Packaged #hexDescribe with #Nix, now not just #textMapper is trivially self-hostable, but also a way to describe your hexes with tables!

https://github.com/cognivore/hex-mapping

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GitHub - cognivore/hex-mapping: Tools to work with hex maps for roleplaying games. Usually web applications written in Perl and producing SVG output.

Tools to work with hex maps for roleplaying games. Usually web applications written in Perl and producing SVG output. - cognivore/hex-mapping

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#HexDescribe is basically #Inform7

I'm sharing my "Medieval Demographics for hex-describe" tool here if you want to look at it.

This is WIP. You'll see me futzing with it, probably.

Make a copy.

I've put instructions and a beginning FAQ in it.

I can't say this enough - this is tuned for my campaign. You should tweak this for your own campaign.

I should make this into a blog post.

#ttrpg #dmtip #tools #dnd #hexdescribe #hex23 #hexmap #hexmaps #randomgeneration

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1G8AZf2tBOtGYr5AEKis7_AZYpJ1_T18LFYp_mi_rikY/edit?usp=sharing

Generate Domesday lookup table text for Hex-Describe

READ--ME--FIRST What is this: A spreadsheet that takes the numbers provided by S. John Ross in his "Medieval Demographics Made Easy" and provides formatted text. This text is then put into a text file for use in Alex Schroeder's Hex-Describe tool - a random generator that uses tables to gener...

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@kensanata #HexDescribe This is some seriously cool tech! Wait, this is almost exactly the kind of #FutureTech I wished I had access to when I was 12!