The Reclusive Cartographer

Today marks our second release in the brand-new shadowy region: The Iron Duchy. This time we’re heading over the wall and into the Shadow Lands that surround the Sea of Fara, a place where lets just say things get pretty weird....and rather dangerous! Download your Patreon Rewards from our website:

We’re kicking off a brand new theme this week, The Iron Duchy. Once again, we’ll be building an entire region together, filling it with fully mapped locations, adventure hooks, and rich lore you can drop straight into your campaigns. Over the coming weeks we’ll explore the duchy piece by piece, unco

This is our fourth and final major release of February, and it brings our Kingmaker theme to a close in a big way. Over the last month, we’ve been hard at work fleshing out an entire region of our Fallen Kingdom setting, the Barony of Estania. What started as a single idea has now grown into a fully

Hey all! Welcome to week 3 of our current theme: Kingmaker, where our goal is to build out an entire sandbox region that your players can explore, influence… and perhaps even come to rule! 🏰⚔️ This week I had three more locations to help fill in some of the blanks in the Barony of Estania, and hone

Welcome to Week Two of our Kingmaker theme, where we continue to flesh out the lands, power, and places of the Barony of Estantia. Bit by bit, the blank spaces on our sandbox map are being filled, and this week brings some big, story-rich locations to the table. Patreon Rewards Initiate Mapmaker ($1

Today marks the first release for our new theme: Kingmaker, and I’m very excited to finally get this in front of your ball shaped eye doodads! Much like the sandbox nature of Kingmaker itself, all of our maps this month will be focused on fleshing out one specific region, the Barony of Estania. Rath

Greetings human shaped persons! This is our fourth and final release for this month’s Celtic Folks theme, and to close it out we’re pulling everything together into a single, cohesive Celtic-inspired regional map. We also have another battlemap to add to your collection: The Fairy Court, check that

Well hello there! This week on The Reclusive Cartographer, we’re diving headlong into the world of giants, a theme that has been super popular in Celtic lore for centuries. Giants have always loomed large in folklore, and we’ve gone deep into their domain this week, creating three sprawling maps, ea

Greetings Adventurers! This month we’re diving deep into the mists of Celtic myth with three brand-new maps to spark your adventures! Patreon Rewards Initiate Mapmaker ($1) / Journeyman Surveyors ($3) / Master Cartographers ($5) 1️⃣ The King’s Cairn 11 Variants Step into the underground tomb of the

Welcome to our first major release of 2026! And what a release! Kicking things off, we have the Hillfort of Dun Caerwyn — Fort of the Blessed Hill. Inspired by Maiden Castle here in the UK, this imposing edifice dominates the surrounding lands. Patreon Rewards Initiate Mapmaker ($1) / Journeyman Sur

Hey everyone! Today’s my first day back to work after taking two weeks of paternity leave, and I thought I’d mark the occasion with something special — a bonus free map release in the spirit of the spooky season! 👻 This one’s a cozy little pumpkin patch and tumble-down farmhouse, the kind of peacef

Hi all! We’re closing out August with two final maps from the ruined city of Xal’Zerica, continuing our month-long Lizardfolk Theme. This month has been a blast, if you are a Journeyman Surveyor or above, make sure to vote in next month's Map Theme Poll to decide what we are doing next! Rewards Init

This week’s release takes us deeper into the Swamp of Claws with two exciting new maps for your campaigns: 🌑 The Great Temple of Xal’Zarica - 10 Variants At the heart of last week’s ruined city, Xal,Zerica, lies this Aztec-style ziggurat, a towering monument of stone and shadow. In our upcoming liz

This month, we’re diving deep into the Swamp of Claws with a Lizardfolk-themed release, and the first two maps are ready for you! 📌 This week's maps: Lizardfolk Village – A dense, humid settlement nestled among tangled swamp trees and wooden platforms. Swamp Path Barricade – A narrow trail through

Hey adventurers! I'm thrilled to share something special with you all — another collaboration between myself and the incredibly talented James' RPG Art! We’ve teamed up to bring you a stunning version of Needle’s Bones, the iconic location from the official adventure: Tomb of Annihilation. I’ve crea

The fires crackle, the water gently flows, and the night is alive with tension… The Wagon Circle is a classic adventuring scene brought to life in 4K animation — perfect for your next ambush, camp defence, or tense midnight negotiation. Set the Scene: A handful of wagons are drawn into a rough circl

Hey Adventurers! I'm excited to share a brand new animated map with you — The Netherstones! Designed to tie in with our recent map The Last Light, this rather dangerous looking place to what lies in store for your players once they step through the Vortex in search of the missing residents. Flying t

Hey all! Today I have another free animated map for all you to drool over :D This time its a map from the heady days of 2023. Narrow Pass, a map where I was definitely channelling some serious 300 vibes, has now been given the full animation treatment! Enjoy! 📜 How to Download: Free to Everyone 192

Greetings, adventurers! We're back with the third release in our War Torn Realms series, and this one's a siege-breaker! Today, we bring you two maps that are begging to be plunged into chaos, intrigue, and tactical warfare: 🛡️ Greythorn Citadel – A massive, 6-level fortress built to withstand armi

Happy Monday! Today I have another free animated map for all you fine folks! Considering our swampy release last week I thought that our Swamp Runestone map would be a fine addition to our animated map catalogue. Enjoy! 📜 How to Download: Free to Everyone 1080x1080 res 5 min looped MP4 Free to Mast

Hey everyone! Happy release day! Today I’m thrilled to bring you three brand-new maps in our ongoing War-Torn Realms series. And they don’t come much more devastated than the Southern Provinces—a region from the Fallen Kingdom setting where war, undeath, and tragedy still echo across the land. 💀 Th

One day late but, I have another brand new animated battlemap for you all! This time, our Old Bridge map! I'm still finding my feet with animating running water, and while this interaction is far from perfect, we are definitely honing in on a style :) Enjoy! 📜 How to Download: Free to Everyone 1920

Greetings adventurers! The time has come! Our first major themed release, War-Torn Realms, is now live—thanks to your votes! This set of maps brings danger, intrigue, and high-stakes adventure to your campaign, whether you use them individually or as a full narrative experience. Introducing: 🗺️ Iro

Happy Monday! I have another brand new animated battlemap for you all! This time, our Village Gate map! Enjoy! 📜 How to Download: Free to Everyone 1080x1080 res 10 min looped MP4 Free to Master Cartographers ($5) 4k res 10 min looped MP4 30 sec loop WebM - Foundry Optimised Additional Variants incl

Greetings, adventurers! The month of Random Encounters is coming to a close, and for our final release, we're hitting the road—literally! Travel is the lifeblood of any great adventure, and this week’s maps are designed to bring your journeys to life, whether your party is looking for a place to res

Greetings, adventurers! We're forging ahead with this month's theme—Random Encounters! Over the past two weeks, we've provided you with sprawling forest maps and bustling urban settings. Now, it's time to go beneath the surface and explore the dark, mysterious depths of the underground. This week, w