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larsdangly · 03-08-2019, 10:22 AM

Yes, please! I think the right model for this is the old JG wilderness hex system, where there is a coarse mapping scale of something like a few miles per hex, which is going to always be specific to a unique campaign map, but then each of those hexes can be replaced with a tile of 'typical' smaller scale (maybe a couple hundred yards per hex) terrain, roads, farmsteads, etc., and each of those couple hundred hard hexes can be replaced with another scale down, perhaps 4 yards per hex (1MH of standard TFT terrain) having buildings, individual trees, etc. It looks like they are already making the last of these scales as 'dungeon tiles', and they already have made a bunch of the next scale down (1.33 m per hex - combat scale). So, if you just keep going with those product lines by making a few that have outside terrain features you are almost there. The only product that would need to be made de-novo is a set of hex tiles at a scale of a couple hundred yards per hex, containing elements that relate in some way to the 'dungeon tile' scale hex tiles.

03-08-2019, 10:22 AM	#3
larsdangly Join Date: Dec 2017	Re: Wilderness Tiles Yes, please! I think the right model for this is the old JG wilderness hex system, where there is a coarse mapping scale of something like a few miles per hex, which is going to always be specific to a unique campaign map, but then each of those hexes can be replaced with a tile of 'typical' smaller scale (maybe a couple hundred yards per hex) terrain, roads, farmsteads, etc., and each of those couple hundred hard hexes can be replaced with another scale down, perhaps 4 yards per hex (1MH of standard TFT terrain) having buildings, individual trees, etc. It looks like they are already making the last of these scales as 'dungeon tiles', and they already have made a bunch of the next scale down (1.33 m per hex - combat scale). So, if you just keep going with those product lines by making a few that have outside terrain features you are almost there. The only product that would need to be made de-novo is a set of hex tiles at a scale of a couple hundred yards per hex, containing elements that relate in some way to the 'dungeon tile' scale hex tiles.