Game Master's Starter Set Bundle

[Tailz Silver Paws]

Hello folks, I've been building tokens and map tiles for the last few weeks and just bundled up a special pack for Game Masters. So without further ado, here is some blatant advertising!

Studio WyldFurr has a special deal for all our fellow Game Master (or Dungeon Master) friends out there! We have wrapped up our top fantasy packs into a single Game Master's Starter Set (https://www.rpgnow.com/product/141474?src=FG-Forum&affiliate_id=81229) and discounted the whole lot by 23%! You get $32.30 worth of value for $19.95! This pack bundles together all of the essential elements any Game Master is going to need when starting out with virtual desktop roleplaying. Inside this bundle of products you will find:


Wildlife Tokens: The pack includes our Critterz: Token and Map Pack (https://www.rpgnow.com/product/83268?src=FG-Forum&affiliate_id=81229) which gives you access to a range of standard wildlife for wilderness encounters. Plus the pack also includes basic maps for staging your own random encounters. (Regular Price: $9.95, Bundle Price: $6.45).
Goblin Tokens: The pack includes our Goblin Tribes (https://www.rpgnow.com/product/130253?src=FG-Forum&affiliate_id=81229) token set that has a wealth of different Goblin monster tokens. Such as goblin cultists, peasants, shamans, warriors, and goblin spider riders! (Regular Price: $4.95, Bundle Price: $2).
Build your own Maps: Next up is the Dungeon Map Tiles (https://www.rpgnow.com/product/141431?src=FG-Forum&affiliate_id=81229) map building pack. With this set of map tiles you can build almost any dungeon you can dream up. Plus the pack also gives you the ability to build a stronghold to guard your dungeon! (Regular Price: $12.45, Bundle Price: $9.50).
Tables, Chairs, & other Objects: Lastly we have slipped in the Fantasy Furniture Tokens (https://www.rpgnow.com/product/113691?src=FG-Forum&affiliate_id=81229). Building your own dungeon is great, but with this pack you can flesh out your rooms with tables, chairs, desks, book shelves, boxes, and crates! (Regular Price: $4.95, Bundle Price: $2).



Using the Game Master's Starter Set (https://www.rpgnow.com/product/141474?src=FG-Forum&affiliate_id=81229) your next adventure could look just like this:
https://www.wyldfurr.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/game-master-starter-set-example.gif

The Game Master's Starter Set (https://www.rpgnow.com/product/141474?src=FG-Forum&affiliate_id=81229) gives you $32.30 worth of value for only $19.95! That is just twenty bucks to get yourself fully setup for some classic pen'n'paper roleplaying with your favourite virtual tabletop gaming program (such as Fantasy Grounds, Battlegrounds, or Roll20).

[damned]

i have some of these sets. They are great looking resources.

[Tailz Silver Paws]

i have some of these sets. They are great looking resources.
I look forwards to seeing some of your creations :)

[JulioIP]

what program do you suggest to use your dungeon tiles with? i got this and am excited to start building :)

[damned]

JulioIP - I think Taliz suggests GIMP which I second, but I would also suggest you take a look at Tiled (https://www.mapeditor.org/). Works best if you put all your tiles on one page first in GIMP and then you can race through dungeon creation.

[Tailz Silver Paws]

what program do you suggest to use your dungeon tiles with? i got this and am excited to start building :)
Gimp is a free graphics editing program. But you could use any program that lets you manipulate graphics. I use Adobe Photoshop.

The best way to go about building, is to have a file window open off to one side that displays the map tiles as icons, so you can see what each tile looks like. Then its just a case of dragging the tile to your picture, as most graphics editing programs let you drag'n'drop images into an already open image.

[Hendell]

hello all,

Is there a tutorial for setting this up in Gimp?

Since 5E has come out I am putting together a module to DM and I am searching for a good map making tool and this sounds very promising but I have no knowledge in using gimp.

Any help you all can give me would be appreciated or point me in the right direction.

[Tailz Silver Paws]

hello all,

Is there a tutorial for setting this up in Gimp?

Since 5E has come out I am putting together a module to DM and I am searching for a good map making tool and this sounds very promising but I have no knowledge in using gimp.

Any help you all can give me would be appreciated or point me in the right direction.
Hello Hendell, I don't use GIMP but I can give you a few basic pointers. The best way to approach map making with the Map Tiles I have released - and this is how I do it - is to first work out how large an area you want to map out. For example a 30ft square map. Next, break this down into 5ft character squares, thus a 30ft square map is 6 character squares along all sides. Now to create your image area in GIMP or Photoshop, multiply the number of character squares along the height or width by 180 pixels to get your image dimensions: thus a 30ft square map, 6 character squares along the height and width is (6 x 180) = 1080 pixels high and 1080 pixels wide. That sets the pixel size of your map.

Most graphics programs have a "snap" to edge or objects feature. So all you need to do is just drag'n'drop each map tile into your image, and align each image so each tile snaps to the edge of ether the image border, or another map tile.

Once you have filled your image with map tiles, just save out the whole thing as a JPG for use in Fantasy Grounds.

[Dakadin]

I posted this in another thread that was asking about using Gimp with tiles. Hopefully it helps.

Making maps using the tilesets and GIMP works out pretty well.

Determine how many tiles long and wide to make the image
Determine what size tiles you want to use (128, 256, 512) from the Art Kits
Create a new image and size it by multiplying the number of tiles for each dimension by the tile size you are using
Configure the grid in the Image menu to be the size of the tiles
Select show grid and snap to grid from the View menu
Drag a tile from Windows explorer on to GIMP. This adds the tile as a new layer.
Select a portion of the tile that isn't transparent and drag it to the appropriate grid location
Continue the previous 2 steps until you have the basic layout
Use some of the other images to add details to the map

[Hendell]

Thank you both for the information, I already got the big tile pack and am messing around in the tiled program Damned suggested. I really like the tiles and hope you continue making them, especially if you make a cavern pack I guarantee I'll buy that on the spot, it would work perfect for the under dark to make them quickly.

I will keep working on gimp as well, if you guys have anymore tips please post them.