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Originally Posted by jtougas Here's A "Timeline" for the Kingdom Of Shendenflar that outlines the major events in the Kingdom's history so far..*just a note most of this was written over 15 years ago or more and the "Greyhawk Wars" had just ended..* A Historical Timeline Of The Kingdom Of Shendenflar The Kingdom of Shendenflar is an old land. One formed during the first round of the great break up of the Great Kingdom. Ferrond ...
Updated 10-30-2012 at 04:50 PM by jtougas
I think there should be a warning label on this site..something like, "Warning. studies have shown that the Cartographer's Guild can be addictive in certain individuals..." I am one of those individuals. Now I DO have a job..well sort of I have been a restaurant manager for most of my adult life. I started right out of the military in 1990 and have been doing it ever since. Recently the company that I work for has "downsized" closing 5 of the 15 restaurants it owns including ...
Originally Posted by jtougas *Sorry Guys No Funny today The Riverhewn Gazette has suddenly turned into a spice shop....* Riverhewn Phase VI... Well after looking at this map for an hour or so this morning I realized that I just didn't like it. It had no "soul" it was just a collection of little buildings on nice orderly streets, fine for realism I suppose but not so much for my tastes. I like a city with surprises and a lot of back alleys and secrets. I also realized that I was ...
Updated 10-30-2012 at 04:51 PM by jtougas
As most of you know I am a "rookie" at cartography. I stumbled across this site and was blown away by the talent and and passion of it's members. I have always been interested in Sci-Fi and Fantasy so this is a natural fit for me. For the last 25 years or so I have been involved in the creation and development of a campaign setting region The Kingdom Of Shendenflar. This region is on the Flanaess in the World Of Greyhawk Campaign setting. For most of the time that I have been writing about ...
Updated 10-30-2012 at 04:52 PM by jtougas
Trying to juggle this one. As I mentioned somewhere I got bogged down in minutia and lost track of real progress. Right now I am going back to re-assemble unmerged parts of the map. I need to fix the road and city placement for one. I am on the 11th major change. Perhaps I do have ADD.
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