11-13-2016, 10:04 AM | #21 |
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Northern Virginia, USA
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Re: A really big hex map
Bruno, how did your group handle moving PC tokens on the shared map on the big TV? Multiple computers, or one computer with multiple mice, or pass-the-mouse, or giving verbal instructions to whoever has the mouse?
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11-13-2016, 01:59 PM | #22 |
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Canada
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Re: A really big hex map
A combination of multiple computers, pass-the-mouse, and giving instructions to whoever had the mouse, depending on the players level of laziness.
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11-13-2016, 03:36 PM | #23 |
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Sydney
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Re: A really big hex map
Went with mega map and battle map.
It breaks both my rule of not spending money and collecting stuff, but even if I just as expected use them at least three times a year it will be less than $1 a game over the length of time I expect to have them. |
11-14-2016, 03:11 AM | #24 |
Join Date: Oct 2008
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Re: A really big hex map
Well, I have a vinyl battle map cut in half that I lug around to places a few times a year and in 4 or so years so far there have been no problems but YMMV.
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11-14-2016, 09:28 AM | #25 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Re: A really big hex map
For years, we used a few A3 sheets of hex paper that had been laminated. Whenever we needed a really huge battlemap, we just laid them down side by side. It worked well.
If you stick with multiple smaller-sized maps, there's no need for an oversized printer or laminator - you can just print them out and laminate them at the local print shop. They also travel and store more easily than a single big map. Of course, eventually I started to want something prettier- so this week, I came up with this. (Sorry to link to my blog, but I happen to have just posted these new battlemaps, and they seem relevant to the discussion.)
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11-14-2016, 10:32 AM | #26 |
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Rural Utah
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Re: A really big hex map
I'm waiting for the GNL game mats kickstarter to ship.
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11-14-2016, 10:33 AM | #27 | |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Denver, Colorado
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Re: A really big hex map
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11-14-2016, 11:37 AM | #28 | |
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Re: A really big hex map
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Actually, now that I think about it, I've told a lie: each board has two layers; a foamcore layer for the top, and "Gatorboard" layer for the bottom. "Gatorboard" is a kind of treated foamcore used in sign-making - it's a lot tougher and more rigid than normal foamcore; I used it to give the whole thing some solidity, and because it doesn't warp when glue, paint etc are applied. I put a lot of matte varnish on the top, too, to protect it in play - foamcore can be fragile, otherwise - but with a lot of PVA glue, paint, and varnish, I think they'll probably hold up pretty well.
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11-14-2016, 11:51 AM | #29 |
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Indianapolis, IN
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Re: A really big hex map
These are in the process of being brought to market.
http://www.gamenightlife.com/category-s/100.htm Tiles printed with squares or (most importantly for GURPS) hexes. Magnets in the edges to keep them together and they will allow you to use a table to best advantage - IE use the number of tiles that the table can hold rather than having a map that is too large or small for the table. Any shape of table... Draw/write on them with anything and clean it right off. Leave a drawing of a starship/village/secret lair on for use at the next month's worth (or more) of game nights. Use one or more with a different scale when things get BIG i.e. the party is spread out and each hex on that map equals a whole tile (or a megahex of tiles! :P) on the tactical scale. Done for the night? Stack them in a back pack and go home. Currently the project is funded and in the process of getting master samples for production - http://gamenightlife.blogspot.com/ for updates. (Full disclosure - not a part of GNL but I did contribute to the Kickstarter - to my mind these are just cool and fit my needs as a GM)
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