G2 Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl recaps posted...

[Iguana]

I just posted more ICE MERP Tower Layouts from the Dol Guldur Module here:

http://iguanaslair.blogspot.com/2011/03/ice-merp-towers-from-dol-guldur-module.html

[Iguana]

I just posted another series of ICE Merp Layouts that I drew for the Kin Strife Module back in 1995 here:

http://iguanaslair.blogspot.com/2011/03/ice-merp-illustrations-from-kin-strife.html

The map below is of the City of Osgiliath near Minas Tirith.



I've also added more recaps from the current Labyrinth Lord campaign I'm playing in and some additional campaign information for Scadgrad's World of Averlorn as well on the main site.

[bathwizard]

Very nice city map. It is of extra interest having seen it in the LotR films, so I can imagine where the main actions would have been.

[Iguana]

Very nice city map. It is of extra interest having seen it in the LotR films, so I can imagine where the main actions would have been.

When I originally drew the map, they gave me an older color map with only half of the city on it to trace onto the vellum as a starting point. I think that's because it was from the time of the events in Return of the King where Sauron's forces held half of the city. The map that they gave me was either the half that the Orcs held, so that the adventurers could go orc hunting ala Gimli and Legolas, or it was the half of the city closer to Gondor that was still held by the men of Gondor, so that the adventurers could take part in the defense. Either way, I got to design the other half of the city which was fun. Overall, working on middle Earth stuff was a blast and very inspirational.

I had forgotten that this was a map of Osgiliath until I dug the old copies out of storage and then Googled the city names from the module on Google images. Low and behold, this map has already been copied all over the internet in various forms and resolutions (mostly poor quality). I hadn't realized when I drew it, the significance of the city of Osgiliath in the struggle for Gondor as depicted in Return of the King. Of course this map was from a time long before the sad state of the city in later times when it was abandoned and in ruins. The Tower Dome of Osgiliath, which is shown on the bridge on this map, actually fell into the river when the palantir was lost during the events of the Kin Strife civil war.

[Iguana]

ICE MERP layout illustrations from the Moria Module have been posted here:

http://iguanaslair.blogspot.com/2011/04/ice-merp-illustrations-from-moria.html



I also added more recaps from our current Labyrinth Lord game here as well:

http://iguanaslair.blogspot.com/2011/03/gauntlet-of-zingalis.html
http://iguanaslair.blogspot.com/2011/03/of-baked-ham-horned-devils-and-chimeras.html
http://iguanaslair.blogspot.com/2011/04/wild-and-wooly-forests-of-anvil.html

and more campaign info for Scadgrad's World of Averlorn here:
http://iguanaslair.blogspot.com/2011/03/gods-and-religion-in-averlorn-and.html
http://iguanaslair.blogspot.com/2011/03/guilds-and-religious-orders-in-thebos.html
http://iguanaslair.blogspot.com/2011/03/lands-of-averlorn.html
http://iguanaslair.blogspot.com/2011/03/cities-and-towns-of-thebos.html

[Iguana]

ICE MERP layouts I drew for the Mirkwood module have been posted here:

http://iguanaslair.blogspot.com/2011/04/ice-merp-layouts-from-mirkwood-module.html

The illustrations below are a map of southern Mirkwood and the First Level of Erebor the Lonely Mountain:





More illustrations from the module can be found at the blog.

[Iguana]

I just posted a series of ICE MERP layouts from the Lake Town Module here:

http://iguanaslair.blogspot.com/2011/04/ice-merp-layouts-from-lake-town-module.html

The Map of Lake Town and First Floor Plan for the Citadel of the Maestas are shown below.

[Iguana]

Its been a while since I posted any artwork over at Tales from the Tower but I just added a few new illustrations that I did for ICE's MERP modules for the Palantir Quest and Minas Tirith back in the spring of 1994. These were some of the first illustrations I did for them and you can see the beginnings of my signature style emerging in these drawings. I also did some CAD drawings for both modules and a bunch of other residence plans for Minas Tirith but they aren't as nice as these so I didn't post them. I may post more in the future though. Link here:

http://iguanaslair.blogspot.com/2011/08/ice-merp-layouts-from-palantir-quest.html

[Iguana]

I just posted a Gen Con Indy 2011 wrap up over at Tales from the Tower if anyone is interested:

http://iguanaslair.blogspot.com/2011/08/gen-con-indy-2011-wrap-up.html

[Iguana]

I've been posting recaps from our Averlorn Campaign for play in Dungeon Module G2 The Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl here if anyone wants to read them:

http://iguanaslair.blogspot.com/2011/09/averlorn-campaign-glacial-rift-of-frost.html

http://iguanaslair.blogspot.com/2011/09/dungeon-module-g2-glacial-rift-of-frost.html

http://iguanaslair.blogspot.com/2011/09/g2-frost-giant-barracks-and-exciting.html

http://iguanaslair.blogspot.com/2011/10/g2-narrow-escape-and-precipitous-ambush.html