Definitive, Unofficially Official, HQ Cartography Discussion
Posted: July 18th, 2016, 5:32 pm
Greetings Warriors,
Let the Hero Quest World Map and Cartography discussion commence.
BACKGROUND
Based on multiple discussions, where previous projects have either been started, completed, or are in some other state of limbo, there does not seem to be a community-wide go to resource for mapping adventures in HQ.
To this end, it occurred to me that such a concerted effort by the whole community is possible, and likely would be useful to all, were it to be developed.
WHAT THIS IS
An effort to consolidate information from the variously published HQ works, so that, ultimately, the Ye Olde Inn community may construct a resource available to everyone who wants to use it.
Ideally, this would include:
- A large-ish World Map incorporating the known locations (and approximating the locations of those that areas that are not known).
- Several Regional Maps more specifically locating areas with multiple adventure sites or places mentioned in flavor text.
- An organized Index of Named Locations and their sources.
- Possibly a timeline?
- And ultimately the creation of a PDF for the Community, dare I hope, to be hosted officially by the Inn?
Thus constructive discussion is encouraged in order to gain some semblance of consensus amongst the community.
WHAT THIS IS NOT
This project in no way is meant to shoehorn anyone into using one single source, and similarly, cannot ever be considered absolute canon.
This is probably not the best place to answer the question; “Which World” Hero Quest takes place in, but rather is an opportunity to fine-tune what we know from the published HQ materials.
WHAT’S NEEDED
- Permission from drathe et al, to publish such a resource at the Inn.
- Aforementioned discussion in order to determine the most logical quest and background locations in the HQ universe.
- Artists! We need some Graphics Wizards to create the basic art needed to start the project.
- Once we have agreement on the maps and the locations of everything, we’ll need to combine this info and publish.
Let the Hero Quest World Map and Cartography discussion commence.
BACKGROUND
Based on multiple discussions, where previous projects have either been started, completed, or are in some other state of limbo, there does not seem to be a community-wide go to resource for mapping adventures in HQ.
To this end, it occurred to me that such a concerted effort by the whole community is possible, and likely would be useful to all, were it to be developed.
WHAT THIS IS
An effort to consolidate information from the variously published HQ works, so that, ultimately, the Ye Olde Inn community may construct a resource available to everyone who wants to use it.
Ideally, this would include:
- A large-ish World Map incorporating the known locations (and approximating the locations of those that areas that are not known).
- Several Regional Maps more specifically locating areas with multiple adventure sites or places mentioned in flavor text.
- An organized Index of Named Locations and their sources.
- Possibly a timeline?
- And ultimately the creation of a PDF for the Community, dare I hope, to be hosted officially by the Inn?
Thus constructive discussion is encouraged in order to gain some semblance of consensus amongst the community.
WHAT THIS IS NOT
This project in no way is meant to shoehorn anyone into using one single source, and similarly, cannot ever be considered absolute canon.
This is probably not the best place to answer the question; “Which World” Hero Quest takes place in, but rather is an opportunity to fine-tune what we know from the published HQ materials.
WHAT’S NEEDED
- Permission from drathe et al, to publish such a resource at the Inn.
- Aforementioned discussion in order to determine the most logical quest and background locations in the HQ universe.
- Artists! We need some Graphics Wizards to create the basic art needed to start the project.
- Once we have agreement on the maps and the locations of everything, we’ll need to combine this info and publish.