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It is time to start unveiling the Inkwell Ideas Patreon (sort of an opt-in monthly subscription) map icons for October. This month the theme is “Magic Sources”. As usual we’ll create icons in a battlemat style, overhead buildings style, and world/kingdom map scale icons in both classic and...

Below you’ll find all four previews for Inkwell Ideas's Patreon (sort of an opt-in monthly subscription) of map icons for September. The theme is “Outer Space”. As usual we created icons in a battlemat style, overhead buildings style for a lunar/planetary outpost, and world/kingdom map scale...

Our Monster Stand-Ins (print them yourself paper minis) are today's DriveThru Deal of the Day! Playing on-line? Our tokens are also on sale.

We didn't post a reminder yesterday, so we're extending the sale through today!

20% off Everything or Buy 2 Dice/Card Sets Get 1 Free Sale It's the 5th anniversary of Inkwell Ideas becoming a full-time venture! To celebrate, we're running a 20% off everything sale or a Buy 2 Get 1 Free sale on our physical products. (Pick the sale code listed in the store's banner that...

Regarding your point of shooting for a 2:1 return on facebook ads... does that actually earn you anything? Say you put in $500 during the campaign for FB ads, and you earn $1000 of pledges from that, after you subtract the cost of the ads, the KS fee, the CC fee and printing costs and...

Below are all four previews for the Inkwell Ideas Map Icons Patreon (sort of an opt-in monthly subscription) for August. The theme was “Cliff Dwellers” (icons inspired by cultures that lived on the sides of cliffs) and as usual we created icons in a battlemat style, overhead buildings style for...

Inkwell Ideas has just released a new free map icon set today. It is our Necropolis themed icons for World/Kingdom scale maps in an isometric style. The linked post also links to the prior 10 sets we’ve released free for a total of about 200 icons. Below are the thumbnails for the set:

Below are the previews for our Patreon (sort of an opt-in monthly subscription) of map icons for July: Mesopotamia map icons. In each case, we created sample maps using the icons. Our battlemat shows a leader’s throne room, personal chamber, and a cooking area. The set includes 15 battlemat...

The Inkwell Ideas 10″ DungeonMorphs were nominated for a 2020 ENnie! So to show them to you, we made the PDF free (thru July 3) with the code “ennies2020”. Art by Keith Curtis with designs by Tim Ballew, Matt Jackson, Sigurd Johansson, Shane Knysh, Dyson Logos, AJ Stone, and Joe Wetzel. These...

The Inkwell Ideas Patreon (sort of an opt-in monthly subscription) map icons for June featuring Halflings icons are ready! The full set has just over 100 icons. It has 10 in the isometric world/kingdom style and the same number in the classic world/kingdom map style that cover halfling versions...

This month’s free map icons from the Inkwell Ideas Patreon: classic style world/kingdom scale Arabian themed icons. (Just the ones labeled in the image below.) Get the PNGs from our Patreon post, and if you like what we’re making, consider supporting the project! Each month we hold a vote to...

Inkwell Ideas has been hard at work on a few new System Neutral NPC decks. (Art on the front of each card, background/personality info on the back.) We've got a Kickstarter ending tomorrow (Wednesday the 20th at 11pm US eastern) to make at least 5 decks, and maybe one more (town sidequests)...

Inkwell Ideas has just launched a new Kickstarter to make three new NPC decks with stretch goals that could unlock two more decks as well as other bonuses. The three main decks are Adventurers, Hirelings, and Townsfolk. Each will have 52 cards, but likely 54 if we hit one of our stretch goals...

Inkwell Ideas just released a large update to Worldographer to facilitate on-line play. Worldographer is already an easy to use role-playing game map editor for world/kingdom maps, city/town/village maps, and dungeon/battlemats. But with the new & improved Fog of War/Exploration functionality as...