I have NO idea what I am purchasing for $14.99. The purpose of the physical media is I can lay them on a table and use minis. What is the size of the content? How easy is it to navigate on a projector/flatscreen used as a grid for minis or another digital output? Can I print them? What do they even look like on screen?
CONFIRMED PURCHASE: I bought the 20 photo pack which comes as a zip file download so you can take them and put them anywhere. They are all photos with grids. The resolution is 9057 x 6375. The grids are 30 x 20 square or 150 * 100 ft in game measurements except for 6 chambers that are half that (15x10 aka 75ftx50ft). The 23 terrains range from fields with a road thru it to a small section of a castle wall and 3 photos are actually half one room and half another that are in no way connected. This means you actually get 23 total environments. 3 Just making use of a huge sheet instead of having 2 smaller photos. This is likely due to the intention of the physical product being all one sheet. The resolution is much higher than needed for the quality of the art/details on the photo. Not in the sense that they blur but the art is more simple. Offering the representation of objects instead of wasting the artists time with wood grain or other fine details. They still look awesome and if I can I wil upload snips. This probably also helps with displays making the grids 1 inch while still being detailed. I will not print these out. It is a waste of ink/paper IMHO. Ultimatley is it worth $15.00 when you can find/download similar items for free and they are ultimately just photos? Today no BUT I feel like these will play well with the encounter builder currently being developed and may even be part of the plan ahead.
There used to be a preview. I'm not sure why it seems to have been taken down.
I once asked many of these same questions when the pack came out. I don't remember the specifics, but they are rather large HD bitmap images. You download them from the site after purchasing them and can do whatever you can do with any other image file.
thanks I was looking at the images and two of them are double maps I bet there counting them as separate, there is a DMGuild Adpet adventure that says there are 22 maps that they wrote adventures for.
Totally agree that DDB should improve the marketplace a bit and start showing previews, not only for the tactical maps but also for other content.
Experienced players know they can simple take a look at similar products on Amazon or WotC website, but new players do not know. I started a campaign that had two D&D newbies and when they were browsing the marketplace they were confused to what exactly each product had. Pictures make it much easier to buy :-)
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Is there any way to get a preview before purchase?
Yes I found the physical copy's official page but that doesn't provide me any feedback as to how they convert to digital.
http://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/dungeons-dragons-tactical-maps-reincarnated
I have NO idea what I am purchasing for $14.99. The purpose of the physical media is I can lay them on a table and use minis. What is the size of the content? How easy is it to navigate on a projector/flatscreen used as a grid for minis or another digital output? Can I print them? What do they even look like on screen?
CONFIRMED PURCHASE: I bought the 20 photo pack which comes as a zip file download so you can take them and put them anywhere. They are all photos with grids. The resolution is 9057 x 6375. The grids are 30 x 20 square or 150 * 100 ft in game measurements except for 6 chambers that are half that (15x10 aka 75ftx50ft). The 23 terrains range from fields with a road thru it to a small section of a castle wall and 3 photos are actually half one room and half another that are in no way connected. This means you actually get 23 total environments. 3 Just making use of a huge sheet instead of having 2 smaller photos. This is likely due to the intention of the physical product being all one sheet. The resolution is much higher than needed for the quality of the art/details on the photo. Not in the sense that they blur but the art is more simple. Offering the representation of objects instead of wasting the artists time with wood grain or other fine details. They still look awesome and if I can I wil upload snips. This probably also helps with displays making the grids 1 inch while still being detailed. I will not print these out. It is a waste of ink/paper IMHO. Ultimatley is it worth $15.00 when you can find/download similar items for free and they are ultimately just photos? Today no BUT I feel like these will play well with the encounter builder currently being developed and may even be part of the plan ahead.
There used to be a preview. I'm not sure why it seems to have been taken down.
I once asked many of these same questions when the pack came out. I don't remember the specifics, but they are rather large HD bitmap images. You download them from the site after purchasing them and can do whatever you can do with any other image file.
Something in the box
I bought them on DDB but there are only 20 map files, if I look into some of the VTT sites some have 22 listed maps some have 23, why is that?
Probably a listing error, the WotC sites says there's twenty.
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thanks I was looking at the images and two of them are double maps I bet there counting them as separate, there is a DMGuild Adpet adventure that says there are 22 maps that they wrote adventures for.
Totally agree that DDB should improve the marketplace a bit and start showing previews, not only for the tactical maps but also for other content.
Experienced players know they can simple take a look at similar products on Amazon or WotC website, but new players do not know. I started a campaign that had two D&D newbies and when they were browsing the marketplace they were confused to what exactly each product had. Pictures make it much easier to buy :-)