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LaTeX for tabletop

Started by Vladar, April 15, 2023, 02:20:58 PM

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Socratic-DM

#30
December 20, 2023, 09:44:54 PM
As an avid FOSS and Linux user, it always cheers me to find people using LaTex and not some shitty microsoft office product.
"When every star in the heavens grows cold, and when silence lies once more on the face of the deep, three things will endure: faith, hope, and love. And the greatest of these is love."

- First Corinthians, chapter thirteen.

Howard

#31
December 20, 2023, 10:28:53 PM
Quote from: Socratic-DM on December 20, 2023, 09:44:54 PM
As an avid FOSS and Linux user, it always cheers me to find people using LaTex and not some shitty microsoft office product.

Wait, there are Microsoft products that aren't dredged out of a cesspool?

Semi-on topic-

I've been playing with a few LaTeX packages that support hexes. None are RPG focused (the least work one is akin to checkers on a hexagonal map) which makes beating them into submission painful.

tikzpicture/TikZ/hexgame

Vladar

#32
December 21, 2023, 05:38:23 AM
Quote from: Howard on December 20, 2023, 10:28:53 PM
Quote from: Socratic-DM on December 20, 2023, 09:44:54 PM
As an avid FOSS and Linux user, it always cheers me to find people using LaTex and not some shitty microsoft office product.
Wait, there are Microsoft products that aren't dredged out of a cesspool?

The only one that comes to mind is Bing AI Chat, probably. (If you can even call it a MS product.) Ironically, a good way to search on LaTeX intricate details and obscure features.
Otherwise, I've moved to Linux long time ago and never looked back.

Quote from: Howard on December 20, 2023, 10:28:53 PM
I've been playing with a few LaTeX packages that support hexes. None are RPG focused (the least work one is akin to checkers on a hexagonal map) which makes beating them into submission painful.
tikzpicture/TikZ/hexgame

The latter one I was unaware of. I already plan to create a basic intro to TikZ with TTRPG-related examples, but this is one of the more complex topics, surpassed only by datatool and its databases.

I've also noticed that I've forgotten to post the latest blog in the series here. This one is about images:
https://vladar.bearblog.dev/latex-images/
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Vladar

#33
January 15, 2024, 10:13:23 AM
Now something easy to start the year with — lists and their formatting.

https://vladar.bearblog.dev/latex-lists/
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Socratic-DM

#34
April 29, 2024, 09:25:13 PM
I love using LaTex and Pandoc are quite amazing little tools for making your own PDF docs.

Linux of course is the way to go regarding any program or tech we use.

Oh shit I've already commented on this post, oops.
"When every star in the heavens grows cold, and when silence lies once more on the face of the deep, three things will endure: faith, hope, and love. And the greatest of these is love."

- First Corinthians, chapter thirteen.

Vladar

#35
May 06, 2024, 11:15:47 AM
Quote from: Socratic-DM on April 29, 2024, 09:25:13 PMI love using LaTex and Pandoc are quite amazing little tools for making your own PDF docs.

Linux of course is the way to go regarding any program or tech we use.

Cannot agree more. Also LyX is pretty handy to draft something quick and export to LaTeX code afterwards for the final polish.


And today's post is about converting SVG images to TikZ code to use in LaTeX:

https://vladar.bearblog.dev/latex-svg-to-tikz-conversion/
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Vladar

#36
June 14, 2024, 06:23:03 PM
My LaTeX package for imitating the typewriter style of old homebrew RPG zines is finally released for public testing.

https://vladar.bearblog.dev/retrotype-v01/
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Socratic-DM

#37
June 17, 2024, 10:25:43 PM Last Edit: June 17, 2024, 10:27:18 PM by Socratic-DM
Quote from: Vladar on June 14, 2024, 06:23:03 PMMy LaTeX package for imitating the typewriter style of old homebrew RPG zines is finally released for public testing.

https://vladar.bearblog.dev/retrotype-v01/

My brother in Christ this is a kickass LaTex Package, I might use this for a couple fan supplements I might make if you don't care?
"When every star in the heavens grows cold, and when silence lies once more on the face of the deep, three things will endure: faith, hope, and love. And the greatest of these is love."

- First Corinthians, chapter thirteen.

Vladar

#38
June 19, 2024, 05:09:13 AM
Quote from: Socratic-DM on June 17, 2024, 10:25:43 PMMy brother in Christ this is a kickass LaTex Package, I might use this for a couple fan supplements I might make if you don't care?

You are more than welcome to! I still working on the code, fixing bugs, and adding new commands, so keep an eye on the repo. And, of course, throw me a link when you are done. I'm planning on making a showcase link list of docs made using retrotype at some point.
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Vladar

#39
July 12, 2024, 10:29:39 AM
Make your adventure PDFs more user-friendly with hyperlinks!

https://vladar.bearblog.dev/latex-links/
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Vladar

#40
October 17, 2024, 08:26:15 AM
Version 0.2 of my LaTeX package for imitating the typewriter style of old homebrew RPG zines has been released.


https://vladar.bearblog.dev/retrotype-v02/


Stay tuned for next week for the release of a short adventure module showcasing the new Retrotype features!
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orbitalair

#41
October 18, 2024, 11:22:42 AM
Various responses.

I too hate that in libre office you can't number intro pages i, ii etc.

Re: hexes, use inkscape and boardgame tools plugin to make hexmaps then import into latex as an image.

Re: mind share, yes it's very hard to get other people to help with latex, they all want word or libre office or geck, googledocs. Yuk.

Re: original poster,  tables.  Tables are the hardest, especially if we need to do stuff like import text data and turn it into a table.

Game tables are just onerous.

Nice topic, nice to see so much interest.

zircher

#42
October 18, 2024, 01:15:42 PM Last Edit: October 19, 2024, 11:46:20 AM by zircher
I'm in the Libre Office camp since my output is all PDFs at this time.  What actual benefits would LaTeX off that would justify trying to learn it?  Curious since I'm pondering the making of deluxe versions of some of my stuff that I host on DTRPG.
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Vladar

#43
October 19, 2024, 09:54:00 AM
Quote from: zircher on October 18, 2024, 01:15:42 PMI'm in the Libre Office camp since my output is all PDFs at this time.  What actual benefits would LaTeX off that would justify trying to learn it?  Curious since I'm ponder making deluxe versions of some of my stuff that I host on DTRPG.

LaTeX has a steep learning curve (at least for its advanced features that is) but once you grok it, you can focus on writing the text itself, being sure that it will be formatted precisely and consistently. And of course, macro possibilities to automate repeating blocks (say, for example, monster stat blocks) are practically endless. There's also a vast amount of packages available for every task imaginable: https://www.ctan.org/
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Vladar

#44
October 23, 2024, 09:46:54 AM
A short adventure module made using Retrotype and set in Mystara after the events of B10: Night's Dark Terror in the Hutaaka Valley.

QuoteHidden deep in the mountains of Hutaaka Valley, the ancient temple of Pflarr stood centuries undisturbed. Now, something dark has awakened there. Crawling through its dusty halls the evil force tries to escape outside.

* itch.io
* GitHub
* blog

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