NOTE: In order not to bloat my file limit, I shrunk these maps before uploading them here. The originals are very high-resolution; click on the city name for links to the original files.
BOSTON MAP:
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Monday, June 18, 2012
Real-world OGRE/GEV maps
The discussion in this thread on the Steve Jackson Games discussion board for OGRE/GEV turned to suitable city maps for the game. This reminded me that over the years, several OGRE fans have used satellite imagery to create maps of real-world locales in the game's 1500-meter-per-hex scale. Interestingly, even though most OGRE scenarios take place in Europe, these are all cities in the United States.
NOTE: In order not to bloat my file limit, I shrunk these maps before uploading them here. The originals are very high-resolution; click on the city name for links to the original files.
BOSTON MAP:
DULUTH MAP:
SAN FRANCISCO MAP:
I've never used any of these maps in play (because I'm cheap and don't want to waste my printer ink or pay a copy store to print them out), but I bet it would be fun--and brutal, what with all that city fighting. I wonder if anyone has created such a map for the city of Houston ....
NOTE: In order not to bloat my file limit, I shrunk these maps before uploading them here. The originals are very high-resolution; click on the city name for links to the original files.
BOSTON MAP:
We used to play Ogre on a map of Stalingrad. Fantastic fun.
ReplyDeleteHow do you overlay the hexes? I want one of Houston, too. And I have access to a color engineering plotter. 2' x 200'.
ReplyDeleteJ.Womack, I think there's a tutorial with the SF map, or you could just do an overlay in Photoshop.
ReplyDeleteP.S. If you do print out a map of H-Town, could you send me a copy?:)
Man that SF map brings back memories. Played on it soon after Keith made it.
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