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	Podcast:		Game Master's Journey
	Episode:		Game Master's Journey 156: Mapping Your Campaign
	Category:		Games & Hobbies
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	Publish Date:		2017-05-28 20:43:00
	Description:		Lex continues his exploration of the DMG with a discussion of creating maps for your campaign and world. He discusses the bottom-up and top-down approaches to mapping, giving some pros and cons of each. He also considers what to do if you don't have any skills with mapping and provides some campaign map resources to help you with your campaign and world. RSS Download iTunes Google Play Patreon Call the Game Master's Journey voice mail: 951-GMJ-LEX1 (951-465-5391) Check out Lex's Tales from the Yawning Portal Campaign Lex's Series on the Dungeon Master's Guide Episode 151: DMG Introduction - Know Your Players Episode 152: DMG Chapter 1 - A World of Your Own Episode 154: DMG Chapter 1 - Gods of Your World Episode 155: DMG Chapter 1 - Developing Gods & Pantheons for Your World Lex's Series on the Player's Handbook Episode 137: PHB Prelude through Chapter 4 Episode 138: PHB Chapter 5 - Equipment Episode 139: PHB Chapter 6 - Multiclassing & Feats Episode 140: PHB Chapter 7 - Ability Scores Episode 142: PHB Chapter 8 - Adventuring part 1 Episode 143: PHB Chapter 8 - Adventuring part 2 Episode 145: PHB Chapter 9 - Combat Episode 146: PHB Chapter 10 & Appendices - Spellcasting, Conditions & Exhaustion Recommended Previous Worldbuilding Episodes: Episode 127: Adventuring in the Wilds of Primordia Episode 128: Primordia Q&A Episode 130: Improving Your World Through Revision Episode 152: A World of Your Own Episode 154: Gods of Your World Episode 155: Developing Gods & Pantheons for Your World Topics Bottom-up versus top-down approaches to worldbuilding and mapping Avoiding worldbuilder’s disease Province scale maps Kingdom scale maps Continent scale maps Using the different scales together What to do if you don’t have the talent or skills for map-making—making a “blob map” Cartography Resources You can learn everything you need to know about cartography at the Cartographers' Guild. The have tons of resources including tutorials and advice on all types of cartography, whether you make your maps by hand or use software. You can download blank, printable province, kingdom and continent scale hex paper from the Bag of Holding blog. These are the same scales recommended by the DMG. The province scale map has 1-mile hexes with 6-mile kingdom scale hexes overlaid. The kingdom scale map has 6-mile hexes with 60-mile continent scale hexes overlaid. The continent scale map has 60-mile hexes. You can use the free program, Hexographer, to make crude digital hex maps. You can use Campaign Cartographer to create more attractive hex maps, but the software isn't free and has a rather steep learning curve. Get the beautiful Numenera maps to use in your game, and here is yet another pdf of Numenera Maps. How to Support the Podcast Visit our Support page to learn the many ways you can help us out and help support the show. Subscribe to our Newsletter YouTube Twitter Email Community Music Credits Heaven's Journey by Cloudwalker Heroic Temples by TranceBoy Oceanview by Ish Shine by Renfield Dream Destination by Stenko ©2016 Starwalker Studios LLC
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