Recently, I began thinking about setting up a beach landing wargame on my mini-campaign board and decided to design the terrain using the Wargame Map Tool. It took me less than ten minutes, and the result looked like this:
I have begun to play around with some of the tools and discovered that I can scale things to fit the hexes ... and that I can set the size of the hexes up to 50mm, which is half the side of my Hexon II hexes.
This is really turning out to be a great map drawing tool ... and the more I use it, the easier I am finding it to use.
Very clean and easy to read result.
ReplyDeleteJonathan Freitag,
DeleteCheers! I was very pleased with the result.
All the best,
Bob
Bob -
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a really useful map-making system. Were I not more or less wedded to Microsoft Paint (I get a lot of mileage out of that), I'd be tempted to try it!
Cheers,
Ion
Archduke Piccolo (Ion),
DeleteIt is the best map drawing program I’ve found to date, but I still like to use MS Paint to tidy things up, although I didn’t do so in this case.
All the best,
Bob
Hi Bob,
DeleteGetting such a clear, readable beachhead drawn up so quickly is a proper result.
My usual go-to has been an old favorite called MappingBoard by Matthew Tyler—if you're ever curious, I put a downloadable copy on my site under the Campfire Chat label titled The Resurrection of MappingBoard. Since ditching Windows 11 for ChromeOS Flex (and gladly leaving the constant OS crashes behind!), I haven't been able to run it, so I've been looking for a modern alternative. The Wargame Map Tool certainly seems to fit the bill brilliantly!
Cheers, Andy
Andy, I have been using MappingBoard for years too and it does the job, simply.
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