wargame – A LaTeX package to prepare hex’n’counter wargames
This package can help make classic Hex’n’Counter wargames using LaTeX. The package provides tools for generating
- Hex maps and boards
- Counters for units, markers, and so on
- Counter sheets
- Order of Battle charts
- Illustrations in the rules using the defined maps and counters
The result will often be a PDF (or set of PDFs) that contains everything one will need for a game (rules, charts, boards, counter sheets).
- The package uses NATO App6 symbology for units.
- The package uses NATO App6 symbology for units.
- The package uses TikZ for most things.
- The package supports exporting the game to a VASSAL module
See also the README.md file for more, and of course the documentation (including the tutorial in tutorial/game.pdf).
Sources | /macros/latex/contrib/wargame |
Documentation | |
Repository | https://gitlab.com/wargames_tex/wargame_tex |
Version | 0.8 2024-11-19 |
Licenses | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Copyright | 2022–2024 Christian Holm Christensen |
Maintainer | Christian Holm Christensen |
TDS archive | wargame.tds.zip |
Contained in | TeX Live as wargame MiKTeX as wargame |
Topics | PGF TikZ Symbol support Games |
Download the contents of this package in one zip archive (2.8M).
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