mapping_procedure
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**1---MAP SCALE** | **1---MAP SCALE** | ||
- | 1 inch on main map will equal 15 miles. | + | 1 hex on main map will equal 5 |
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+ | Each 40x40 hex map will be approximately 40,000 square miles which equals: | ||
+ | * Area of Pennsylvania | ||
+ | * Four times the size of either Wales, Normandy, Belgium or New Jersey | ||
+ | * Slightly larger than Hungary | ||
- | Each piece of 8.5 x11 paper will be approximately 21,000 square miles which equals: | ||
- | * One half of Pennsylvania | ||
- | * Twice the size of either Wales, Normandy, Belgium or New Jersey | ||
- | * Slightly smaller than West Virginia or Lithuania | ||
So, the typical sheet could hold somewhere between 1 and 4 duchies or principalities. | So, the typical sheet could hold somewhere between 1 and 4 duchies or principalities. | ||
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* __Hamlets__ have a population of less than 200 people—will not appear on main map | * __Hamlets__ have a population of less than 200 people—will not appear on main map | ||
* __Villages__ have a population of 200-900 people—will not appear on main map | * __Villages__ have a population of 200-900 people—will not appear on main map | ||
- | * __Towns__ have a population of 1-9 thousand people (but mostly 1-6 thousand)—will appear on main map as a solid dot. | + | * __Towns__ have a population of 1-9 thousand people (but mostly 1-6 thousand)—will appear on main map. |
- | * __Cities__ have a population of 10-60 thousand people—will appear on main map as a dot surrounded by a circle. | + | * __Cities__ have a population of 10-60 thousand people—will appear on main map |
- | * __Castles__: | + | * __Castles__: |
* __Countryside Population__: | * __Countryside Population__: | ||
* __Wilderness Population__: | * __Wilderness Population__: | ||
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* Inns: Village 0-1, Town 1d3, City 2d6 | * Inns: Village 0-1, Town 1d3, City 2d6 | ||
* Tavern: | * Tavern: | ||
- | * Temple: | + | * Temple: |
* Blacksmith: | * Blacksmith: | ||
* Armorers: | * Armorers: |
mapping_procedure.txt · Last modified: 2021/02/07 12:55 by dave