Mapmaking Guides & Articles
Tutorials, stencil workflows, and tips to draw crisp encounter maps fast.
Dungeon Mapping Guide: Rooms, Doors, and Readable Lines (Stencil-First)
A stencil-first guide to drawing clean dungeon rooms, consistent corridors, and crystal-clear doors using wall and door stencils. Includes 3 fast layouts you can reuse forever.
Fence Lines & Perimeters: Courtyards, Gardens, Pens, and Controlled Space
Use fence and spike wall stencils with grass/cobble floors and signposts to shape courtyards, gardens, and compounds that play fast—clear boundaries, smart chokepoints, and stealth routes. Includes a reusable guildhouse/manor compound map.
Fortified Camps & Spiked Walls: Perimeters That Change Tactics
Build fortified camp encounter maps that feel different from open fights: spike walls, fence lines, gate doors, and torch cues that create chokepoints, breach points, and siege-style decisions.
Graveyards & Ruins Outdoors: Gravestones, Ruined Walls, and Night Fights
Draw graveyards and ruined outdoor fights that stay readable at night: gravestones as cover, ruined walls as line-of-sight blockers, cracked/stone floors as difficult terrain cues, and torch placement that creates tension.
How to Draw a D&D Battle Map in 10 Minutes with Reusable Stencils
Learn how to draw a D&D battle map in about 10 minutes using reusable stencils. Build clear rooms, walls, doors, terrain, furniture, and encounter details.