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1-Inch Grid Print PDFs
These are the 1-inch grid versions of all my maps in .PDF form. There's a short guide on how to print these here.
Brazenthrone - The Anvil Quarter- Second Level
With the second level done, the Anvil Quarter is now finished and Brazenthrone looks a lot less like The Dwarven City of 10,000 Desk Jobs. As I mentioned in the last post, the next Brazenthrone map is the Noble Quarter, which completes the core of the city (although there's still a lot more to d...
Brazenthrone - The Anvil Quarter- Second Level - Patrons' Edition
With the second level done, the Anvil Quarter is now finished and Brazenthrone looks a lot less like The Dwarven City of 10,000 Desk Jobs. As I mentioned in the last post, the next Brazenthrone map is the Noble Quarter, which completes the core of the city (although there's still a lot more to d...
The Kothoa - The Dual Harbor of Carthage - Patrons' Edition
The Carthaginian harbor is one of those things that has to have been imagined by a fantasy artist, except it wasn't. It was real and this is, from what we know, what it looked like. On the left is the merchants' harbor, built for trade, with a chain boom at the entrance that can be raised or...
The Kothoa - The Dual Harbor of Carthage
The Carthaginian harbor is one of those things that has to have been imagined by a fantasy artist, except it wasn't. It was real and this is, from what we know, what it looked like. On the left is the merchants' harbor, built for trade, with a chain boom at the entrance that can be raised or...
The Harbor of Carthage - Work-in-Progress
I mentioned in the last post that I'm going to be in Spain for a few days and I wanted to get this done before I left. Well, after a few days of doing literally nothing but drawing, this is as far as I got. There will be second floors for a few buildings and, of course, I'm going to color it...
Brazenthrone - The Anvil Quarter - Ground Level
The Anvil Quarter is Brazenthrone's center of industry. Here, dwarves can be found making things from steel, stone, gold, glass, ceramics and more.One of the quarter's more notable landmarks is the massive, communal Freehammer Forge, built to ensure that no dwarven smith is unable to practic...
Brazenthrone - The Anvil Quarter - Ground Level - Patrons' Edition
The Anvil Quarter is Brazenthrone's center of industry. Here, dwarves can be found making things from steel, stone, gold, glass, ceramics and more.One of the quarter's more notable landmarks is the massive, communal Freehammer Forge, built to ensure that no dwarven smith is unable to practic...
Brazenthrone - The Anvil Quarter - Work-in-Progress
Here's the Anvil Quarter, ready for the scanner. This actually took quite a bit of research to draw. I read about metalworking in the middle ages, glassmaking, foundries, ceramics and enamels, stonecutting, coin minting, hammermills... all kinds of stuff. I wanted it to look right and I think it...
Anchorage Isle - Everyone's Edition
In honor of my wife's birthday and the 1-year anniversary of the site, I've decided to give away everything for this map. All the patron content is free for everyone (attached below).Be sure to check out the DM notes if nothing else. There's lore about the distillery, which makes the wor...
Merchants’ Trade Port Island – The Ink
I just wanted to drop this off to show you the finished inks. That's 51 buildings in all (including 4 outhouses, but still). All right, no big speech or anything, I'm gonna get back to work on the colors.
Merchants' Trade Port Island - Work in Progress
First of all: yes, that is seriously my phone. Now you know. I'm the last person on earth with a phone that folds in half. I'll give you a minute to finish laughing.All good? Okay, so these are the pencils for most of the merchants' trade port island. There are a number of smaller outlyi...
Brazenthrone - The Grand Temple - Patrons' Edition
Brazenthrone's Grand Temple is a religious complex dedicated to all the gods of the dwarven pantheon. I use Forgotten Realms deities for Brazenthrone, so the big golden gentleman in the middle would be Moradin the All-Father, surrounded by the other 13 gods of the Morndinsamman. The four larger ...
Brazenthrone - The Grand Temple
Brazenthrone's Grand Temple is a religious complex dedicated to all the gods of the dwarven pantheon. I use Forgotten Realms deities for Brazenthrone, so the big golden gentleman in the middle would be Moradin the All-Father, surrounded by the other 13 gods of the Morndinsamman. The four larger ...
The 12th Cartographic Congress - Runoff Vote
The vote has tied between two maps, so we need to put 'em in the Thunderdome. You know how this works. Two maps enter, one map leaves.Senator Anders proposes a fantasy harbor of Carthage.Senator Parker proposes a huge man-of-war, the flagship of a fleet.This vote will remain open until Wednesday...
The Assassins' Monastery - Patrons' Edition
If you like this map, but you'd prefer to hide the secret rooms from your players, here's a version without them. That's also the version for people who'd prefer this monastery to be occupied by honest, wholesome monks who actually spend their days thinking about god, growing herbs a...
The Assassins' Monastery
If you like this map, but you'd prefer to hide the secret rooms from your players, here's a version without them. That's also the version for people who'd prefer this monastery to be occupied by honest, wholesome monks who actually spend their days thinking about god, growing herbs a...
The Assassins' Monastery - Work in Progress
So, this is the next map, the Assassins' Monastery. Originally, it was meant to be a keep, but Anders, who proposed it to the Cartographic Congress, suggested giving it some form of cover, so it ostensibly became a monastery.Also, this map has some roots in reality: the design was inspired by Ru...
The 12th Cartographic Congress Vote
Ladies and Gentlemen, this month we have three proposals for your consideration:Senator Anders proposes a fantasy harbor of Carthage.Senator Parker proposes a huge man-of-war, the flagship of a fleet.Senator Andrew proposes a genie's home inside a magic lamp.The voting will remain open until the...
DM Notes Collection
Since we're collecting everything now, here's a collection of all the DM notes so far. I'll be posting all the DM notes here from now on and I'll probably collect everything into a single .pdf every few months.This is also where I'll be putting other random stuff that doesn't...
Brazenthrone - The Common Quarter - Third Level
Here's the non-annotated version.This is the final floor of Brazenthrone's common quarter, capping off the local shopping center arcade market and the presumably-expensive apartments to the north. Speaking of which, I don't add a compass to my maps, but if you ever want to know which dir...
Brazenthrone - The Common Quarter - Third Level - Patron Content
Here's the non-annotated version.This is the final floor of Brazenthrone's common quarter, capping off the local shopping center arcade market and the presumably-expensive apartments to the north. Speaking of which, I don't add a compass to my maps, but if you ever want to know which dir...
The Great Library
The Great Library is a fantasy version of the Great Library of Alexandria. The historical Library of Alexandria is famous for being the largest repository of knowledge in the ancient world. Its construction, ordered by the Pharaoh Ptolemy II, was probably the greatest accomplishment anyone who slept...
The Great Library - Patrons' Edition
The Great Library is a fantasy version of the Great Library of Alexandria. The historical Library of Alexandria is famous for being the largest repository of knowledge in the ancient world. Its construction, ordered by the Pharaoh Ptolemy II, was probably the greatest accomplishment anyone who slept...
1-Inch Grid Map Collection
After what feels like about 600 years of resizing images and staring at progress bars, there are now 1-inch grid versions of every map on the site. I can't tell you how good it feels to be done.All 1-inch grid print versions will be posted here in the future. If you need to find your way to this...
VTT Map Collection
NOTE: If you use Roll20 but prefer a smaller file size, the Fantasy Grounds versions of the maps will work in Roll20. If you are using Fantasy Grounds Unity, most or all of the larger Roll20 files will work for you.All VTT maps will be posted here. If you need to find your way to this post later, th...
Milby's Maps Can Into the Future!
I'm going to go through the back catalog and make VTT versions of every map that doesn't have one. For those that do, I'm going to make Fantasy Grounds versions and resize the Roll20 versions that are over 7MB. I'm going to make 1-inch-grid print versions of every map.I should've...
A Question for Roll20 Users.
So, I've recently read that, despite the fact that Roll20 uses a 70x70 pixel grid size, they recommend making maps at a 140x140 pixel size. I'm not 100% clear on why this is, but since I've never had anyone complain about my Roll20 maps being 70x70px, I thought I'd ask your opinions ...
Brazenthrone - The Common Quarter - Second Level
Here's the non-annotated version. Also, let me save you a google search: a luthier is a person who makes stringed musical instruments. Like lutes.There will be one more level of Brazenthrone's Common Quarter, then it's on to the next chamber. I originally planned for this to be three lev...
Brazenthrone - The Common Quarter - Second Level - Patrons' Edition
Let me save you a google search: a luthier is a person who makes stringed musical instruments. Like lutes.There will be one more level of Brazenthrone's Common Quarter, then it's on to the next chamber. I originally planned for this to be three levels and it looks like I managed not to go cr...





















