Today, we enter the cartographic traditions of the Han Dynasty - and discover how to bring elegance, precision, and hidden meaning into our fantasy maps.

In this week's tutorial, we look at Roman maps, and how we can emulate them for a fantasy role-playing game. What can Rome teach us?

Today, we’re diving into one of the oldest traditions of world-mapping: the sacred, symbolic, and incredibly evocative maps of Ancient Egypt. And more importantly - we’re going to talk about how you can use this approach to make your own maps feel alive with myth, magic, and mystery.

When people ask me what the most important map for worldbuilding is, I always have to pause.Because the answer, really, is: any map that helps you run your game. Not a world map, not a regional map, not a city map—just the right map for the next session. And that looks different depending on where you’re at in your game and how you run it.