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Hello All,
Question: Can anyone here point me out to a good map making tool for gaming?
I would like it to cover all sorts of gaming: Fantasy, Modern, Sci-fi - but at this point a good wilderness map toolkit and a dungeon designer would work.
I'm looking for something that has the solid basics with one purchase (with options to add on), I don't want a subscription model - I want to own the software. If there is a really good piece of software for fantasy gaming with a modern/sci-fi/PA option I would also go for that. Just don't want to pay fees - I would rather pay up front for one or two purchases.
I've used the cartography tools that came out with the AD&D DVDs some years back - it had all the books, character, encounter and npc generator - it also had few options for making wilderness maps.
There was another piece of software I used years ago - Campaign Cartographer (?), maybe - can't remember the name.
I would like to be able to draw surface maps (above ground buildings), Dungeon or cavern maps and large area/wilderness/environs maps.
As I stated earlier, I would really like to be able to use this for other game types besides fantasy - so if someone has seen one that has ruins, wrecked cars or modern features (roads) that would be a big perk.
Not going to use this for VTT or for printing battle maps - just need these an DM/GM reference tool or for player handouts or if I want to provide a map for content that is posted online.
Thanks in advance...
I've had some recent good results with Dungeonographer for dungeon maps (actually a map of a mansion). There's also a Hexographer for wilderness maps, but it's hex-based and not freeform so much. I haven't used their Cityographer.
You can use all those for free; there's a one-time charge if you want to buy it and get some more features.
I used to use Campaign Cartographer for large-area maps, but then I switched to Linux. I wasn't ever any good at CC.
I've been using the following site to make maps:
http://pyromancers.com/
It's quite a nice site.