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<blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 8655583" data-attributes="member: 86653">It all depends on the context. For a D&amp;D-style open-world game, anything from a region 100x100 miles would be enough for years of play on up to an entire planet. For sci-fi games like Traveller, a sector of space 8x10 is the norm, where each hex might contain a planetary system. On up to franchise’s whole universe, like Star Trek or Star Wars.I start with a map generator or pick a map if I know the setting I want to use. Pick the starting location and generate a few points-of-interest. A handful will do. Once play starts you can generate new POI as needed, as the PCs move around the map. I err on the side of a bigger map than I need, something like Azgaar’s is great. My current West Marches game uses a map about the size of Texas. The PCs have only explored a few POI within a 2-3 day journey. I’ve only generated POI for an area about another 1-2 days of travel in most directions.And since I treat the world like a living place, creatures move around, factions have goals and pursue them, etc, I can re-use POI that have already been explored. Yes, you did clear out the dungeon and leave the bodies to rot…which is why the necromancers came in and had a field day. Now they’re using it as a base...and causing problems. [URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://azgaar.github.io/Fantasy-Map-Generator/[/URL]I use various lists and generators like r/d100, Worlds Without Number, Stars Without Number, and Traveller. Various OSR blogs and products are incredibly helpful for this stuff as it’s a staple of that style.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="overgeeked, post: 8655583, member: 86653"] It all depends on the context. For a D&D-style open-world game, anything from a region 100x100 miles would be enough for years of play on up to an entire planet. For sci-fi games like Traveller, a sector of space 8x10 is the norm, where each hex might contain a planetary system. On up to franchise’s whole universe, like Star Trek or Star Wars. I start with a map generator or pick a map if I know the setting I want to use. Pick the starting location and generate a few points-of-interest. A handful will do. Once play starts you can generate new POI as needed, as the PCs move around the map. I err on the side of a bigger map than I need, something like Azgaar’s is great. My current West Marches game uses a map about the size of Texas. The PCs have only explored a few POI within a 2-3 day journey. I’ve only generated POI for an area about another 1-2 days of travel in most directions. And since I treat the world like a living place, creatures move around, factions have goals and pursue them, etc, I can re-use POI that have already been explored. Yes, you did clear out the dungeon and leave the bodies to rot…which is why the necromancers came in and had a field day. Now they’re using it as a base...and causing problems. [URL unfurl="true"]https://azgaar.github.io/Fantasy-Map-Generator/[/URL] I use various lists and generators like r/d100, Worlds Without Number, Stars Without Number, and Traveller. Various OSR blogs and products are incredibly helpful for this stuff as it’s a staple of that style. [/QUOTE]

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