First Maps of Bruce Heard’s World of Calidar
Thorfinn Tait has been mapping Mystara in the classic hex map style for a while now. He has revised and added detail to just about every part of that game world. So it is no surprise that he and Bruce …
Tag: hex map
New Hexographer Feature: Convert Map
Hexographer just got a new feature: Converting a map (or really any PNG image) into a hex map! This is designed to make it a little easier to create a hex map based on another map you’ve created or scanned. …
Making 1st Edition World of Greyhawk Style Maps in Hexographer
A new release of Hexographer went out a few days ago, and it adds (or refines) a few interesting new features that allow the user to create maps in the style of the classic World Of Greyhawk poster map. One …
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New Giant Continent Hex-Map: Africa
As part of testing the latest release of Hexographer (now available; see this post for some details) I’ve put together a giant hex map of Africa. This represents about 2-3 hours of work in Hexographer. I wasn’t worrying about being …
Preview of New Art/Features Coming Soon to Hexographer
Here is a sample image showing new art & features coming soon to Hexographer: line art for terrain map items (mountains, hill, forests, etc.), Perspective icons for villages, fortresses, cities, ruins, etc., and the ability to draw polygons and ovals.
Updated Giant United States Hex Map w/Railroads, Circa 1870
The last Hexographer update from a month or so ago included a new line style: Railroads. To try out the new feature, I thought I’d put together a large hex map of the United States based on a map from …
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Giant Hex Map of Europe, circa 1150AD
Last week I posted my own hex map of a late 1800s United States of America. Yesterday, “MAK” posted a large hex map of ~1200AD Europe to the Hexographer forum. It is beautiful! The post in the Hexographer forum has …
Giant Hex Map of the United States, circa late 1800s
To test the latest beta of Hexographer I thought it would be a good exercise to base in on a real map. I planned (and still do plan) to add in railroads using Hexographer’s new railroad icons, but that will …
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Grazing Land, Grassland Hills and Poor Grassland Icons
This is the 10th post in a series of map icons, with one key difference from the prior posts: these icons are already in the new beta version of Hexographer! (Free and Pro.) Previous posts with new icons couldn’t be …
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Fungal Forest Hex Map Icons
This is another post in a series of hex map icons. However, these icons could be used for any map style and any map tool because each is just a 250×250 pixel transparent PNG. As mentioned previously, I’ll be adding …