Recent content by seanpecor

Yep, we game at AFnG every Monday from 6p-10p and we've been using the map. There are definitely a ton of great gamers there, to be sure. The LFR Tuesday and Wednesday night meetups usually have 3-4 tables going. Sean

Nice job! Do you have some felt underneath the weight to prevent table scratches? I'm looking forward to hearing how stable it is, especially on a plastic folding table that gets bumped alot. If it doesn't wiggle around when that happens, I might try making v2.0 of my map mount using 1" aluminum...

Just posted a Youtube video for those interested in seeing the map in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFVXfsd4Nao I also updated the DIY article with some new photos, design alternatives and the embedded video: Portable Digital Map HOWTO This was Nate's first time DMing with the map...

Once you design your home theater and chosen your screen location / size, then an optical zoom may not be necessary. Because you can then locate your home theater projector mount at the proper location to project the desired size. In a sense, both the projector for the map and the projector for...

The approach is pretty basic at this point. Just an eraser brush about 1.5" in diameter on the screen and erase as needed. You could repaint fog of war with a brush tool. Admittedly, this is where a simple map tool that does nothing but handle the fog of war, light sources, etc would be killer...

Close, but in reality, your laptop runs as a "dual monitor" set up, which is ideal for role playing. Only the DM sees what is on his/her laptop, and before combat/etc you "drag" the player map window to the projector "monitor" and full-screen it. So the DM can control the player map, which...

Actually it can do a 24x36 map at it's current size. You just raise the projector to enlarge the projection. Other than the size of the frame there are no other limitations, really. Yes, many folks do just that - mount it on a ceiling. In that case it's good to have an optical zoom and a...

For the photos, I just used some existing scanned maps from some published D&D modules. I'm not actually the DM for our group, but luckily our DM is ready and willing to collaborate on a sensible process to work with maps during game play. For basic display of the maps during game play, I...

The big box actually just seems to "disappear" when you're using it. It's far less substantial in person than in the photos, for some reason. The top is high enough to not block your view of the other folks, plus the legs are only 3/4" in diameter, you hardly notice them. Once I'm sure I'm done...

Awesome! I look forward to it! Sean

I'd love a good fixed solution also but don't have the space to spare. So portable seemed the way to go, since I can take it where-ever our group chooses to game (which can fluctuate depending on availability). My first choice was to go with the under-the-table set up but like you I ran into...

Sure thing - BenQ Projectors: BenQ MP522ST DLP projector I didn't buy it from that site, I just searched for it on Ebay. There is one for sale for $550 on Ebay right now, probably from the same merchant. It's a good projector, and I plan on using it for business purposes also (it pops out of...

:) Someone who enjoys boating once a week goes out and buys a $20,000 pick up and a $12,000 boat. Is that insane lol. I don't think the role playing hobby gets the status it deserves. I enjoy gaming once a week so dropping $750 on a gaming prop seems sane to me :) Plus, $750 is chump change for...

It's pretty stable. Since the whole thing moves as a single solid unit, the map doesn't deviate at all. Sean

True dat. ProjectorCentral.com was a life saver. I was amazed that you can get a projector for under $750 that could paint a 44" diagonal 4:3 image from only 31" away. And with perfect focus and uniformity. Without ProjectorCentral I wouldn't know which projectors would work. Sean