Hex Atlas: Blank Hexcrawl Map + Zine
A downloadable Map Tool
Unfold endless adventure with Hex Atlas, a compact one-page zine for creating and recording dynamic hexcrawl maps! Ideal for GMs, PCs, and Solo gamers.
On one side, you'll find streamlined rules for generating hex terrain and settlements, along with a log for recording your party’s discoveries, while the reverse side features a blank hex map ready for your own exploration and drawing. Whether you're designing a campaign from scratch or diving into a new region, Hex Atlas offers everything you need to chart your worlds.
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Hello! New to making Hex Maps so I just have some questions on your instructions. Under features it says "1-2 on 1d6. On 6, create a Settlement instead." Does that mean each hexagon should only hold up to 2 features? I'm a little confused on why it says to use a d6 when the features are numbered 1 - 10 with 6 already being taken, so when do we add a settlement?
Also under Settlement Creation what does it mean "No repeats within 1, (3 for cities), reroll." Does that mean there can only be one town, castle, mage tower, or city per hexagon or map? Or is that referring to the "flavor" rolls?
Sorry for the silly questions!
Not silly questions at all! I’ll add a “how to use” section to the product since I made it kinda unclear on how to use if you’re not already super familiar with these. To answer your first question, each hex actually only has one feature potentially. You roll a 1d6, and you add a feature if you rolled a 1 or 2, or add a settlement if you rolled a 6. On a 3,4,5, you just don’t find anything, it’s plain ol terrain. As for the no repeats thing, that’s a rule to help make sure maps develop more naturally by limiting the same kind of settlements appearing next to each other. So for most settlements, reroll if you generate a tower or smth within 1 hex of an existing settlement of the same type, and for cities you reroll if there’s another city within 3 hexes.
Here’s the intended flow:
When you enter a new hex, you roll 1d12 to determine the terrain type first, that tells you whether it’s plains, swamps, etc.
Example: I enter a new hex and roll 1d12, and get 11, which is a Swamp.
Then, you roll 1d6 to determine if there’s a feature on the terrain. In a roll of 1 or 2, you find a feature, and roll an d10 on the feature table to see what it is. Example: I roll a 2, which gives me a feature. I roll the d10 on the “swamp” features and get “hollow tree”. That’s just a cool natural feature in this area so I draw it on my map.
On a roll of 6 instead, i would have found a settlement of some sort instead of a natural feature, and roll on the settlement table to discover what it is.
Example: I roll on the settlement table and get “castle”. I check if there’s any other castles within 1 hexes. If there is, I reroll and use a different result, if there isnt then I can place it on the map.
I can roll further on the settlement tables to determine the nature of the castle like culture, mood, politics, etc.
Thank you so much for the in-depth explanation! Looking forward to doing my first hex crawl :>
I printed off a few copies of this today and its fantastic! A quick question; what do you think about a version that has the icons removed from the legend, and the names of the terrain types removed from the Terrain generator (Maybe just replaced by blank lines to fill in).
I am working on a hex crawl for Vaults of Vaarn and this would be a great tool to use, but those details would be different in that setting.
Loving your work! I might try and run Sea Kings sometime.
Sure! I can make that for you, lemme do that
Added: Blank Hex Map Pocketmod One Page Zine NO RULES or Terrain Generator.pdf
10 out of 10 Customer service haha. Thank you very much!