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Map-Making Software for RPG Campaigns?

Posted by Zonk on from the five-foot-adjust dept.

mandrake*rpgdx writes "I'm looking into downloading/purchasing some map making software for my Table Top RPG group. I've heard about the free (GPL'd) AutoRealms and wondered if anyone with experience can compare it to commercial products like Campaign Cartographer, and if there is any Linux based map-maker I can grab?" The one I've been most impressed with, and might pick up at Gen Con this year, is Dundjinni. Anyone else have any software favorites?

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  1. Game Table by biryokumaru · · Score: 5, Informative
    Casey and Andy author Andy Weir has put together "gametable"

    http://www.galactanet.com/gametable.html

    "Gametable is a remote RPG host/client app that allows use of a D&D style battle map, die rollers, etc online."

    Not exactly what you're looking for, but in the ballpark of nifty RPG related software.

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  2. CC if you want REAL maps. by pythorlh · · Score: 5, Informative
    Campaign Cartographer is great if you want real maps. It's a CAD program, which means 2 things. 1, It's hell to learn if you don't already know CAD. 2. It's every bit as useful as you want it to be. You can map a continent, zoom in and map a county, zoom in and map a barony. Everything fits across multiple levels.

    The majority of the other "map" making software out there is really drawing software. Dunjinni fits into that category. You can draw pictures, but they are just that, and not functional as real maps. They may be prettier, and easier to use if you have more experience with drawing programs.

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