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May 28, 2025 1 hr 28 min

Making Good Tactical Maps! (MD 243)

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Episode 243 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: Making Good Tactical Maps! Shawn and Teos discuss how to make great maps for home play or publications. From envisioning movement to avoiding symmetry, we share our tips and tricks. News: Daggerheart Released, Lee Gold’s A&E Legacy, Minecraft RPG, Digital Deck of Player Safety, and more! Contents 00:00 Reliving Introcaso 01:33 Detect Phantasmal Force? 15:24 Spoonfeeding Backstory? 29:34 Daggerheart Released 31:48 Daggerheart Card Maker 32:47 Daggerheart Community License 34:25 Lee Gold's A&E Legacy 39:11 DMs Wanted for Gencon and BMG 41:36 Digital Deck of Player Safety 44:08 Minecraft RPG 45:17 WizKids Apologize for BG3 Minis 48:19 Sand Marches for Dark Sun 48:48 5-Room Dungeon Jam 49:38 Making Good Tactical Maps 55:57 Envision Your Location 01:00:09 Fit the Overall Setting 01:02:19 Fit the Creatures 01:07:12 Think of Movement and Abilities 01:15:30 Details that Matter 01:17:52 Avoid Symmetry 01:20:47 Add Surprises 01:24:10 Shout-Outs 01:27:58 What Are We Gonna Do? Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon. Show Search Engine: https://mdsearch.alphastream.org/ Our intro and outro music is Metropolis Fanfare, provided royalty-free by Tabletop Audio (https://tabletopaudio.com) under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). MP3 file metadata populated with Online MP3 Podcast Chapter Editor, built by Dominik Peters. https://mp3chapters.github.io/ and customized for Mastering Dungeons by Vladimir Prenner from Croatia.

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  1. 0:00 Reliving Introcaso
  2. 1:33 Detect Phantasmal Force?
  3. 15:24 Spoonfeeding Backstory?
  4. 29:34 Daggerheart Released
  5. 31:48 Daggerheart Card Maker
  6. 32:47 Daggerheart Community License
  7. 34:25 Lee Gold's A&E Legacy
  8. 39:11 DMs Wanted for Gencon and BMG
  9. 41:36 Digital Deck of Player Safety
  10. 44:08 Minecraft RPG
  11. 45:17 WizKids Apologize for BG3 Minis
  12. 48:19 Sand Marches for Dark Sun
  13. 48:48 5-Room Dungeon Jam
  14. 49:38 Making Good Tactical Maps
  15. 55:57 Envision Your Location
  16. 1:00:09 Fit the Overall Setting
  17. 1:02:19 Fit the Creatures
  18. 1:07:12 Think of Movement and Abilities
  19. 1:15:30 Details that Matter
  20. 1:17:52 Avoid Symmetry
  21. 1:20:47 Add Surprises
  22. 1:24:10 Shout-Outs
  23. 1:27:58 What Are We Gonna Do?

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