Anyone know a good program for making square graph maps? I know about Hexographer for outdoors stuff, is there anything similar for inside? I have some maps I want to be able to post on the blog.
Those of you who have been reading this blog know that I have never run a megadungeon before. I have always used more realistic dungeon settings, keeping all underground areas to a minimum and keeping the over all size of castles and the like fairly small. There is another style of gaming I have never indulged in: the hex crawl. I have never seen hexes as discrete chunks of the map. I always just used them as a guide to find distance if they were present and not worrying about themif they were not. I have always taken a more continuous view of overland maps. This is another streak that will be ending with my upcoming OSRIC game. I will be using James M's Outdoor Map as a starting pont in my campaign. I will be heavily modifying it for my purposes but most of the features will stay the same. I will be adding my own versions of Castles Blackmoor and Greyhawk to the map. I have been struggling with how a hex crawl works. How do I know if they find features in the hex and isn't 5 m
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Ah, thank you very much. AutoRealm looks like it will work. If not I can go to one of the more complicated ones. I was hoping for something simple, but to be honest I am an engineer so CAD based isn't really a problem. I may check out this Dundjinni too. I am not very artistic and just want to make functional maps.
ReplyDeleteIf you know CAD already, it may be worth digging into Campaign Cartographer, although I think their look/style is likely not in general high regard; regardless, their program is CAD-based (and IIRC AutoRealm is too?), so it may appeal to you from that side of things.
ReplyDeleteMe, I'm pretty much a hand-drawn mapper and scanner :D
Allan.
I wish I had that talent. I cannot draw freehand to save my life. I can't understand what I meant a few weeks later :)
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