Tactical armored warfare maps

Create original maps for GMT Games’ Panzer Series

Begin with a preconfigured blank tactical board, then use HexDraw 2 to create original terrain suited to the scale and structure of GMT Games’ Panzer Series.

HexDraw 2 editing an original Panzer-series-compatible map with elevations, roads, woods, streams, and buildings — An original tactical example showing elevation, varied woods, water, roads, and settlements in HexDraw 2.

Board setup

What the blank template preconfigures

The Panzer preset establishes the map dimensions, physical hex dimensions, numbering system, grid, and map-edge configuration before any terrain is added. This keeps the board format consistent while leaving the battlefield itself completely open.

Predefined board dimensions
Appropriate hex dimensions
Numbering and map edges
Blank tactical board ready for terrain

Map characteristics

Terrain designed for tactical movement and sight lines

Panzer-style maps need clear changes in elevation and terrain density across a tactical battlefield. Hills, soft elevation transitions, roads, woods, watercourses, buildings, and settlements create movement choices while remaining legible against the numbered hex grid.

Relevant tools

Shape elevations, routes, and settlements

HexDraw 2 combines editable hill levels and terrain contours with dedicated road geometry, woods, water, buildings, and labels. Elements remain separate and editable, so a ridge can be reshaped or a route moved without repainting the entire map.

Positive hill and valley levels
Soft or sharp elevation edges
Roads, woods, and watercourses
Buildings and settlement artwork

Template details

Blank board, numbering, and terrain views

Planned image: the clean Panzer template before terrain is added.

Planned image: a close view of the numbered grid and configured board edge.

Close tactical view of elevation levels, woods, a road, stream, buildings, and settlement terrain in an original HexDraw map — Elevation, terrain, road, and settlement tools working together on an original tactical map.

Flexible by design

All template settings can still be changed

Adjust the dimensions, hex pitch, numbering, edges, terrain styles, artwork, or output whenever the needs of an original scenario call for a different setup.

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