How to use hex maps
I’ve always assumed that the advantage of hex map grids is that they give six directions of movement at the same distance instead of four. But Rob Conley goes over the advantage of hexes for overlaying maps in Mapping with Hexes.
- Mapping with Hexes
- “For mapping there is a big gotcha in using hexes. Unlike grids it is not as straight forward to use when you are drawing multiple maps to be joined or expanding the scale of a larger map. The advantage of using hexes was that it offered quick and easy management of sub maps and handling movement.”
More gaming tools
- Automatically grab flavor text snippets in Nisus
- In Nisus, it is very easy to grab all text of a specific style, and its nearest heading. This makes it easy to make “room description cards” for handing to the players after reading them.
- hexGIMP for old-school wilderness maps
- The isoMage has a script and brushes for GIMP that make it easy to create old-school TSR-style outdoor maps.
- Constructing encounter tables using Nisus
- Here’s a Nisus Writer macro that makes it a little easier to create encounter tables.
- Online die roller
- In need of a quick die roll to pass the time? Look no further!
- Portable speakers for Adventure Guides
- If you have audio in your adventures, there are a lot of portable speakers available designed to work with MP3 players.
- 11 more pages with the topic gaming tools, and other related pages