World Map scenes

A World Map scene is an overland map of your world — kingdoms, coastlines, trade routes, and points of interest — rather than a tactical battle grid. You build it up by hand with pins, paths, regions, and labels over a base image, and share the finished map with your table.

To start one, create a scene and pick the World Map type — see Creating a scene. No base image yet? The Map Foundry can generate one for you.

The toolbar

Tools live in the dock at the top of the map. Pick one to start working; each opens its own panel:

• Select — move and edit what’s already on the map.
• Pin Tool — drop markers for cities and places.
• Text Tool — add standalone labels.
• Region Tool — paint kingdoms and territories.
• Path Tool — draw roads, rivers, and routes.
• Measure — measure distances across the map.
• Image Tool — place image overlays.
• Mask Tool — hide unexplored land with masks.
• Settings — the map’s basemaps and versions.

Every world-map guide

Basemaps & versionsThe base image, extra versions, and animated maps.

Navigating & the mini mapZoom, fit, centre, and the overview mini map.

Pins & markersPlaces, icons, colours, and links.

Paths & routesRoads, rivers, and travel lines.

RegionsKingdoms, territories, and biomes.

Shared bordersSnap and link two regions along one edge.

Text & label stylingFonts, outlines, and curved labels.

Image overlaysDrop pictures and parallax layers.

AtmosphericsDrifting clouds, rain, and snow.

Masks & revealFog of war for your world map.

Layers & filtersOrganise features and show or hide them.

Measuring & distancesCalibrate the map to real distances.

Time-bound elements & historyChange the map across your world's timeline.

Editing, exploring, and running it live

The Edit / Explore / Guided switch in the bottom-right corner sets what the map is for: Edit while you build, Explore to browse freely, and Guided to walk your table through it. What each mode does in a live session — pings, reveals, and follow-the-GM — is covered in World Map in a Room.

Note

Everything you place is saved with the scene, so you can prep your map over many sittings and it’s exactly as you left it next time.

Related

• Creating a scene — start a World Map scene.
• Generate a map with the Map Foundry — make a base image.
• World Map in a Room — share it live with players.
• Scenes & battle maps — how scenes fit together.