I felt it high time to thank everyone who has put up ideas and suggestions on this board. Sunday marked the third session of my Kingmaker game, and the players seem to be enjoying it immensely!
Special thanks are due to James Jacobs and the other writers and contributors, as this is the first published adventure I've ever DMed. It was just too interesting to pass up, and I've been giddy over it for weeks now. You people are fantastic!
For those interested, one of my players took a picture of the map I created. With the kind posts of suggestions and instructions on this board, and a few days of bouncing around ideas for how to cover the map and allow hexes to be uncovered individually, this was what I came up with, and my players got a real kick out of it. (When they move into a hex, I take off a white overlaid hex; when it's fully explored, I remove the pin.)
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So my thanks again to everyone on these boards and involved in this AP. Y'all should be proud of yourselves, and I'm bouncing around waiting for our next session (we're three-fifths of the way through Book 1!)
My most sincere thanks,
ChrisO
Seems like quite a nice idea. Did you cut all the hexes by hand ?
Seems like quite a nice idea. Did you cut all the hexes by hand ?
Uh, yeah, I did. Admittedly while watching TV. Didn't seem to take too long. :)
That's a very cool idea. I'm going to try it myself. I'm setting up a Kingmaker game soon so I can't wait!
Yeah you've pretty much convinced me to try it out myself.
I've been hesitating between different ideas for the "exploration map".
-Chessex hex mat
-Printing a blank hexed 11x17 sheet
-Your idea
I'm such a lazy bum tho! I was hoping to find a 1" hex punch but no dice ;)
Did you leave the different icons on the map?
I'm such a lazy bum tho! I was hoping to find a 1" hex punch but no dice ;)
Did you leave the different icons on the map?
The icons were left off. Someone around here posted up instructions for how to extract the map from the pdf of the book, and it took them off automatically, which was okay by me. I marked Oleg's, and I'm marking bridges on the map when they get there, and the PCs are also using the blank hex map from the Player's Guide to make notes as they explore.
Honestly, I think it took longer for me to use the hex-map generator to create hexes that matched the size of printed map hexes, more than anything else. Trial and error, and all.
Of course, I've no idea how this map idea will grow with the rest of the AP. With four maps total, I may choose to cover certain areas completely and only pin each book or so (with the players knowing they can travel beyond).
But thanks, I'm glad you like it! It was the cheapest and easiest, and I, too, am lazy. :)
(Though if you ever find that hex punch, let me know?:)
This is a great Idea, but I cant seem to extract an Icon-less map from the PDF.
I'm wondering if someone could post one here for me please.
This is a great Idea, but I cant seem to extract an Icon-less map from the PDF.
I'm wondering if someone could post one here for me please.
Can't do that without violating the Community Use Policy.
You can get the clean map with Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Reader ver. 8 (doesn't work with 9), Some PDF Image Extract, and most likely other pdf image extractors/readers.
Yes, as Leonal pointed out you need to use an image extractor software to extract the map. It'll come without icons but the hexes will still be on it.
It'll also extract pretty much all the images in the pdf but I'm getting some weird contour on most of them so I'm still using the snapshot tool to show NPC/Monsters on my tv screen via a PS3 media server.
Indeed, I had some issues with the hex scaling too.
I used 1.6 cm while printing the map without any size adjustment with this site.Here's my result : Hex map
Very cool! I'm glad it worked out for you. Would you mind letting me know what your players think? And I didn't even think of putting the compass indicator on one of the hexes, so you get bonus points. :)
Thanks for putting up a picture. Makes me happy to know I was able to give a bit back to this rather cool community. (Of course, with the other three maps on their way, you might find you're cursing my entire existence for starting you on this, but oh well.:)
Only one of my players saw it so far, found it really nice. I'll let you know the consensus once the campaign starts!
Lots of great stuff on these boards, it's one of the many reasons why I decided to invest in the AP.
I'll see if I'm motivated to craft the others maps once the campaign is on it's way.
You better watch out tho since I'm getting pretty precise and deadly with those scissors after crafting this map and the two sets of paper minis.
Still a bunch of rescaled map to glue on boards. This is the first AP I'm buying and instead of spending time working on the scenario, I spend it using glue and scissors, choosing music, etc.
Overcompensating for the parts I don't need to do..There is no escape.