04-21-2019, 08:09 AM | #1 |
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Rolled Paper TFT Maps and More
I was on the Facebook page and saw a nice, flat, paper map without creases. I would like to be able to order paper maps: travel & new size Melee & Wizard, G.E.V., Ogre, etc. that are rolled and shipped in a mailing tube. I, for one, would be willing to buy a second (spare) map and pay for the extra shipping and cost of a tube to get rolled maps.
Extend that to posters. I know that there have been some really nice Ogre posters in the past and I would cough up the cost of a TFT octopus poster for my game room in a heartbeat. |
04-21-2019, 08:35 AM | #2 | |
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04-21-2019, 01:50 PM | #3 |
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Re: Rolled Paper TFT Maps and More
Here's an idea; what about a posters and maps Kickstarter? I have no idea if that would work economically speaking or not, but if I had an opportunity to gain some cool map variants (and maybe you could do reprints of the existing MHs too as an add-on), I would certainly back it. Especially if it included some new ideas in generic dungeon mapping too (you know, like the color-coded ones published in the Legacy Edition, but different layouts -- though keeping them geomorphic would be very cool).
You could do a variety of dungeon maps, new terrain maps in the Wizard/Melee sizes, throw in a new Dyson game mat or two, and maybe some cool new Megahexes and call it TFT Battlefields! ;-) Yeah, I know; I haven't got a clue how much work something like that would be, so I'll just go over here and sit in the corner now... |
04-21-2019, 10:27 PM | #4 |
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Portland, Maine
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Re: Rolled Paper TFT Maps and More
Would it be possible to sell a one-time print on demand link with password, that a local printer could then use to print the map? That way you wouldn't have to print 500 copies and the customer can dictate what size he wants his map.
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04-21-2019, 11:37 PM | #5 | |
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Location: Dayton, Ohio
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On the other hand, I would pay for the same thing as a normal high-res PDF. And sure, theoretically people could print a hundred posters with a normal PDF, and try to make a profit by selling them — but nobody would buy them, because they'd be paying the same outrageous one-off print costs as the IP Pirate did, plus the greedy markup. |
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04-22-2019, 12:56 AM | #6 |
Join Date: Dec 2017
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Re: Rolled Paper TFT Maps and More
Anybody remember Profantasy's mapping software?
- Campaign Cartographer - Dungeon Designer - Fractal Terrains ...etc. Mine still seemed to function with WINDOWS 10 at last attempt a year or two ago. Now that TFT is back, I've been thinking about putting together some dungeon maps, overland maps and other fun stuff, then selling the PDF files in a Kickstarter. I don't care how many times they are reprinted or for who. It's all a learning process for me. Next year's PDF map set will be different and better, I hope.... |
04-22-2019, 01:51 AM | #7 |
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Dayton, Ohio
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I have Campaign Cartographer 3+ installed on my PC right now. I even start it up and play with it occasionally, but I've never gotten familiar enough to work with it efficiently. (And I can do pretty much all the same things with Illustrator, with which I have quite a bit more experience.)
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04-22-2019, 10:33 AM | #8 | |
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Near Milwaukee, WI
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I've been doing some mapping with CC3+ for TFT (I think I've spent more on Campaign Cartographer and other ProFantasy products than I did on my son's car - started with the DOS version way back when). I probably should set up a website to keep my TFT maps visible. But, that sounds like work :) Here's a link to one of the scenarios I shared, complete with Melee map poster. There's other stuff that I created scattered about these forums, including a primitive template I put together for Melee Maps in CC3+ |
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