Large City Map - Advice Needed

Dargurd

Hi All

I've been asked to make a large city map for use in a Steampunk style rpg. The city has walls and only really the sections of the city need to be mapped e.g. slum district, merchant areas etc. This does mean of course i dont have to worry about specific buildings etc. Any suggestions as to what the best style might be to use or approach this map ?

Its neo-victorian in nature so i thought one of the annuals might be good but not sure - any ideas or suggestions are greatly appreciated !

pdj

Annual 60 (1930's Street Maps) might be worth a look. You can use it either to map urban areas as blocks, or to
draw the footprints of large buildings, or both. I found the style pleasantly easy to use. For steampunk you might
want to change the colour scheme to something a bit more gothic, though - but it wouldn't be hard to do.

Dargurd

Posted By: pdjAnnual 60 (1930's Street Maps) might be worth a look. You can use it either to map urban areas as blocks, or to
draw the footprints of large buildings, or both. I found the style pleasantly easy to use. For steampunk you might
want to change the colour scheme to something a bit more gothic, though - but it wouldn't be hard to do.

I did wonder if that might work. Might play around with it and see what i can come up with !

JimP

Here is how I drew one of my large cities. M are military, Pk are park, Me are merchants, P1 are poor areas. With generic blocks for each type drawn separately.

JimP

park 1

JimP

park 2, etc.