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Roguenewb

2012-05-02, 02:31 PM

Does anyone have a good piece of software for drawing maps of a custom campaign world?

Thanks guys.

jojolagger

2012-05-02, 04:32 PM

Hexographer (www.hexographer.com) is quite good, provided you don't mind it being in hexes. It has a huge pile of symbols and can do rivers, political borders, ect.

Thomar_of_Uointer

2012-05-14, 04:36 PM

I've been doing fun stuff with GIMP. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/56318982/Wilds.png

You could also generate a map with a game like Dwarf Fortress or Civilization.

Zap Dynamic

2012-05-14, 05:51 PM

I haven't used Hexographer, but GIMP is a good, free program for map-making purposes. There are a lot of good tutorials over at the Cartographer's Guild forums (http://www.cartographersguild.com/forum.php). For that matter, that's a great community for cartography in general... check it out!

Jeff the Green

2012-05-16, 08:08 AM

I... third? GIMP. I use Photoshop now that I have it, but I used GIMP for several years before I got it and it's almost as good.

wfbarnes

2012-06-12, 10:59 PM

Hexographer (www.hexographer.com) is quite good, provided you don't mind it being in hexes. It has a huge pile of symbols and can do rivers, political borders, ect.

Stupid question that I will try to look up elsewhere, but on the off chance that you know, how many hexes make up an 8x11 piece pf paper?