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<blockquote data-quote="Jer" data-source="post: 8590714" data-attributes="member: 19857"><p>As Glen says - the original books were also black and white. And those maps in the original are pretty obviously the same color maps but printed in greyscale and are also a bit muddy and a bit harder to read than they need to be (shelling out the money to make two versions of the map might not have been in the budget, but it would have made them much nicer). So it sounds like they might have successfully reproduced the original Five Shires reading experience <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I'm tempted to pick them up for myself eventually even though I own the originals. Having the Dawn of the Emperors books in a single hardcover is by itself really tempting.</p><p></p><p>As for the maps, I honestly prefer to use the digital recreations that Thorfinn Tait has done at his Atlas of Mystara website - I don't think I've unfolded a Gaz map in years since he's put that site up (which is good, because I'm worried they're going to start tearing).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jer, post: 8590714, member: 19857"] As Glen says - the original books were also black and white. And those maps in the original are pretty obviously the same color maps but printed in greyscale and are also a bit muddy and a bit harder to read than they need to be (shelling out the money to make two versions of the map might not have been in the budget, but it would have made them much nicer). So it sounds like they might have successfully reproduced the original Five Shires reading experience :) I'm tempted to pick them up for myself eventually even though I own the originals. Having the Dawn of the Emperors books in a single hardcover is by itself really tempting. As for the maps, I honestly prefer to use the digital recreations that Thorfinn Tait has done at his Atlas of Mystara website - I don't think I've unfolded a Gaz map in years since he's put that site up (which is good, because I'm worried they're going to start tearing). [/QUOTE]
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