Here's something else that's really cool, if unrelated.
http://orbis.stanford.edu/
A site that lets you investigate Roman-era travel times, routes, and costs.
You can pick a starting point and a destination, and set various parameters, like military vs. civilian, what modes of travel to choose from (land, coastal water, deep water, rivers), and optimize for fastest travel, cheapest travel, or shortest distance.
Seems very useful for DMs thinking about world building questions, wilderness campaigns, etc.
Turns out they could get from Cartago to Londinium in about 26 days.
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Hi,
Saw this, thought you might be interested:
http://makeprojects.com/Project/Shrink-Film-Gaming-Minis/346/1
In the article, the author makes hard plastic OGRE pieces using inkjet "shrinky-dink" film.
That's a really cool idea.
Here's something else that's really cool, if unrelated.
http://orbis.stanford.edu/
A site that lets you investigate Roman-era travel times, routes, and costs.
You can pick a starting point and a destination, and set various parameters, like military vs. civilian, what modes of travel to choose from (land, coastal water, deep water, rivers), and optimize for fastest travel, cheapest travel, or shortest distance.
Seems very useful for DMs thinking about world building questions, wilderness campaigns, etc.
Turns out they could get from Cartago to Londinium in about 26 days.
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