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Post Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:55 pm 
 

Here is a page of interesting pictures of the old German town of Rothenburg.

http://www.galenfrysinger.com/rothenburg_town_walls.htm

It gives you some perspective on the kinds of walls certain roguish types might be climing in a D&D game.

The "Most Photographed Gate" ( starting around picture #18 ) should look familiar to some.


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Post Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:03 pm 
 

Yes around #18 it does... :D


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Post Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:54 pm 
 

The "Most Photographed Gate" ( starting around picture #18 ) should look familiar to some.

Most of which can be obtained in model form ... tho' not quite the same scale as most D&D minis.

http://www.faller.de/start.php?lang=gb&naviUp=3&naviDown=1&new=0&dat_artKat1=SpurH0&page=artikel.php
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Post Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:58 pm 
 

Hrmm... looks like I missed that by one railway junction and under 10 miles. Another good reason to return to the area, I guess. :)

Neat pics on the town walls, too; thx.


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Post Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 2:01 am 
 

That's Awesome :D (will definitely need to add that to the site).
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Post Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 3:24 pm 
 

I actually *might* have some pictures of that location myself, from the tourn I took of Germany back in the summer of 1984. I know we toured and walked around Rothenburg, and I distinctly remember being at that site. I didn't put 2 and 2 together at the time, though... :( Being in high school and in Germany, I was more interested in beer than in anything else. :)


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Post Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 4:53 pm 
 

That was one of the other reasons, James... ^^

T'other side of 1990 here.


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Post Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:50 am 
 

I whipped this up in photoshop...

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Looks like the tree is "new" or a seasonal decoration...


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Post Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:08 am 
 

zhowar wrote:I whipped this up in photoshop...


Nice :)

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Post Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:12 am 
 

it is quite cool when you can piece things backwards like that isnt it :D

great research that!

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Post Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:19 pm 
 

I would love to live in that building…  :D  What a cool lactation! I love the way the street horseshoes around it while also descending the height of one floor. So cool, and the clock tower gate as your neighbor  :D .

It looks to be a four-story structure. I'd set it up as so - the basement or bottom floor level would be the art-studio, the 1st floor entered from street level to the left of the photo would be the entrance to a game store, the second floor would be a RPG museum/game hall, and the third floor a small apartment.

Oh, man would that be amazing! Now if I could only convince the lady… :lol:


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Post Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:01 pm 
 

And to think they built that town to look like a JG supplement ...    :roll:

Doesn't bare thinking about  :wink:

But it does remind me of the summer ('82) my parents packed me off to southern Germany (Passau) to learn the lingo ..


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Post Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:46 am 
 

invincibleoverlord wrote:What a cool lactation!


I... do not thin' that word means what you thin' eet means...


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Post Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:55 am 
 

jamesmishler wrote:
I... do not thin' that word means what you thin' eet means...


He must have kids on his mind....

zhowar cool photoshop work!  

Are there other covers like this that are taken from real places?


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Post Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 1:15 am 
 

io wrote:

"lactation"


:lol:

I don't know how "location" turned into that??? 8O  :P

Funny 8)


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Post Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 1:22 am 
 

invincibleoverlord wrote:io wrote:



:lol:

I don't know how "location" turned into that??? 8O  :P

Funny 8)

Just jump up onto that couch and start talking! :D


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Post Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 7:54 pm 
 

Nice town, I was actually there in the summer of 1977.
  
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