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Category: Mapping

Natural Earth Rasters

December 15, 2012December 15, 2019 Erin D. Smale
Natural Earth Rasters

Here’s a lump of WeoGeo for your Christmas stocking

Articles, Mapping, Softwareearth, real-world, terrainLeave a comment

Greenfish Relief Map Tutorial

September 26, 2012December 14, 2019 Erin D. Smale

Another episode of How To Do Things…

Articles, Mapping, Tutorialsgreenfish relief mapLeave a comment

Minocra Map Tutorial

March 6, 2012December 11, 2019 Erin D. Smale

Fairly quick but not that dirty

Articles, Mapping, Tutorialsmap symbols, Minocra8 Comments

Monster Turf

March 3, 2010December 10, 2019 Erin D. Smale

Sizing territory for your campaign’s beasties

Articles, Encounters, Mappingdemographics, monsters15 Comments

Hex-based Campaign Design (Part 2)

October 28, 2009December 16, 2019 Erin D. Smale

Populating your Hexes

Articles, Mapping, Settingscampaign design, hex maps39 Comments

Hex-based Campaign Design (Part 1)

October 21, 2009December 16, 2019 Erin D. Smale

Campaign Design by the Hex

Mapping, Settingscampaign design, hex maps91 Comments

May the Hex Be With You

October 7, 2009November 5, 2019 Erin D. Smale

What hex maps are, and why they’re Good

Articles, Mappinghex maps4 Comments

Greenfish Relief Map Generator

February 25, 2009November 5, 2019 Erin D. Smale

Create quick-and-dirty relief maps for small campaign settings.

Articles, Mapping, Softwaregreenfish relief map9 Comments

Creating Local Maps in CC2

November 23, 2008March 21, 2020 Erin D. Smale

A Campaign Cartographer tutorial for creating a local map from a larger overland map.

Articles, Mapping, Tutorialscampaign cartographerLeave a comment

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