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Post by robertsconley on Jan 1, 2009 18:38:51 GMT -6
I am interested how useful everybody found Map 19 the Wild North. Particularly the format.
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Post by greyharp on Jan 1, 2009 19:25:50 GMT -6
Well I (probably foolishly) rushed out and ordered a copy before the map issue was fixed, so I can barely make out the place names and cannot see the hex numbers at all. Still, I like the article format, reading through the listings is like exploring as I try to find each location and look at what surrounds it. Great stuff.
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Post by garish on Jan 2, 2009 17:36:26 GMT -6
I have shown your maps to several of my friends, and we all want to be able to do what you do. Mapmaking is HARD! Unless you take a "real map" and "fantasize it", trying to get geologic features, distances between population centers, and trade routes can be a nightmare.
I find your maps to look believable. That is a big plus. The format is very easy for me to work with, and my vision isn't what it was when the LBB came out. Bluntly, I think yours are the best I've seen.
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Post by Tim Shorts on Jan 2, 2009 20:04:08 GMT -6
I think Bob himself would have enjoyed your efforts. As always, the map looks great and the entries do a nice job of constucting the bones of the area and allowing GMs to flesh out the area. Just like Bob used to make.
I know you and I have spoken about this, but I would like to see you do a detailed single hex map. Just throwing that out there. *hint hint*
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Post by robertsconley on Jan 2, 2009 21:36:59 GMT -6
I have shown your maps to several of my friends, and we all want to be able to do what you do. Mapmaking is HARD! Unless you take a "real map" and "fantasize it", trying to get geologic features, distances between population centers, and trade routes can be a nightmare. I find your maps to look believable. That is a big plus. The format is very easy for me to work with, and my vision isn't what it was when the LBB came out. Bluntly, I think yours are the best I've seen. My basic trick is that I was a geography minor with a computer science major in college. I also have read many geography texts for fun. I am working on notes in the hopes of creating a product to help GMs and players do what I do. Appreciate the compliments. |
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Post by akrasia on Jan 2, 2009 23:00:42 GMT -6
I love the "Wild North"! Thanks, Robert. I plan to use it for the far north of my homebrew setting (not the Wilderlands). Any chance that a "players' map" will be made available?  |
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Post by amityvillemike on Jan 14, 2009 15:25:43 GMT -6
I just finished the article last evening and you did a terrific job, both on the map and the descriptions of the Wild North. I now find myself greatly in need of tracking down a decent book on Russian Folklore after reading "The Wild North".
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Post by Thangobrind on Jan 15, 2009 13:19:00 GMT -6
I just finished the article last evening and you did a terrific job, both on the map and the descriptions of the Wild North. I now find myself greatly in need of tracking down a decent book on Russian Folklore after reading "The Wild North". I'd be interested in such a book, too. Anybody have any recommendations? |
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Post by robertsconley on Jan 18, 2009 22:13:40 GMT -6
I just finished the article last evening and you did a terrific job, both on the map and the descriptions of the Wild North. I now find myself greatly in need of tracking down a decent book on Russian Folklore after reading "The Wild North". I used GURPS Russia as a guide as to what to look up in Wikipedia. From Wikipedia links I got a few more details. GURPS Russia has a bibliography so you can use that to find more books. For example I found a lot more detail on Grandfather Frost than what GURPS had. e23.sjgames.com/item.html?id=SJG30-6082www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/1556342586/ref=sr_1_olp_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232338184&sr=8-1Thanks for the compliment Rob Conley |
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