday all! I hope everyone had a great holiday and I'm excited to usher in the new year coming up in just...

Sneak Peek - Berez - Weeping Meadow

Hey everyone! I hoped you enjoyed the last map release and the adventure by Lunch Break Heroes. As I have mostly finished up in Krezk, I will be moving to other areas of Curse of Strahd but for the next release, I'm working on a map of my own design. It is a moonlit meadow in the swamps of Berez with a massive tree in the center of it. I added a small quest for one of the knights in Argynvosth...

Champion Tier - Feast of the Damned by Lunch Break Heroes

Greetings all!Today I have a very special release; an original adventure written by Lunch Break Heroes with maps done by yours truly. I was very honored LBH asked me to create more maps for their adventures and this one is great, spooky fun!I was able to help playtest this and had a really good time and I know your players will as well. What I like about this adventure is that you can easily slate...

Sneak Peek - Lunch Break Heroes Collab!

Hey everyone!I'm super excited to share a few images of my upcoming release. This time, it is an original adventure written by Lunch Break Heroes and I have been given the honor to create the maps for it! As my Patrons, you will not only receive the maps but the LBH adventure as well! This is a horror themed adventure and would be a great fit to add to any Grim Dark setting (like Curse of Stra...

Public Version - Werewolf Den - 40x60

Disclaimer: All content controlled by Wizards of the Coast IP is available for free in compliance with the Fan Content Creation Policy."After a long, cold, and arduous journey you come to a rocky mountain side looming over the horizon. The ringing bells of the Abbey can be heard echoing through the valley in the distant town of Krezk. You see, jutting out from the hillside, a large stone entra...

Champion Tier - Werewolf Den - 40x60

Sneak Peek - Werewolf Den

Hey everyone and happy Thursday on this fine rainy day in California! This excites me as it never rains here and I do love a rainy day :)For today's sneak peek, I am showcasing the upcoming release; The Werewolf Den. I have two images I wanted to share which show both the interior and the exterior.This map will be a 40x60 map and I do plan on releasing a full exterior map as well! Since there ...

Public Release - The Misty Forest - Monster Lair - 40x40

Happy Monday everyone! Since last release was the snowy forest surrounding The Frigid Mountains, I wanted to create a new Misty Forest map, so today I bring you: The Monster Den! This map is perfect for the guide written by DragnaCarta (which you can find here) for the Whiteclaw encounter.Since this location runs south along the river, I did not add snow but I wanted to add an abandoned lumber mil...

Champion Tier - The Misty Forest - Monster Lair - 40x40

Happy Monday everyone! Since last release was the snowy forest surrounding The Frigid Mountains, I wanted to create a new Misty Forest map, so today I bring you: The Monster Den! This map is perfect for the guide written by DragnaCarta (which you can find here) for the Whiteclaw encounter.Since this location runs south along the river, I did not add snow but I wanted to add an abandoned lumber mil...

Sneak Peek - Werewolf Den (Behind the scenes)

Hey everyone! Normally I post one sneak peek a week but since I did not do a map release this week, I thought I would give you a super early access look at a future release; this one being the Werewolf Den.Normally when I do sneak peeks they are pretty near to being complete, however I thought some would like to take a look "under the hood" and see what it looks like in the early stages.Fo...

Sneak Peek - Raven River / Whiteclaw Encounter (Dragna Guide)

Hey everyone! Here is a sneak peek of my next release. As we venture into the werewolf forests, DragnaCarta added a new location by the Raven River for a story hook into Krezk's werewolf problems. You can view that guide here.This map will be a 40x40 map and will feature: Mauled body as outlined in the guide Versions without the body The Raven River running through the center of the map I adde...

Map Updates - End of Nov / Dec

Hi everyone!So this is super rare for me, but I do not have a release ready like I normally do today. With the holiday last week I spent some much needed time with both my wife and my families which was great, but took away from map making time.But don't worry! I have a few maps I'm currently juggling so instead of a map release today I thought I would give you all some insight on my next ...

A Very Grateful Post

As we approach this time of year, it is important to reflect on what we are thankful for. This last year has been a big year for me starting my map making adventure and what an amazing journey it has been! None of this would have been possible without your support, feedback, and collaboration here in our little map making community. I can't say this enough, but a heartful thank you from the de...

Champion Tier - Snowy Werewolf Forest - 40x40

Hi everyone and happy Monday!This week, we venture into the snowy forests of The Frigid Mountains. As your party ventures out to confront the roaming werewolf pack, I'm sure you will have plenty of encounters planned for them along the way. In my group, I had one of my players lead the party through the forest by way of survival checks and secretly compared it to one of the Werewolf hunting pa...

Sneak Peek - Snowy Forest

Hey everyone! After finishing the Abbey, I wanted to continue mapping out the colder areas around Krezk. I feel it is natural for both parties to have an encounter with werewolves at some point and as we all know, Kiril's pack roams freely in the snowy forests surrounding Krezk.For my game, I had the party roll a series of survival checks in order to locate the werewolf den with plenty of harr...