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Need a fantasy map for your story, but can’t draw? I’ve got you covered. 👇
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It’s scenes like this that make The Hobbit films worth it.
Never skip the "why the halfling" speech
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I love buying used books that already have notes in them 🧐
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This one wins 😂
"Morgoth? Terrible leader. Sad. We will be placing tariffs on Angband. Big tariffs. The best tariffs."
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Josh | Map Effects retweeted
Replying to @trad_poet
As an artist…I cannot tell you how, you how many books I’ve purchased purely because of the cover. It’s a problem…😂
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Josh | Map Effects retweeted
Need a fantasy map for your story, but can’t draw? I’ve got you covered. 👇
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Concerning…
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A “radical deconstruction?” 😂 There is nothing radical about Hollywood turning heroes into villains and villains into heroes. That’s just a Monday. We get it, you’re evil.
Brace yourselves: garbage studio A24 found another male hero to desecrate. "The Death of Robin Hood" is a RADICAL DECONSTRUCTION whose marketing proudly informs us, “He was no hero.” Hugh Jackman plays an aged and solitary Robin, long abandoned by his Merry Men. He's in a SEVERE DEPRESSION having decided he wasn’t some noble outlaw robbing the rich to give to the poor - but actually a RUTHLESS MURDEROUS CRIMINAL. He wants to hang up his violent ways, but his old pal Little John drags him back for one last battle. He gets gravely injured and is tended to by a saintly nun who's treatment involves frequent painful AND GLORIFIED bloodletting sessions. He becomes a mentor to a troubled little girl, a vengeful one-eyed kid, and a soulful philosophical leper. So let's recap: The male hero is depressed and mortally wonded. Little John is a brutal, unrecognizable thug but at least in one piece. The young boy has lost an eye. The leper is losing skin and body parts. In other words, not one single male character escapes the script’s assault. And just in case you missed the point, the MALE HERO dies at the end. Typical A24 bullsht. The "A" stands for "ANTI-MALE" and "24" is short for 24/7/365. I’ll pass.
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Kind of want to do a Robin Hood, Sherwood Forest map now though 👀
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I watched this tape so much as a kid it burned out 🔥👀
45 years ago today, ‘RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK’ released in theaters.
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A large 34”x22” print of a hand-drawn map highlighting all the key battles of the American War for Independence…as well as a visual timeline of significant events? 😉 👇
Okay I want to have the biggest most USA-y fourth of July EVAR. Other than bunting and flags and fireworks and food, what else do I need? Commemorative paper napkins? Patriotic diving helmets? Seriously though pls help me out here 🇺🇸
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Here’s a new map tip cheat sheet for you! How to draw the same castle icon in 4 different perspectives on your fantasy maps. Which is your favorite?
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Have to go with Civilization III.
If you had to play one video game for 12 hours a day for an entire year to earn $10M, which game are you choosing?
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Have you read the Aeneid? Much to my shame, I haven’t…It’s on my shortlist
Give me the Aeneid.
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For centuries, the fortress of Aermont has marked the untamed eastern reach. But why build a stronghold in these remote hills? Whatever lies beyond its walls was deemed important enough to stand watch. One of the settlement icons from the upcoming Medieval Realms Map Builder.
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This beautiful map from our good friend @MapEffects would look great in your cigar lounge. 🔥
The 250th anniversary of the United States 🇺🇸 is coming up! Do you have your map yet? 👇
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“The books or the music in which we thought the beauty was located will betray us if we trust to them; it was not in them, it only came through them… These things, the beauty, the memory of our own past, are good images of what we really desire; but if they are mistaken for the thing itself they turn into dumb idols.” - C.S. Lewis
the worst thing about being a fantasy reader is knowing that you’ll never experience that same sense of adventure in real life, you can only yearn for it within the page of a book.
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