Bonus points if they natively work on Linux
I use Dungeonscrawl for a lit of my prototyping. It’s incredibly fast to use, available everywhere and mostly free to use.
However, if you ever consider making serious maps, that look at least halfway decent then there’s really no way past payed tools.
I personally recommend Dungeondraft. You pay $19.99 once and can use it forever and without any limitations. It runs flawlessly on linux and there’s tons of free assets out there that work out of the box. Honestly, the second best spent 20 bucks of my GMing career. Number one is FoundryVTT.
Nice, thanks
Markers on a blank grid. Works great in Linux. ;)
I made a hex map with Sharpie on a 3’x3’ piece of white hardboard. Took forever since you have to draw every edge individually, can’t just do entire rows like a square grid. I enjoyed it though, and I was able to add some details to help my players adjust to hex distances.
Very nice! Add a plastic film on top for easy wet or dry erase markers and this is mint.
I assume you replied to a notification, that doesn’t reply to the comment, it puts it on the main post. I’ve made that mistake a few times.
I’ve been looking for a good one, but I’m having a hard time finding any coating or film that presents itself as the obvious best choice. Most of the options I’ve found have mixed reviews.
Out of the box: we wanted a transparent plastic covering for a cheap IKEA cabinet that we sometimes eat on and wanted to wipe more easily. The solution was a clear vinyl mat designed to live under office chairs to protect the floor. We cut to size with a box cutter. Works great. Probably would work for you.
I’ve got a nice thin one under my office chairs, and I could see that. A little thick for my taste, though.
Although I can see drawing the grid directly onto one, and then playing on the other side. Then you could even put illustrated maps underneath projecting the grid onto anything.
That’s definitely a whole project though. Onto the pile it goes.
