Generating Hexes (and happy New Years!)

[GothmogIV]

Hello, nice humans. I am looking at ways to generate hex terrain (along with other things for hexes). I am messing around with the Shadowdark rules, an the old AD&D DM's Guide rules. Any others out in the world that might be helpful?
A very happy New Years to all!

 

[Brendan Byrd]

Other folks will fill in the blanks for newer terrain generators...

Older stuff I am familiar with, and you might already own:

1. AD&D (2e) World Builder's Guidebook. Covers both top-town & bottom-up approaches. Pretty much system neutral.
2. Rolemaster (2e?) Gamemaster Law has rules for generating terrain based on what the current hex is. (IIRC. Not near my books at the moment)

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Worldographer can generate hex maps, but I've only really used it for manually creating the map itself, I used its predecessor dungeongrapher (IIRC) for my Knights of the Silver Dawn/Nerath/4E campaign. But I've not really spend much time trying out the generator features, the initial results weren't what I wanted. (For my current project, I already have a non-hex map version that I am merely hexifying.)

 

[Brendan Byrd]

A hex grid photocopied onto a transparency also works.
Grab any map and put the transparency on it.
Note the dominant terrain of each hex, and put that on your map.

 

[thirdkingdom]

I use Worldographer. You can manually generate maps or do so randomly, with various degrees of control.

 

[pemerton]

A very happy New Years to all!

And to you too!

I am looking at ways to generate hex terrain (along with other things for hexes). I am messing around with the Shadowdark rules, an the old AD&D DM's Guide rules. Any others out in the world that might be helpful?

I've just recently started a thread about Mythic Bastionland, which includes an account of how I generated my hex map: Mythic Bastionland - initial impressions, and making a Realm

 

[GMMichael]

donjon; RPG Tools

A collection of random generators for Dungeons & Dragons and other tabletop role-playing games

donjon.bin.sh

As the Duritz once sang, "maybe this year will be better than the last."

 

[aramis erak]

another Worldographer vote here.

Inkwell also has a hex based mapping solution, Hexploration Decks, that's a deck of hexagonal cards with vinyl clings for rivers, towns, etc. Deal it out, scan it... print it. They also have a digital version, free at https://inkwellideas.com/roleplaying_tools/HexLands/