Flash

[Fister]

Hey Qin,
I just picked up the CS3 Suite which includes flash, and I have always liked the idea of a hyper linked and zoomable map to share with my PCs. I think it would be a lot of work but a worth while endeavor. I share my maps via a digital projector (suspended from above and pointed down onto our gaming table) to augment my PnP games so I believe this medium would be extremely effective in immersing my PCs in our world.

[ravells]

I share my maps via a digital projector (suspended from above and pointed down onto our gaming table) to augment my PnP games so I believe this medium would be extremely effective in immersing my PCs in our world.

Now that is super cool, although you might have a shadow problem if people were moving counters on the map. Just to wander into the realms of fantasy for the moment, imagine a gaming table which had surface made of translucent plastic and projecting the image onto it from below.

As for zooming into a vector map, just to add a little to what has already been said, one real problem in doing this is that you would have to manage what information you wanted to be visible at any particular zoom, otherwise if the map was zoomed out you would get a mass of unwanted labels and details.

[Valarian]

Now that is super cool, although you might have a shadow problem if people were moving counters on the map. Just to wander into the realms of fantasy for the moment, imagine a gaming table which had surface made of translucent plastic and projecting the image onto it from below.

What? Like this

[ravells]

Oh yes! Could I have two please?

[Valarian]

I think they're estimated at around $10,000 each.
More details here and here

[ravells]

I think they're estimated at around $10,000 each.
More details here and here

Oh well, I'd better just take one then!

[RobA]

I share my maps via a digital projector (suspended from above and pointed down onto our gaming table) to augment my PnP games

This wouldn't happen to be yours, would it?

-Rob A>

[Qin]

This wouldn't happen to be yours, would it?

-Rob A>

This is prety epic.

I wat thinking of the more linking of maps to each other.

[Valarian]

At a guess the linking of several maps is what the Battletech universe flash map in my last (on-topic) post is doing.

[Fister]

This wouldn't happen to be yours, would it?

-Rob A>

Pretty much the same set up, but I do not allocate an entire floor of my home to gaming (due to space constraints, mostly).

The temporary shadows created by moving markers/figurines really isn't a distraction because the projector is a good 4-5' above the table. Initially it slowed game time, but ultimately it has allowed us to cover a greater amount of story line. Saves on ink too.