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Message: <blockquote data-quote="InkwellIdeas" data-source="post: 5812634" data-attributes="member: 26988">Allow me to schill for my Hexographer and Dungeonographer programs.  I believe they have different audiences than a dedicated drawing program (like GIMP or Photoshop) or some of the higher-end (for lack of a better term) dedicated mapping programs like Campaign Cartogragpher.  And of course, there is the camp that prefers hand drawn.Anyway both Hexographer and Dungeonographer have free versions that just hold back a few "power user" features. Both sit on top of Java, so it runs on most computers but occasionally there is a hiccup. <a href="http://www.hexographer.com" target="_blank">Hexographer</a> is for outdoor areas and is best for a continent or state level area, but can do larger and smaller areas as well.  You can quickly get a map like the 80's gazetteer style maps or like the 1st Ed. World of Greyhawk map. (For the latter google greyhawk and hexographer in one search for a tutorial.  Here's the <a href="http://www.hexographer.com/hexographer-manual.pdf" target="_blank">24-page pdf manual</a>.<a href="http://www.dungeonographer.com" target="_blank">Dungeonographer</a> is for dungeons/caverns and building interiors.  You can switch the grid between squares and hexes or turn it off.  You can also switch the art between a line art and a battlemat art set style.  (Using a left sidebar radio button.)  I've just added a <a href="http://inkwellideas.com/2012/01/significant-new-features-added-to-dungeonographer/" target="_blank">few features that make it a very simple virtual table top</a>.  And <a href="http://dungeonographer.com/dgnuptokens.mp4" target="_blank">this is a 5 minute tutorial</a> that goes over the basics as it details the new features.  And <a href="http://www.dungeonographer.com/dungeonographer-quickstart.pdf" target="_blank">this is the 20-page pdf manual</a>.My 5 year old (turns 6 tomorrow, but anyway) she can use it... and she taught it to my 3 year old.  (The 3 year old's maps are mostly volcanoes, but she does use it.)  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Each comes with about 200 graphics.  Hexographer has multiple styles of forests, mountains, cities, etc.  Dungeonographer has a line art set of icons and a battlemat set.  In the battlemat sets you have several chair options, tables, chairs, doors, a lit/unlit torch, etc.You can import any PNG image and make it into a map item just like the others.  I think it can accept JPG and GIF as well, but I don't remember for sure.  You can even add an entire folder structure of icons in one step. (Note: the free version does cap you at 5 or 10 custom map items.)You save to a native format, but can always also export as a PNG image.  You can print and the print should span multiple pages automatically.  (You can essentially say to print at 1"/square or any fraction.)  I have had reports of that not working properly that I'm fairly certain are due to Java's integration with certain print drivers.  To get around this, one can print to a pdf and then print or export the map to an image and use the image viewer to print.As mentioned above Dungeonographer will do a square or hex grid or no grid.  Hexographer does not have a square grid option, but you can turn the hex grid off.Thanks for the chance to describe all of this!</blockquote>

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