<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Suolenkainen's Map]]></title><description><![CDATA[Crafting Suolenkainen's Ever-Evolving Fantasy]]></description><link>https://www.suolenkainen.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:38:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.suolenkainen.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The First Tiles: A Proof of Concept]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every great map starts somewhere. Mine starts with cardboard, a marker dropped blind onto a painted surface, and a fistful of dice. This post walks through the intended process of creating the map — not with the final wooden tiles, but with cardboard proxies, roughly half the size of the wooden hexagons that will eventually make up the real thing. This is a proof of concept: a chance to test the materials, trial the rules, and find the cracks in the system before committing to the actual...]]></description><link>https://www.suolenkainen.com/post/the-first-tiles-a-proof-of-concept</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3d814240b34fdeb1f0140b</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 19:48:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3daa30_3f851e8949ba4358b92e4a9a96e75d8c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pekka Marjamäki</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creating a Unique Procedurally Generated Map: An Artistic Journey Inspired by Jerry Gretzinger]]></title><description><![CDATA[Maps, Hexagons, and the Art of Letting Rules Guide the Brush Maps have long been tools for navigation and storytelling, but what happens when a map is not just a representation of the real world, but a creation of pure imagination? This blog is the beginning of that journey — a project that has not yet produced a single map tile, but already has a philosophy, a system, and a set of handmade cards ready to guide what comes next. The Inspiration Behind the Map Jerry Gretzinger has spent decades...]]></description><link>https://www.suolenkainen.com/post/creating-a-unique-procedurally-generated-map-an-artistic-journey-inspired-by-jerry-gretzinger</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3bda046d1b7a1dc1fad1d7</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:08:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3daa30_cc065cbab58f4cdc8bef1803ab9ffb60~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pekka Marjamäki</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>