Below are two more map icons (this time fitting a modern setting) that I’ll be adding to Hexographer in the next release.  But they are just transparent PNG images, so you can use them in many other tools and general …

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I’ve been periodically drawing a couple of new hex map icons that have the “classic” RPG look.  They are just transparent 250×250 pixel PNG images, so you should be able to use them in many different mapping tools (such as …

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(Read Part I.) Larger Scale Maps A hex map in the shape of a D20. (This was a very simple example without labels or lines for roads, rivers, boundaries, etc.) As you move up to larger scale maps, the practicalities …

Hex Map Glossary: Scale (Part II) Read more »

A map’s scale is a key point to consider when creating a hex map, or any map for that matter.  Three driving factors behind that decision are: Are you creating a local area map, a country/region map, a map of …

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My Hexographer hex mapping software is only a release or two away from version 1.0. (I hope.) If you haven’t seen it before, it allows a user to make quickly and easily make maps in the style of 80’s/early 90’s …

Hexographer (Hex Mapping Software) Nears Version 1.0 Read more »

If you haven’t seen the Hexographer software before, it lets you easily create hex maps. The icons scale nicely; a random terrain generator is included as well as a terrain wizard that lets you just sketch a little bit of …

Hexographer’s Random Terrain Generator Revised Read more »

If you haven’t seen or tried the Hexographer hex-map creation/editing software, it is a web-based program that lets you quickly and easily make maps in the style of the D&D known world maps from the 1980’s and early 1990’s. A …

“Terrain Wizard” feature makes the Hexographer mapping software even faster to use Read more »