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 | | 11/06/2006 9:03 AM |
| Bert - spell lists were changed in conjunction with the recent D&D stat block update, which now lists spells from highest to lowest. The "biggest" spells are then at the top of the list. It was an intentional change (though not publicized).
TYGR - We get alot of product in here, for our own collections and for QA, and haven't seen anything systemic like you'd describe. But I'll pass along the issue.
jgsugden - sorry, no update just yet. I want to get the list of equivalencies up soon, though. That includes equivs for minis like those in the updated D&D Basic Game. | |
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lingster
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| | 11/08/2006 4:00 AM |
| Hey shoe, I've got a real good question for you:
How is it that pre-releases for DDM, SWM, etc, for the STATE of NY, happen only in the CITY of NY? We had 2 pre-releases for the state and they were both within 20 miles of NYC. In fact, NYC had something like 7 pre-releases in-and around the area. PA's pre-releases, NJ's releases and so forth were all around that area.
NOTHING for "upstate" NY, or even, "Western" NY.
The closest Pre-release we had was in Toronto, 3 1/2 hours away, AND in another country. Needless to say, that's not something a lot of people want to do.
Where's the love for Western NY? Say, Buffalo, or Rochester, or even Syracuse? (Syracuse might be out of it because thier store supposedly shrunk).
What does a store have to do to get the pre-releases?  | |
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| | 11/08/2006 10:34 AM |
| lingster - good question. Ian might be able to provide a better reply (though he's neck-deep in GenCon SoCal prep). I know we try to provide prereleases at stores that have not only consistent turnout, but also regular and timely reporting of DCI events (including Magic, DBM, as well as DDM).
I'd like major events like prereleases and qualifiers to be spread out, providing the greatest range of geographical opportunity for players to attend, but also focusing on the concentrations of active players. As the player base continues to grow, we will be able to add more and more locations to the event lists.
We will continue to try and provide the best range of event locations - but in the meantime you can talk to your FLGS and encourage them to actively pursue getting such an event - they can email their Organized Play/DCI contacts and let them know they are willing to host such an event (of course, they need tobe able to provide a reasonable tournament environment, and be familiar with the DCI processes). | |
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jgsugden
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| | 11/08/2006 1:56 PM |
| A design question relating to 'titan' figures (forgive the length, but without supporting arguments, the question doesn't make much sense):
When a warband is anchored around a titan figure that accounts for 40 - 70% of the value of the warband, the effects of a single die roll related to that figure (morale checks, saving throws, initiative rolls when that figure is based by enemies, etc...) are magnified. In other words, situations often occur in which 1 bad roll will lose a game for a titan band.Â
This has a few ramifications. One of which is the troubling effect that this 'big roll' problem creates in the reliability of a warband.  As luck has a greater impact on the results experienced by these warbands, skill has a lesser effect on the results experienced by the warbands. Accordingly, titan bands tend to be more effective in the hands of less experienced players than 'balanced bands' (bands with many medium costed hitters) in the hands of the same player, and titan bands tend to be less effective in the hands of more experienced players than these balance bands are in those same hands.
Accordingly, to make a truly tier 1 viable titan figure that would be worthy of play in a major tournament, the titan in question would need to either be overpowered to the point that luck could only impact the reliability of the warband on a small scale (which would result in the titan being drastically overpowered in friendly or lower tier tournament play), or the titan needs to have abilities that reduce the chance of really bad rolls impacting the figure (as en example: A commander rating 6 (with improved initative 4), fearless, level 14, immune to critical hit, and immune to most 'save or helpless' effect creature would be less reliant upon luck as there would be less opportunity for it to roll a bad result, and a very low chance for it to roll such a bad roll when the opportunity does arrive).Â
Some recent titans have been less luck reliant. The Cadaver Collector - which has many immunities and is fearless - is a step in this direction, although it might need a bit more help to be the tier 1 titan we've been seeking. It is a nice solid piece with many immunities that keep a single roll from having too great of an effect on it, although a lost initiative roll can often spell doom for the low AC construct. However, most of the recent titans - including the Marilith, Pit Fiend, Solar, and Horned Devil - have signfiicant vulnerabilities that leave them very susceptible to the '1 bad roll and you're out' aspect of titans that keep them from being in the winning bands at top tournaments.Â
To be clear, I'm not looking for an invulnerable titan piece. Just a more reliable titan piece. I want to see titans that need to be worn down, not titans that tend to drop off the play field due to a single bad roll in most matches where they are eliminated.
Sure, a dozen HGB bands may enter a major tournament, and a few of them may progress rather far... but the top bands tend to be the multiple threat bands that reduce luck as a factor in the match. You can only go so long before getting 1 of those bad rolls.Â
(As a side note for others reading this comment - this luck issue is one of the reasons that features like fearlessness (Frenzied) or automatic hitting (Gith Monk) tend to be found in major tournament winning warbands... effective pieces that are less luck reliant allow a skilled player to rely upon his skill without being vulnerable to an excessive impact resulting from 1 bad roll...)
My question(s): Does WotC consider this a problem? The titan figures can still be fun to play, and can still win a fair share of games. Is their inability to win at the top tier something that WotC wants to address?Â
If so, do they plan to do it by making titans that are less luck reliant (like the cadaver collector), or via introducing buffing in all the alignments that will allow the titan to become less luck reliant? Or does WotC have another answer in mind? | |
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2353 Posts
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| | 11/08/2006 5:03 PM |
| I've a question: Who is on the DDM design team these days?
Mike Donais seems to have wandered back to Magic. Shoe's still around. Rob Heinsoo is absent...
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Shoe
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| | 11/09/2006 8:39 AM |
| For Blood War, I led the development team, which included Jesse Decker, Mike Mearls, and a splash of Donais and Mons Johnson (though they were also working on DBM), and design by Matt Sernett.
For Unhallowed, the team was Decker, Mons, and a bit of Andy Collins, with me as lead and Matt once again in the design role.
For the apparently announced Night Below set, Decker did initial design, and the dev team consisted of Mearls, Mons, and Chris Thomasson, led by me.
jgsugden - I'm not sure I'd classify titan bands as unable to win at the top tier. Especially during the last qualifier season, quite a few Marut and Kord bands were plenty dominant, and a number made it quite far into the Championships at GenCon. Of course, those builds included minis that helped counter the very issues you point out... Ultimately, we want many types of bands to be "competitive" - and we strive for balance. I see this past year as an indication that the environment is close to the target.
Regarding luck - well, that's always going to be a part of the game, as long as that d20 keeps rolling, which it will do for a long long time (especially if you roll it downhill, or file down the edges). | |
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lingster
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| | 11/09/2006 8:55 AM |
| Posted By Shoe on 11/08/2006 10:34 AM
lingster - good question. Ian might be able to provide a better reply (though he's neck-deep in GenCon SoCal prep). I know we try to provide prereleases at stores that have not only consistent turnout, but also regular and timely reporting of DCI events (including Magic, DBM, as well as DDM).
I'd like major events like prereleases and qualifiers to be spread out, providing the greatest range of geographical opportunity for players to attend, but also focusing on the concentrations of active players. As the player base continues to grow, we will be able to add more and more locations to the event lists.
We will continue to try and provide the best range of event locations - but in the meantime you can talk to your FLGS and encourage them to actively pursue getting such an event - they can email their Organized Play/DCI contacts and let them know they are willing to host such an event (of course, they need tobe able to provide a reasonable tournament environment, and be familiar with the DCI processes).
We've been doing that, and they've been dong that. I'm part of the crew that runs DCI events there. The store is actively trying to get Gold Member status (whatever that means).Â
I'm expecting by Unhallowed that we should have enough DCI under our belts (Magic tourneys been going for over 4 years now) for DDM and SWM to get the pre-releases. I think it just might be because we've only been doing DCI for the last 6-8 months with regular strong turnouts. (8-12 people in most cases)
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jgsugden
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4320 Posts
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| | 11/09/2006 10:54 AM |
| Posted By Shoe on 11/09/2006 8:39 AM
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jgsugden - I'm not sure I'd classify titan bands as unable to win at the top tier. Especially during the last qualifier season, quite a few Marut and Kord bands were plenty dominant, and a number made it quite far into the Championships at GenCon. Of course, those builds included minis that helped counter the very issues you point out... Ultimately, we want many types of bands to be "competitive" - and we strive for balance. I see this past year as an indication that the environment is close to the target.
Regarding luck - well, that's always going to be a part of the game, as long as that d20 keeps rolling, which it will do for a long long time (especially if you roll it downhill, or file down the edges). Thanks for the reply.Â
I think I mentioned all your counterpoints in my original post [many titans competing in major tournaments (although Marut and Kord aren't quite titans in my book, they are close - I think the only true titans I heard about were HGBs, AoLs and Cadaver Collector), & luck is a factor in any match (but is more of a factor in titan bands)]. I also agree that we've moved closer to the target with figures like the cadaver collector.Â
Your answer seems to indicate that you feel that WotC is on the right track. I agree with regard to figures like the Cadaver Collector. However, for the reasons I stated above, the Blood War Titans seem to return to the high luck reliance position. Pit Fiends can only get to a +14 morale check. Marilith is very dependent upon winning initiaitive to be truly effective. Horned Devils put all of their direct offensive might in a single attack roll per round. I think the Solar might be a bit closer to the concept I have in mind, but the figur has a few problems...
Anyways, I look forward to seeing how WotC handles this issue in the future.Â
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Bert the Troll
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| | 11/14/2006 2:07 PM |
| Posted By jgsugden on 11/04/2006 10:50 PM Posted By LCS on 11/04/2006 2:49 AM Posted By jgsugden on 11/04/2006 12:54 AM
Is there a reason this thread was unstickied? Because the forum software wasn't happy about it when Bert decided to edit his last post ...fixed.
As long as we can blame it on Bert...
Who, what , where.. oh Drat. Sorry.
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Posted By Shoe on 11/06/2006 9:03 AM
Bert - spell lists were changed in conjunction with the recent D&D stat block update, which now lists spells from highest to lowest. The "biggest" spells are then at the top of the list. It was an intentional change (though not publicized).
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jgsugden
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| | 11/29/2006 1:09 PM |
| Can you provide us with any more information about Winter Fantasy 2007 / Dungeons and Dragons eXPerience / Limited Championship Tournaments? Some people need to give as many as 90 days notice to make vacation requests, and we'd love to know how much time we should be requesting... and we're only ~75 days away, now.
So far, all we know is:
The top 4 players (in qualifiers) receive an invitation to compete in the 2007 Dungeons &Dragons Miniatures Limited Championship held at Winter Fantasy on February 15-18 in Arlington, Virginia.
Any information about WotC events at WF/D&DeXP would be appreicated... | |
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| | 11/30/2006 7:36 PM |
| | Will WotC please put up a photo gallery of Star Wars Starships? Thanks. | |
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jgsugden
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| | 12/01/2006 4:37 PM |
| Posted By jgsugden on 11/02/2006 11:20 AM Posted By jgsugden on 10/19/2006 11:27 AM I was wondering if we could get a (semi-specific) update on the status of Chainmail equivalencies for Aberrations, Angelfire, Underdark, War Drums, War of the Dragon Queen, and Blood War? Now that they're releasing stat cards (on a weekly basis) on the WotC site, all we need is a listing of which Chainmail figures are approved to be used with which DDM cards... Thanks. I love Blood War. I had planned to cut back on DDM for this set (from 3 cases to 1). Now, I'm planning on getting at least 4 cases worth of minis. Curse you and your awesome set! You're driving me to the poor house!  No news on Chainmail, yet?
Any news on Chainmail equivalencies, yet? | |
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jgsugden
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| | 12/07/2006 1:06 PM |
| On a different vein than the above questions:
I was curious about the 'fireball explosion' in Blood War. In the past, fireball has been very limited, despite being an iconic D&D spell. We had the Elf Pyromancer (Harbinger), the Red Wizard (Archfiends), Epic Death Slaad (underdark), the Melphling Pyromancer (War Drums) and the Flameskull (War Drums) - 5 figures in 10 sets. In Blood War, we see *three* figures with the spell, including a figure with unlimited fireballs in epic play.Â
Why the change in tactics?Â
Did the designers feel there was finally enough protection from fire out there to allow fireball to frolic?Â
Or was it just a random coincidence that we found soo much fireball goodness at the same time? Â
Will we continue to see fireball make appearances in spell lists, just as magic missile continues to be a common spell? | |
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jgsugden
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| | 12/12/2006 10:35 AM |
| | We have not seen a WotC response here in over a month... should we put this thread down? I don't think it is serving a purpose anymore. | |
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Corim Danex
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| | 12/12/2006 10:35 PM |
| | I don't think WotC is paying much attention to maxminis anymore, either. This thread should be unstickied. | |
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| | 12/13/2006 2:02 PM |
| It has taken a month before IIRC befre answers. It also depends on what questions.
I dont think we will get an answer for the oft repeated question of jgsugden about chainmail.
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| | 12/13/2006 11:39 PM |
| Posted By Corim Danex on 11/30/2006 7:36 PM
Will WotC please put up a photo gallery of Star Wars Starships? Thanks.
Thanks for putting up the gallery.
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| | 12/14/2006 5:27 AM |
| Posted By Corim Danex on 12/12/2006 10:35 PM
I don't think WotC is paying much attention to maxminis anymore, either. This thread should be unstickied.
lurkinglidda has been active this month. Shoe hasn't been around for about a month or so. It hasn't been all that long. | |
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| | 12/16/2006 12:58 AM |
| Posted By nyjastul69 on 12/14/2006 5:27 AM Posted By Corim Danex on 12/12/2006 10:35 PM
I don't think WotC is paying much attention to maxminis anymore, either. This thread should be unstickied. lurkinglidda has been active this month. Shoe hasn't been around for about a month or so. It hasn't been all that long.
I may have exhaggerated a bit. However, compared to the activity they had after the original WotC Question thread, there is hardly any activity at all. I did see Shoe post several things about his RHoD campaign, which were fun to read. This question thread gets hardly any attention (visible attention) compared to what it used to.
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| | 12/19/2006 10:08 AM |
| Posted By jgsugden on 12/12/2006 10:35 AM
We have not seen a WotC response here in over a month... should we put this thread down? I don't think it is serving a purpose anymore.
Sorry - It's been crazy-busy around here lately. Most of the recent questions have been out of my realm so there's been no need for me to reply. Can't say why Shoe & Ian haven't responded other than the madness at the office. | |
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jgsugden
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| | 12/19/2006 12:15 PM |
| Posted By lurkinglidda on 12/19/2006 10:08 AM
Sorry - It's been crazy-busy around here lately. Most of the recent questions have been out of my realm so there's been no need for me to reply. Can't say why Shoe & Ian haven't responded other than the madness at the office.
No reason to apologize. You three have gone above and beyone the call of duty to provide us with extra information and answers. We appreciate every little bit you (or anyone at WotC) can manage.Â
If there is anything we can do to organize these questions, let us know. We can wait for answers until you three find the time...
Btw: Bloodwar is still blowing my socks off.  I'm truly amazed by the Devils in this set... | |
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| | 12/20/2006 12:01 AM |
| Posted By jgsugden on 12/19/2006 12:15 PM Posted By lurkinglidda on 12/19/2006 10:08 AM
Sorry - It's been crazy-busy around here lately. Most of the recent questions have been out of my realm so there's been no need for me to reply. Can't say why Shoe & Ian haven't responded other than the madness at the office. No reason to apologize. You three have gone above and beyone the call of duty to provide us with extra information and answers. We appreciate every little bit you (or anyone at WotC) can manage. If there is anything we can do to organize these questions, let us know. We can wait for answers until you three find the time... Btw: Bloodwar is still blowing my socks off.  I'm truly amazed by the Devils in this set...
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Shoe
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| | 12/20/2006 8:55 AM |
| The past few months have been pretty busy around here, at least in my neck of the woods. I still check up on the forums regularly (daily). If I see something that's easy to answer, I can answer pretty quickly. Other topics, like the chainmail equivs or the D&D Xpo info, are things that involve more than just my time or aren't in my domain of responsibility, and I don't want to speak for others or set incorrect expectations.
My RHoD campaign wrapped up - that group has moved on to Ravenloft; though I haven't had the time to post my own summaries.
I would say that it speaks to the strength of the community that I don't feel the need to jump in and address niggling details, since I can be confident that the community knows the answers and can handle many of the questions.
As we get into the new year, I expect I'll be more active. I'd like to think we've been paying attention, and we've had a lot of feedback on the tournament environment, and I think we've got some things we can do to make that environment even better. | |
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| | 12/20/2006 3:17 PM |
| A BIG thank you SHoe and Lidda!Â
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| | 12/24/2006 4:17 PM |
| Posted By Shoe on 12/20/2006 8:55 AM
As we get into the new year, I expect I'll be more active. I'd like to think we've been paying attention, and we've had a lot of feedback on the tournament environment, and I think we've got some things we can do to make that environment even better.
I'm looking forward to seeing what this year's tournament season holds.
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| | 12/24/2006 11:29 PM |
| | We discussed unstickying this thread.. did we decide to do it? Or was that accidental? | |
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| | 12/26/2006 1:09 AM |
| Posted By jgsugden on 12/24/2006 11:29 PM
We discussed unstickying this thread.. did we decide to do it? Or was that accidental?
This time we get to blame Dave!
(the forum software did it when Vrecknidj edited his last post, since it doesn't always set up the thread's flags correctly when a moderator edits a reply in a stickied thread)
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| | 12/28/2006 11:14 PM |
| Are the new SWM figure bases going to be Square? There's some previews / scans of Alliance and Empire showing SWM with Dreamblade style bases. | |
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| | 12/30/2006 5:34 AM |
| Posted By LCS on 12/26/2006 1:09 AM Posted By jgsugden on 12/24/2006 11:29 PM
We discussed unstickying this thread.. did we decide to do it? Or was that accidental?
This time we get to blame Dave!
Yay! Seriously though, I'm glad it's a stickied thread because otherwise I'd forget to check it as often.
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| | 01/03/2007 6:16 PM |
| What is (or was) the scale of our minis, and has it been changed (or moving toward a change) with the introduction of the new large bases?
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| Posted By AnarionZelle on 01/03/2007 6:16 PM What is (or was) the scale of our minis, and has it been changed (or moving toward a change) with the introduction of the new large bases? Thanks
We actually started talking about it when we were looking at bases for the Icon dragons, and whether we wanted those to be round or square. We determined that having the square base for the icons was important, to make sure that the space the creature occupies would be accurately represented. When at Gen Con and Winter Fantasy (back in 2005), I watched a number of RPG and skirmish tables where Large miniatures weren't being used correctly - a Medium mini would be pushed into the Large creatures square; or more commonly two Large minis would occupy the same space (which is easy to do if they are offest by one diagonal square). So we went to 48mm so that the creatures would better fill the space they occupy.
We're not intentionally trying to increase our scale, and I'm pretty happy with the scale we've settled into over the past few and next few sets, with a couple of exceptions.
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| | Shoe, thank you for not increasing the scale. Thank you for clarifying, also. | |
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| | 01/04/2007 10:59 PM |
| | Thanks, Shoe. Some of us are very relieved to hear that | |
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jgsugden
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| | 01/06/2007 1:35 PM |
| A number of DDM players are running into trouble with their maps. They are decaying due to time/use.Â
Is there any chance that WotC will release any of the DDM maps in vinyl (like the Dreamblade map)?Â
If not, is there any chance WotC would grant permission for the maps to be copied onto vinyl privately? I imagine the answer is no, but it never hurts to ask... | |
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Vrecknidj
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| | 01/07/2007 6:30 AM |
| Ooh. How about collector's editions map sets?
WotC could release, say, 8 or so of the maps at a time (including the Drow Outpost and any other maps that get released in unusual places), each would be one-sided, maybe a nice felt on the back. They could all be a nice vinyl that rolls up well, washes well, is resistant to tearing, and doesn't reflect light with much glare.
How much would people pay for this? I don't know. I might pay $50 for a set of relatively impervious maps.
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| | 01/08/2007 12:57 PM |
| | Maps - We have no plans to provide vinyl maps, but it is not a bad idea. As far as map sets goes -- it seems a reasonable suggestion. Again, likely not in vinyl, but I'd like to make sure there is always a reasonable selection of readily available maps to choose from. | |
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jgsugden
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| | 01/08/2007 2:00 PM |
| Posted By Shoe on 01/08/2007 12:57 PM
Maps - We have no plans to provide vinyl maps, but it is not a bad idea. As far as map sets goes -- it seems a reasonable suggestion. Again, likely not in vinyl, but I'd like to make sure there is always a reasonable selection of readily available maps to choose from. What would be WONDERFUL would be if, after a period of time, the map image was available for download and WotC granted permission for people to copy the map... that is asking a lot, but it would be very nice to be able to print out own copies of the maps on vinyl... especially for Maps that are hard to get like Drow Outpost.
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| | 01/10/2007 3:29 PM |
| | I'ld suggest laminating the maps to prevent decay as a measure for now. | |
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jgsugden
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| | 01/11/2007 10:25 AM |
| Lamination is a blessing and a curse...
It protects the maps from the elements and spills, but it makes it harder to store them without damage. Most rolled maps get dumped on their end every once in a while, resulting in minor folds and bends. The maps that I've laminated are in no better condition, physically, than the maps that other people that I play with use (that are not laminated). If we'd both spilled on our maps, mine would notw be in better condition, but as neither of us has spilled, the additional protection provided by lamination has not proven relevant... | |
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