This should be good. Makes me want a blank water flip mat to go with this set.
How about this one
Yay! That would be great for Cyanea, my Water-World
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The Map Pack Waterfront is in the warehouse and ready to ship for anybody interested!
-Lisa
Any chance of seeing a sample of this in the store blog? I feel like it's been a while since the Map Packs were featured as such and I know I'd be more likely to consider the later ones if I could see one or two of the setups like you used to do.
This reminds me of the Barge End Chase in The Mad God's Key (Dungeon Issue #114).
Any chance of seeing a sample of this in the store blog?I'd love to see a sample screen shot of the boats, I'm getting ready to run some upcoming sand-ship action (Open Design's The Sand Pirates) and I'm hoping this map-pack will fit the bill.
It's even sitting in my shopping cart right now...
The picture shown above is the whole set laid out together. But it's done so that you can just show shore, or a really long pier, or however you want to arrange them.
I especially like the sunken boat that's dimly visible through the water :)
Does anyone actively use/build encounters round these Map Packs? I'm curious as I've considered buying some, but just wonder how much use I'd get from them...
I know I could get off my hairy arse and actually build encounters etc to suit, but I'm a "try before I buy" kinda dude and just wondered how useful the Map Packs are?
Cheers
BD
Does anyone actively use/build encounters round these Map Packs? I'm curious as I've considered buying some, but just wonder how much use I'd get from them...
I know I could get off my hairy arse and actually build encounters etc to suit, but I'm a "try before I buy" kinda dude and just wondered how useful the Map Packs are?
Cheers
BD
I've found these very useful for the "you're walking from point A to B" type of encounter that happens in modules and the APs. Need a dirty alley? Got it! Need that shabby pier? Got it! :) Going into the graveyard to investigate a crypt! Got it! Saves me mapping time, and gives instant feeling of the area the players find themselves in.
I used Graveyard and City in Crimson Throne for several random street encounters in Edge of Anarchy, and definitely will be pulling out more for Seven Days; my husband used Countryside in Rise of the Runelords-Burnt Offerings and is eagerly awaiting the Farmstead set for Skinsaw Murders; and we purchased this set specifically for our friend who is GMing us through Second Darkness :)
We've 12 sets so far, one on preorder, and are looking at what next to get -- we love 'em!
I've found these very useful for the "you're walking from point A to B" type of encounter that happens in modules and the APs. Need a dirty alley? Got it! Need that shabby pier? Got it! :) Going into the graveyard to investigate a crypt! Got it! Saves me mapping time, and gives instant feeling of the area the players find themselves in.I used Graveyard and City in Crimson Throne for several random street encounters in Edge of Anarchy, and definitely will be pulling out more for Seven Days; my husband used Countryside in Rise of the Runelords-Burnt Offerings and is eagerly awaiting the Farmstead set for Skinsaw Murders; and we purchased this set specifically for our friend who is GMing us through Second Darkness :)
We've 12 sets so far, one on preorder, and are looking at what next to get -- we love 'em!
Thanks for that - may well splash the coin for some of the packs...
I'm currently [fruitlessly converting old TSR modules "The Sentinel" & "The Gauntlet" over to Pathfinder - so village/farmstead/ruins might well come in handy.
Cheers
Hi. I finally got an account so I can chime in and say that I'm happy that everyone is very positive about the map illustrations. It's always fun work.
This was one of my favorites to make. The creepy mutant fish on the dock is one of my favorite details to add to a map-pack, yet. It has some great scale texture...plus, it's a huge catch. The Waterfront tavern is going to be a great companion to this...even more little details. ©
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SWEET!!! I actually suggested a Waterfront flip-mat awhile ago, but I should be able to combine this map pack with the backside of the Ship flip-mat to create a whole lot of dockside mayhem.
Which is one of my absolute favorite forms of mayhem.
We designed it to combine with Flip-Mat: Waterfront Tavern in a number of different ways!
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We designed it to combine with Flip-Mat: Waterfront Tavern in a number of different ways!
That is REALLY cool. I'd love lots of way to combine Map Packs and Flip Mays to make really big scenes. I haven't looked too closely but my recollection is that the various urban Map Packs thus far have different colors and textures, which is fine, but makes it a little hard to combine them (for perfectionists, that is).
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Chief Technical Officer
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We designed it to combine with Flip-Mat: Waterfront Tavern in a number of different ways!That is REALLY cool. I'd love lots of way to combine Map Packs and Flip Mays to make really big scenes. I haven't looked too closely but my recollection is that the various urban Map Packs thus far have different colors and textures, which is fine, but makes it a little hard to combine them (for perfectionists, that is).
This is the first time we've tried this little experiment.
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I'm really interested in this set. One question I have:
Are the small boats (and the bigger boat) on tiles seperate from the dock? I'm planning a swashbuckling, small boat leaping chase/hijacking scenario on a trade river and this looks like it may fit the bill.
Yes—each boat and each pier can be separated out (or rearranged).
The tiles in the picture above are 5 squares wide and 8 squares tall, arranged in a grid 3 tiles high and 6 tiles wide. Thus, count across every 5 squares and down every 8 squares to see where the breaks are.
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I bought a second copy of this map pack, and also the pdf. I was considering converting the pdf to Jpeg and having it printed as a poster (mostly to eliminate the cut lines and have it in one piece).
I noticed, however, that the file with the "combined map" looks to be in much lower resolution than the individual pieces. Is this the case or are my eyes playing tricks on me? And if it is the case, why?
I bought a second copy of this map pack, and also the pdf. I was considering converting the pdf to Jpeg and having it printed as a poster (mostly to eliminate the cut lines and have it in one piece).
I noticed, however, that the file with the "combined map" looks to be in much lower resolution than the individual pieces. Is this the case or are my eyes playing tricks on me? And if it is the case, why?
It does look like there's something wonky going on with that file. I'll take a look at our source files and see if I can get it updated. Once it is, there will be an email sent to you automatically to let you know it's been fixed.