01-30-2018, 12:05 AM | #11 | |
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01-30-2018, 08:06 AM | #12 | |
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01-30-2018, 11:44 AM | #13 | |
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Why 8.5x11? Because a committee in the 1920s decided it was a convenient size. |
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01-30-2018, 02:47 PM | #14 |
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It varies -- some are dead-on 21" x 32", some are a bit bigger.
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01-30-2018, 06:42 PM | #15 | |
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I think SJ Games may have chosen this so that people could print arenas on standard US letter stock. EXCEPT printers rarely print on the full sheet, so tiling an arena would still require more that 8 sheets. |
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01-30-2018, 09:57 PM | #16 |
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Given that the choice of map sheet size was made in the 80s, I doubt home printers had anything to do with it.
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02-01-2018, 09:54 AM | #17 | |
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1. SJ went with the size that their print shop was set up to run, which happened to be 22 x 34. (This is why early Magic: the Gathering card sets were the size they were. Carta Mundi printed cards on a particular sheet. I think 11 cards X 10.) 2. There was some need to print on that size because of folding requirements. Either that's the size the folding equipment worked with, or that's the size that could be neatly folded to fit in the available bags. |
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02-01-2018, 10:19 AM | #18 |
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So... I have a large format printer at work, and I need something I can run through it to test and see if it works. Anyone got an arena map file I can chunk through it?
To clarify, I am NOT looking for something SJ Games distributes as a printable pdf. Either a homebrew arena, or something like the Test Autoduel arena that were distributed as scale diagrams for you to hand-draw at home. |
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02-02-2018, 03:51 AM | #20 |
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I created one a little while back for one of Jimmy's PBEM games.
The Dyersburg Arena is similar to the OG Armadillo Arena in that it has taken the old, abandoned mall and converted it to something more fun. I tried to us the old-school map aesthetic too! |
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