| Author |
File Description |
| lollard97367 |
Posted on 10/21/05 @ 02:44 AM
| File Details |
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| Map Size: |
100x100 (Tiny) |
| Difficulty: |
Easy |
Minimap:
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Anglo-Saxon medieval society placed worths on resource areas. For example: a piece of fertile farmland, a flint mine, a deer run, a section of forest (free chase), a peat bog, or a water source all had worths, and the building of settlements were centered ON these prime areas. All initial buildings would be placed to maximize a worths potential. You also have to remember that the British Isles were covered in forest around this period (circa 1000 AD). This woodland needed to be cleared from around a worth, some times the cleared area would be become a worth itself (arable land). But as a settlement progressed and developed, the need for specialists arose. These new specialist buildings still needed to maximize the worths potential, but also be strategically placed so all persons could readily come and go between worths and the new building. The bakeries would not be too far from the mill, for instance. The granaries would be nearby the fields (personal experience - I picked spring onions in Suffolk one summer). Making the settlement more efficient and therefore maximizing the worths value, was the emphasis throughout the early medieval period. This is when the first one lane villages (street town) were starting to be seen. A single maintained lane would make travel between support buildings more efficient. Hedgerows were also used when marking the boundaries between worths. Coastal areas were valuable because of the readily available stone exposed by tidal erosion. The stones were hauled (sometimes hundreds) of miles and were in constant need for new construction (mainly churches). If the first buildings constructed were centered on the worths, then the supporting buildings were built nearby those buildings, and so forth. The simple and practical was more important than flashy or eye catching (exception being cathedrals). If map designers use this basis in their maps, they will see more enjoyment gained from being historically accurate (therefore more artistic and fun).
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| Prince Charmy |
Posted on 10/22/05 @ 07:43 PM |
lollard97367
File Author |
Posted on 10/23/05 @ 01:24 PM
Lollard [Edited on 10/30/05 @ 04:06 AM]
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lollard97367
File Author |
Posted on 10/29/05 @ 10:03 PM
Thanks
Lollard |
| lepercaunofshame |
Posted on 11/27/05 @ 07:22 PM |
lollard97367
File Author |
Posted on 12/05/05 @ 06:11 AM
Lollard |
Lord Michael I
Staff |
Posted on 02/22/06 @ 06:10 PM
The map doese'nt have invasions or stuff, but playing with the stuff that are put there and really making economy go, is quite fun.
Balance: 5
Really balanced map you got here, Lollard, not much to say here.
Creativity: 5
This map is simply gorgeous!, it's beautiful in all it's ways and really precise!
Map Design: 5
Everything is well made in here.
Story/Instructions: 5
The article you wrote is fantastic!, keep on the good work!
Additional Comments:
What can I say...
Download and look at a really beautiful map! |
lollard97367
File Author |
Posted on 02/27/06 @ 08:17 PM |
| Pat Dark Knight |
Posted on 07/21/06 @ 07:33 AM
I was wondering how'd you get the walls to be pathways?
Pat Dark Knight |
| sirang |
Posted on 09/27/06 @ 10:36 PM |
| The Dragonheart |
Posted on 02/02/07 @ 02:45 AM
1. Place a wall.
2. Place a large rock over the wall, but make sure that part of the rock is NOT on the wall.
3. Erase rock.
4. Lower terrain around the wall.
5. Reapeat process until the wall is at the desired height.
The Dragonheart |
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