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ORIGINAL: mongo

My hex map shipped this morning! [:)]

I'll let y'all know in a few days...

There is a hex map out there on Spooky's site. I believe it's the real deal, so you can take a look at it Stil..

http://mathubert.free.fr/

Thank you. I will be waiting to hear how it looks.

Hmm...wonder how the girlfriend will react to being given a WitP tanktop for her birthday. [&:][:)]

I've been hoping for this for a while, thanks very much!

Rocco

ORIGINAL: Toro

Marc,

Know what I'd like to see? Same map with the ocean hexes a very light blue. This would allow us to laminate and write on the map, making notes more visible.

Just a thought.

Buy a white grease pen [;)]

Got mine yesterday and the hexes are, as you would imagine, small. Looks good though. Haven't got it laminated yet.

When mine arrives I am going to mount it in a poster frame, the kind covered with plexi-glass. That way I can hang it on the wall next to my computer and write on it with a grease pencil. I have been doing this with my Civil War game maps and it works great. You can buy a poster frame around 10 to 20 dollars.

ORIGINAL: AlvinS

When mine arrives I am going to mount it in a poster frame, the kind covered with plexi-glass. That way I can hang it on the wall next to my computer and write on it with a grease pencil. I have been doing this with my Civil War game maps and it works great. You can buy a poster frame around 10 to 20 dollars.

what civil war game are you playing? that would be a great next project for matrix! a turn based war game covering the entire civil war! they are one of the few that could get it right!

ORIGINAL: Tanaka

ORIGINAL: AlvinS

When mine arrives I am going to mount it in a poster frame, the kind covered with plexi-glass. That way I can hang it on the wall next to my computer and write on it with a grease pencil. I have been doing this with my Civil War game maps and it works great. You can buy a poster frame around 10 to 20 dollars.

what civil war game are you playing? that would be a great next project for matrix! a turn based war game covering the entire civil war! they are one of the few that could get it right!

Well, the designer who did Campaigns on the Danube also did a strategic ACW game under his own publishing label (ADANAC)...perhaps it will ultimately be redone and published by Matrix

what civil war game are you playing? that would be a great next project for matrix! a turn based war game covering the entire civil war! they are one of the few that could get it right!

Currently I am playing The Civil War by Victory Games, but I also play the Great Campaigns of the American Civil War series. The one by Victory Games covers the entire Civil War.

I am playing these games online with a program called VASSAL. Its a great way to play when you cannot play face to face. With this program, you can play live, or PBEM.

The maps that come with these games fit in a poster frame that is 24 x 36 inches. I pay anywhere from 12 to 18 dollars, but it does a great job of protecting the map when I am playing face to face, but also allows me to hang them on a wall for reference when I play the game online.

I would love for Matrix to make my favorite Civil War games into a computer game. [8D]

The fact that MATRIX is making a printed version of this map available is one of
the worst pieces of news I've heard on the forum. It means they are committed
to this God-Awful piece of junk with all it's inaccuracies. Has anyone eles noticed
that aside from the "made-up transportation nets" the "distance-warping effects"
are also one-sided? Not only is New Guinea/Pt Moresby out of C-47 range from
Australian Air bases they historically made the flights from---but Rabaul is also
completely out of B-17/B-24 range from ANY base in Australia---even though it
was regularly bombed from them in the actual war. It looks more and more as
if a "Japanese Fan-boy" put this thing together...

I've just had a play around with photoshop and the map images in the game folder, and produced some effective greyscale maps of an area I'll be playing on. I'm sure if I really knew what I was doing with photoshop I could have made some really nice ones.

ORIGINAL: Mike Scholl

The fact that MATRIX is making a printed version of this map available is one of
the worst pieces of news I've heard on the forum. It means they are committed
to this God-Awful piece of junk with all it's inaccuracies. Has anyone eles noticed
that aside from the "made-up transportation nets" the "distance-warping effects"
are also one-sided? Not only is New Guinea/Pt Moresby out of C-47 range from
Australian Air bases they historically made the flights from---but Rabaul is also
completely out of B-17/B-24 range from ANY base in Australia---even though it
was regularly bombed from them in the actual war. It looks more and more as
if a "Japanese Fan-boy" put this thing together...

I feel your pain Mike...

How is it packaged; folded or rolled in a tube?

A tube I would hope. Cafepress managed to lose mine in transit somewhere, so I'm waiting for the air shipping of the new one..

ORIGINAL: Slick91

How is it packaged; folded or rolled in a tube?

[bump]

Any official word on the packaging?

It is rolled and perfectly packed[:)]

WE have to pay $20 for a map ! Please tell me that is a mistake.

$70 for the game. Ok, that is pretty high, but a very good game.

downloading it, ok, again not too bad. Even with the printing of a 200+ page manual.

But give me a break. $20 for a map. Every other game I have ever bought has a box, a printed manual and a map, etc.

I think $20 for a printed map is a shame and disgrace. [>:]

Kpax,

You don't NEED a map, as it is always done in-game.

This map is a poster-sized bonus for us yahoos who like to sit and stare at the wall and project strategy when we need to unplug from our systems..

I think it's worth the price meself..

Ah, what the hell...

It's always better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it, but do I need it, or want it, and if I want it I need $20 which I don't have.

ORIGINAL: KPAX

WE have to pay $20 for a map ! Please tell me that is a mistake.

$70 for the game. Ok, that is pretty high, but a very good game.

downloading it, ok, again not too bad. Even with the printing of a 200+ page manual.

But give me a break. $20 for a map. Every other game I have ever bought has a box, a printed manual and a map, etc.

I think $20 for a printed map is a shame and disgrace. [>:]

It is a goodie we brought up because the fans demanded it. You don´t have to buy it to play the game.