Speaking of an old classic. Anyone remember the map board for QUEST FOR THE RINGS an Odyssey˛ game?Originally Posted by AslanC
The map was very good.
Speaking of an old classic. Anyone remember the map board for QUEST FOR THE RINGS an Odyssey˛ game?
The map was very good.
Back around 1980 I bought J.B. Post's The Atlas of Fantasy, and that really kicked off my life-long love for these sorts of maps. My list of favorites is way too lengthy, but it includes all of Shapiro's maps for Eddings' works, the Tolkien maps, the Pern map, and the Haff and Martin Oz maps.
Top of my list, however, would probably have to be Geoffrey Mandel's Star Trek atlas and Karen Wynn Fonstad's atlases; I've got Pern and Middle Earth, both of which are great, and I'd like to get her Forgotten Realms and The Land books.
I've noticed a lot of people mentioning tolkien's maps..
As much as I'm not one for following the crowd, I have to admit that I got my inspiration from there way back when. My first ever map was a hex grid interpretation of Middle Earth (i mentioned the stoy behind that somewhere in the forum here, it involved hand-drawing all 24 sheets of hex paper by hand, lol)
After reading the Hobbit, I got *totally* interested in maps, and while I stopped creating them about 20 years ago (life changes, boo/yay) that's what still inspires me, and i've come full circle...
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Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeleiver by Donaldson. Especially the city maps with the small elevation view that was provided.
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I do believe you have found it...ah the memories
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Yeah it is very dark Ascension... but I like.
vgunn that map looks cool! Is there a better pic of it out there?
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I will try to make a scan of my copy this weekend and post it.
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I bow to you sir! Well played indeed.
I must confess I always wanted to remake that damn thing and join Australia to South America via seaway!
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