Map Expansion Project

[Kevan]

A few years ago, I put together the map for Vassal Dawn Patrol, which was an enlarged map scaled to measure 44″ by 44″ (which I’ve also plotted out to use as my personal map, since it’s a good fit for any 4′ wide table). The map has since migrated to Roll20. Hearing the occasional complaint that the map isn’t large enough, which I believe is a traditional complaint of all DP maps, I’ve decided to expand the map by adding an extra 12″ of width and height. It doesn’t sound like much, but it will actually enlarge the playing area by 62%. The project is in its early stages, but I’ve already made a couple of what I consider to be improvements, as follows:

1. I’ve moved the aerodrome to the physical center of the map. Since this is the traditional setup location for games, this gives an equal distance in all directions before wrapping is required.

2. I’ve made the map features align north-south and east-west, so all elevations, roads, railways, and the river continue in the same row on the opposite side of the board, in case anyone wants to use the same terrain features when wrapping. I’ll also be adding letters and numbers along each edge to allow players to easily locate rows when wrapping.

Before I get too far in to the project (I estimate I’m only about 10% done at this point), I thought I’d ask everyone if there are any specific features that you would like to see included in the map. One thing I’ve experimented with in the past is some way of modeling the front lines in the map, but that experiment convinced me that it would be easier to simply do a completely separate map, which I definitely don’t have time to do right now. But other than that, I’m open to considering any suggestions that anyone might have. I know that the map features rarely come in to play in a typical mission, but if there is anything any of you would like to see, now is the time to tell me.

A low-res version of my work in progress is below. Not much detail added yet, since I sketched it out on paper first and now I’ve just starting laying out the first features on the actual map.

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[Scott Kolar]

Thank you Kevan for your work on this. I cannot think of any feature I would like added. But a larger playing area is definitely appreciated!

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