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Re: Journeys and Maps - Available for pre-order now
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 6:43 am
by Finrod Felagund
I read Journeys and Maps last night and thought it was excellent. I particularly liked the natural wonders and ruins sections. LMs should definitely check out the "Sinkhole Lake" rules (page 22).
Re: Journeys and Maps - Available for pre-order now
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 7:26 am
by Jon Hodgson
Wetwang is also a real place in the uk. And no, not
that place. Good grief get your mind out of the gutter. It's near York.
Of course we won't print the LMs maps of location X on the reverse of the players map of location X. Don't forget this is a system of rpg travel and map use that that
we designed in the first place. We got this.
The printed maps will be the same size as the ones that appeared in the slip case, so four times 8.5x11 inches. (22 inches wide, 15 inches high on nice thick paper stock) They are scale-compatible with those original maps.
They will be supplied folded. Tubes have been mentioned a couple of times in the past - tubed maps simply aren't a saleable, practical or attractive option for games stores.
There are some very small, featureless gaps in the composite. Francesco, Paul and myself wrestled that bear really hard to try and have no gaps at all, but in the end, skipping a couple of tiny sections that have absolutely no features in them whatsoever was (of course) preferable to cutting off significant locations.
Glad you're enjoying the supplement too!
Re: Journeys and Maps - Available for pre-order now
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 7:37 am
by Rich H
Jon Hodgson wrote:Wetwang is also a real place in the uk. And no, not that place. Good grief get your mind out of the gutter. It's near York.
Apologies, it tickled me no-end! Ooo-er! (there I go again!)
Jon Hodgson wrote:Of course we won't print the LMs maps of location X on the reverse of the players map of location X. Don't forget this is a system of rpg travel and map use that that
we designed in the first place. We got this.
Never doubted that for a second, although I was prepared to buy two copies if it was the case!
Jon Hodgson wrote:They will be supplied folded. Tubes have been mentioned a couple of times in the past - tubed maps simply aren't a saleable, practical or attractive option for games stores.
I may be in the minority, but I'm not a fan of tubed maps as I find them difficult to store so folded is alright by me.
Jon Hodgson wrote:Glad you're enjoying the supplement too!
Another supplement packed with useful information. You guys obviously use your time-lordy dimensional-space manipulation skills you've picked up on the Doctor Who rpg for TOR as well in order to fit in so much cool stuff.
Particularly enjoying the ruins and natural wonders sections of the book. Marco, what bits did you write, mate?
Just a quick question regarding the maps... When I view them some of the text is displaying white (generally sites, towns, villages), will this be the same colour on the printed maps as well or is it a characteristic of the viewer I'm using?
Re: Journeys and Maps - Available for pre-order now
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 8:10 am
by SirGalrim
Pre-ordered! Can't wait to get this. To get the physical maps has been what I have looked most forward to of all the supplements for over a year now!
Re: Journeys and Maps - Available for pre-order now
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 8:56 am
by bluejay
I've been re-reading The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings this week and it's been fascinating really paying attention to all the misadventures on the many journeys. I love how well the system reflects this. As the saying goes "half the fun's getting there". Again this new supplement is just fantastic and evocative. I genuinely think I could randomly generate a great adventure without any preparation.
Re: Journeys and Maps - Available for pre-order now
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 9:07 am
by HorusZA
Question to those who have the pdf:
What's the resolution of the maps like? Good enough to take to a large-format digital printshop and have them printed on, say, A2 or even A1 canvas or vinyl? Or is it screen/A4 print quality?
Thanks
Re: Journeys and Maps - Available for pre-order now
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 11:55 am
by beckett
Rich H wrote: Particularly enjoying the ruins and natural wonders sections of the book. Marco, what bits did you write, mate?
I'm not sure if I'm allowed to talk about how the sausage is made.
Re: Journeys and Maps - Available for pre-order now
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 12:04 pm
by Hermes Serpent
HorusZA wrote:Question to those who have the pdf:
What's the resolution of the maps like? Good enough to take to a large-format digital printshop and have them printed on, say, A2 or even A1 canvas or vinyl? Or is it screen/A4 print quality?
Thanks
Well I guess that they are good enough to print at full size 17x22 but the dpi doesn't appear in my Windows based pdf reader. I think that C7 would send tiff or similar files to their printer though for best results though.
I've taken previous files to a printer to get them printed and encapsulated at about 17x22.
Re: Journeys and Maps - Available for pre-order now
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 12:37 pm
by Rich H
beckett wrote:... But you're welcome
You could spin it off into a game show. Hang on...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjOZtWZ56lc
Re: Journeys and Maps - Available for pre-order now
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 12:40 pm
by Earendil
T.S. Luikart wrote:Ahem.
After they had eaten and drunk, sitting upon the grass, Celeborn spoke to them again of their
journey, and lifting his hand he pointed south to the woods beyond the Tongue.
`As you go down the water,' he said, `you will find that the trees will fail, and you will come to a
barren country. There the River flows in stony vale amid high moors, until at last after many
leagues it comes to the tall island of the Tindrock, that we call Tol Brandir. There it casts its arms
about the steep shores of the isle, and falls then with a great noise and smoke over the cataracts of
Rauros down into the Nindalf, the
Wetwang as it is called in your tongue. That is a wide region of
sluggish fen where the stream becomes tortuous and much divided. There the Entwash flows in by
many mouths from the Forest of Fangorn in the west. About that stream, on this side of the Great
River, lies Rohan. On the further side are the bleak hills of the Emyn Muil. The wind blows from
the East there, for they look out over the Dead Marshes and the Noman-lands to Cirith Gorgor and
the black gates of Mordor.
As it happens, I was showing the PDF to a friend last night, and he commented on the very same thing. And I pulled out my LOTR
and read the very same passage to him!
Also:
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Wetwang says that an archaic meaning of "wang" is a field or flat area.
Anyway, the book and maps look really good. I would have preferred to have the coast of Lindon fully depicted, especially since we now have rules for sea travel! But it's not really a big deal, and I love having those rules and the ones for ruins -- the latter may well be used in my very next session...