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.

This week on the Red Quills, we're going back to the Mappa Mundi of old - making a Venetian map based on their styles and priorities.

In this tutorial, in which we go over the concepts of how to map like the Maya, I'll be unpacking the mesoamerican empire's ideals...

You have only just started on your fantasy journey: perhaps this is the first page of a new novel, or the crinkled parchment handed to you as you set out over the wild hills and dales. On its surface, scrawled in a spidery hand, are the secrets and civilisations of your fantastical world, all there for the exploration. Let's get to creating a D&D map.

This week, we're launching our next series - the Red Quill's Guide to World Design. And, of course, we'll be releasing a new map each week to go with the videos. Today's map is the Kingdom of Endon.

Alright, adventurers, welcome back to the Red Quills for this week's addition to the maps of Red Quill's Guide to Fantasy Lands. We've ventured to the peaceful lands of the Halflings, we've dived down to the bottom of the sea. Today, we're going to the slimy, murky tunnels of the Undercity of Eglarond.

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.

Imagine a vast underwater city, once the pinnacle of an ancient civilization's glory, now lying in eerie silence beneath the waves. Schools of fish dart through crumbling archways, and the occasional glimmer of light catches on ancient, forgotten treasures. Welcome to the world of the Ancient Sunken Ruins, a place where history, mystery, and adventure collide.

Greetings, adventurers, and well met! This week on the Red Quills, we are diving, down into the deep places of the sea, to the ruins of Pel Dothair, as we talk about sunken ruins and fallen civilisations.

Welcome, adventurers, to a new world to explore: the mystical land of Aerania, a corner of the Faerie realm. Here, the King - Auberon, the Golden King, the Leader of the Summer Hunt - keeps his prizes, his menagerie, and hunts for all eternity.

The ground beneath your feet is uneven, with hidden pits and treacherous drops waiting to ensnare the unwary. Welcome to the Underdark, a realm where danger and wonder lurk in every shadowed corner.

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.

And we're finally at the end of the first season! This is the map of the Azure Throne, the end of the quest to find the Pirate King's treasure. Thank you to everyone for following along with the story of Yemoke and the Goldhunter's Sea - or, if you've missed out, check out the previous five maps and articles.

Today, we’re looking at How to Draw a Druid Enclave. I’ll be drawing the map below, which is a map of the ruins of Rostivale and its inhabitants, the Druids of Firn-na-Bolg. 

This week at the Red Quills, we're diving back into watercolours, sketches, and naturalist-style illustraitons for our exploration of the druid groves of the Ruins of Rostivale, the settlement off the coast of Firn-na-Bolg. But this is an ancient complex of crumbling towers, felled by some ancient cataclysm, and the sketches are not of beasts, but the aeons-old golems that wander the toppled spires. Enjoy this map of the Druids of Firn-na-Bolg.

If giving your world and players a coded map, something for them to puzzle over and sweat over, is the direction that your quest needs, here is our latest special: How to Draw a Coded Map.