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Heroic Maps - Modular Kit: Abandoned Dwarven Hold Great Hall
Publisher: Heroic Maps
by Andrew C. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 11/16/2017 01:09:58

While the Great Hall for this Modular Kit LOOKS great, printing it myself is just horrible.

I am EXTREMELY disappointed in how this prints off at the 28mm size.

Lets go over a few things shal we?

Printing Instructions Default paper size for pdf is A4. For 28mm scale print at 100% For 25mm (1") scale print at 91%

WHY A4 size? Do you realize that the A4 size for paper is NOT the standard 81/2 x 11 Inches? A4 is 8.3 x 11.7 inches. Unless your job is as a PROFESSIONAL PRINTER, WHO BUYS THE A4 SIZE? Standard paper size for any normal individual, INCLUDING most GM/DMs I'd imagine is the 81/2 x 11 inch paper.

So...I would rather use card stock right? Who wouldn't. This is a nice looking modular tile set and printing on paper would be a waste. At least card stock can give me some rigidity when I lay down the "tiles" on the table for my players to use. So...we're not using standard 8/5 x 11 inch paper...cuz yeah..A4 SIZE?!? So the only other size of paper I have in CARD STOCK is 11x17.

This is nice card stock. I use it for many of my games and it is the heaviest card stock I can get so far from Office Depot. It is 216 g/m2 and it's really nice.

So I start printing some of these tiles off and I'm noticing a problem. NONE OF THEM ARE THE SAME SIZE. Are you KIDDING ME?

Why is the upper left hand tile (the corner tile), we'll call T1, 162mm WIDE and 285mm LONG while the tile to its Right side, we'll call T2, is 165mm WIDE and 287mm LONG, and the tile DIRECTLY BELOW T1, we'll call T5, is 159MM wide and 290mm LONG, and the tile to the RIGHT of T5, we'll call T6, is 165mm WIDE and 291mm LONG?

Thats 4 DIFFERENT TILES, all 4 which are SUPPOSED to connect/match together, that have 4 DIFFERENT SIZES!!!!

Would you like to see a pic of this mess? https://i.imgur.com/eKjZJDn.jpg https://i.imgur.com/uDVGjpU.jpg

So far, the rest that I am printing are ALL different sizes. NOTHING matches up. There is no rhyme or reason to it. I've tried several different sizes, different paper, color and black and white as well. Its ALL a mess.

I also purchased the rest of the Modular Tiles for this set: The Mine Tunnels, Mine Chambers, Rooms, and Corridors. These better not be screwed up either.

In addition, I purchased the Drow City AND the Drow Slave Mine sets. I do hope I do not find these 2 are just as bad.

Unfortunately there are only 2 conclusions I can come to regarding the publisher:

#1 Extreme incompetance. (I can do better in my sleep with PHOTOSHOP then what is presented here) or #2 A cash grab by the publisher to get end users (thats me) to purchase the Cards made by the publisher themselves at 6 to 8 times the price of the digital file.

Want to bet all of the Cards made by the PUBLISHSER are the same size and match up perfectly?

As it stands now, I have purchased a sub-standard product that is all but useless to me in its current form.



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Heroic Maps - Modular Kit: Abandoned Dwarven Hold Great Hall
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Creator Reply:
Hi Andrew, Thanks for your comprehensive review. I'm sorry that you were disappointed in your experience with the map. I would like to address a few points for you. 1) We chose A4 because it is the International Standard for paper. The vast majority of the world uses A4, and so we felt that was the best choice. And in addition, we do include the full jpeg files with every map (look in your Downloads section), so you would have been able to put them onto any size paper of your choosing. We have hundreds of US customers who are able to use our maps despite the default page being A4. 2) The tiles all have an overlap between the neighbouring tiles. This is because many of our customers glue tiles together with an overlap, and it's easier for our customers to just trim off the excess than for those that need the overlap to add it. Again, we do include the full jpeg files so you can adjust as you see fit. 3) Any of the large map sets you purchased (e.g. where the rooms extend across many pages) will also have the overlap, and are on A4. Again, we do incluide the jpegs so you can adjust as you require. I'm sorry that those are the conclusions you've come to. I can assure you that this isn't a 'cash grab' to get you to buy the cards. For a start we don't even offer card versions of this map yet.
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