Petros
Member
The subject of terrain and geoboards is always of interest to me; moreso it’s my obsession. :nuts: So, rather than interrupt the good HoB thread on the same subject (HoB Boards), I will start my own new one. (hi Chas!) Incidentally, I am not part of MMP but rather produce boards exclusively for them, though I am not their sole provider of board art (I didn’t produce Riley’s Road, Edson Ridge, and the ASLSK1 boards).
My opinion about ASL, MMP, and new boards goes like this:
1) Unmounted boards are a good thing on the whole, in spite of their comparative inferiority to mounted boards because they are much more cost effective to produce. period
2) Given that the cost factor is minimized, and for other good reasons (such as that there are few other potential core components left undone) MMP should produce more geoboards.
3) There are many new kinds and layouts of geoboards yet done.
4) Delivering new unmounted geoboards in the form of either AP’s or in Journals is a good thing too – the delivery method is not critical unless the end product will not sell.
5) Overlays: though a good idea in my humble opinion, players shun using them. Hence, don’t produce them.
6) More official geoboards are apparently on their way to you via AP’s (3 in total planned – each with 2 new boards I’ve produced). Timing depends upon scenario development which is in progress (I’ve seen some of the scenarios by Pete Shelling and Ian Daglish and they’re cool). :thumup:
7) Hopefully there’s more to come. Right now, I’m at work making 2 new geoboards yet to be shown to MMP. By far they are – to me anyway, the most versatile 2 boards I’ve ever done and are ‘multi-geomorphic’*, Ukrainian looking.
8) And heaven help me for saying this, but I like hand-painted maps over computer maps. I don’t say this to toot my horn – it’s just the way I am. I grew up with hand-painted game boards and I like em that way.
So – what’s your opinion about geoboard production?
* multi-geomorphic: can fold the ‘Board A’ back upon itself at hexrow Q and butt it against similarly folded ‘Board B’ along hexrow Q, and an entirely new 8.5 x 22” geoboard is created. Two such geoboards produces six new layouts. :toast: Brilliant – an idea that Ian Daglish identified and incorporated in the 2 Normandy geoboards.
Don Petros
My opinion about ASL, MMP, and new boards goes like this:
1) Unmounted boards are a good thing on the whole, in spite of their comparative inferiority to mounted boards because they are much more cost effective to produce. period
2) Given that the cost factor is minimized, and for other good reasons (such as that there are few other potential core components left undone) MMP should produce more geoboards.
3) There are many new kinds and layouts of geoboards yet done.
4) Delivering new unmounted geoboards in the form of either AP’s or in Journals is a good thing too – the delivery method is not critical unless the end product will not sell.
5) Overlays: though a good idea in my humble opinion, players shun using them. Hence, don’t produce them.
6) More official geoboards are apparently on their way to you via AP’s (3 in total planned – each with 2 new boards I’ve produced). Timing depends upon scenario development which is in progress (I’ve seen some of the scenarios by Pete Shelling and Ian Daglish and they’re cool). :thumup:
7) Hopefully there’s more to come. Right now, I’m at work making 2 new geoboards yet to be shown to MMP. By far they are – to me anyway, the most versatile 2 boards I’ve ever done and are ‘multi-geomorphic’*, Ukrainian looking.
8) And heaven help me for saying this, but I like hand-painted maps over computer maps. I don’t say this to toot my horn – it’s just the way I am. I grew up with hand-painted game boards and I like em that way.
So – what’s your opinion about geoboard production?
* multi-geomorphic: can fold the ‘Board A’ back upon itself at hexrow Q and butt it against similarly folded ‘Board B’ along hexrow Q, and an entirely new 8.5 x 22” geoboard is created. Two such geoboards produces six new layouts. :toast: Brilliant – an idea that Ian Daglish identified and incorporated in the 2 Normandy geoboards.
Don Petros