Blank Numbered Hex Maps

KenHR · January 07, 2009, 06:12:35 PM

For your gaming pleasure:

I've made a 17"x22" sheet of blank, numbered hexagons and posted it for download here. While most on this board would want to use it for making RPG maps, the hexes are also sized to hold 1/2" counters if you're a wargame nerd like me.

The file is available in three forms:

In its original, 17x22 glory; bring this to Kinko's!
The full sheet separated onto four letter-sized pages. Each page holds a quadrant of the full sheet.
For those who want to assemble their own full sheet from letter-sized pages, a version that can be assembled with a few cuts of the Xacto knife. Each page overlaps its neighbors; cut lines are provided. Use a good straightedge!

This sheet is the base for the Lairea shared world campaign map, mentioned by StormBringer in his announcement for the Herbal Guide. Barring any disasters, a sample of that map will be posted soon at the Citadel to whet your collective appetite. I daresay it looks quite good, even in its preliminary form; Lairea will be available for your viewing and contributing pleasure after the first quarter of 2009.

GameDaddy · January 07, 2009, 08:56:02 PM

Wow What a beauty, Thanks! I was working on a 600 DPI 17x22 hex map last week. Everytime I added a map layer, it used 120MB of Ram and I ran out of memory fairly quickly only have 1/2 a Gig on my home pc.

Still have four of the Blank Judges Guild 17x22's but they are becoming very rare now. Good to have a 17x22 map I can run down to Kinkos and printout on short notice.

Thanks Again!

Zachary The First · January 07, 2009, 11:32:42 PM

I have some projects that'll be glad of this! Thanks, Ken!

estar · January 08, 2009, 08:30:32 AM

I have two JG style maps up here in two formats; PDF and Campaign cartographer.

http://home.earthlink.net/~wilderlands/

KenHR · January 08, 2009, 09:04:23 AM

Glad the file will be getting some use!

Let me know if it needs any tweaks; I was afraid I'd made it too light. If so I can darken the lines a bit, no problems.

James J Skach · January 08, 2009, 10:25:05 AM

I must be doing something incorrectly - when I go to that link, I get a YouShare page that looks more like it wants me to upload...?

KenHR · January 08, 2009, 10:42:45 AM

I just checked and it works for me, even signed out.

The page isn't headed "KenHR's Media Gallery - Blank Numbered Hex Map"?

I'll be happy to send you a copy for perusal via e-mail if you'd like.

ETA: Just in case, here's the link without any tags:

http://www.youshare.com/KenHR/a27447/DisplayAdvanced

James J Skach · January 08, 2009, 01:24:16 PM

Quote from: KenHR;277741I just checked and it works for me, even signed out.

The page isn't headed "KenHR's Media Gallery - Blank Numbered Hex Map"?

I'll be happy to send you a copy for perusal via e-mail if you'd like.

ETA: Just in case, here's the link without any tags:

http://www.youshare.com/KenHR/a27447/DisplayAdvanced

No, Thanks - my brain freeze!

KenHR · January 08, 2009, 02:30:44 PM

Quote from: James J Skach;277756No, Thanks - my brain freeze!

Cool. The pages are a bit confusing; YouShare is ugly and no-frills, to put it nicely, but it was the first place I found when googling for free unlimited space, so that's where I ended up.

KenHR · January 10, 2009, 11:35:12 AM

Added a 2-page pdf to the gallery.

Page 1 is a single letter-sized sheet of 1/4" hexes.

Page 2 superimposes a large hexgrid on top for zooming; each large hex is 6 small hexes side-to-side. I find this a bit more wieldy than the Judges Guild hex system (and I know Rob has already made files for that on the page he's linked).