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Hex Based Dungeons? Abstract Dungeons Art works suggestions please.

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I am currently running a Dungeon World campaign and we are using hex based movement (hex crawl) to get from place to place in the overland portions of the adventure. I bought several stunning hex art packs specifically for overland hex crawls and it is working great! The game will eventually move into some underground environments and I am having a hard time conceptualizing what i should use to do dungeon crawls. I want to keep with the low prep/narrative style of Dungeon world and would like to do abstract dungeons. Meaning, I don't plan on drawing every corridor, cavern, hallway, deadend etc. Therefore the art packs that are corridors and highly detailed dungeons (ala DnD 5e) are not appealing to me. Are there any good hex crawl type art packs that are specifically tailored to underground environments? They don't have to be hexes either. I'm open to tiles or hexes. Anything that you suggest for abstract level of dungeon crawling? Thanks!
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Forum Champion
Could you give a screenshot or post a link to some Google images of the art-style and level of abstraction that you are thinking of? I'm trying to picture it, and may have some ideas from the Marketplace or other ways to accomplish something suitable.
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Thanks for the response. Something like this (scroll down in link to see image). <a href="http://theangrygm.com/abstract-dungeoneering/" rel="nofollow">http://theangrygm.com/abstract-dungeoneering/</a> The art work i am flexible with but some ideas are:&nbsp; Images/tiles/hexes that represent:&nbsp; Dungeon entrances, mushroom caverns, empty caverns, twisted hallways, pits, underground cities, underground water falls, chasms, barracks rooms, empty rooms, dead ends, grand halls, etc.&nbsp;&nbsp; But each would be a 'zone' that i connect 'arrows' to via the drawing tools. Thanks!
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Forum Champion
Ok, I see, Nat. From the Marketplace, currently, I'd recommend these Pen & Paper style art sets by Robert Smith: <a href="https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/search?keywo" rel="nofollow">https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/search?keywo</a>... There are specifically, many of the tiles you requested -- Dungeon entrance, mushroom cavern, empty cavern, twisted hall, pits, water fall, chasm, barracks, grand hall -- those are all in the Robert Smith sets. Start with my favorite, "The Caves" set, with its 10 big overlay maps. And yes, you absolutely can Connect these tiles with straight-lines or arrows from the Roll20 drawing tools. Great idea. However for something as abstract and simplified as the map on the example website (Flow chart styled), you could really create the entire map using just Roll20 Drawing Tools, shape tool, lines, and text tool. I bet you could remake that example house map in 20 minutes. <a href="https://wiki.roll20.net/Drawing_Tools" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.roll20.net/Drawing_Tools</a> You could also create "maps" like that in any sort of Flow Chart or Mind-Mapping program, website, or app, of which there are many online (Google those terms for some examples). Last idea, draw it on paper with a Sharpie marker (or first in pencil, then ink it), and photograph or scan your drawing to upload as a background graphic in roll20. That would look really custom and handmade and personal. Others may come along to recommend additional Marketplace sets and other ideas for this.
Thats a good suggestion!&nbsp; Thanks for the advice, ill take a look at those sets.
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Sheet Author
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Hello, maybe you could use some art from the old world style maps from Russ Hapke on the marketplace? (Don't really know if that fits but the art is great)