And on a related point: if you look at an online map of the world and place a rectangular sheet of paper on it so that one of its long edges lies on the equator (alternately covering, for purposes of comparison, the bottom half and the top half), you’ll notice that most of the world’s land masses are in the northern hemisphere. All of North America, all of Europe, virtually all of Asia, and much of Africa are located there. The main land masses in the southern hemisphere are South America, the lower part of Africa, Australia, and Antarctica; the rest of the southern hemisphere is mainly water, which means that for A&A map purposes it’s mostly wasted space. Oceania, a.k.a. the Pacific Islands, including Australia and New Zealand, did see significant action in WWII, so its inclusion on an A&A map is quite relavant…but by the same token Antarctica is a land mass that’s traditionally (and with good reason) omitted from A&A maps.
The Good Captain's Digital Map Repository
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This will act as a “one stop shop” for anyone interested in my work regarding digital downloads of AnA boards:
Classic (Milton Bradley): http://www.mediafire.com/view/x2tq68bqzf9svnv/Axis Allies Board.jpg
Europe (1999): http://www.mediafire.com/file/kmjn20usjj693ec/Europe1999.png/file
Pacific (2000): http://www.mediafire.com/file/322b1gupqmgnhm4/Pacific2000.png/file
Revised: http://www.mediafire.com/file/h3p3rbk0hq9xeiu/Revised.png/file
Guadalcanal: https://www.mediafire.com/file/3g7hongk3pk1ft6/Guadalcanal+Board+Final.png/file
Xeno Games 3rd Edition: https://www.mediafire.com/file/7i8mgxaom0d9oqw/Xeno+The+World+at+War+3rd+Edition+Board.png/file
Xeno Games 4th Edition (same map structure just published with different colors): https://www.mediafire.com/file/v26nobwcpm246rw/WaW4th.png/file
Fortress America (1986): https://www.mediafire.com/file/f4ku5mf8oxyszxa/FA.png/file
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Hello Captain - any chance you might post a North Africa larger map file at some point? We really enjoy your larger maps and use many of them that we printed out for a large/single piece map. Thank you sir!
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@Vital-Signs I’ll see what I can do but it will be awhile. There might be an additional layer of complication with that one as I am in the development credits and had to sign an NDA - but good point, let me take a look.
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@The_Good_Captain OK - understood. Thank you Captain!
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@The_Good_Captain Captain: We just printed a custom mat using your Fortress America map file. Outstanding!!! We also use your A&A Classic map as well. Any chance we might see your version of Shogun and Conquest of the Empire map files in the future? We would really enjoy having all (4) to complete the MB Gamemaster Series! Many Thanks to you Captain!
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I have this for Conquest of the Empire: https://www.mediafire.com/file/1hf6u38ni6680by/cote_map.jpg/file
I don’t have Shogun. =(
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@The_Good_Captain Many Thanks again! - This version of the conquest of the empire map does not have the $ tracker at the bottom, correct? Also, we will keep our fingers crossed for a possible shogun map in the future. That original MB gameboard gets really crowded. Thank you
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@Vital-Signs I’m not sure about Conquest. I’ve never played either of these games - this map just happened to be on file with VASSAL. I don’t see anything for Shogun. If something changes, I’ll let you know and I’ll keep my eye out.
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@The_Good_Captain OK understood. Yes we were hoping to get images (like Fortress America) of the Milton Bradley version of Conquest & Shogun. Thx again Captain!
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@Vital-Signs I totally respect originality. Here is the best I can do: Most my maps are actually photos taken very carefully with a good quality camera in good lighting (I don’t know how to scan these things). If you get me a good quality photo of the map you want, I will slowly edit it for you and smooth out all the board lines and blemishes.
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@The_Good_Captain Yes Captain! We really enjoy your photo edited maps, and we have them custom printed out for our games. They are awesome. We would love the original MB Conquest of the Empire and Shogun maps via an edited photo like your other maps. Unfortunately we dont have a high quality digital camera! Thank you for your offer to assist us!
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@The_Good_Captain Captain: OK - one of our players has a digital camera. If we take a photo of the Shogun and Conquest of the Empire gameboards, do you have any advice for them to turn out as best as possible? I’m thinking I lay them each out (separatley of course) on a table/floor and take a picture in good lighting, yet try to avoid shadows, etc.? Thank you!
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@Vital-Signs in my experience, you don’t want lights above the board especially if the game board is clear coated (like the board for Revised).
Standing on two chairs helps.
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@The_Good_Captain OK understood. We will give it a shot nd get back with you. Thank you
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@The_Good_Captain Captain - we have taken digital photos of these (2) gameboards. How can we get the files to you for your review/opinion of the images’ quality, etc.? Thank you!
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@Vital-Signs upload each file to media fire and send me the link. or email me at ryanvoz@yahoo.com
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@The_Good_Captain OK Great - each image looks to be around 8MB. Is email OK with this size, or do you suggest mediafire? Thank you!
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@Vital-Signs good point. if mediafire doesn’t work, use dropbox (it’s free). In either case, just email or post the links. Mediafire is quicker and easier imo. But dropbox is fairly straight forward as well.
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@The_Good_Captain OK - here is the mediafire link with a folder for Shogun and 5 pics that we took. What do you think of the image quality, etc.? I may be able to use a higher quality image setting on our camera if you feel it would be more ideal, etc.
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/klw57fmb9585c/Shogun -
@The_Good_Captain And here is the link for Conquest of the Empire folder with 4 pics:
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/c5r0umue8d14i/Conquest_of_the_Empire
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