In this tutorial, we'll discuss the style of the old Japanese Edo Period, and how we can make our maps visually stunning like theirs.

Is your campaign really complete without the chance to hand your players something to puzzle over? Well, check out this downloadable version of the Sunderking's Mappe.

This week in the Red Quills, we've been talking about worldbuilding - and specifically the kind of worldbuilding that you can do to allow yourself as a game master to improvise new information and areas on the fly with consistency. As we did so, Ryan went ahead with a new map, a heraldry map of the Civil War.

Welcome, adventurers, to this latest episode of the Red Quill's Guide to Fantasy Lands. Welcome to a realm where the very fabric of reality is woven from the threads of thought and emotion, where the laws of physics are but fleeting whispers in a starry wind.

Out in the darkness beyond the world's edge, you can find the strange expanse of the Astral Realm. Boundless and bare, the void of the Astral is filled with wonders of civilisations and gods long dead. In particular, one can make the pilgrimage to the Realm of the Dreamer, where she rests in a sleep so deep that it seems as death to mortals.

The sun is shining as the early morning mist begins to fade away, and the sound of birdsong greets you over the cusp of the sleepy hills. Tidy farms, low hedges, and colourful flower beds mark the country as you descend from the wild lands into the welcoming Halfling Boroughs.

We've got a treat for you this week - if you're here for the downloadable maps part of the Red Quills, then this week we have three for you! For our video, How to Map your World, Ryan drew three maps (one in A3, one in A4, and one in A5) to show how you can create and incorporate maps as immersion tools for your players. These are the maps of the Isle of Dreams.

This week's topic, How to Draw a Stunning Encounter Map, focusses on the creation of a handout map that you can give to your players, and in the video, Ryan of the Red Quills draws out this beautiful watercolour and ink map of Old Gvanlar's Hall.

This week's map is the Bank of Indusaal, and our focus is in creating a map for planning a heist. It goes with our video on our YouTube channel, How to Map for a Heist

Today, we're taking a closer look at drawing maps of sites and significant locations. As a writer or a game master, you're going to want to plan out the encounters that your protagonists face, whether they are in a peaceful village, a bristling castle, or a dank mine.

When writing war for your fantasy world, it may be easy to think only of one kind of war. Of weapons and armies, marching towards one another on the field of battle. But unconventional war - war of different means and motive - can be far more involved and compelling.

The map shows how to give an overview of your major battles and conflicts: supply lines, troop movements, distinct fortifications and the stages in a skirmish. Its focus is the fictional Twenty-Day War, in which two opposing sides fight over a castle in a lake.

Seeking to improve how you write and describe trade and commerce in your fantasy world? Here is our guide to the need-to-know of making your own trading world...