Last night I finished a first cut of a new random village map generator.  It uses SVG graphics, so some browsers (Internet Explorer, of course) don’t support it.  I’ve tested it in the current version of Firefox (on a PC …

New Random Village Map Generator Read more »

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 …

Making 1st Edition World of Greyhawk Style Maps in Hexographer Read more »

“Morrus” (maintainer/admin/? of ENWorld) used my Hexographer project to put together a hex map of the RPG community.  The second link goes to a thread discussing it including a prominent link in the first message to the most current version. …

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I made an update to the Free, Web-based Random City Generator today.  Here’s a summary of what changed: The number of layers of images was cut by more than a third.  I felt like it was loading slowly (and it …

How Stuff Works: Web-based Random City Generator Read more »

As you’re adventuring in your home-brewed world, there are often times where the characters go to a city or town you didn’t plan for.  Or maybe you’re fleshing out a campaign area and you’d like to quickly create a few …

Debuting a New Free Web-Based Random City Map Generator Read more »

I’m pleased to announce the beginning of an open beta of Dungeonographer, a map-making program.  The free version is on the Dungeonographer website which is linked below. I’ve posted about the project a couple of times over the past few …

Dungeonographer Map Software Open Beta Begins Read more »

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 Europe, circa 1150AD Read more »

This is the 8th post in a series of map icons. Because each icon is just a 250×250 pixel transparent PNG you should be able to use them with many map software programs or with general image editors. As mentioned …

Ancient Soldier and Mounted Knight Map Icons Read more »

Despite going off on tangents like the Random Dungeon Generator project or writing here, progress on Dungeonographer (dungeon mapping software) continues.  A video clip demo has been posted to the Dungeonographer site.  Keep in mind the software is still pre-alpha, …

Dungeonographer Preview: Update and a Video Clip Read more »

Despite going off on tangents like the Random Dungeon Generator project or writing here, progress on Dungeonographer (dungeon mapping software) continues.  A video clip demo has been posted to the Dungeonographer site.  Keep in mind the software is still pre-alpha, …

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