As for clear acrylic panes to overlay your maps, you can save some money buying inexpensive frames that come with one. As opposed to going to some home building store and having them cut you one. I saved a chunk buying a big poster frame and just pulling the pane out for use with my gaming. As an added bonus, you can just put your map inside the frame and it's easy to pick up & move around too.
I have a tip for you that came to me while watching your video... If you go to an art supplies store, you can often find these books that consist of transparent sleeves with a black card stock backing placed inside each page. They're commonly for portfolios for artists to show off works and they can come in various sizes, including somewhat poster-sized ones. For standard poster-sized maps, you can easily store 2 maps per page (the card stock keeps them a bit sturdy, so this would be an excellent way to store multiple poster-sized game maps away and even keep them organized. For much larger posters, I don't think this would be the best method, but it would be a decent one for more average to smaller-sized posters.
After seeing this video and finding out poster sleeves existed I bought so many Amazon wouldn't let me buy any more. I had to start having friends buy them for me. Now I have all my precious D&D 2nd edition maps safe and sound in sleeves. :D
I recently took an original, large format, Judges Guild CSIO map to OfficeMax, and they made a B&W photocopy of it, even enlarging it! They then laminated the copy for me. Their large format copiers also make *color* copies... I would suggest making large format color/B&W copies, and laminating the copies, for table use, while carefully storing the originals. I plan on making more copies and enlargements of other JG product maps, as well as doing this with my personally made maps, as needed. Never new they made large format "sheet protectors". Thanks, Seth! More options are always better. Cheers!
I love your vids! Could you do a review of that 1st edition Lankhmar supplement? I first got a copy 25 years ago, love it, but have never played it. It'd be great to hear how you've used it.
Ultra Pro sleeves come in many sizes, from playing cards up to the poster sleeves. I use them for NPC and monster cards, since they are sturdy enough for even wax (china marking) pencils. Another option is to have your maps hard laminated. Many office supply chain stores can do this.
This is a really good idea but I just take mine to Staples and have them laminated and then keep them in a shipping tube. Although I do have some hanging on the wall as well.
Does the lamination cause them to stay curled when removed from the tube? I ask because we used to laminate and roll our larger homemade maps, but the curling forced me to keep using the acrylic glass sheet to hold them flat on the table, which ended up negating one of the big reasons we laminated them (using wet-erase pens on them).
@@SSkorkowsky Alas, yes that is true. But a way to handle that, and I stole this idea from a company that actually included this in their mats the name of which I forget because I saw it in a review video by WASD20, is to use the plastic spines that come with report covers. You just slide those on at or near the corners and that keeps it pretty flat and I can keep a set of 4 of those in the tube with the maps.
That's freakin brilliant! The curling has been my nemesis for a while, and that's such a nice solution. I'll definitely give that a try on my laminates maps. Thanks.
Poster sleeves are new to me. Shall have to keep an eye out. Almost all of my maps are laminated - even the Kara Tur maps which I've never used. The most recent batch were "Eldarad - The Lands Beyond" and Numenera. The Lankhmar map is one of my favourites and was laminated many years ago. One question. Where did you get that splendid Nehwon map? It's the first time I've seen it in that format AND colour!
There was a Lankhmar box set that come out in the late 90's for 2e. Kind of a crappy box set, but the maps were very good. I was obsessed with Lankhmar back in the day, so I picked up almost every think TSR published for it.
How the hell did I miss that? In my collection; "Lankhmar: City of Adventure", "Swords of Deceit", "Swords of the Undercity", and "Thieves of Lankhmar". Must be one of the downsides of living Downunder.
The only issue with these kinds of poster sleeves is the issue of transport from A to B (so if you're taking a map to another location to play), particularly without the aid of a vehicle. Somebody in the comment mentioned map tubes which I think is a suitable solution to that issue though.
I was hoping for an update to the Two Headed Serpent, but a nice tip for gamemasters is always good too. Now I have something else to waste money on! :D
Mine lean there fine. It's a narrow gap behind the case, so there isn't much room for them to bend. Though, I suppose clip-style hangers could work if you wanted to hang them in a closet or the like.
Once we're done with more of the adventures, I'll be posting reviews for those (We're 75% through Seethers in Darkness at the moment). I'll want to get 1-2 more adventures under our belts before I'm ready to give a System review. In the meantime, here's my preliminary thoughts on it. We love it. My players prefer it over D&D, which surprised the hell out of me. The 2D20 system is kinda weird to get used to at first, but it really rocks once you get the hang of it. Originally, I'd told my players that I just wanted to take a quick dive into Conan, run 3-4 adventures, and then move on to something else. They wouldn't need to invest in books since it was only going to be a short campaign. After the first adventure, they now all have the Corebooks. I've never had that happen before. They really love the system. That being said, every single one of us has said that the Corebook is the most difficult and awkward corebook we've ever read. It's very bloated in places and much of it is written almost as if they expect that you already know the rules. So as a book designed to teach you rules, it does a poor job. They lack examples in many places and can spend two paragraphs explaining something that could be done in a sentence or two. It is not user-friendly. That only makes the learning-curve steeper. The Zones method for distance and range is goofy. Maybe if they gave more examples, it wouldn't come off that way, but I don't like it. We've gotten to where we work with it pretty well, but I think it's a pointless mechanic that adds far more confusion than benefit.
@@SSkorkowsky Thanks for the detailed response! I agree with the rulebook being unwieldy. I had to scour the Google+ community and read through blogposts to find some answers, and there's still things I'm unclear on. But hey, the art is gorgeous ;D That said, I found it incredibly easy to teach once I had a working understanding of the rules. I even introduced people who've never played RPGs to it, and they want more! Looking forward to your videos!
is this the first time weve seen his legs
I never knew he had legs... I knew Jack the NPC stands and walks around, but I've never seen "legs"...
I literally was going to ask that too
It's actually the first time he's worn pants in a video.
@@FuriousJorge Wow... That just makes all his other videos... R rated???
You're damned right on that one.
He protecc
He attaccs
But most of all
He has maps
I have some older maps and I never thought of doing something like this until now. This is a great video for Game Masters. Thanks!
As for clear acrylic panes to overlay your maps, you can save some money buying inexpensive frames that come with one. As opposed to going to some home building store and having them cut you one. I saved a chunk buying a big poster frame and just pulling the pane out for use with my gaming.
As an added bonus, you can just put your map inside the frame and it's easy to pick up & move around too.
I have a tip for you that came to me while watching your video...
If you go to an art supplies store, you can often find these books that consist of transparent sleeves with a black card stock backing placed inside each page. They're commonly for portfolios for artists to show off works and they can come in various sizes, including somewhat poster-sized ones. For standard poster-sized maps, you can easily store 2 maps per page (the card stock keeps them a bit sturdy, so this would be an excellent way to store multiple poster-sized game maps away and even keep them organized.
For much larger posters, I don't think this would be the best method, but it would be a decent one for more average to smaller-sized posters.
Seth could talk about grass growing and I'd watch it!
Really Useful, and cheaper than full on picture frames...didn't even know these existed beyond 11x17, thanks Seth!
You have legs!!!!!
After seeing this video and finding out poster sleeves existed I bought so many Amazon wouldn't let me buy any more. I had to start having friends buy them for me. Now I have all my precious D&D 2nd edition maps safe and sound in sleeves. :D
I recently took an original, large format, Judges Guild CSIO map to OfficeMax, and they made a B&W photocopy of it, even enlarging it! They then laminated the copy for me. Their large format copiers also make *color* copies... I would suggest making large format color/B&W copies, and laminating the copies, for table use, while carefully storing the originals. I plan on making more copies and enlargements of other JG product maps, as well as doing this with my personally made maps, as needed.
Never new they made large format "sheet protectors". Thanks, Seth! More options are always better. Cheers!
I love your vids! Could you do a review of that 1st edition Lankhmar supplement? I first got a copy 25 years ago, love it, but have never played it. It'd be great to hear how you've used it.
Ultra Pro sleeves come in many sizes, from playing cards up to the poster sleeves. I use them for NPC and monster cards, since they are sturdy enough for even wax (china marking) pencils.
Another option is to have your maps hard laminated. Many office supply chain stores can do this.
What an awesome tip! Definitely gonna start doing this.
I just need to get my home-made maps printed on larger paper...
Bill Stephens I’ve had a few of mine printed poster size at staples and they come out so cool(plus players love having a full sized map to use).
@@criticalsuccess9926 Great advice!!! Now I have to get better at drawing my maps...
Wow, the top loaders look like a nice idea, but dang those things re expensive...
This is a really good idea but I just take mine to Staples and have them laminated and then keep them in a shipping tube. Although I do have some hanging on the wall as well.
Does the lamination cause them to stay curled when removed from the tube? I ask because we used to laminate and roll our larger homemade maps, but the curling forced me to keep using the acrylic glass sheet to hold them flat on the table, which ended up negating one of the big reasons we laminated them (using wet-erase pens on them).
@@SSkorkowsky Alas, yes that is true. But a way to handle that, and I stole this idea from a company that actually included this in their mats the name of which I forget because I saw it in a review video by WASD20, is to use the plastic spines that come with report covers. You just slide those on at or near the corners and that keeps it pretty flat and I can keep a set of 4 of those in the tube with the maps.
That's freakin brilliant! The curling has been my nemesis for a while, and that's such a nice solution. I'll definitely give that a try on my laminates maps. Thanks.
Take the maps to an educator's supply store. You can get them laminated inexpensively.
This is really good for maps the size of normal printer paper.
Poster sleeves are new to me. Shall have to keep an eye out.
Almost all of my maps are laminated - even the Kara Tur maps which I've never used. The most recent batch were "Eldarad - The Lands Beyond" and Numenera.
The Lankhmar map is one of my favourites and was laminated many years ago.
One question. Where did you get that splendid Nehwon map? It's the first time I've seen it in that format AND colour!
There was a Lankhmar box set that come out in the late 90's for 2e. Kind of a crappy box set, but the maps were very good. I was obsessed with Lankhmar back in the day, so I picked up almost every think TSR published for it.
How the hell did I miss that?
In my collection; "Lankhmar: City of Adventure", "Swords of Deceit", "Swords of the Undercity", and "Thieves of Lankhmar".
Must be one of the downsides of living Downunder.
Seth Skorkowsky I used the Lankhmar map for parts of the City of Greyhawk before TSR published their own.
I bought a projector for dirt cheap, reduced down to 1/4 price. We just project our maps onto a screen lol
Another great video, Seth. Very useful! Thanks!
Another item you can use to store your maps are poster/map tubes. That way you can roll up your maps and not fold them.
Add a clip hanger and you could hang the maps you're not using up on a pole somewhere, making for easy cleanup.
Thanks Seth! This was exactly what I was looking for.
Well, that's a revelation... I had no idea there was such a thing as a poster sleeve :) Brilliant idea.
This was exactly what I was looking for! Thx!
1:25 "Ya call that a knife? This is a knife!"
*Knoife
It's not water damage. It's Scotch damage; Jack spilled a little. You can always cover it up with Scotch tape. ;-)
Damn, I shouldn't have found that as funny as I did.
Saved my life Seth, thank you!
that is a really good idea
The only issue with these kinds of poster sleeves is the issue of transport from A to B (so if you're taking a map to another location to play), particularly without the aid of a vehicle. Somebody in the comment mentioned map tubes which I think is a suitable solution to that issue though.
Really cool Idea! I was going to suggest Map-Tack, but that kick's ass! Thank you Sir!
I was hoping for an update to the Two Headed Serpent, but a nice tip for gamemasters is always good too. Now I have something else to waste money on! :D
Do you hang them on or with something? My poster sleeves are so flimsy that you can’t lean them behind a bookcase.
Mine lean there fine. It's a narrow gap behind the case, so there isn't much room for them to bend. Though, I suppose clip-style hangers could work if you wanted to hang them in a closet or the like.
Seth Skorkowsky That’s good. Once I put my maps in them (Greyhawk and Lankhmar) the sleeves were a little stiffer.
what is this new devilry? I did not know there was such a thing... I'm sold. Thanks for the great video!
Another score by Skorkowsky!
This is genius. When my friends and I can game in-person again, I will definitely use these!
When you put it behind the shelf. You may want to put it on something off the floor. Just in case something spills.
Fantastic tip Seth. Much better than the clear vial sheeting I use.
Man this is great advice! I wish I had seen it before I spent a small fortune on lamination.
Great tips!
Where do you get the map of Lovecraft Country?
It came with the slipcase 7e Call of Cthulhu set.
Seth Skorkowsky good to know! Also thank you for the quick response and excellent videos! Much appreciated!
If you going to put them behind something I say a post-it note with the name would be a good ideal.
Nice rapier
I laminate my maps and keep jpgs/pdfs
Great tip, Seth!
As always, thank you!!
These exist? Awesome!!!
You have legs?
Can we expect some Conan videos soon? Playing that as well and I would love to see how you guys are doing it!
Once we're done with more of the adventures, I'll be posting reviews for those (We're 75% through Seethers in Darkness at the moment). I'll want to get 1-2 more adventures under our belts before I'm ready to give a System review.
In the meantime, here's my preliminary thoughts on it. We love it. My players prefer it over D&D, which surprised the hell out of me. The 2D20 system is kinda weird to get used to at first, but it really rocks once you get the hang of it. Originally, I'd told my players that I just wanted to take a quick dive into Conan, run 3-4 adventures, and then move on to something else. They wouldn't need to invest in books since it was only going to be a short campaign. After the first adventure, they now all have the Corebooks. I've never had that happen before. They really love the system.
That being said, every single one of us has said that the Corebook is the most difficult and awkward corebook we've ever read. It's very bloated in places and much of it is written almost as if they expect that you already know the rules. So as a book designed to teach you rules, it does a poor job. They lack examples in many places and can spend two paragraphs explaining something that could be done in a sentence or two. It is not user-friendly. That only makes the learning-curve steeper.
The Zones method for distance and range is goofy. Maybe if they gave more examples, it wouldn't come off that way, but I don't like it. We've gotten to where we work with it pretty well, but I think it's a pointless mechanic that adds far more confusion than benefit.
@@SSkorkowsky Thanks for the detailed response! I agree with the rulebook being unwieldy. I had to scour the Google+ community and read through blogposts to find some answers, and there's still things I'm unclear on. But hey, the art is gorgeous ;D
That said, I found it incredibly easy to teach once I had a working understanding of the rules. I even introduced people who've never played RPGs to it, and they want more!
Looking forward to your videos!
Great idea!
First!!!
I’m sorry but the whole t-shirt tucked into jeans look does not look good