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Friday, September 28, 2018

Help me Obi Wan - Looking for User Friendly OSX / Mac Mapping Software

I'm looking for some user-friendly OSX Mapping software. Primarily looking to map out some dungeon, underground environments. If the end rest can be used in commercial projects, so much the better.

OSX is not a target-rich environment for mapping software it seems.

Please, point me in a direction or three ;)

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herucaSeptember 29, 2018 at 7:20 AM
MapForge (http://www.mapforge-software.com/) runs on both Windows and Mac OS X. Good for both indoor and outdoor battlemaps.
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JDJarvisSeptember 29, 2018 at 8:55 AM
I use Adobe Illustrator but that's a bit pricey and takes a bit of experience to get nice results. Hexographer has a companion program called Dungoenographer that might be worth a look.
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'Evil' JeffSeptember 29, 2018 at 11:06 AM
MapTool from RPTools may be something for you to consider: http://www.rptools.net/downloadsw/
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alfaroblSeptember 29, 2018 at 5:17 PM
I like this one a lot Illwinter's Floorplan Generator:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/630900/Illwinters_Floorplan_Generator/
http://www.illwinter.com/floorplan/

MapForge was a big let down for me. Not good.
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herucaSeptember 29, 2018 at 5:47 PM
How so, alfarobl?
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Why "Swords & Wizardry?"

Believe me when I say I have them all in dead tree format. I have OSRIC in full size, trade paperback and the Player's Guide. I have LL and the AEC (and somewhere OEC, but I can't find it at the moment). Obviously I have Basic Fantasy RPG. Actually, I have the whole available line in print. Way too much Castles & Crusades. We all know my love for the DCC RPG. I even have Dark Dungeons in print, the Delving Deeper boxed set, Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea. BOTH editions of LotFP's Weird Fantasy and some dead tree copies of the Greyhawk Grognards Adventures Dark & Deep

I am so deep in the OSR when I come up for breath it's for the OSR's cousin, Tunnels & Trolls

So, out of all that, why Swords & Wizardry? Why, when I have been running a AD&D 1e / OSRIC campaign in Rappan Athuk am I using Swords & Wizardry and it's variant, Crypts & Things, for the second campaign? (Actually, now running a S&W Complete campaign, soon to be with multiple groups)

Because the shit works.

It's easy for lapsed gamers to pick up and feel like they haven't lost a step. I can house rule it and it doesn't break. It plays so close to the AD&D of my youth and college years (S&W Complete especially) that it continually surprises me. Just much less rules hopping than I remember. (my God but I can run it nearly without the book)

I grab and pick and steal from just about all OSR and Original resources. They seem to fit into S&W with little fuss. It may be the same with LL and the rest, but for me the ease of use fit's my expectations with S&W.

Even the single saving throw. That took me longer to adjust to, but even that seems like a natural to me now. Don't ask me why, it just does. Maybe it's the simplicity of it. At 45 52, simplicity and flexibility while remaining true to the feel of the original is an OSR hat trick for me ;)

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Help me Obi Wan - Looking for User Friendly OSX / Mac Mapping Software

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