We dig a good battle map.
While many play D&D, Pathfinder and other
RPGs in the theater of the mind, we often lay out maps on the table (or on
Roll20) with miniatures and markers to help visualize battles and other
encounters.
But to do that, you need a good map.
If you’re running a lot of games, whipping up
your own encounters or simply need some inspiration, you’re going to need some
new maps. We can help.
We tracked down a host of sources for battle
maps. Some are free, some cost a little, but they’re all amazing.
Dungeon
Crate
Every month, we include an adventure in your
crate. And every one comes with some kind of battle map. If you subscribe,
you’ll have access to all those maps and adventures. Plus, you’ll get the
awesome stuff that’s in the crate.
r/dndmaps
and r/battlemaps
There’s a subreddit for everything, right?
These are dedicated solely to maps for RPGs. Many of the links posted are to
free downloads. There’s tons of maps and tons of inspiration, and both
subreddits are updated daily. Check out r/dndmaps
and r/battlemaps.
DungeonMastering.com
The fine D&D blog has a wonderful trove of
387 maps, which you can check out right here.
Mike
Schley
The wonderful Mike Schley is one of D&D’s
official cartographers, and his work appears in every 5th edition product so
far released, as far as we can tell. He
sells downloads of his maps on his website, and most are available
for less than $2. You can print them out large format or use them for online
tabletops such as Roll20. We’ve done both, and they’re beautiful.
D&D’s
map archive
For a while, D&D released free maps every
week on its website. They’re all still available on the D&D archive site, which you can access here.
Dyson
Logos
The king of hand-drawn maps releases a ton of
his maps on his blog, the Dodecahedron. They are gorgeous, and a massive
archive of them is available on his site.
The Red
Epic
Like Logos and Schley, Jared Blando is a great
cartographer. He sells downloads and prints of his maps on his
website, The Red Epic. Blando also made an awesome book about how to
draw fantasy RPG world maps.
Cartographers
Guild
This site is a message board and community for
mapmakers of all kinds, but many draw beautiful world maps and battle maps. It
might take some digging around the forums, but you’ll find some awesome stuff. Check it
out.
DeviantArt
No surprise here, but the massive artist
community site features a whole lot of RPG and fantasy artists, and a lot of
them feature full maps, map tiles and icons/tokens. It’ll take some searching DeviantArt, but there’s a whole lot to find.
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