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Shannara Map Borders and bonuses added

Postby MegaProphet on Wed Apr 01, 2009 7:58 pm

This is my first map. I've redrawn it from scratch in photoshop. I still have quite a lot to add, but thought it was coming along well and wanted to show it to you guys.
The map is based off Terry Brooks' book the Sword of Shannara. I've tried to keep close to his version where possible.

Territories: 21
Bonus Regions:7

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Edit: Added Borders
Edit 2: Added bonuses

ToDo: Copyright permissions, larger map
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Re: Shannara Map

Postby the.killing.44 on Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:00 pm

404 - Not Found :?

EDIT: well now that the image has occurred, great job graphically. But what are the borders? Bonuses? Just an FYI, you'll get moved to the Ideas subforum 'til you have those. But you've done a superb job graphically. But get rid of the brown on the side ;)

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Re: Shannara Map

Postby pinkflaminko on Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:15 pm

the.killing.44 wrote:404 - Not Found :?

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what does that mean? anyway, I think that you should make the regions stand out more are the rivers the borders or something? I am confused, I think after you do that it will be easier to have discussion about it.

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Re: Shannara Map

Postby Mr. Squirrel on Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:18 pm

I am looking forward to this map. When I was in middle school, I read all 14 books of the various Shannara series and I really liked all of them. You might run into some copyright issues though. You'll have to look into it.
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Re: Shannara Map

Postby MegaProphet on Wed Apr 01, 2009 9:08 pm

the.killing.44 wrote:404 - Not Found :?

EDIT: well now that the image has occurred, great job graphically. But what are the borders? Bonuses? Just an FYI, you'll get moved to the Ideas subforum 'til you have those. But you've done a superb job graphically. But get rid of the brown on the side ;)

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I'm working on the borders and bonuses right now, and I saved the brown on the side for a key/legend
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Re: Shannara Map Borders and bonuses added

Postby MegaProphet on Thu Apr 02, 2009 5:15 pm

Ok, I've got the borders and bonuses added in. I think there may be some difficulty with figuring out which regions go with which territories, any ideas on how to make it clearer? Since I still have some room on the brown I'm thinking of adding an image, most likely a sword next.

Here are the bonus regions and their territories in case it helps.
Northland - Skull kingdom, river lethe, malg swamp, keirlack desert
Southland - Kern, Shady Vale, Tyrsis, Varfleet, Rappahalladran, Leah
Westland - Arborlon, Valley of Rhenn, Mermidon
Eastland - Mist Marsh, Battlemound Lowlands, Silver River, Culhaven, Storlock, Rabb River
Towns - Skull kingdom, Arborlon, Kern, Shady Vale, Tyrsis, Varfleet, Leah, Culhaven, Storlock, Paranor
Rivers - river lethe, Rappahalladran, Mermidon, Silver River, Rabb River, Rainbow Lake
Plains - malg swamp, keirlack desert, Valley of Rhenn, Mist Marsh, Battlemound Lowlands,
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Re: Shannara Map Borders and bonuses added

Postby Incandenza on Thu Apr 02, 2009 5:19 pm

I enjoyed the Shannara books as much as the next guy, but you're wasting your time unless you've gotten copyright issues sorted. If you're serious about pursuing this map, then that's the first step.
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Re: Shannara Map Borders and bonuses added

Postby MegaProphet on Sat Apr 04, 2009 9:57 am

I've contacted Terry Brooks and I'm waiting for him to get back to me. Thought I'd keep playing around with it until he does.
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Re: Shannara Map Borders and bonuses added

Postby MegaProphet on Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:40 pm

So I emailed Terry's webmaster, Shawn Speakman.
Hey, I've been playing risk online at Conquer Club and there is a feature that allows users to make and submit maps for play on the site. I thought a Shannara map would be fun to play on and created one using a map in the book as a reference. Before the site can use it though I need permission from Terry. Do you suppose he will give consent to use the map, if so how can I contact him about it?
Here is a link to the map and its development process.

viewtopic.php?f=241&t=82532
Thanks for your time.

And received this email
Hi there,

I'm sure Terry won't give his permission to this. It opens too many doors. If you want to gain permission and buy the rights to use it, you'll have to go through Del Rey Books at http://www.delreybooks.com. Send your email to them. :)

Best,
Shawn


I tried emailing DelRey and have not received an answer, (and I'm not really expecting to)
What should be my next course of action be? If I change the names on the map is it usable?
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Re: Shannara Map Borders and bonuses added

Postby AndyDufresne on Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:44 pm

You'll need:

Your own original names
Your own original graphics/layout
Your own original spin on the map

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Is the map worth pursuing then? It might be better to look into alternative ideas. :)


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Re: Shannara Map Borders and bonuses added

Postby MrBenn on Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:03 am

MegaProphet wrote:So I emailed Terry's webmaster, Shawn Speakman.
Hi there,

I'm sure Terry won't give his permission to this. It opens too many doors. If you want to gain permission and buy the rights to use it, you'll have to go through Del Rey Books at http://www.delreybooks.com. Send your email to them. :)

Best,
Shawn


As Andy said, you'll need to make the map sufficiently different so as to not infringe on copyright.

Sadly though, it looks like it's back to the Ideas Board for this thread...

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