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<blockquote data-quote="JediMasterGunner" data-source="post: 7608774" data-attributes="member: 67229">I've run all three Against the Giants adventures by using the entire map for a level at once, once by drawing the maps on poster-sized graph paper from Office Max, and twice printing them on 11x17&quot; tabloid paper at Office Max and FedEx. They are gigantic when printed at scale, and a lot of fun to run.Drawing them was the most time consuming. The tiled poster on a FedEx printer was the fastest and cheapest. You might need to go to the shop a couple times to get someone who can help. Make sure the clerk knows how to make the poster setting for the prints, so if it doesn't work you aren't charged.This map is mostly tan and gray. Honestly, I don't think you'll lose much printing it in black and white. I did that for the ice and fire giants adventures and used markers to color key elements. When you tile a poster to print it as smaller sheets, select the tray for 11x17&quot; tabloid paper rather than 8.5x11&quot; typing paper because that will cut the number of sheets you need to in half. The price should be the same since tabloid is usually just twice the cost of typing sheets. The poster setting will tile the map into sheets that overlap. You can then trim off the white edges where the printer can't print to edge, then tape them together. Office shops usually have a Rota-trim cutter to do it swiftly.One more thing: this is a 72 dpi image and that will be pretty low resolution when printed at 1&quot;=5' scale. The pixelation will be clear and edges will seem a bit out of focus. But, it generally won't matter too much! The map will be so big people will be sitting around the edges. You can go over map's edges of rooms with a black Sharpie to firm up the soft-focus the pixelation creates.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JediMasterGunner, post: 7608774, member: 67229"] I've run all three Against the Giants adventures by using the entire map for a level at once, once by drawing the maps on poster-sized graph paper from Office Max, and twice printing them on 11x17" tabloid paper at Office Max and FedEx. They are gigantic when printed at scale, and a lot of fun to run. Drawing them was the most time consuming. The tiled poster on a FedEx printer was the fastest and cheapest. You might need to go to the shop a couple times to get someone who can help. Make sure the clerk knows how to make the poster setting for the prints, so if it doesn't work you aren't charged. This map is mostly tan and gray. Honestly, I don't think you'll lose much printing it in black and white. I did that for the ice and fire giants adventures and used markers to color key elements. When you tile a poster to print it as smaller sheets, select the tray for 11x17" tabloid paper rather than 8.5x11" typing paper because that will cut the number of sheets you need to in half. The price should be the same since tabloid is usually just twice the cost of typing sheets. The poster setting will tile the map into sheets that overlap. You can then trim off the white edges where the printer can't print to edge, then tape them together. Office shops usually have a Rota-trim cutter to do it swiftly. One more thing: this is a 72 dpi image and that will be pretty low resolution when printed at 1"=5' scale. The pixelation will be clear and edges will seem a bit out of focus. But, it generally won't matter too much! The map will be so big people will be sitting around the edges. You can go over map's edges of rooms with a black Sharpie to firm up the soft-focus the pixelation creates. [/QUOTE]

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