ZEITGEIST Looking for Solution: Infinite scrolling physical map

[Meigeall]

Just starting book 4 of Zeitgeist, "Always on Time," and it is centered around a train journey. I have plenty of solutions for the maps of the train cars, but I lack a way to map the terrain around the train as it changes moment by moment.

I assume somewhere out there is a frame with rollers on either end that I can attach a loop of printed vinyl or paper to in order to create a looping scroll (hopefully with tension arms to keep the map flat on the table), but for the life of me I cannot find a purchasable or 3d-printable version.

Does anyone know of such a contraption, or even what it would be properly called?

 

[MrsMongoose]

Two big pencils and a bunch of sticky-taped A4s?

 

[hirou]

But which encounter really needs a moving background around the train? IIRC there's hydra, but the train is immobile, there's lantern trap, but all enemies fly up to the train top or into the cars.

 

[Meigeall]

Nothing as written... until the end, but I like to be prepared for crazy players and be ready to improvise (plus I think it would just be neat). I anticipate that some of the players in my group might not have the patience for the quiet espionage expected for the majority of this book. So, a confrontation on a moving train is possible.

 

[W'rkncacnter]

Nothing as written... until the end, but I like to be prepared for crazy players and be ready to improvise (plus I think it would just be neat). I anticipate that some of the players in my group might not have the patience for the quiet espionage expected for the majority of this book. So, a confrontation on a moving train is possible.

i don't really think the specific terrain around the train matters much if it's in motion. all you really need is a sheet indicating the average terrain that'll be around the train (e.g. trees) and to move any tokens not on the train the appropriate distance backwards at the appropriate point of initiative.

 

[vagabond_666]

If it isn't too late for your purposes, I would suggest looking at "fabric roll dispensers" or "paper roll dispensers". Normally you'd use one to be able to pull a length of fabric or paper from a large roll to cut it to a specific length, but I don't see why you couldn't have two and just run your loop between them.