The Silk Road Map

**snodsy** · 02-11-2016, 09:22 AM

Originally Posted by Ilanthar

It's looking good, but why are you not keeping the great idea of the long segmented parchement map?

Originally Posted by jshoer

I'm also wondering...
Are you making the raw material first, and then wrapping it up into a ribbon later?

Ilanthar;
I am planning on making the ribbon one as well, I wanted to do the full page as both a COVER and as a learning curve on drawing the individual icons and understanding the landscape. The ribbon idea will have more detail work.

I'll have the Cover, an inside two-page spead (ribbon), and then the Full Graphic Illustrator Map on the back. (4 pager) I'm expecting to be working on this for a couple months. I also have an idea for a Game Board, that I'm writing which players travel with camels and caravans to deliver commodities to different places.

**Chick** · 02-11-2016, 09:40 AM

Some years ago, I wrote an online Silk Road game called Caravan Trades. It ran for several years, but a couple of years ago, I dropped it, and let the domain name go.

However, the code is still there. You can't play it anymore, but you can see the front page here: http://galaxiesablaze.com/caravantrades

and if you would like to get some ideas, you can look at the old Game Help here: http://galaxiesablaze.com/caravantra...elpmain.CV.php

Feel free to use any ideas you get from this.

**Ilanthar** · 02-11-2016, 12:53 PM

I am planning on making the ribbon one as well, I wanted to do the full page as both a COVER and as a learning curve on drawing the individual icons and understanding the landscape. The ribbon idea will have more detail work.

Ambitious project then, I like it!

I also have an idea for a Game Board, that I'm writing which players travel with camels and caravans to deliver commodities to different places.

Sounds like fun to me.

**snodsy** · 02-11-2016, 05:22 PM

Originally Posted by Chick

Some years ago, I wrote an online Silk Road game called Caravan Trades. It ran for several years, but a couple of years ago, I dropped it, and let the domain name go.

However, the code is still there. You can't play it anymore, but you can see the front page here: http://galaxiesablaze.com/caravantrades

and if you would like to get some ideas, you can look at the old Game Help here: http://galaxiesablaze.com/caravantra...elpmain.CV.php

Feel free to use any ideas you get from this.

I've read through it , I want to play! Great ideas and well thought out. Mine will be more old school game board, but some of your ideas could be utiiilzed. A couple I have already as well. I'll let you know if I want to use one or two of your unique ones. How did the game go over?

**Chick** · 02-11-2016, 09:54 PM

The game was popular for a while, one of several that I ran (galaxiesablaze was another, which is why you can still get to caravan trades thru that domain), but it faded out when the more graphic stuff like WoW came along. Galaxies Ablaze is still running, but the others have been shut down now.

**snodsy** · 02-13-2016, 09:16 AM

Update Northern Mtns highlighted and shaded. (the left side) The four squares will be people - traders in regional outfit to indicate Chinese, India, Mongols, Persians. Will be border treatment, maybe small iconic elements of commerce. Comments welcome.