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  1. 07-21-2009, 08:51 PM #1
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    Post [WIP] New Dawn of the West Map

    Hey there folks.

    This is a map I have been working on for over a year. It started small, got big and is now back down to size.

    The geography is done for the most part (I love to tweak) and I am no in the putting names on things stage (countries easy, rivers tedious).

    I made it using a combination of Hexmapper and Photoshop.

    Feedback more than welcomed, it is sought

    The link to the map is in my sig.
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  2. 07-21-2009, 11:08 PM #2
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    thats huge! it looks nice and clean. sorry i can't say anything helpful other than an asspat. good work!
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  3. 07-21-2009, 11:15 PM #3
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    Thanks.

    I am tweaking and tweaking and tweaking right now.

    Slowly she will be perfect and then ... muhahahahahahaha... ha... ahem... I got nothing.
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  4. 07-27-2009, 12:43 PM #4
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    Well it was clean

    Seems as I populated my mountain ranges, rivers, forests, territories, etc the place got crowded with names.

    As I am no artist I have done the best I can, but am now working on a version with numbered markers that goes along with a key to make sure it is cleaner.

    For now though, in all it's messy glory, here is the as-completed-as-this-version-will-get map.

    The Completed Map of The West
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    Lovely wargamy feel to it.... is it for an RPG or something else?
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  6. 07-27-2009, 12:48 PM #6
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    It is for my Labyrinth Lord (Basic D&D Retro-Clone) rpg campaign.

    No joking it has been a work in progress since about 2000. Truly if I count some of the ideas on the map that have been kicking around since high school, more like 1985 or so.

    It feels weird to have it done finally.
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    Nice map. A very old-school feel to it. I like the landshape.

    Tell us more about the world (or at least of the shown part of it) itself...
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    Thanks. Old school Greyhawk was what I was looking to emulate a bit in this map Always loved the poster maps that came with the boxed set

    As for the world itself... well I have a document that covers in brief the last 2000 years of the West.

    Is that allowed to be posted here?
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    Neat stuff!

    We don't get many hex-based maps.
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    Thanks.

    I am putting the final touches on the version with no text, just color coded markers.

    Am I allowed to post the history of the world? Or later a gazetteer?
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