Warp War (1977, Metagaming)
Geomorphic boards depicting starry nebulas and jump lines, to replace the paper map from the original game. A grid of stars replaces the hex grid of the original (see below).
Warp War (1977, Metagaming)
The original map (section)
The Legend of Robin Hood (OSG, 1979)
This 16x20" acrylic on canvas was painted to replace the original paper map (see below). Yellow fields denote initial deployment areas for the Robin player; Sheriff forces begin in areas marked with flags. Other symbols are used to denote random starting points for various events, castle keeps, bridges, fords, etc.
Game pieces were recreated in colour and mounted on wooden tiles, with the charts and tables now on a handy reference screen (the original map was bordered with this information).
The Legend of Robin Hood (OSG, 1979)
The original paper map
Olympica (1977, Metagaming)
This 28"x28" acrylic on canvas is doodlemonkie's biggest attempt to date. As with the Warp War maps, this replaces the hex grid of the original with movement points. Cliffs, crags and the 'zone of uncertainty' are all terrain features that affect the movement of units on the board, so have to be clearly defined.
Curious factoid: The canvas was rescued from a dumpster outside the home of someone who had tried to do a Jackson Pollock and threw neat paint onto it, then gave up. If you hold this map up to the light, it is still faintly visible.
Olympica (1977, Metagaming)
The original paper map - this image cannot begin to demonstrate just how nasty that orange paper is. And yes, it really was produced with those marker pen lines on to show terrain features...
Below: after/before comparison. Included to show that, even with a complete change of terrain detail, a map will retain the same overall profile.
(Factoid: Doodlemonkie doesn't hang this in his cage because all he sees in it now is a strange, beaky mosquito with wiry legs and antenna)
Geomorphic boards depicting starry nebulas and jump lines, to replace the paper map from the original game. A grid of stars replaces the hex grid of the original (see below).
Warp War (1977, Metagaming)
The original map (section)
The Legend of Robin Hood (OSG, 1979)
This 16x20" acrylic on canvas was painted to replace the original paper map (see below). Yellow fields denote initial deployment areas for the Robin player; Sheriff forces begin in areas marked with flags. Other symbols are used to denote random starting points for various events, castle keeps, bridges, fords, etc.
Game pieces were recreated in colour and mounted on wooden tiles, with the charts and tables now on a handy reference screen (the original map was bordered with this information).
The Legend of Robin Hood (OSG, 1979)
The original paper map
Olympica (1977, Metagaming)
This 28"x28" acrylic on canvas is doodlemonkie's biggest attempt to date. As with the Warp War maps, this replaces the hex grid of the original with movement points. Cliffs, crags and the 'zone of uncertainty' are all terrain features that affect the movement of units on the board, so have to be clearly defined.
Curious factoid: The canvas was rescued from a dumpster outside the home of someone who had tried to do a Jackson Pollock and threw neat paint onto it, then gave up. If you hold this map up to the light, it is still faintly visible.
Olympica (1977, Metagaming)
The original paper map - this image cannot begin to demonstrate just how nasty that orange paper is. And yes, it really was produced with those marker pen lines on to show terrain features...
Below: after/before comparison. Included to show that, even with a complete change of terrain detail, a map will retain the same overall profile.
(Factoid: Doodlemonkie doesn't hang this in his cage because all he sees in it now is a strange, beaky mosquito with wiry legs and antenna)