Ebenezer Howard's Garden Cities are now embedded into London and New York.

I was asked the following question over on the Paizo boards: Can I ask a question about city design? I see advice I’ve seen elsewhere — start with the streets. But — how? How do you know how to design the streets? How many to put within a space, when to do twists and turns, … Continue reading "More City Design Tips"

What is a realistic population size for a medieval or ancient fantasy setting? Should a city have a couple of million people? How about 500,000 or 20,000? Let’s delve in and give you some simple guidelines as well as a cheat sheet you can easily reference as you are writing your story and drawing yo

Design for a City Residence

Creating city maps can be hard. Here's four quick steps I use to design believable town and city maps.

Budapest definitely stole my heart, even in the bitterly cold and on / off drizzle. I think the thing that first struck me was just how beautiful the architecture was. Everywhere I looked there was another regal looking building, each in an array of soothing pastel tones and there I was with the camera glued…

For Natalia Krysiak, children's needs should be placed at the center of urban design to ensure producing resilient and sustainable communities.

'Scientists who made a difference' series This blog accompanies the biographical sketch of Alexander von Humboldt that Bill Nuttle recently posted provides a selection of his writings as poetry and one of his scientific sketches as art. The 'Poetry' uses

Practice using a compass to find the directions!

Image 10 of 13 from gallery of The City as a Tile-Based Game. 03 - What if the hybrid elements would compose a matrix of possibilities of forms and movements?

The hamlet of Cimbus sits within the Barony of Harkenwold. The town is troubled by missing children. From Tunnel Rats.

Ebenezer Howard's Garden Cities are now embedded into London and New York.

Image 10 of 13 from gallery of Where Will the Children Play? How to Design Stimulating and Safe Cities for Childhood. Playful Cities Map. Image © Cities for Play. Where do the children play?

There are so many hidden gems and places to visit in Lviv during each season that you need to look further and deeper - into the cobbled courtyards, through

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Yes, I’m still alive. As much as I love parenthood it doesn’t allow much time for blogging. Also, until recently I haven’t been doing any gaming, and as a result the only (infre…

For more than 4,000 years, Absalom (pronounced AB-sah-lahm)[1] has been the City at the Center of the World, a metropolis-sized showcase of the greatest treasures in all Golarion. The importance and influence of Absalom upon the Inner Sea and the whole of Golarion cannot be overstated. The city not only holds a key strategic position for both commercial and military endeavours in the region, but encompasses the site of the ascension of four deities and claims to have been founded by none other t

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Ah Maps. Without them, we would be utterly lost. These days with GPS the actual paper maps have been less and less needed, however, they are still beautiful and inspirational

There are a number of eLearning frameworks and roadmaps gaining in use and popularity. This one from The National Centre for Technology in Education (@ncteireland) offers a good example, although i…

This hi-res city map is one of thirteen originally created for the D&D adventure Princes of the Apocalypse. Designed by Richard Baker, this epic RPG scenario is set in the Dessarin Valley of the Forgotten realms and pits your heroes against the threat of elemental evil in the fantastical world of the Forgotten Realms. In one simple download you get both DM and player versions of the map. Sized at 3900 x 2700 pixels, it's perfect for home printing or screen display. Purchase all the maps now to help run your adventure and be sure to pick up some of the great cartography that Sean Macdonald contributed to the scenario as well. Bonus: Need the whole collection of maps from the adventure and want a deep discount? Then check out the Bundled Map Set and grab them all for a great price!

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The graphic is intended as a mind map or a checklist for kick-starting world-building exercises. At its heart, it reminds us that things are connected.

Alameda County, established in 1853 with its county seat in Oakland, is named for the extensive oak woodlands that once characterized the region; "alameda" in

Where are the world’s largest cities in terms of population? This graphic looks at the top 20 most populous cities in the world.

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There are a lot of reasons to visit Maastricht! In this blog I give you some tips where to go and tell you all about what this beautiful city has to offer.

If you’re a visual learner like myself, then you know maps, charts and infographics can really help bring data and information to life. Maps can make a point resonate with readers and …