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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 9615379" data-attributes="member: 7006">This is a case where in hindsight they might have been better starting small and then building out... which I think they technically could still do with Maps.Right now with Maps the board is flat and top-down, with tokens used for monsters and PCs (like most VTTs).  But it could be possible to take the flat map image and put it on a X-Y-Z axis spinner so that you could rotate the map to multiple angles, for instance a Baldur's Gate 3/4 angle down perspective (amongst others).  Doing this would allow them to incorporate their 3D modeling programming for PCs to use in Maps (for those players that might want to design / paint and use their own online digital miniature.That's where I think the extra money to WotC from players would most likely come from... digital PC miniatures that can be built to their designs.  Making PCs a la HeroForge to use in their VTT would probably have more of an economic viability than most other assets they could supply.  Because the actual playing surface itself?  Not as much.So start with the flat Maps for the tabletop but allow 3D PC minis to be used on it (like most at-home players already do with actually minis on poster maps or hand-drawn wet/dry erase boards.)  Then later on if the digital PC mini market has some success... you could start building upon the Maps program itself and adding new improvements slowly, like raising/lowering map surfaces to give the maps different levels, and then adding in more 3D models like trees and walls over time.</blockquote>

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