As a front for my Gamer Printshop map printing service, I am building a new website called freeRPGmaps.com where I plan to post two free gridded encounter scale maps measuring 22" X 34" as PDF downloads in whole map and sliced, color or grayscale and square/hex/gridless maps featuring cool combat locations, ruins, and other special locations on Mondays and Thursdays every week.
The free maps will match the terrain features of a product that I "invented" 3 years ago called Endless Terrain Battlemaps. Basically ETBs are a set of 4 double sided 11" x 17" full color battlemaps. Each side of each map tile has unique graphics describing the terrain (so far all I have is heavy woods and swamp terrain sets, but plan to make a new set design every two weeks - arctic, mountain top, jungle, etc.)
The maps have geomorphic edges so you can place any tile of the set adjacent on any side and the terrain graphics line up perfectly, even rotated 180 degrees or flipped upside down. Because each map tile is 11 x 17, layout it as a rectangle of four maps is 22" x 34" as well. Of course you can arrange it any way you want. Just keeping it as a rectangle of four maps, by rearranging placement, rotating or flipping there are 6,144 different layout combinations - hence Endless Terrain...
The free maps will have the same geomorphic edges so they can perfectly line up with the currently offered set of Endless Terrain Battlemaps to tie the free and paid-for products together - also the free map will be available as paid-for laminated prints as well.
In order to best demonstrate how these map tiles work, as well as showing a printed sample of the intended first free map, I am shooting a hi-def video on Saturday, to post on YouTube. I've never done anything like this before, so it should be fun (and scary!)
I'll post a link to this thread, once the completed demo video is posted to YouTube.
GP
Awesome idea! I'll be watching for these.
Two thumbs up.