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<blockquote data-quote="Inoeex" data-source="post: 7091178" data-attributes="member: 6802927"><p>Hey everyone</p><p></p><p>This question has been bothering me for weeks now, how important is to have a map when you are playing/running a game? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /></p><p>I realized that my players have reacted differently during the past two years depends on the map I brought them in our sessions. In my experience they RPGed deeper when there was a printer map with so much details in it. But it is not always possible for me to make map with softwares and have it printed for our sessions due to my busy life. Sometimes I just draw the maps with marker on a piece of paper which is obviously is not neat at all.</p><p>In my experience, maps help the players to remember things, all the memories which players talk about are those in which I had a printed map with myself.</p><p></p><p>I wish I could turn this to a poll but I could not find how to do so.</p><p>So would you please pick of the following states and share your experience with me ? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I would like the map to be:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">To be drawn spontaneously, because it gives me a sense of discovering new things ... I dont care if it is not neat and it does have details</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">To be printed, done by a software, the more details the map has the happier I am in my sessions</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">On a tablet! The world has changed!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Naaah .... maps are not essential! I stick with my imagination</li> </ol><p></p><p></p><p>I would really appreciate it if you share your knowledge of map making with me, like which softwares are the best regardless of the price.</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Inoeex, post: 7091178, member: 6802927"] Hey everyone This question has been bothering me for weeks now, how important is to have a map when you are playing/running a game? :confused: I realized that my players have reacted differently during the past two years depends on the map I brought them in our sessions. In my experience they RPGed deeper when there was a printer map with so much details in it. But it is not always possible for me to make map with softwares and have it printed for our sessions due to my busy life. Sometimes I just draw the maps with marker on a piece of paper which is obviously is not neat at all. In my experience, maps help the players to remember things, all the memories which players talk about are those in which I had a printed map with myself. I wish I could turn this to a poll but I could not find how to do so. So would you please pick of the following states and share your experience with me ? :) I would like the map to be: [LIST=1] [*]To be drawn spontaneously, because it gives me a sense of discovering new things ... I dont care if it is not neat and it does have details [*]To be printed, done by a software, the more details the map has the happier I am in my sessions [*]On a tablet! The world has changed! [*]Naaah .... maps are not essential! I stick with my imagination [/LIST] I would really appreciate it if you share your knowledge of map making with me, like which softwares are the best regardless of the price. Thanks in advance [/QUOTE]
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