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<blockquote data-quote="LegendaryGames" data-source="post: 6651418" data-attributes="member: 6775678"><p>Hi Michael,</p><p></p><p>Agreed on the idea that it's probably more trouble (and expense) than it's worth to dial out full-scale world maps when the action is going to be focused in just one place. A campaign setting could certainly have more room to expand things, though in an adventure you really want to concentrate on where the action is. I think conceptually our campaign setting has in mind more of a "points of light" kind of model, rather than a heavily and densely populated universe. A lot more like Tatooine or Naboo than Coruscant.</p><p></p><p>As for maps for the AP, <em>The Assimilation Strain</em> maps are done and <em>To Worlds Unknown</em> maps are in progress right now. I'm pretty sure we could use you on one of the later adventures down the road. I was thinking in particular of Richard Pett's asteroid belt adventure <em>Confederates of the Shattered Zone</em>, though he's only just started outlining his adventure so it will be a little while before that gets going in earnest with maps. I'm a big fan of avoiding single points of failure, so we may also look at alternating cartographers to make sure that if a person gets backed up on one, it doesn't cascade onto the next and the next and the next.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LegendaryGames, post: 6651418, member: 6775678"] Hi Michael, Agreed on the idea that it's probably more trouble (and expense) than it's worth to dial out full-scale world maps when the action is going to be focused in just one place. A campaign setting could certainly have more room to expand things, though in an adventure you really want to concentrate on where the action is. I think conceptually our campaign setting has in mind more of a "points of light" kind of model, rather than a heavily and densely populated universe. A lot more like Tatooine or Naboo than Coruscant. As for maps for the AP, [I]The Assimilation Strain[/I] maps are done and [I]To Worlds Unknown[/I] maps are in progress right now. I'm pretty sure we could use you on one of the later adventures down the road. I was thinking in particular of Richard Pett's asteroid belt adventure [I]Confederates of the Shattered Zone[/I], though he's only just started outlining his adventure so it will be a little while before that gets going in earnest with maps. I'm a big fan of avoiding single points of failure, so we may also look at alternating cartographers to make sure that if a person gets backed up on one, it doesn't cascade onto the next and the next and the next. [/QUOTE]
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