Review of Map Folio I
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Ovinomancer
No flips for you!
ArcOfCorinth said:
They're 8x11, and I agree, they're useless.
Arnwyn
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No, the maps are not all taken from previous modules. In fact, most of the maps in the map-a-week feature are new.johnsemlak said:
A quick estimation on my part is that 70% of the maps are new and 30% are re-used.
Some re-used ones come from Return to the Tomb of Horrors, Axe of the Dwarvish Lords, Dungeon Builder's Guide, Spellbound (FR), and Hellgate Keep (FR).
Ovinomancer said:
Utterly. Most of them don't even photocopy well, and it's irksome that that doesn't seem to be a design issue with a lot of the folks designing dungeons today. People are trying to get too caught up with fancy isometric high-color-depth maps. Plain 2D black-and-white line art is the only way to go.
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Just a reminder to people: This is Map Folio I, not Battlegrid Folio I.
Traditionally in D&D, maps have been dungeon and wilderness maps.
These mapsa are intended as an aid to adventure design. I don't know yet how useful they'll be. It will vary from person to person.
From what I've heard, some of the maps seem poor choices to include, but we'll see.
Cheers!
Traditionally in D&D, maps have been dungeon and wilderness maps.
These mapsa are intended as an aid to adventure design. I don't know yet how useful they'll be. It will vary from person to person.
From what I've heard, some of the maps seem poor choices to include, but we'll see.
Cheers!
Felon said:
I was just wondering if you mean that they don't colour photocopy well, or just in the case B&W photocopying?
I think part of the attraction of this product was meant to be that they were in colour - you didn't need to print them out in colour yourself. Obviously it didn't work too well in your case.
Cheers!
MerricB said:
And not Battlemap Folio either, right? The confusion--and the resulting letdown--is understandable. I hear my fellow gamers refer to a tile or a megamat as a "map" all the time. It's not like there's an official lexicon for them to go by. I've paid a lot of attention to this product, and the promotional info I read didn't clear things up on providing any hard data on the size or scale of the maps.
On the whole, it's just disappointing as heck that WotC, with their resources and talent, don't market more useful gaming aids. I mean, they're marketing a bag of dice now.
MerricB said:
Black-and-white, which I imagine is the type of copying most folks do routinely.
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