my Mazes and Minotaurs world

JimP · August 2016

Another game, links to the pdfs on my site, they are free. A Greek city-state game. It has a Viking conversion to. Well, Norse who went a Viking. There are no people named Viking.

I'll just say I had some bad indigestion, and decided to make more maps.

Loopysue · August 2016

That's pretty good Jim. Don't think I could do so well if I had indigestion.

Do you think it would be improved any if you faded the line between the shallows and the deep?

JimP · August 2016

No idea. I was mostly trying to not move much... and as I find just sleeping to be boring I made this map.

oh, gee. I forgot the site link:

Mazes and Minotaurs site

update: Since my main domain wasn't being used, I moved this site to my main domain. Yes, now the url is silly, but it would take me a month to change all of the urls and navigation menus.

JimP · August 2016

And here is a part of a Norse area, for the Viking add-on. Hopefully the fjords look like fjords...

There will be more maps to the right and below, 3 more total.

JimP · August 2016

Here is the upper left map with the rune font supplied by Mark.

CharlesWayneRobinson · August 2016

I like the new font and the fjords.

I like to go to my maps when I am trying to feel better as well. :-)

JimP · August 2016

Posted By: LoopysueThat's pretty good Jim. Don't think I could do so well if I had indigestion.

Do you think it would be improved any if you faded the line between the shallows and the deep?

Oh, I didn't realize it when I read your question, but those aren't shallows. Thats the continental shelf. The water is typically a mile deep. The dark waters go down several more miles.

When I do the local maps, I'll map shallows and use several blue bitmaps to show different water depths.

Loopysue · August 2016

Ah-ha! I see now.

I look forward to seeing the next few maps, then

JimP · August 2016

Still no shallows.

Maybe I'm being lazy and not using effects. :-)

Anyway, this is part of the Helos Continent, country of Hyperboria. Nearby islands, and the ice section of this continent.

Loopysue · August 2016

This indigestion project of yours is coming along really well, Jim

JimP · September 2016

A preliminary map of the Argos area.

Several problems. I used a city template instead of an overland template.

Probably due to that, when I went to use another water bitmap fill, it looked too regular.

This map uses CD3B_Water1. I tried to add CD3B_Water2 and got just a bland blue area. Not 'rough' like the frst one. I used the same scale.

I'll add a map showing the CD3B_Water2 addition.

JimP · September 2016

Of course, now it isn't doing it.

JimP · September 2016

A bit more deeps added.

JimP · September 2016

A bit of update on the Argos area map.

Dogtag · September 2016

I like the land part of the map but I have to admit the sea contours are throwing me off a bit. That's an awful lot of deep water right at the coast (about 200 mi along the coast and 100 mi of it in a straight line). I'm sure there's a reason but it messes with my head, especially when the larger map of Hyperborea uses more traditional sea contours. Just my $0.02.

As usual, I'm blown away by the sheer quantity of mapping you do, Jim. It's inspirational.

Cheers,
~Dogtag

JimP · September 2016

The larger map shows the continental shelf, not the other contours.

JimP · October 2016

Updates on the left world map and a new map to the east. I think I'll be doing this in 3 maps wide and two tall. That is subject to change.

Monsen · October 2016

Top one reminds me of home. Got inspired by Norway/Scandinavia by any chance?

JimP · October 2016

I did add some fjords in there that aren't in the original map. The game designers pulled from Norse or Scandinavian mythology. Odin and his group are mentioned in the pdf.

JimP · November 2016

updated with my statement lower right.

Loopysue · November 2016

Looking good, Jim.

The updated statement also looks fine, but might I suggest making it just a tiny bit smaller? Its a bit easy to confuse it with the text of the map the way it is - the same colour and the same size. I know I shouldn't really post my maps on your thread, but I need to show you what I mean by that.

This is a gross enlargement screen shot segment of the Merelan City map showing what I have done with my own copyright message and mark. Its probably equivalent in size and area to the bottom left 4x2 grid squares of the map above (if both maps were shown in full at a similar physical size). Its not very large, but removing it would damage the much larger title and take a substantial slice off both the right side and bottom side of the map - rendering it practically useless.

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By making this suggestion I am thinking of your players, and their enjoyment of your maps.

cobra mustang · November 2016

One thing I would like to mention is with your "water mark" It would be easy for someone to edit it off of your map, especially with the grid. I would suggest putting the watermark partially over coastline or on an angle of about 30 degrees. That way they don't just cut and paste a clear section of ocean over the watermark. Then grid and lines make it really easy to line up and make look perfect for any alteration.

Loopysue · November 2016

Good idea to make it cross onto the land, but I think it would look quite distracting if it was at an angle. I must confess I hadn't thought of the cut and paste option to hide it, but if people are going to do that to literally thousands of maps (Jim's collection), then they really are sad bunnies! LOL!

JimP · November 2016

I did make it a different font. Size I can just go in an edit it. I thought of angle and coastline. It would make it harder to edit out. As for it being on lots of maps, it still isn't likely to deter someone bound to do it.

cobra mustang · November 2016

Yea it's a shame people have to rip off other peoples work. I am glad you are going to make it a bit more difficult for them to pass it off as theirs.

JimP · November 2016

Thanks. I spent 3 to 5 years on the drive-in movie theater site. I spent hours, well, months, looking over aerial photos and topographic maps on the terraserver server, that is now gone, to look for them. I found some listings, but many just had the name of the town and the state, not the road or highway they were on. Other had addresses. I still have the files of the ones I found, but I just don't want to put them back up.

JimP · December 2016

Ah, an update to the Hyperboria map.

Odd name 'Shorn City', but its has barbers who like cutting hair. If your character doesn't have any hair, they will gladly supply a wig, so they can trim it, excuse me, cut it for you.

Twin Lighthouses of Poseidon and Monestary to Hermes are self-expalanatory.

Sure you wouldn't want a hair cut ?
:-)

JimP · December 2016

And a close up redo of Argos and Argos' Bay area.

Jay_NOLA · December 2016

I love your maps Jim. I hope you mke the map files available for download. Also, what is the name of the rune like font you are using?

Shessar · December 2016

I was going to ask about the font too.

Also what ocean fill are you using in the latest? It really makes your maps pop.

I agree with Jay. I love your maps. The style is simple and clean making it very easy to follow. You have great place names too.

JimP · December 2016

Its the rune font Mark posted in here a month or so ago. Just do a search on me looking for a Norse-like font.

Here ya go: http://forum.profantasy.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=6357&page=1#Item_7

I might post the fcw files in here. I started doing for these like I did for my Traveller maps... its hard to come up with thousands of planet names. So, I took basic syllables, and changed one letter.

Zar, Zir, Zer, Zur, Zyr. And tried not to place them in the same sector, unless its a small empire.

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