bluesguy Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 GameMastery has some of the best maps for playing Fantasy RPGs that you can find. I do have a hex/square map that I can draw on with the 'dry eraser' markers so I can draw out maps by hand. But it would be nice to either have some 'standard' modern scene maps (street corner, bank, base, mad scientist lab, etc) to use with Champions. Does anyone know about a product like the one I am describing? Also does anyone know where I can get/buy 'landscape' to go with a map? I use to have their transparencies which I had bought that had cars, telephone poles, mailboxes, etc. which could be added to the map so the superheros could use those items in combat. Thank you all in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest steamteck Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 Re: Looking for 'maps' for a modern environment Try this gallery of battlemaps http://rpgmapshare.com/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=77 If you are Ok with paying these guys have stuff for pretty much every genre. http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/index.php?filters=0_2210_0_0_0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 Re: Looking for 'maps' for a modern environment The HERO System Resource Kit is still in the store, and includes Rosie's Bar street corner, among others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesguy Posted May 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 Re: Looking for 'maps' for a modern environment I do have the Hero System Resource Kit which is ok. And the downloaded/PDF resources from DriveThruStuff are also very useful. But nothing beats a laminated color map with hexes or squares on it. Printing out paper ones is ok. But not nearly as nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest steamteck Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 Re: Looking for 'maps' for a modern environment I agree but what I do is print them on posterboard using a program called poster razor which allows you to break up the image to print out in connecting segments. I then almost laminate them using clear contact paper. The results are not quite commercial but still very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesguy Posted May 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 Re: Looking for 'maps' for a modern environment Poster razor looks like a great tool to add to my arsenal of tools. But all these products are PDF files and Poster razor doesn't handle PDF files. How do you deal with that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest steamteck Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 Re: Looking for 'maps' for a modern environment Poster razor looks like a great tool to add to my arsenal of tools. But all these products are PDF files and Poster razor doesn't handle PDF files. How do you deal with that? Those products are fine already cut up. I was refering to the free stuff on Rapidshare and other similar sites Try here also http://dundjinni.com/forums/forum_topics.asp?FID=6 Here's some Star Wars stuff http://starwarsmaps.blogspot.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epiphanis Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 Re: Looking for 'maps' for a modern environment I'm afraid I can't help with the dry-erase boards, although there are transparent plastic sheet protectors you can put paper maps into that will allow you to write with dry-erase markers over them. Here's a little tip: Ki Ryn Studios publishes a series of PDF maps for starships under the "Future Armada" imprint. The different decks for the larger ships are set up as interlockable modular map tiles that can be configured different ways. Used with Maptool or Campaign Cartographer or other mapping software they are quite easy to use. While marketed as being for specific starships, they can easily configured into detailed (if slightly repetitive) maps of high-tech secret villain bases for Champions. Here is a sample map of a VIPER Nest I made from just one set of the tiles (Future Armada: Invictus): [ATTACH=CONFIG]43269[/ATTACH] You can get these at Drive-Thru RPG: http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/50121/Future-Armada%3A-Argos-III-%26-Invictus-%5BBUNDLE%5D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epiphanis Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 Re: Looking for 'maps' for a modern environment Another little trick: Champions Online has a screen capture function. Create a flying character. Go to each zone of the game and fly above from a height, looking down. Screen capture. The resulting graphic file will be a servicable map you can use for the pen-and-paper game. For instance, here is a handy "map" of the waterfront warehouses and cargo containers in Westside, Millennium City that can come in handy: [ATTACH=CONFIG]43270[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 Re: Looking for 'maps' for a modern environment Buy my adventures. There's a ton of maps in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbywolfe Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 Re: Looking for 'maps' for a modern environment Another little trick: Champions Online has a screen capture function. Create a flying character. Go to each zone of the game and fly above from a height, looking down. Screen capture. The resulting graphic file will be a servicable map you can use for the pen-and-paper game. For instance, here is a handy "map" of the waterfront warehouses and cargo containers in Westside, Millennium City that can come in handy: [ATTACH=CONFIG]43270[/ATTACH] As someone who can't afford the for-sale map programs and don't have the time or patients to get over the learning curve of the free ones, I must say this is a freaking brilliant idea! Repped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 Re: Looking for 'maps' for a modern environment Ki Ryn Studios publishes a series of PDF maps for starships under the "Future Armada" imprint. We're expirimenting with dry erase vinyl rollup maps of these. So far, we only have a few prototype copies for sale. If you see us at Origins next week, we'll have them for sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armitage Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 Re: Looking for 'maps' for a modern environment If you can print them out and blow them up, "Critical Locations" for d20 Modern has some good maps, although they're marked with 5' squares rather than hexes. Arctic Research Station Bomb Shelter Bowling Alley Cemetery Cineplex City Hall City Morgue & Forensics Lab Convention Center Corporate High-Rise Office Building Fast Food Restaurant Firehouse Gothic Church Grocery Store Hotel Lobby with Fancy Restaurant Lakeside Cottage Large Family Residence Large Metropolitan Bank Luxury Yacht Mansion Municipal Library Nightclub Occult Shop Pawnshop Police Station Public High School Roadside Motel Sleazy Bar Small Apartment Building TV and Radio News Broadcasting Station Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest steamteck Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 Re: Looking for 'maps' for a modern environment I'm afraid I can't help with the dry-erase boards, although there are transparent plastic sheet protectors you can put paper maps into that will allow you to write with dry-erase markers over them. Here's a little tip: Ki Ryn Studios publishes a series of PDF maps for starships under the "Future Armada" imprint. The different decks for the larger ships are set up as interlockable modular map tiles that can be configured different ways. Used with Maptool or Campaign Cartographer or other mapping software they are quite easy to use. While marketed as being for specific starships, they can easily configured into detailed (if slightly repetitive) maps of high-tech secret villain bases for Champions. Here is a sample map of a VIPER Nest I made from just one set of the tiles (Future Armada: Invictus): [ATTACH=CONFIG]43269[/ATTACH] You can get these at Drive-Thru RPG: http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/50121/Future-Armada%3A-Argos-III-%26-Invictus-%5BBUNDLE%5D. I love future armada. Great idea about the screen capture. I used the same trick with the game Freedom force. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesguy Posted May 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 Re: Looking for 'maps' for a modern environment Thank you all for the great suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawknight Posted May 29, 2012 Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 Re: Looking for 'maps' for a modern environment To add one to Armitage's post above, go to Wizards.com and search for the Aquatic Theme Park/aquarium they have for free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Re: Looking for 'maps' for a modern environment Thanks for the tip, Hawknight. Here's the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Re: Looking for 'maps' for a modern environment Steve Jackson Games has map sets available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 Re: Looking for 'maps' for a modern environment Try these: http://silentempire.com/downloads.php http://www.realschluss.org/mapping_resources/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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