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Maps.....; Who has one?
Topic Started: Mar 4 2009, 11:09 PM (411 Views)
mattblackgod
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Another thread on here someone mentioned maps. It got me thinking - as I have a map for my wastelands too. Helps keep things organised when you have a whole world to create.

So who has a map and who doesnt?

If you have one how did you create yours?

There are several ways to create you maps.

The first is grab a bit of paper and a pencil - quick and easy. Plus you make it up as you go along! For the more technical minded it could be done on a PC. I have used both of these. (Mattblackworld is currently on its fourth map).

Secondly you grab an old map. A road map should do it - or a old OS map if you are rich. Then you modifiy it and add the bits you want. I did this when I ran a PA campagin set in my home town. Its far easier to play with some else's work. If you are out and about dont forget tourist guides as a potential scource for cheap maps.

Third - Got a PC? Go online and look up maps of your favorite computer games or even fantasy background. The maps from Fallout 1-3 and STALKER are availble online. Just change the names of the places to suit. If you want to annoy a LOR fanboy - copy the middle earth map and PA it! Discworld and Conan of Chimmera are both good maps for butchering. Dont forget Ramshackle has a map for Nuke Ren online too. Negromundiaheim site used to have a map - sadly the site is gone and I lost the maps in a recent PC crash! :'(

Fouth - like the one above but you download real maps. Then butcher it with paint/paintshop pro. Add stuff - change coast lines. Remove seas - what ever rocks your boat.

Any other ideas?
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v_lazy_dragon
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I keep meaning to get a road map or 2 and give them some alteration (especially good for those '5 years later' games as it gives it that 'authentic' feel if you've got an OS/road atlas with bits scrawled in, rivers re-directed, etc. Charity shops are great places to pick these sorts of things up!)
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tinker
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I ain't got no map... it's no wonder that I iz lost in the Wastes.
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mattblackgod
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If you dont want to butcher your maps - photocopy them and butcher the copies.

Hey Tinker - Remember the sun rises in the East and Sets in the West. Thats what us born n bred wastelanders use to help us move about. Who needs maps? MAPS - WEEE NEEED NO STINNNNKIN MAPS!
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