Olden Lands Map Scale

[jamesmishler]

Right now I have the scale of the map set at 75 miles per large hex, to be broken into nine regional maps with 25-mile hexes, each to be further broken down into 25 area maps with 5-mile hexes.

I noted the option for the buyer to go with 90-mile/30-mile/6-mile maps instead, if they prefer 6-mile hexes for their sandboxes.

However, the thought struck me that I could go with 90/30/10, breaking the continent map into nine region maps with 30-mile hexes and each region map into nine area maps with 10-mile hexes...

This different option makes it far more likely that I will be able to get all maps done... that would be a total of 81 area maps with 10-mile hexes rather than 225 area maps with 5-mile hexes. What do you all think?

At this point all I'd need to do is change the scale on the Map 00: Olden Lands Continental Map, as I'm still working on the Region maps...

[Treebore]

Do the 10 mile scale. Seems like a no brainer to me, far less work means far more likely to get done.

[kreider204]

Do the 10 mile scale. Seems like a no brainer to me, far less work means far more likely to get done.

+1

[Dungeoneer]

The 10-mile scale sounds fine to me. I echo Treebore's sentiments.

[Rigon]

Do the 10 mile scale. Seems like a no brainer to me, far less work means far more likely to get done.

Yep.

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[jamesmishler]

Thanks guys! Pretty much just confirms my own thoughts... I'll get the maps with the modified scale up on DTRPG once I get the chance...

How have these worked for you all, BTW? I have not had a chance to print them off myself, but I think from the scale they should print off pretty well at the 20" x 14" size with decent resolution... has anyone tried this yet?

Oh, and the black borders... is that too much? Should I go with a white border with black text to save on ink for those who want to print the maps out? I think it looks better with the black border and white text, but for inks sake... hmmm...

[Rigon]

I haven't printed them out yet, mainly because my printer only does standard sized paper. I'll give it a try at some point to see how it looks.

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[Treebore]

Yeah, white borders. Been fine with that ever since they had Darlene do the Greyhawk maps.

[Rigon]

I printed out a copy of the map on standard 81/2x11 paper. Way to tiny to read the info. However, my printer can print posters out of PDFs, by printing a quarter of the PDF at a time on a full sheet of paper. So I turned the maps into PDFs and will test it out tonight.

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[dachda]

I printed out a copy of the map on standard 81/2x11 paper. Way to tiny to read the info. However, my printer can print posters out of PDFs, by printing a quarter of the PDF at a time on a full sheet of paper. So I turned the maps into PDFs and will test it out tonight.

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Please let us know how the poster print out works. My setup can do the same.

[Rigon]

I printed out a copy of the map on standard 81/2x11 paper. Way to tiny to read the info. However, my printer can print posters out of PDFs, by printing a quarter of the PDF at a time on a full sheet of paper. So I turned the maps into PDFs and will test it out tonight.

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Please let us know how the poster print out works. My setup can do the same.

Will do.

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[Rigon]

I just did a test run. It printed out on 6 sheets. With a little bit of tinkering (getting rid of edges and what nots), I think that this will turn out a fairly nice looking map in the 17x20 inch range. Which is very easy to read.

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[Rigon]

Oh, and the black borders... is that too much? Should I go with a white border with black text to save on ink for those who want to print the maps out? I think it looks better with the black border and white text, but for inks sake... hmmm...

I would definitely go with a white border. Much easier on my printer.

R-

[jamesmishler]

Thanks for the feedback, Rigon! When I get a chance I'll re-set the scale to 90 miles/hex and redesign the pages to have a white border rather than black.

[Rigon]

Thanks for the feedback, Rigon! When I get a chance I'll re-set the scale to 90 miles/hex and redesign the pages to have a white border rather than black.

No problem James, keep churning out the good work.

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