Another_Poet
2009-06-05, 11:18 AM
Hi guys. I know PbP DMs use a lot of different methods to get their mapping done. There are some great programmes out there (I recommend MapTool - free and excellent) but if you're looking to draw something simple, feel free to use the labeled battle grid below. I made it myself and am releasing it for free for anyone to use however they please.
The letters across the top are A-Z then phi, pi, sigma and omega for 30 squares total. Down the side you have 1-32.
It's a .png and if you open it in Paint you can fill the squares with any colour you choose to make a green field, etc. Or you can cut and paste it over an existing image or a scan of something you draw by hand. The squares are plain white so if you set your selector tool in Paint to treat plain white as see-through, you can lay the grid over anything you like.
The point is it's so low-tech almost anyone can put it to use.
Enjoy!
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/6823/letteredgrid.png
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/6823/letteredgrid.png
The letters across the top are A-Z then phi, pi, sigma and omega for 30 squares total. Down the side you have 1-32.
It's a .png and if you open it in Paint you can fill the squares with any colour you choose to make a green field, etc. Or you can cut and paste it over an existing image or a scan of something you draw by hand. The squares are plain white so if you set your selector tool in Paint to treat plain white as see-through, you can lay the grid over anything you like.
The point is it's so low-tech almost anyone can put it to use.
Enjoy!
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/6823/letteredgrid.png
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/6823/letteredgrid.png