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<blockquote data-quote="Psion" data-source="post: 1526568" data-attributes="member: 172">This presumes, of course, that you want to print the map. I run from my laptop. I look at the map; the players rarely see it. And if the map folion is a perfect bound softback, I'm guessing I don't want to spread it out on the table even if there was one I wanted them to see.If you don't have or don't like to use a computer at the gaming table, that might be a point.Let's see... is the school of sorcery among those maps? (Quick look - yup) I think a faux vellum look is not a fair tradeoff for a nice crisp map with clearly defined grids and contents. I remember using that map and being aggravated by the fact that it didn't even compare, for example, to the detail of the map in Tome &amp; Blood.Plus what 3catcircus said on this subject.Of course this is a bit of a strawman. The main reason one would question whether it is worth it is because you can get the maps for free from the WotC website.That $9.95 would put me over my budget for the month. It's harder and harder to squeeze 4 gaming books into $100 these days. And if I did have the $10, I'd be tempted to save it for next month to go towards a product whose content I can't get free online.Don't get me wrong, if you enjoy having these maps in a printed format, then more power to you. But for your practical reasons, I am not seeing it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Psion, post: 1526568, member: 172"] This presumes, of course, that you want to print the map. I run from my laptop. I look at the map; the players rarely see it. And if the map folion is a perfect bound softback, I'm guessing I don't want to spread it out on the table even if there was one I wanted them to see. If you don't have or don't like to use a computer at the gaming table, that might be a point. Let's see... is the school of sorcery among those maps? (Quick look - yup) I think a faux vellum look is not a fair tradeoff for a nice crisp map with clearly defined grids and contents. I remember using that map and being aggravated by the fact that it didn't even compare, for example, to the detail of the map in Tome & Blood. Plus what 3catcircus said on this subject. Of course this is a bit of a strawman. The main reason one would question whether it is worth it is because you can get the maps for free from the WotC website. That $9.95 would put me over my budget for the month. It's harder and harder to squeeze 4 gaming books into $100 these days. And if I did have the $10, I'd be tempted to save it for next month to go towards a product whose content I can't get free online. Don't get me wrong, if you enjoy having these maps in a printed format, then more power to you. But for your practical reasons, I am not seeing it. [/QUOTE]

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