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Sunday, May 12, 2013
Guano Caverns of the North
What seems like more fun? The New Librarian handing you a map of the Bat Caverns, allowing us to just start moving around the big paper; or, handling the cave clearance totally old school, with description, mystery and danger at every foot step (but annoying map-making jive the whole time)?
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We've done well with the premade big paper.
ReplyDeleteI personally prefer big paper. Old school mapping is not nearly as awesome as it seems.
ReplyDeleteGotta agree with Andrew. Maybe it can come into play in certain situations though.
ReplyDeleteCertainly it won't happen just after the only person with the skill dies. Killed by crab-people.
Dave, you can probably achieve the same thing by drawing two similar but different big maps, or adding smaller overlay maps that show something different like secret doors and traps.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking of eventually using 12"x12" tiles with sections of dungeon on them. Just slapping down the next section when you enter the area, rather than revealing the whole map at once. I may try an experiment with them this time, if I've got the time. If not, then big paper it is.
ReplyDeleteThat actually sounds like a cool idea. Then as we are fleeing for our lives(as is the tradition), we would have to remember how the hell we got to where we were. not that we'd ever make wrong turns, not us.
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