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Old 1st October 2008, 11:17 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Fabio Andrea Rossi Goblin Sharpshooter (Lvl 2)
Best Map tool to prepare battle terrain?

Hi everybody,

I was wondering if a tool like the one I have clearly represented in my mind do exist, and if so , if some good soul here at EW could indicate me where I can download/buy such a program.

What I am lookin for?
  • A very user friendly tool which, with no need of extensive informatic skills, allows me to scale the encounter maps you may find in dungeon magazine adventures (or in published ones, too) to real miniatures dimension so you can print them and quickly have an adequate battleground for all of the encounters you care to run. It would help if sucha program could also work on pdf files such as the dungeon mags;
  • A tool which possibly also allow you to scale maps not meant for miniatures battle (like for instance maps from older adventures) so you can use them for miniatures fights;
  • As a plus: the possibility to apply grids to maps not having grids;
  • As a plus: the possibility to modify the maps with small effects (perhpas obscuring some areas, adding simple things like trapdoors or pillars or similar).
Such a tool would be invaluable to those like me who like to plunder published adventures reworking them so they fit in the home campaign, and it would be useful not only for those of us who print maps but also for those recurring to the splendid projector solution.

Speaking of which: does anybody know where I can find a working download for Tabletop Mapper (which is free and I think does some of these points here above)?
The link Tabletop Mapper you can google does not work.

Finally, would the NWN editor work also if you print your maps and don't project them?

Thanks for your help guys!

Fabio

PS
I am very sorry, I think I misplaced the post!
If some moderator could move this to the right section I'd be grateful, sorry for the fuss, as you can guess I'm not that proficient in informatics

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Old 2nd October 2008, 07:41 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Evil_Dead_Jedi Kobold Slinger (Lvl 1)
I don't know how well it works as I've never used it, and I don't know if it's exactly what you are looking for but here is a free map maker.

AutoREALM - The GNU Mapper
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Old 2nd October 2008, 11:15 PM   #3 (permalink)
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ebertran Goblin Sharpshooter (Lvl 2)
You are describing Photoshop.

FInd "Gimp", its open source free counterpart.
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Old 3rd October 2008, 12:30 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Goumindong Goblin Sharpshooter (Lvl 2)
I do this when making maps for use in Maptools, a fantastic computer based RPG game table. So long as you know how many pixels in an inch you are going to be printing at. Then just google "the gimp" and download that, then use this handy conversion spreadsheet.


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