I show you how to make a map in the style of a Pip-Boy for your Fallout RPG, then talk about a Fallout-based conspiracy theory.

Timecodes:

• 00:00 - Opening Credits
• 00:09 - Introduction
• 00:30 - Reference document
• 02:20 - Base map creation
• 14:43 - Collecting graphical assets
• 15:39 - Adding things to the map in GIMP
• 15:58 - Cropping to size
• 17:37 - Adding Diamond City
• 21:14 - Adding scanlines
• 23:48 - Adding Vault 95
• 25:51 - Adding more locations
• 32:00 - Wrapping up, saving and exporting our map
• 33:17 - Recommendation / conspiracy theory
• 39:55 - End credits

Previous episode on maps: https://www.joyofnerding.com/episodes/9_master_of_realms_maps/

Creating maps for my Forgotten Ruin RPG and Adventure wargame using Master of Realms Prerelease.

Corrections / Clarifications

• Apologies again for the audio quality. I underestimated both how directional my new microphone is, and how much I actually move my head. Some audio was lost entirely, but I was able to save most of it via extensive audio editing. The downside to this, however, is that there ends up being a lot of background hiss in the barely salvageable sections. I will correct this in later episodes.

Creating an AI assistant for any RPG which runs locally using Ollama and OpenWebUI. Also, Tony visits, and I tell some RPG stories from “back in the day”.

Clarifications and corrections:

• The AI knows that my name is Matt because I created a user profile (not shown) telling it so.

• When Llama 3.2 claimed Gary Gygax’s true name to be Gabor Gygax, I think it was hallucinating. I can find no corroboration for this assertion. Still, I did ask it to be a wizard, and didn’t give it a first name, so it might have just been being creative.