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Comet
2009-06-06, 05:23 PM
It's one of those days again.
Google fails me time and again.
All my old bookmarks have dissapeared.
My brain has decided that it does not remember any of the go-to sites I have used in the past.

I need some nice-looking, generic city maps to use in an urban game of D&D.
When you need maps, where do you go? Do you make them yourself?
Links, advice and discussion are welcome.

shadzar
2009-06-06, 05:38 PM
MapMage (http://www.mapmage.com/downloads.htm)? :smallconfused:

J.Gellert
2009-06-06, 06:07 PM
I sometimes cheat by using a real map of a medieval city (http://vrcoll.fa.pitt.edu/medart/image/England/london/Maps-of-London/Map-London-Norden-1593-b.jpg). Very handy, especially if they don't have many landmarks named (so you don't have to change much - you just photochop a little).

The rest of the time I just draw them by hand but I guess that doesn't help you...

crimson77
2009-06-06, 11:57 PM
I need some nice-looking, generic city maps to use in an urban game of D&D.
When you need maps, where do you go? Do you make them yourself?


There is always Wizards map-a-week (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/mwa/archiveall) selection.

Jokes
2009-06-07, 12:26 AM
I just found this (http://www.onlinedown.com/detail/18366.htm) (at least one mirror works). After five minutes of using, I find it Awesome. Random generation, so it takes a little tweaking to get the map you want.

Here's a small town map-
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh111/jokersmods/Maps/town.jpg

Zeta Kai
2009-06-07, 01:17 AM
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned the Cartographer's Guild (http://www.cartographersguild.com/), arguably the best & most active online community of map makers in existence. Updates & new content are always flowing in, the tutorials are fabulous, & their forums are well organized for easy searching.

They rock, & I'm proud to be a member there as well.