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Hextml is a free hex-making map tool for tabletop RPGs

November 30, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Hextml is a free tool that very quickly lets you make hex crawp maps.

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Generate complex modern cities for free

November 29, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Procedural City Generator is a free to use Itch.io site which quickly generates custom cities.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: cartography, generators

Black Friday: Humble Bundle does a Maps Extravaganza Encore

November 25, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

For Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the geeky discounter Humble Bundle has brought back a cartography package for gamers, artists and world builders.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: bundles, campaign cartographer, cartography, humble bundle, sales

Free to Download: Deadlands Weird West virtual tabletop map

November 25, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Weird West Map shows the state of the American union during the era of Deadlands: the Weird West.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cartography, deadlands, free to download, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, savage worlds, virtual tabletop

Atlas Architect: Build your own gorgeous 3D hex crawl

November 2, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Danial Rashidi is a Swedish computer game designer who’s worked in DICE and on projects like Battlefield and Battlefront. Danial is now on Kickstarter with a “creative world-building” game that’s intended to be a cathartic art project.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: cartography, kickstarters, software

52 free and stunning battle maps from Cze and Peku

September 27, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The first 52 maps are now on Imgur and reposted below. You’ll see these aren’t just places where the PCs will be expecting a fight, some are tranquil and relaxed, others are out of this world.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cartography, maps, Patreon

Wildshape is a free animated map maker and virtual tabletop

September 24, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You can use Wildshape to sculpt a landscape, drag features such as buildings, rivers or bridges onto it and create a detailed 3d-like experience. The software has a dice roller, models, tokens and even a small army of animated monsters.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: cartography, itch.io, virtual tabletop

The future of the hex crawl? 50+ Free and procedurally generated battle maps

September 3, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A glance at what the near future of virtual tabletop cartograph could look like (or for people with lots of colour ink!)

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cartography, virtual tabletop

Gorgeous D&D campaign map inspired by Chinese mythology

August 9, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Leo used Inkscape to create the coastlines, then used Krita for the assets and then finished off in GIMP.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cartography

Free fantasy world map generator adds battle simulator

June 24, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

With the latest updates, it is now possible to use the map-maker to generate a campaign world from scratch or custom design it, add cities and locations, add military units and then have them battle.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: cartography, generators, maps

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