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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Creamsteak" data-source="post: 556637" data-attributes="member: 552">Now this is slightly tougher. Battles are easy to do in excel, and quick, but to do maps of general regions, I recommend a fractal map generator... and some old higher-end editing software. I recieved a copy of this ancient MGI photosuit program from my uncle, and it works good for editing fractals. Just generate random fractals till you get a good one (let's say you need a coast, set the thing to 15% water and generate till you get the shape you want, it's a boring but ultimately rewarding process). Then, change the color scheme if necessary (like adding greenery to replace the brown sections, or finding that "perfect" shade of red for Mars). Once you have the ground layout, the rest is squares and circles, maybe a line or two for walls... and your done.Now national boundries are more difficult... you need a certain weird cropping tool I have... otherwise your borders don't look "natural" enough... and in those cases it's just better to make big text to represent a nation.If you need more exact advice... I might be able to help.</blockquote>