Hexcrawl generator

Bedrockbrendan · February 21, 2014, 07:42:12 AM

Anyone know of a free online software for generating hexcrawl wilderness maps. Preferably one that also works on mac and you can edit after the initial generation. Looking for something quick and easy, maps don't need to be beautiful, just functional.

estar · February 21, 2014, 08:23:20 AM

Hexographer in Random Mode

RunningLaser · February 21, 2014, 09:22:33 AM

Quote from: BedrockBrendan;732277Anyone know of a free online software for generating hexcrawl wilderness maps. Preferably one that also works on mac and you can edit after the initial generation. Looking for something quick and easy, maps don't need to be beautiful, just functional.

How about this one?

I just found it the other day and looks pretty neat.

Drohem · February 21, 2014, 10:02:06 AM

This place has many good generators:

http://www.wizardawn.com/rpg/index.php

GameDaddy · February 21, 2014, 08:15:12 PM

Wow! Some really good links here! Thank You!

RPGPundit · February 23, 2014, 11:36:52 AM

Quote from: estar;732282Hexographer in Random Mode

Where is the random mode? Is it in the free version?

Warlord Kro · February 23, 2014, 11:45:40 AM

I really like the ones at Wizardawn and the Isomage's House, both of which have been linked already. Those two sites also have a lot of other really good automated random generators, for names and the like. The Holmesian and Hyborian name generators and the Wizard spell generator on Wizardawn are really cool. The Greek island generator on the Isomage's House is something I always thought would be useful too, possibly in connection with the Lamentations of the flame Princess supplement "The Isle of the Unknown".

estar · February 23, 2014, 02:49:05 PM

Quote from: RPGPundit;732706Where is the random mode? Is it in the free version?

Yes it is in the free mode you click on generate and it creates a filled in map.

RPGPundit · February 26, 2014, 02:06:09 AM

Quote from: estar;732725Yes it is in the free mode you click on generate and it creates a filled in map.

Ah hah! I see. And being too lazy to bother downloading it myself, just how "random" does it end up being? As a fairly expert mapmaker (at least I surely think you are), do you feel that the maps have some kind of coherency in terms of terrain, or does it appear to be totally randomly generated with no consideration as to surrounding terrain types?