A little treat for the roleplayer reader ; as I still was digging for more rpg links I found this little gem called Battleon - the graphics are nice-looking (manga like) ; the game itself is Flash based - and it took less than 5mn from the character registration phase to the first level up of my brand new fighter ... the game seems to have loads of options and quests - and is very addictive.

Battleon: AdventureQuest

So to recap, what you need for a good ol'fun D&D party using "freakin' brilliant map" :

1. Some ideas for a scenario - you can find plot, quest, characters or complete dungeons generator on this website ~> www.colugo.org
2. The Battle for Wesnoth Map editor - that can be found here ~> www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download
3. A bitmap editor to tweak the image just a bit ;I recommend The Gimp (of course)
4. A group of friends

Have fun !!

More fun with Wesnoth Map editor, and within the dragon's lair now

Same principles as previous post drawing a map - then using Gimp adding some monster and numbers -

Here's the Map's legend :

1. some goblins with some information on the lieutenant - he was captured a while ago and has upset the dragon and no-one know where the lieutenant is now
2. a goblin with a short sword and one with a bow
they have a few potion and some gold's coin
3. the Dragon is now sleeping and unless the group is attacking - he won't move.
He's quite powerful and being agressive with him would be a bad idea.
4. a few goblins with scimitar
5. a few orcs with axes - but no treasure
6. a few mid-level goblin guarding the throne
7. a mighty troll is guarding the stone bridge to exit the cave
8. the throne were a high-level goblin is standing - he has a magic sword and a few potion
he can tell that the lieutenant when he was there has upset the dragon that casts a spell on him changing his looks ... and give some hints that there was a Yeti wandering around after that day.
9. some spiders and a few skeletons
A. entrance to a secret level -- feel free to continue this cave ; so the fun can continue --

Now, the funny twist in this story is that the lieutenant was actually transformed into a yeti - by the dragon's "polymorph" spell.

I always like when the player are acting with diplomacy and aren't killing all monsters in the area for the sake of experience and collecting treasure - in fact, if they frag all monsters they will never find the lieutenant ...