Flexible scale and geography

Create operational and strategic wargame maps

Start with a general-purpose strategic template for an original theater, campaign, or operational map. Define the scale, geography, terrain, and transport networks required by your design.

Original strategic HexDraw 2 map with terrain regions, coast, rivers, roads, railways, towns, cities, boundaries, and labels — An original strategic example combining large terrain regions with transport networks, settlements, rivers, boundaries, and labels.

A flexible foundation

What the blank template preconfigures

The strategic preset provides a clean large-format hex map and a practical starting set of terrain, route, settlement, label, and boundary tools. Hex size and scale remain deliberately flexible so the same foundation can support an operational area or a broader campaign map.

Large-format blank hex grid
Flexible hex size and scale
Strategic terrain and route tools
Labels, markers, and boundaries

Map characteristics

Broad regions connected by meaningful networks

Operational and strategic maps communicate large terrain regions rather than tactical detail. Coastlines or rivers can shape movement where applicable; roads and railways connect towns and cities; broad elevation areas, boundaries, and flexible labels give structure to the theater.

Relevant tools

Organize geography, movement, and information

Paint connected terrain and broad hill regions, draw long roads, rail lines, rivers, coastlines, and boundaries, then place towns, cities, markers, and curved or rotated labels. Offboard areas can hold entry information beyond the playable grid.

Large terrain and elevation regions
Road and rail networks
Rivers, coastlines, and boundaries
Cities, markers, and flexible labels

Strategic details

Blank format, networks, and regional terrain

Planned image: a clean large-format strategic grid ready for a new project.

Planned image: transport routes, cities, and labels at operational scale.

Close strategic map view showing a river network, railways, roads, forests, towns, markers, boundaries, and curved labels — Distinct map layers remain legible and editable even where networks and regional terrain overlap.

Define your own scale

All starting settings can be changed

Adjust map dimensions, orientation, hex size, scale, numbering, terrain palette, features, labels, and output for the needs of an original operational or strategic design.

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