Tiny maps

[Aaron Gillespie]

RotRL maps are so cramped. Has anyone altered/enlarged them? What methods work?

[Skeld]

I just treated 5' squares as 10' squares, which basically doubles the size of the maps. That worked as a quick and rough solution most of the time.

-Skeld

[ckdragons]

Which maps do you feel are cramped? I felt the complete opposite, where many maps were too large, particularly in the latter books. But then again, there are giants....

[Aaron Gillespie]

We are about to finish Skinsaw Murders and EVERY map has been too small. I only have a party of 4, so it shouldn't be an issue, but it is.

[the Lorax]

Like Skeld said, for some of the maps I've just adjusted the scale. Others I just fudged to add an extra 5' here and there.

For some though (like the Graul house) I just left it as is, the tight, difficult to move around spaces left my party of flankers and spring attackers a bit out of their element, which is good every so often.

[Wheldrake]

We've just finished retaking Fort Rannick, playing once a month for the last 2 years.

I didn't find any of the maps too cramped. Cramped, yes, but not *too* cramped. The claustrophobic quality is a feature, not a bug.

This said, many of the sessions were played out on Dwarven Forge tiles, so I did have to fudge things a lot, here and there.

Remember that PCs (and adversaries) can move through their allies' squares with no problem. And using walls & corners during combat can be a really fun bit of tactical maneuvering.