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@kensanata @randomwizard @lkh @FrankBlack78 I'm not sure how much OSM etc. pre-render into their tiles and/or how easy it is to render your own without that.
I do know that some people are using the (quite complex, IMHO) GIS tools like QGIS for mapping, e.g. this one https://idraluna-archives.bearblog.dev/a-tutorial-for-making-hexcrawl-maps-in-qgis/
(They also made a few real-world maps including a high-res version of Antarctica: https://idraluna-archives.itch.io )
If you study role-playing games, larp, board games or other forms of analog games, you should submit your work to the Ropecon 2026 Academic Seminar!
The theme is "Dreams", but we welcome also work on other aspects of analog games.
@yora I think it was just a promo for their site. No matter what you answered, you got a URL that was right for you.
Personally, I have changed my default search engine to be https://lite.duckduckgo.com/lite?q=%s and that has worked very well for me.
@mhd The reason I say all that is that I generally dislike scenarios where I think I'm playing in a sandbox and it turns out the referee sets up so many threats and timers that we as the players don't actually have a choice. Today we need to find Baba Garo because otherwise the dragon destroys the guest house. Tomorrow we have to fight the baboons otherwise the druid kills the halfling. Then we need to go and talk to the beast men queen otherwise the Set cultists will smash them. It might feel exhilarating but it also removes agency.
Sure, in theory, we could just drop it and emigrate. At the table, that's not how it works. There's an implicit agreement regarding the current campaign, I'm sure.
@Sandra