Ashtagon
@ashtagon.bsky.social
Founder of The Piazza RPG forums, map maker, amateur violinist-chef, former hotelier, moral philosopher. I now have a https://ko-fi.com/ashtagon
I come from a duel heritage family. One of my dad's cousins tried to get him deported back in the 60s.
October 24, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I come from a duel heritage family. One of my dad's cousins tried to get him deported back in the 60s.
New map: Maganshire in Norwold @gnomeicide.bsky.social www.deviantart.com/ashtagon/art...
Norwold-Maganshire-24 by Ashtagon on DeviantArt
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October 16, 2025 at 9:35 AM
New map: Maganshire in Norwold @gnomeicide.bsky.social www.deviantart.com/ashtagon/art...
If you have a dating profile...
"Good sense of humour, enjoys movies, music, and dining out" tells me precisely nothing about you. Use that freeform text section to say something that will not also describe 75% of the population.
"Good sense of humour, enjoys movies, music, and dining out" tells me precisely nothing about you. Use that freeform text section to say something that will not also describe 75% of the population.
September 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you have a dating profile...
"Good sense of humour, enjoys movies, music, and dining out" tells me precisely nothing about you. Use that freeform text section to say something that will not also describe 75% of the population.
"Good sense of humour, enjoys movies, music, and dining out" tells me precisely nothing about you. Use that freeform text section to say something that will not also describe 75% of the population.
New map is up! Patera, the invisible moon of Mystara www.deviantart.com/ashtagon/art...
Patera by Ashtagon on DeviantArt
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June 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
New map is up! Patera, the invisible moon of Mystara www.deviantart.com/ashtagon/art...
New 🎻tune unlocked: Suddenly Seymour, from 🪴 Little Shop of Horrors.
April 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
New 🎻tune unlocked: Suddenly Seymour, from 🪴 Little Shop of Horrors.
Dear America,
Please stop electing kings.
Please stop electing kings.
April 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Dear America,
Please stop electing kings.
Please stop electing kings.
A small fragment of my current mapping project: Kompor-Thap, a nation on the #Mystara moon of #Patera.
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Kompor-Thap by Ashtagon on DeviantArt
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February 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
A small fragment of my current mapping project: Kompor-Thap, a nation on the #Mystara moon of #Patera.
www.deviantart.com/ashtagon/art...
www.deviantart.com/ashtagon/art...
Thanks to D&D, I'm making an in-depth study of a six-thousand-year-old language. What's the biggest nerd rabbit-hole you've dived into? #rpg
February 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Thanks to D&D, I'm making an in-depth study of a six-thousand-year-old language. What's the biggest nerd rabbit-hole you've dived into? #rpg
The connection between plants, airplanes, and feet...
February 2, 2025 at 9:31 AM
The connection between plants, airplanes, and feet...
What if Mystara's Five Shires were a desert? #hexmap #mystara #fantasymap #fiveshires #darksun #athas
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January 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What if Mystara's Five Shires were a desert? #hexmap #mystara #fantasymap #fiveshires #darksun #athas
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The Temple of Cinistravalix
Along the edge of a vast desert lies a temple to the ancient dragon Cinistravalix. Worshipers once carried out the will and whims of their dragon overlord, but no more. The feared dragon fell ...
Cartography by yours truly 😇
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Along the edge of a vast desert lies a temple to the ancient dragon Cinistravalix. Worshipers once carried out the will and whims of their dragon overlord, but no more. The feared dragon fell ...
Cartography by yours truly 😇
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
DriveThruRPG
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December 12, 2024 at 10:21 PM
The Temple of Cinistravalix
Along the edge of a vast desert lies a temple to the ancient dragon Cinistravalix. Worshipers once carried out the will and whims of their dragon overlord, but no more. The feared dragon fell ...
Cartography by yours truly 😇
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Along the edge of a vast desert lies a temple to the ancient dragon Cinistravalix. Worshipers once carried out the will and whims of their dragon overlord, but no more. The feared dragon fell ...
Cartography by yours truly 😇
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Well, that was frustrating. I georeferenced Gerhard Mercator's original #Mercator projection map, but the source image is too poor quality to give satisfactory results. I'm going to try again with a different (later) map of his, as this other map has a better quality scan.
November 28, 2024 at 11:06 AM
Well, that was frustrating. I georeferenced Gerhard Mercator's original #Mercator projection map, but the source image is too poor quality to give satisfactory results. I'm going to try again with a different (later) map of his, as this other map has a better quality scan.
If a minotaur and a satyr had a baby, would it be a human or a cattle?
November 20, 2024 at 7:32 PM
If a minotaur and a satyr had a baby, would it be a human or a cattle?
Any interesting discussion about how friends become rivals, split off into separate tribes, then declare war on each other. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChO5...
The Chimp War that Shocked The World
YouTube video by SciShow
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November 18, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Any interesting discussion about how friends become rivals, split off into separate tribes, then declare war on each other. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChO5...
Attached, an orthopgraphic rendition of Oronce Finés 1531 "double cordiform" map. Georeferencing the original map to create a useable mesh was... non-trivial.
November 15, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Attached, an orthopgraphic rendition of Oronce Finés 1531 "double cordiform" map. Georeferencing the original map to create a useable mesh was... non-trivial.
Reposted by Ashtagon
Maybe we were too hard on JJ Abrams for "Somehow Palpatine returned."
November 6, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Maybe we were too hard on JJ Abrams for "Somehow Palpatine returned."
Dear America,
As a non-American, in theory this election should not affect me. I shouldn't have had a horse in this race. But we all know that when America sneezes, the world catches a cold. And right now, America has caught a really bad chest infection, and the mask is off.
As a non-American, in theory this election should not affect me. I shouldn't have had a horse in this race. But we all know that when America sneezes, the world catches a cold. And right now, America has caught a really bad chest infection, and the mask is off.
November 7, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Dear America,
As a non-American, in theory this election should not affect me. I shouldn't have had a horse in this race. But we all know that when America sneezes, the world catches a cold. And right now, America has caught a really bad chest infection, and the mask is off.
As a non-American, in theory this election should not affect me. I shouldn't have had a horse in this race. But we all know that when America sneezes, the world catches a cold. And right now, America has caught a really bad chest infection, and the mask is off.
So #nanowrimo has come up with a position on AI. I am not impressed. In fact, I am very disappointed.
nanowrimo.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/art...
nanowrimo.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/art...
What is NaNoWriMo's position on Artificial Intelligence (AI)?
NaNoWriMo does not explicitly support any specific approach to writing, nor does it explicitly condemn any approach, including the use of AI. NaNoWriMo's mission is to "provide the structure, commu...
nanowrimo.zendesk.com
September 2, 2024 at 9:36 AM
So #nanowrimo has come up with a position on AI. I am not impressed. In fact, I am very disappointed.
nanowrimo.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/art...
nanowrimo.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/art...