Question for any tabletop war-game enthusiasts

There seem to be places online offering software that would let you design your own map and print it out.

Here’s one:

http://www.sirdinglydang.com/OgreMapEditor.htm

Alternatively, designing a map would seem to be fairly straightforward given access to photoshop, etc.

There are only a fairly limited number of terrain colours and they could presumably be scanned in and used as a custom palette. Hex overlays are simple enough. Roads and rivers can be hand drawn.

There’s also a site here with some tips on how they converted satellite terrain photos into an Ogre compatible map which should work just as well for whatever map you designed:

http://www.sjgames.com/ogre/scenarios/sanfrancisco/

The stuff about how the map was made is right down at the bottom.

Personally I would be inclined to go with printing your map on paper and laying over a clear plastic/vinyl protective sheet. Combines economy and attractiveness.

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