# The Joy of Hex Maps **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [January 7, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.hexed.press/t/the-joy-of-hex-maps/889 "2025-01-07T16:56:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Todd](https://forums.hexed.press/user_avatar/forums.hexed.press/todd/32/8_2.png) [@Todd](https://forums.hexed.press/u/Todd)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.hexed.press/t/the-joy-of-hex-maps/889/1 "2025-01-07T16:56:01Z")
![Banner](https://forums.hexed.press/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6c2b16f605ce31a703982a45e221e6dd97cea7f6.png) My guide to creating hex maps for Hexcrawl25 and beyond is up on Itch! It’s free for this month so no reason not to give it a look! https://itch.io/embed/3226034?linkback=true ![hex25 example 1](https://forums.hexed.press/uploads/default/original/2X/a/aebff13f96725119ff4c2c951fbaae733b44e454.jpeg) ![hex25 example 2](https://forums.hexed.press/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6808dcae5089933b3d308a57a6f0e55b743f4add.jpeg) ![hex25 example 3](https://forums.hexed.press/uploads/default/original/2X/7/70d8b45c14e830a5d8ea66b9a318cf731c8a6c17.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Todd](https://forums.hexed.press/user_avatar/forums.hexed.press/todd/32/8_2.png) [@Todd](https://forums.hexed.press/u/Todd)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.hexed.press/t/the-joy-of-hex-maps/889/2 "2025-01-08T19:17:56Z")
## Working on hazards [![](https://forums.hexed.press/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d9fbe9f4a3db8e33741d260e7361a97eb33f3b62.jpeg "Working on my #Hexcrawl25 example hex map | Hexed Press BtS") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uooyev4Hvo) ---
**Author:** ![Todd](https://forums.hexed.press/user_avatar/forums.hexed.press/todd/32/8_2.png) [@Todd](https://forums.hexed.press/u/Todd)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://forums.hexed.press/t/the-joy-of-hex-maps/889/3 "2025-03-03T22:17:40Z")
## Hex-stocking procedures (beta) Today I dropped [some beta procedures for stocking hexes](https://hexedpress.itch.io/joy-of-hex-maps/devlog/898625/hex-stocking-beta) I streamed a quick and dirty demo: [![](https://forums.hexed.press/uploads/default/original/2X/2/20b22b0eb2dc0d6752b67f9a564e1cf55a3eadc1.jpeg "Monday Coffee Break LIVE! | Hexed Press BtS") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4j1tcTfGCs) ---
**Author:** ![Todd](https://forums.hexed.press/user_avatar/forums.hexed.press/todd/32/8_2.png) [@Todd](https://forums.hexed.press/u/Todd)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://forums.hexed.press/t/the-joy-of-hex-maps/889/4 "2025-03-07T21:47:40Z")
[![](https://forums.hexed.press/uploads/default/original/2X/2/20b22b0eb2dc0d6752b67f9a564e1cf55a3eadc1.jpeg "Friiday Coffee Break LIVE! | Hexed Press BtS") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeU778qUnLk) Got a lot of work done today! ---
**Author:** ![Todd](https://forums.hexed.press/user_avatar/forums.hexed.press/todd/32/8_2.png) [@Todd](https://forums.hexed.press/u/Todd)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.hexed.press/t/the-joy-of-hex-maps/889/5 "2025-03-11T16:39:29Z")
## To the manor born! My noodling around settlement populations yesterday– [![](https://forums.hexed.press/uploads/default/original/2X/2/20b22b0eb2dc0d6752b67f9a564e1cf55a3eadc1.jpeg "Monday Coffee Break LIVE! | Hexed Press BtS") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox0G4hq8rPA) –was not wholly in vain! It lead me to this one-pager– ![to the manor born -small](https://forums.hexed.press/uploads/default/original/2X/1/102118efc0d000b8da4b9568fba7bac4378ed57c.jpeg) –that I spent last evening and this morning throwing together. I’ve dropped it over on [Patreon (follow me to download it, no subscription required)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/to-manor-born-124135887?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) or [Itch (set as a free demo)](https://hexedpress.itch.io/joy-of-hex-maps/devlog/903541/to-the-manor-born). Let me know what you think! ---
**Author:** ![Todd](https://forums.hexed.press/user_avatar/forums.hexed.press/todd/32/8_2.png) [@Todd](https://forums.hexed.press/u/Todd)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://forums.hexed.press/t/the-joy-of-hex-maps/889/6 "2025-03-14T15:18:38Z")
## Can the Steading of the Hill Giant work within the hex stocking rules? [![](https://forums.hexed.press/uploads/default/original/2X/2/20b22b0eb2dc0d6752b67f9a564e1cf55a3eadc1.jpeg "Budgeting out the Steading of the Hill Giant Chief with the Joy of Hex Maps LIVE! | Hexed Press BtS") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHx0UBJkxoQ) Yesterday, I went through the classic adventure, **[Steading of the Hill Giant Chief](https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/186742/g1-steading-of-the-hill-giant-chief-1e?affiliate_id=3002343)** , and went down the roster of inhabitants to figure out their point totals in my hex stocking system… ([read more at the devlog](https://hexedpress.itch.io/joy-of-hex-maps/devlog/904940/can-the-steading-of-the-hill-giant-work-within-the-hex-stocking-rules)) ![Steading of the Hill Giant Chief Hexmap Example](https://forums.hexed.press/uploads/default/original/2X/0/093320becf73a6e67c0bf29bafeebdc35e43994b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Todd](https://forums.hexed.press/user_avatar/forums.hexed.press/todd/32/8_2.png) [@Todd](https://forums.hexed.press/u/Todd)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.hexed.press/t/the-joy-of-hex-maps/889/7 "2025-03-14T17:17:38Z")
## To the Manor Born I realize now that I forgot to share this here: [![to the manor born -small](https://forums.hexed.press/uploads/default/original/2X/1/1c22f2a06312f2885ce8e4f642d3e0775bdb3fba.jpeg)](https://hexedpress.itch.io/joy-of-hex-maps) I’ve added it as a [demo file to the Itch page](https://hexedpress.itch.io/joy-of-hex-maps). I also created a [product for it on DTRPG](https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/515048/the-joy-of-hex-maps-to-the-manor-born?affiliate_id=516659). ---
**Author:** ![Todd](https://forums.hexed.press/user_avatar/forums.hexed.press/todd/32/8_2.png) [@Todd](https://forums.hexed.press/u/Todd)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://forums.hexed.press/t/the-joy-of-hex-maps/889/8 "2025-03-17T20:42:10Z")
## Spreading out communities from hubs to extents [![](https://forums.hexed.press/uploads/default/original/2X/2/20b22b0eb2dc0d6752b67f9a564e1cf55a3eadc1.jpeg "Figuring out settlement spread... LIVE! | Hexed Press BtS") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTuBtu0FLaY) I’ve been working through, as well as trying to figure out how to communicate, seeding a region with a hub community (ala a settlement) and then determining how that community spreads out from there: where it can spread to, how far it can spread, etc. ([read more at the devlog](https://hexedpress.itch.io/joy-of-hex-maps/devlog/907505/expanding-communities-from-hubs-to-extents)) ![Community Spread Hexmap Example](https://forums.hexed.press/uploads/default/original/2X/7/7aa7ef6c15c7261bd9705d2e496822e0e593c1d2.png) ---
**Author:** ![Todd](https://forums.hexed.press/user_avatar/forums.hexed.press/todd/32/8_2.png) [@Todd](https://forums.hexed.press/u/Todd)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.hexed.press/t/the-joy-of-hex-maps/889/9 "2025-03-26T14:39:18Z")
This past weekend, and into this week, I’ve been going through and populating a hex region, from scratch. ![IMG_1546](https://forums.hexed.press/uploads/default/original/2X/d/ddd12bcfbc0e30155515efbe65b2d3024b841f9f.jpeg) I’m at the part of the process at which I’m fleshing out the sites and habitations that I generated. I decided to zoom into this area first: ![gloomwater ravine](https://forums.hexed.press/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e3cf50469812345e49ced44f46adf50a2dc24db5.jpeg) Yesterday, on stream, I went through what I had so far and we managed to get another location roughed out: [![](https://forums.hexed.press/uploads/default/original/2X/2/20b22b0eb2dc0d6752b67f9a564e1cf55a3eadc1.jpeg "Surfing down the Gloomwater... LIVE! | Hexed Press BtS") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15mUoO4TV-Q) ---
**Author:** ![Todd](https://forums.hexed.press/user_avatar/forums.hexed.press/todd/32/8_2.png) [@Todd](https://forums.hexed.press/u/Todd)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.hexed.press/t/the-joy-of-hex-maps/889/10 "2025-04-01T19:57:42Z")
## Wraiths, vampires, crocodemons, oh my! [![](https://forums.hexed.press/uploads/default/original/2X/2/20b22b0eb2dc0d6752b67f9a564e1cf55a3eadc1.jpeg "Gloomwater Gorge... LIVE! | Hexed Press BtS") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCHqUyMhNX0) ---
**Author:** ![Todd](https://forums.hexed.press/user_avatar/forums.hexed.press/todd/32/8_2.png) [@Todd](https://forums.hexed.press/u/Todd)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.hexed.press/t/the-joy-of-hex-maps/889/11 "2025-04-04T14:26:12Z")
## Thinking about the settlements… [![](https://forums.hexed.press/uploads/default/original/2X/2/20b22b0eb2dc0d6752b67f9a564e1cf55a3eadc1.jpeg "Gloom across the water... LIVE! | Hexed Press BtS") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_M7mvGuddA)