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Today i really asked myself why i haven´t recognized all this interesting ways of mapping before... maybe i have to much freetime atm^^ I played around with textures of different opacity and overlays to create a nice looking rocky Hill. And this is the result: http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/8345...

I like this discussion! IMO its an interesting idea and an important factor of tabletop gaming - virtual or f2f... I mainly play f2f tabletop (DnD) and try to step into VT... My players like fast battles.. after one hour they start doing crazy things... i think their time to concentrate on one scene...

Yeah i tried this too. I know MT isn´t intended to be a mapping program and never will be as powerfull as painting- or specific mapping software, but i liked playing around to see how far i can get with it :) And this is the result so far... http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/7286/burgdrakenfall01.p...

Ah okay yes surely. I knwo that But i find it easier and faster to use textures and draw them to the map especially if its not a one-room dungeon as in the example

How do i rotate a texture im drawing with..?

Yeah its pretty cool and fun mapping with it! I liked the fact that the walls have shadows. The maps really look better with wall shadows.. I wondered if i could make use of an shadow effect when i map inside MapTool and here is the way you could do this :D You need 4 textures - transparent with a g...

Most tabletops use really simple rules for movement - and i ever thougt thats not very realistic - first person moves, attacks - second moves, attacks and so on... Simultanious movement would be awesome! And i tell you why - when you play on a normal tabletop (offline - not virtual - no projector) s...

Dungeon Painter Today i found this: http://pyromancers.com/dungeon-painter-online/ For me it was totally New... but it exists already for a while.. an its awesome! There are really not much mapping programs I haven´t tried out! I am no professional in mapping and therefor i always search for progra...

As GM i am always searching for ways to improve the experience of gaming for my players... My thoughts about 3D gaming tables: There was a time i used high detailed Maps for my game sessions made with CC3, Dundjinni etc.. I introduced this maps to my campaign but my players do not liked it??? WTF? A...

Hexmapping with MapTool So the dungeon tile thing is nice for making fast battlemaps and maybe for entire dungeons. But you may need a mapping tool for the big scale - your worldmap... I am playing a sandbox campaign and therefor i needed a nice worldmap too. IMO best style that fits is an old good...

Mapping with Tile-Sets Greetings, so if you like Mapping with Tiles here is a great Resource for Tiles and how to make them usable in MapTool in an easy and fast way: 1. Download the Tiles you need. I recommend using Firefox with the AddOn DownThemAll ( https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/d...