This is a freaking work of art ... !
The maps are really clear and very well done! This is soooo worth the small price tag! All rewritten and easily used with any system. This is a great looking module!
leadjunkie wrote in CSIO Kickstarter & Original Caverns of Thracia (cleaned up):Robert - I have a couple of questions.1) Are the updated PDFs (I.E. Thracia) searchable text and can the text be cut and pasted?2) The mountains shown in the sample map are rendered in two different styles. Is this intentional or are part of the mountains complete and the rest is a work in progress?
mbassoc2003 wrote in CSIO Kickstarter & Original Caverns of Thracia (cleaned up):Okay, the heavy black lines at the bottom of the page of text really kill it. I know we all wrote in felt tipped pens in the 80's, but if you're going to re-release a cleaned up version of the original CSIO, you need to visit the typesetting and here. Especially if the book is full of such 'notes' areas. How about a much finer line for those who can't write in a straight line unaided, or a blank box with a fine line around it. I can only imagine in the 80's we needed thick black lines to know where to write because the how bad the glass was in our glasses. It'll certainly be interesting to compare this edition to Necromancer's CSIO which included the additional CSIO supplement. Necromancer were always good at presenting their cartography, and typesetting, and at $75 it was a gift. After a good bit of reading it supplanted my Revised CSIO as my preferred gaming copy. It'll be interesting to see how this version compares.
aia wrote in CSIO Kickstarter & Original Caverns of Thracia (cleaned up):Great piece of news!I am in... has the KS already started? If not, by when it will be online?Ciaooo
mbassoc2003 wrote in CSIO Kickstarter & Original Caverns of Thracia (cleaned up):The prominent lines were a feature of the original paste ups and the printing on newsprint. The error would be to try to reprint that 'stylee' just to try to mimic the newsprint feel using a laserjet printer on today's smooth printer. You'll find the crisp edges to modern typefaces make the whole package want to look professional, and if you keep to 1980's newsprint graphics and typesetting without moving forward with the times, you'll end up with a product that feels as though it was done at minimal effort and feels cheap.Just my 2c. I can see you don't want to go all out like Necromancer did, and you're presumably not trying to sell it at $80 a pop. I'm just offering a graphical perspective on how to avoid the newbee/amateur errors many small press outfits step into.The map is good. I'd be up for buying a stack of those without the book, but again, the cover of the book looks like a scanned copy of the original filtered through Paintshop Pro. I assume it's a mockup for promo purposes and look forward to seeing this project develop.