The sandbox at 25 miles/hex, 5 miles/hex, and 1 mile/hex. |
So from left to right we have an atlas map at 25 miles per hex, a regional map around atlas hex 05.05 at 5 miles per hex, and an area map around region hex 05.05 at 1 mile per hex. Pretty neat.
If you compare this regional map to the one I posted yesterday you'll see that by expanding to atlas-scale I was able to "fix" a few things regarding the terrain. For example the upper-left corner now properly reflects "more water" to the north. I also changed the distribution of "light" and "heavy" forest in the south to fit. On the area map I moved the mountains fully inside the hills instead of having them run up against the plains. All improvements in my book.
Yes, I still have to populate the sandbox. But now I am a lot happier with the overall amount of geographical information available, so hopefully I won't be tempted to redo the geography again. At least not anytime soon.
I really want to do this for one of my proto-campaigns, a "castle in a strange land" setting. I have a 1-mile hex map (though only what's contained within the one whole hex in the middle). I'd like a 5- and 25-mile map someday. Backburner at the moment.
ReplyDeleteI did this and fully intended using it, but now I am pretty much set on Blackmarsh instead. Go figure. In any case, the maps will come in handy sooner or later.
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