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koontz1973 wrote:The problem is with print quality. I can guarantee that after a year or two, the map printed like that would start to fade. Leave it on a table for a week if you are playing a large game, by a window and you will see a noticeable difference.
This is the biggest problem. How to get a board made of good enough quality that players will buy it, but not so expensive so as players say no to it. I printed up my map on A2 card to see how it would look and is it big enough to play on. That cost me 350 forints. A grand total of $1.62. But after 1 game, the board had a couple of scuffs on it. Would you pay, say 10 dollars for a good board to have that after 1 game?
agentcom wrote:Funkyterrance beat me to it, but I was thinking that you could laminate the thing. I have no idea how much that costs. But even if it's a few dollars, that still means that I could do this personally for under about $10 per board. It wouldn't be as professional looking as an actual board game, but it would do the trick.
I think we would just have to see who is willing. Maybe not every map would be available.koontz1973 wrote:
Problems to overcome.
- Persuade map makers to reproduce maps.
That's up to the powers that be, but I wouldn't think there would be too much of a problem with this. But I could be dead wrong. Figuring out whether and how to do this will probably hold this idea up for a long time.Convince the site to allow us to make money of you lot.
If they could be produced cheaply enough, the quantity wouldn't matter so much. Higher quality ones, yeah, we'd have to probably significantly limit the optionsGet players to buy the damn things in enough of a quantity to make it worth while.
I think the mapmakers would do it. I was thinking about this whole thing as being relatively informal. Basically, whoever wanted to create HQ versions of their own maps could and the site would facilitate the transaction. The site could contract out for it or even one of the users could run a small business (probably not very profitable) getting these things to the print shop and out to the users. In the latter case, the site (maybe as simply as through the forum) would just kind of be a store front or advertiser of this option. Is that kind of what you all were picturing or were you thinking something more official?
How should the maps be done, through the foundry as it is done now, or have a completely separate section for this to be done in. Who would do it?
Absolutely. It's my understanding that the mapmakers only gave the site the rights to use the map for online game play. The mapmakers who aren't around anymore ... well, I think their maps are dead for the purposes of this idea.Original map makers or someone new? Copyrights need to be addressed.
I did my one and gave it to CC players to see if it could be done but also as I enjoy doing it. But I very much doubt you would get many to do it. And what about old maps where the map maker is no longer available to ask?
jsnyder748 wrote:It couldn't be associated to risk or they would risk a big lawsuit.
Do you think they should just offer them to us through the cc store?
Funkyterrance wrote:So what did anyone figure the cost might be for one of these maps?
I just got a risk game at a second-hand shop the other day(my old board lives at my parent's house) and while the board is newish and pretty lame, the pieces are allright. I've got money sitting in paypal too so this would be the perfect time for me to get into this.
jsnyder748 wrote:Funkyterrance wrote:So what did anyone figure the cost might be for one of these maps?
I just got a risk game at a second-hand shop the other day(my old board lives at my parent's house) and while the board is newish and pretty lame, the pieces are allright. I've got money sitting in paypal too so this would be the perfect time for me to get into this.
new maps like these would definitely spark the interest of my friends who I play board games with. I bet you could just print them out in high def and place them on a peice of cardboard.
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