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Interesting video, @grimwolfuk on map making. Yet as the man himself says: Not the ideal tool, and very tedious. That Golan Heights / Valley of Tears map posted above took half a day as it was, and that was in a full CSS 5.5 / PS14 license (admittedly half of that was research). In MS Paint that would have taken a week. 🙁 Also, his map has no grid (hex or otherwise) – so be basically just traces his map. He doesn’t have to nudge anything to ensure it conforms to a wargame system (hexes, terrain types, elevation as measurable layers, hexsides that block LOS/LOS, hexsides that hinder / impede movement, etc.).
We can also save layers and styles / properties of layers, so it’s easy to build a portfolio of assets going forward that eventually make these maps easier to do.
Still, for folks who are running RPGs and such, or who may not have a PS / Illustrator suite, etc …
@stvitusdancern – indeed that’s a slammin’ shirt @templar007 has, and coffee mug too. If only I had an OD shirt just like it. Oh, wait … 😀
And yes, “Fields of Despair” was covered (albeit very briefly) in our 1918 Armistice Article series a little while ago. Hex & counters for the win, baby! If it’s good enough for West Point, it should be good enough for us!
Armistice Centennial: The Final Days Of The Great War Part One – The Hundred Days
More epic work, @suetoniuspaullinus – I like the black knee pads on this Marines. And @stvitusdancern might like those Jungle Spec Ops guys, I think she said South American anti-drug cartel ops are one of her favorite moderns theaters. Maybe we should do an Ops Center episode of “La Violencia” in Colombia – covering Bogata government, Cali and Medellin cartels, renegade factions like “Los Pepes,” FARC leftist guerrillas, etc.
@darthcheese – Thanks for the heads up on Wargames Illustrated. For myself, my go to magazine series is Strategy & Tactics Press, including associated publications like World at War and as (for this thread) Modern War. Every two months they take apart and explain another big slice of the Modern Warfare scene, and introduce a new wargame in every issue. Definitely a big piece of the gaming world that needs a little more focus.
https://shop.strategyandtacticspress.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=52
@limburger – when it comes to Suppressor and Magazine … sounds like you already know more than most these days. 😀
