Where are these boards from?

[clubby]

If I had realized this post would have started such a fire storm I would not have posted it.

 

[Treadhead]

Nah, 'tis barely even a spark...

 

[sswann]

Multiple ideas/opinions are always good.
Allows us to find the best solution.

 

[von Marwitz]

I see samey brownish/greenish rectangles, because the black lines that delineate the hull, turret, etc. are blurred by the colour of the vehicles.

I agree to you.

But...

... to blur things is the very purpose of camuflage painting, no?

Your opponent thinks looking at the camo counter that it's just a PzII, but no no no.
It's a Pz III with a 50mm MA.

von Marwitz

 

[von Marwitz]

If I had realized this post would have started such a fire storm I would not have posted it.

Why?

IMHO it is a good, interesting, and valid discussion.

von Marwitz

 

[Tuomo]

If I had realized this post would have started such a fire storm I would not have posted it.

Yeah. I haven't seen much rancor here, just different opinions. Good to hear what people think.

 

[Gordon]

 

[footsteps]

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Do we need a counter for that?

 

[Gordon]

Do we need a counter for that?

Need you ask?!?

 

[Vic Provost]

I'm also for functionality here - and that can be achieved while still providing good graphics. MMP with Charlie K's involvement achieves both and lets hope Charlie continues his work. His work shows that the detail in graphics can be achieved in certain ways that keep functionality intact. For instance, his providing interior building artwork with a lot of detail (ie. building damage) works well.

My focus is on how the board's artwork provides a good balance between realistic looking places, and places where an ASL game is practical or fun. Some maps are well executed, but don't really seem to reflect a place that seems real (road networks leading nowhere, poor balance between space and object, etc.).

You and Charlie do awesome jobs, official boards I can always count on and have no questions, sometimes on 3rd party boards I do. Shadows are something we can do without on any board.

 

[Robin Reeve]

Do we need a counter for that?

There is one in VASL, that appears when you fiddle with a Bridge counter.

 

[zgrose]

Shadows are something we can do without on any board.

I presume you mean the unofficial shadows, cuz MMP has building shadows.

 

[zgrose]

I love the spruced up maps, and would love some spruced up counters, too. VASL is the perfect place for these things to exist. Gimme moar!

 

[pensatl1962]

Yes!

I own and have studied one of his books, Envisioning Information. I pulled it off the shelf and have it right in front of me.

In my opinion, ASL maps are the best in the business at what they do. Game maps which attempt to portray the board as a satellite photo are simply awful.

ASL maps are iconic in the sense that if you see these on a game table from 20 feet away, you know they are ASL maps. Not so with many other war game maps.

 

[pensatl1962]

If I had realized this post would have started such a fire storm I would not have posted it.

It’s all good. Maps are fun to think about and discuss. And not as polarizing as the styling of a Cybertruck.

 

[Robin Reeve]

There is one in VASL, that appears when you fiddle with a Bridge counter.

It is the broken bridge that makes a troll appear when you click ctrl-T

 

[pensatl1962]

Totally agree, delete the shadows and I would play on them but yes, they define east-west and are not appropriate if aligned in a different way, it would not look right to me. Just my $.02 cents, otherwise nice artwork.

I’ve seen a similar critique before…

 

[Actionjick]

If I had realized this post would have started such a fire storm I would not have posted it.

Seriously this is one of the more interesting threads I have read in a while. I wouldn't characterize it as a firestorm, not even a Blaze. More like campfire. Can we all sing Kumbaya?

 

[PresterJohn]

I think it is great that TPP are able to give players who want them, colourful, flamboyant, stylish and perhaps even exciting counters and maps to use in their games.
But I also think that basic OD (in SL terms) has a style all of it's own too.

 

[hoxson1]

http://vasl.batisse.free.fr/index.html for his downloadable VASL boards for specific scenarios. Boards have overlays added, etc.
Covers 27 different companies and they add new ones regularly.