awesome-hexcrawl
github.com/hextoryworld/awesome-hexcrawl ↗:world_map: Awesome list of free Hexcrawl resources
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Add the Context Awesome MCP server to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client, then ask:
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Design
- A guide to Hexcrawling, Part 1
- An Introduction to Hexcrawls
- Bat in the Attic
A decade of articles about sandbox.
- Blackmarsh Setting
A hexcrawl setting completely under the Open Game License.
- Dragonsfoot Modules
FREE, Quality adventure modules.
- Five Crowdsourced hexcrawl maps
Tools
- Autarch hex templates
Hex region templates from the Adventurer Conqueror King System.
- GM Friend
A webapp to make hex maps with a random map generator.
- Hextml
A webapp to make hex maps.
- REVIEW: Old School Encounters Reference
Download PDF - Useful not just for designing adventures, but also for world building in general.
- Welsh Piper’s hex templates
Hex templates in different scales: atlas, regional, local ...
- Worldographer: (aka Hexographer 2)
Make hex maps from scratch in minutes or let the program auto-generate a map you can quickly customize ...
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Random/Procedural generation
- d4 Caltrops Random Tables
- Here Dragons Abound
Blog where the author explores procedural generation and display of fantasy maps.
- Hexmancer
Simple system for procedurally generating hexcrawl terrain and features.
- Making maps with noise functions
- Part 1
Part 2 - Tricks to provide dynamism to sandboxes
Reddit communities
- D&D Maps
A catalog for user created maps and links to maps by other artists suitable for use in any D&D campaign, adventure, or encounter.
- FantasyMaps
Sharing and requesting fantasy maps!
- HexCrawl
A subreddit to discuss HexCrawl-like RPG mechanics.
- MapMaking
A community for people that enjoy creating maps- both grounded in history and the grand realms of fantasy.
- OSR
News and discussion of Old School Renaissance topics.
Mapping
- Hexagonal Grids (RedBlogGames)
A guide that cover various ways to make hexagonal grids, with code in some programming languages.
- Map tutorials
A list of the map tutorials so far... Geomorph Series about hex mapping.
- May the Hex Be With You
- More Mapping with Hexes
How to manage a hex map when making a hexcrawl setting.
- The Cartographers Guild (Hex map tag)
Forum created by and for map makers and aficionados.
- Trollsmyth: Hex Mapping (20 part series)
The articles goes through the process of building and using a hex map, integrating it with creating and running a campaign ...
Other Lists
- Hexcrawl Resources, (ars phantasia)
List of resources helpful when thinking about how to design a hexcrawl.
- Hexcrawl Resources I Have Known And Loved, Reddit post
Another list of resources on Reddit OSR Community.
- Hexcrawl, sandbox & randomness
Exhaustive list of articles and blogs about hexcrawl, sandbox and randomness.
- Hexcrawl - Unsorted Resources
Unsorted Resources
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