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<blockquote data-quote="Krensky" data-source="post: 5649804" data-attributes="member: 30936"><p>I would actually recommend Google Drawing over Sheets.</p><p></p><p>Insert the map file (if you don't have a map file, that's another tutorial...) and then make up chits using the box tools. You can use the polygon tool for masking. The other tools are useful for templates or anything else you want to add to the map.</p><p></p><p>Download the map as a PNG or JPEG, then upload it to Picasa Web Albums (also part of your Google account) and put it in a public to the web gallery. You can then use Picnic (under the actions menu) to crop or tweak the image if needed. Then you can snag the links for the image to either link the players to the image or to inline the image.</p><p></p><p>You can also make the Drawing image accessible and let them look at it directly. If you make the players collaborators, they can move stuff themselves.</p><p></p><p>Here's an example:</p><p><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-eTx7aqgPkqM/TTUh3xmhJpI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/_W5GYYPlqSw/s800/Glassworks%252520%2525282%252529.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p></p><p>And a close up of some of the action:</p><p><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-lUkVc4H98Aw/TkMyD8mDGbI/AAAAAAAAAfU/1uqOIqiv66Q/s800/Glassworks%252520%2525282%252529.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p></p><p>The green chits are the PCs, the red chit are the enemies, the little blue arrows are because those PCs are on the roof, and the blue starburst is some broken glass. All of the objects there were done with the predefined shape tools in Drawing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Krensky, post: 5649804, member: 30936"] I would actually recommend Google Drawing over Sheets. Insert the map file (if you don't have a map file, that's another tutorial...) and then make up chits using the box tools. You can use the polygon tool for masking. The other tools are useful for templates or anything else you want to add to the map. Download the map as a PNG or JPEG, then upload it to Picasa Web Albums (also part of your Google account) and put it in a public to the web gallery. You can then use Picnic (under the actions menu) to crop or tweak the image if needed. Then you can snag the links for the image to either link the players to the image or to inline the image. You can also make the Drawing image accessible and let them look at it directly. If you make the players collaborators, they can move stuff themselves. Here's an example: [img]https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-eTx7aqgPkqM/TTUh3xmhJpI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/_W5GYYPlqSw/s800/Glassworks%252520%2525282%252529.jpg[/img] And a close up of some of the action: [img]https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-lUkVc4H98Aw/TkMyD8mDGbI/AAAAAAAAAfU/1uqOIqiv66Q/s800/Glassworks%252520%2525282%252529.jpg[/img] The green chits are the PCs, the red chit are the enemies, the little blue arrows are because those PCs are on the roof, and the blue starburst is some broken glass. All of the objects there were done with the predefined shape tools in Drawing. [/QUOTE]
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