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Saw the suggestion in another thread about using hex tiles similar to these/Catan for gradually displaying a map of regions explored by the heroes. LOVE the idea, but I'm not too technically saavy. Would love if someone had a template to share!
I'm also going to have the issue of being a traveling GM for this one since allergies of players and the cats in my home are an issue, so I'd need a suggestion on how to transport things.
I've used my leftover Heroscape tiles to build a 3-D representation of the map.
I've used my leftover Heroscape tiles to build a 3-D representation of the map.
any Pic's to share?
Using the image extractor from SomePDF.com, I extracted the image of the map from the Stolen Lands book. Using PosterRazor from http://posterazor.sourceforge.net/ I created a multi-page PDF of that image to print (using a 2 inch overlap so I could make sure and have whole hexes).
I then printed out the hexes onto cardstock, cut 'em up and am gluing them to a piece of foamboard as my players explore. Beats a hand-drawn map any day.
For those interested in using Mighty Empires tiles, you can view the PDF that GW made freely available some time ago here:
http://talisman.clift.org/talismanisland/mightyempires/Memaptiles.pdf
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All great ideas here! Thankx
I went on an expedition to find lower cost tiles and found this game with 2" hexes that are pretty low cost 2D tiles that can be ordered separate from the game.
http://www.viktorygame.com/
Follow the resource section to Viktory II components then choose order tiles. 180 tiles for $15 + shipping.
Waiting on mine to arrive now!
I will have an epic photo to show you guys later; my housemate just finished painting both the north and south sections of the greenbelt using two sets of mighty empire hexes from GW. Be prepared to drool.
Awesome idea. I have Mighty Empires around here somewhere... Looking forward to your photo. :)
Hello,
I'm kicking off my Kingmaker campaign this Saturday. I love the idea of using Mighty Empires for the map. So, I've been working on a Kingmaker map using Mighty Empires hexes also.
Got the nothern part done and am working on the southern part for #32.
Here is the link to some pics of the Mighty Empires map;
link.
Hopefully my players will be as excited about the campiagn as I am!
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Hmm that looks differen from my Mighty Empires hexes... I only have simple cardboard tiles.
I used the new plastic unpainted hex Mighty Empires that GW came out with a year or two ago. They actually paint up quicker than I thought. The hardest part was doing some of the custom work with the dremel and filling in some areas with green stuff.
It was a good excuse to get my ME stuff that has been lying around for two years painted up!
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I took the hex map from #31 and assigned each hex on the map a number.
I used about 48 of the ME hexes for #31 which, with some converting, works out to about 1 ME box.
To add the hexes for #32 I added a second box of ME hexes. Once I have the hexes done for #32 I think there will be about 72 hexes on the map.
I think there are about 50 hexes per ME box at and they are about $50 per box.
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Using the image extractor from SomePDF.com, I extracted the image of the map from the Stolen Lands book. Using PosterRazor from http://posterazor.sourceforge.net/ I created a multi-page PDF of that image to print (using a 2 inch overlap so I could make sure and have whole hexes).
I then printed out the hexes onto cardstock, cut 'em up and am gluing them to a piece of foamboard as my players explore. Beats a hand-drawn map any day.
For those interested in using Mighty Empires tiles, you can view the PDF that GW made freely available some time ago here:
http://talisman.clift.org/talismanisland/mightyempires/Memaptiles.pdf
I too would love to see this pdf.... Sean_Smiley75 (at) hotmail (dot) com
Using the image extractor from SomePDF.com, I extracted the image of the map from the Stolen Lands book. Using PosterRazor from http://posterazor.sourceforge.net/ I created a multi-page PDF of that image to print (using a 2 inch overlap so I could make sure and have whole hexes).
I then printed out the hexes onto cardstock, cut 'em up and am gluing them to a piece of foamboard as my players explore. Beats a hand-drawn map any day.
You're very popular Eric - me too please (email in profile).
Thanks to everyone for the tips!
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Using the image extractor from SomePDF.com, I extracted the image of the map from the Stolen Lands book. Using PosterRazor from http://posterazor.sourceforge.net/ I created a multi-page PDF of that image to print (using a 2 inch overlap so I could make sure and have whole hexes).
I then printed out the hexes onto cardstock, cut 'em up and am gluing them to a piece of foamboard as my players explore. Beats a hand-drawn map any day.
For those interested in using Mighty Empires tiles, you can view the PDF that GW made freely available some time ago here:
http://talisman.clift.org/talismanisland/mightyempires/Memaptiles.pdf
I'd like a copy if you are spreading the love.
kbtalkin at yahoo dot com
I hate to say it, but I'm not emailing out the PDF I made, as distributing it probably infringes on Pazio's copyrights to their art. On the other hand it might not, but but I'm erring on the side of respecting Pazio's work. IIRC, the company has stated that they don't want any of the internal artwork in their PDF's distributed unless it shows up in their blog first.
The steps I've described are very very easy to do, and all the software to do it is free. It literally took me less than ten minutes on the computer, start to finish.
Maybe Pazio could release a set of "terrain tile" images on their blog or something. Otherwise, the Mighty Empires map tiles are pretty good at that.
That's really amazing, Varthanna.
What kind of materials did you use for this?
Goes Green with envy at both versions
