Demonweb maps - now featuring Scott Rouse question
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Scott_Rouse
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Imaro said:
It is a good idea and something we have talked about.
From a production view this would be posible. Adventure design would have a pretty big influence on cost because they need to be able to make the tiles work with the adventure. As long as they could make sure that all the maps in the adventure could be made from the 6 sheets of 2-sided tiles it would work. My big concern would be if they had to make the adventure watered down to work with the tiles.
6 tiles has an MSRP of $9.95 and a 32 page adventure (like Shadows of the Last War) sells for $9.95 so in theroy but (don't hold me to it) we could do this for around $20.
What about adding minis so it played right out of the box?
Scott_Rouse
Explorer
Jdvn1 said:
We did maps in Red Hand of Doom and Shattered Gates of Slaughtergarde. Maps are relatively expensive on their own but we have made it work to include them with adventures in the past.
It would be cool to be able to sell a "play out of the box" modules that had the adventure, maps/tiles and minis.
Scott_Rouse
Explorer
How many of you have:
1) Bought or used a Fantastic Locations product?
2) If you did how did you use it? A) Roleplaying B) Skirmish c) Both
3) If you used it for RPG play did you use it beyond the encounters it came with?
4) if you exclusively RP with it would it bother you to havethe skirmish symbols on it?
1) Bought or used a Fantastic Locations product?
2) If you did how did you use it? A) Roleplaying B) Skirmish c) Both
3) If you used it for RPG play did you use it beyond the encounters it came with?
4) if you exclusively RP with it would it bother you to havethe skirmish symbols on it?
Scott_Rouse said:
1) Bought or used a Fantastic Locations product?
Me! Me!
2) If you did how did you use it? A) Roleplaying B) Skirmish c) Both
Both, although mostly for roleplaying.
3) If you used it for RPG play did you use it beyond the encounters it came with?
For most of the maps, I've never bothered using the encounters they came with; I've found the adventures underwhelming, actually. The maps I found most useful were the generic ones - ruined keep, forest road, mithral caves, waterfall cave. Things like the lava map just wasn't coming up.
My PCs are very sick of being ambushed on that road!
4) if you exclusively RP with it would it bother you to havethe skirmish symbols on it?
Actually, I find it harder to RP without the skirmish symbols. This really bothered me when I was using the 2nd half of the ruined keep map. I really prefer difficult terrain (and other sorts) being called out. The victory areas don't bother me; they're pretty inconspicuous.
Cheers!
Echohawk
Shirokinukatsukami fan
I've purchased all of the FL series, and had at least some use out of all of them.Scott_Rouse said:
The maps all get used for skirmish occasionally, and from regularly to never for RPG, depending on the map. I tend to use the more ordinary maps (like the road, or fairly plain cave maps) more often than the exotic ones, but I sometimes find a way to work a more exotic one into a game.
I haven't used any of the encounters that came with the maps. The maps are used with encounters I've generated myself.
I'm pretty indifferent. The skirmish symbols don't get in the way much for RPG, although I did recently have a new player get pretty confused by the "Victory Area" in the dungeon the PCs were exploring!
Weaponbreaker
First Post
I would personaly pay upto $30 for high quality, pretty, tough and durable maps. The problem with the current FL and Starter PAck Maps is they rip, and far to easily. The Dreamblade Super-cool play mat is a great example of what I am talking about. It comes in a tube and is cheap enough to purchase.
DaveMage
Slumbering in Tsar
Scott_Rouse said:
I like the skirmish symbols identifying the difficult terrain, but I do *not* like the start/victory areas. I do not play skirmish and these areas cause the map to look like it was designed for something other than what I'm using it for, which is annoying.
Thanks for asking!
(Oh, and I really like your idea of tiles (or battle maps), minis and the adventure all in one.)
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Imaro
Legend
Scott_Rouse said:
Check it out, the constraints of making the 2-sided six sheet tiles work would be lessened as long as you also drew from the Dungeon Tiles already out there. You guys have already covered alot of ground with the sets that are already out, and I wouldn't waste that...I'd use it to supplement the above idea. I would save the included tiles for special rooms or encounter areas in the module that you won't be able to get through purchasing dungeon tiles, this ups the value to both dungeon tile users as well as those playing the modules.
