Hello all! A few weeks ago somebody posted a thread asking about a map for the Forgotten Realms setting (also known as Faerun) and if anybody had created one. I took it upon myself to do that, and the fruits of that labor are now available for all.
The map is a really huge one, with 424 provinces and all of the nations on the map. I've tried to make the map as faithfully to the FR setting as is possible within the framework of Dominions, a task that was surprisingly easy.
A brief overview:
All nations start from fixed special start locations determined by what their role in the world is according to my vision of what made the most sense, and each nation has plenty of expansion options.
The map contains a lot of special provinces which will have strategic and or other significant value (e.g. hard to find mages you can recruit). Most of these special provinces are also heavily defended, so beware of trying with too few forces. If the defenses are not heavy, it might be the special feature is thematic (e.g. places like Spider Swamp, Lizard Marsh or Spiderhaunt Peaks).
Anyways, this info and everything else that is relevant can be found in the readme.txt file that is included in the zip along with the map and tga files. Currently it can be found at Gandalf Parker's site in the location
www.dom2minions.com/~tmpspace, as Faerun.zip. He will move it elsewhere when he deems it fit, and it is clear that there is no more need for major patches to the map file. I don't expect much more than minor tweaks to be necessary, as terrains and borders should be all okay. The map isn't playtested, though, so something can always come up.
Now, get cracking, there's a whole world waiting for you to explore it!
You can send any feedback you want to give to
esko_halttunen@yahoo.com.
Edi
[ May 21, 2004, 20:17: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]
New Map: Faerun - The Forgotten Realms
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