Free GM Resource: Duncan "Shadow" Louca (Artist Website)

I tend to drift towards small arcs or themes when it comes down to finding/selecting Free GM Resources. Lately it has been 3d printing because there are so many cool models out there and so little time....

...speaking of time, there wasn't a Free GM Resource last week so I'm tossing out two this week...

Giants, as in plural!

Duncan "Shadow" Louca is a 3d sculptor who has some amazing sculpts....I highly suggest checking out his Instagram and maybe even tossing a few bucks his way on Patreon. While the actual freebie is right off of his website, you do have to do a little work for it.....by giving up your email address to sign up for a newsletter. A small price to pay to be able to get a free model of a couple of giants (the current freebie for the newsletter). I have a feeling there might be some differences depending on your web browser, but when I went to the site I immediately got a pop-up offering the email/file exchange. If that doesn't happen for you there should be a little side-notice that reads "Free Offer!"

Seriously though...check out his Instagram because a lot of the pictures there are of actual prints. The prints I was looking at were made on a DLP printer, so don't expect that level of quality on a FDM printer, but the better the sculpt, obviously the better the print.

Free GM Resource: DungeonPrint Studios

This week's Free GM Resource is something that is pretty cool....providing you use a 3d printer to make dungeon tiles and that you use Fat Dragon Games 3d models (which you should...if you do 3d print).

DungeonPrint Studio is an online service that lets you set up a map of a 3d model (lay out tiles of 3d .stl files you own) and then save/print the map and generate a list of which files, and how many, you need to print.

If you've ever seen a 3d diorama you've undoubtedly noticed that it is made up of a bunch of smaller tiles that are connected to each other. Well, when you have hundreds of these files in your collection.....which you will have soon after starting this hobby, trust me, knowing which tiles you need for a project can be a bit of a PITA. Sure you could just print a bunch of blank tiles and pull what you need, but to do that you'll need a LOT of tiles printed that you might never use. Sure, the tiles are relatively cheap, but they take some time and effort to create so why waste those resources if you don't need to?

Here is a sample map I made up real quick:

Click to make larger

Not perfect, and being able to rotate the build map shows me I need to clean up a few sections, but whatever....it's just a test model. This map generated a 7 page build list, but I'll just share a quick shot of the 1st page and one of the build pages:

DungeonPrint Studios is a useful tool for GM's that use 3d printed terrain!

Free GM Resource: Creation and Depiction of Fantasy Cities

This week's Free GM Resource is a neat little "guidebook" for creating Fantasy Cities for your game world. It's not long at 19 pages, but there is a lot of good content.

This guide was written by Ravi Shankar, a community leader over at the Cartographer's Guild (which I'm certain has been listed as a resource before). You can find links to the guide here at the Cartographer's Guild. It is available for online viewing, but I recommend just downloading the PDF.

Since it's only 19 pages, some of which are not really filled with content, it isn't going to be much more than a big-picture type of guide, but it does that 10K' view well and...well...the price is right. I think it is well worth the read if for no other reason than to help a GM get his/her head a bit straight before settling down for a mapping session. It doesn't really make sense that just because you are creating a fantasy world that your cities don't make much real-world sense, and this book can help with that.

Free GM Resource: Dwarf Fortress

This week's Free GM Resource is a bit of twofer again....but not really...maybe more of a singular resource with a couple of applications (pun intended).

Dwarf Fortress is a free game that has been around a while and by the accounts I've heard about, quite a detailed game. Now first off you just have the basic enjoyment you can get out of any game, but evidently Dwarf Fortress makes some rather detailed randomized game maps that you could re-purpose for your table-top RPG.

Here's a blog post specifically about using Dwarf Fortress to make RPG maps.

Sweet Paper Terrain Sale You Need to Check Out!

Special Note: I'll be posting a Free GM Resource later this week

I can only speculate that Tom Tullis, from Fat Dragon Games, went a little overboard on GenCon expenses (either that or "expenses"...like bail) because FDG is offering a too-good-to-be-true sale of all of their PDF terrain.

2018 Paper Mega Bundle for no more than $39.99!

To say this is a good deal is a bit of an understatement because the original price on all this stuff is over $300! If that isn't enough to make you stop by DTRPG, the sale already takes into account stuff you're already purchased, hence the "no more than $39.99"!

Wow.....with the money you save you could also purchase a decent color printer and just go to town!