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<blockquote data-quote="Agback" data-source="post: 1911370" data-attributes="member: 5328">Good point. Allow me to clarify.I have drawn regional maps for some campaigns, showing the locations of rivers and cities and shorelines and so forth (like <a href="http://www.alphalink.com.au/~evill/gehennum/graphics/city_map.gif" target="_blank">this</a>). On two occasions I have drawn detailed relief maps (contour lines, etc.). I have done perhaps half a dozen maps of cities (like <a href="http://www.alphalink.com.au/~evill/pbem/images/thekla.gif" target="_blank">this</a>), showing the relative locations of different suburbs and the positioning of important features such as forums, temples o the major gods, citadels, palaces, and watchtowers. I have mapped four large buildings that the PCs occupied either as owners, retainers of the owner, or paying guests: two castles, one palace, and <a href="http://www.alphalink.com.au/~evill/pbem/mainmast.html" target="_blank">one classy boarding-house</a>.But since 1981 I have not run an adventure based on exploring a mapped and keyed network of locations, and I have not therefore bothered to map or key any such network. Rather, I have devoted my effort to political, social, and cultural detail like <a href="http://www.alphalink.com.au/~evill/gehennum/index.html" target="_blank">this</a> and <a href="http://www.alphalink.com.au/~evill/C&amp;S/hospital.html" target="_blank">this</a>.It is a matter of focussing my effort where it will do most good, given my preferred style of games.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Agback, post: 1911370, member: 5328"] Good point. Allow me to clarify. I have drawn regional maps for some campaigns, showing the locations of rivers and cities and shorelines and so forth (like [url=http://www.alphalink.com.au/~evill/gehennum/graphics/city_map.gif]this[/url]). On two occasions I have drawn detailed relief maps (contour lines, etc.). I have done perhaps half a dozen maps of cities (like [url=http://www.alphalink.com.au/~evill/pbem/images/thekla.gif]this[/url]), showing the relative locations of different suburbs and the positioning of important features such as forums, temples o the major gods, citadels, palaces, and watchtowers. I have mapped four large buildings that the PCs occupied either as owners, retainers of the owner, or paying guests: two castles, one palace, and [url=http://www.alphalink.com.au/~evill/pbem/mainmast.html]one classy boarding-house[/url]. But since 1981 I have not run an adventure based on exploring a mapped and keyed network of locations, and I have not therefore bothered to map or key any such network. Rather, I have devoted my effort to political, social, and cultural detail like [url=http://www.alphalink.com.au/~evill/gehennum/index.html]this[/url] and [url=http://www.alphalink.com.au/~evill/C&S/hospital.html]this[/url]. It is a matter of focussing my effort where it will do most good, given my preferred style of games. [/QUOTE]

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