I have been playing around with different configurations for a custom table and wanted to note some things I’ve landed on that I really like. A main one thing is having the map mounted so that it can slide around as needed on top of a bigger playing area. My table is 65” x 95” in total with a 5.5” arm rest around the outside and the middle is a recessed neoprene surface. I have the OOB Global map mounted on 1/2” rigid foam with a 1/2” aluminum frame around it. This allows the map to slide up close to whoever’s turn it is, but then be in the middle so both players can roll dice In front of them without disturbing the map and in easy view of the other player. (Plus we like lots of room to roll the bones). This ability to adjust the surface along with a standing height, makes it comfortable for long uses because you can move around more and don’t feel as tied down.
Things I’ve learned and changed from original design - I originally used too big of a frame for the map and mounted it on too high of a foam block (you can see these pictures at the bottom) - it made it hard to see the other player’s dice and the big frame took up too much real estate. My global map is mounted on much thinner foam (the framing is bad, you can see if you look closely) but I also used much thinner aluminum angle for the frame. This gives just enough grip when needing to move the map around (I use furniture slides on the bottom, which glide very nicely on the neoprene) but doesn’t make the whole thing too bulky. Having it an inch or so off the surface keeps the dice off, but isn’t so heigh that you can’t see the other player’s dice rolls. When playing other versions (such as Zombies) the board is much smaller, but it can easily swap in and out on the same table since it can move around where ever it is needed or be pushed aside.
I originally made it normal table height, but found long reaches while sitting were harder and it just felt cramped. Standing height with a bar stool is a great way to have the best of both worlds.
The 5.5” rim around the table itself gives you a nice arm rest that doesn’t interfere with the gaming surface. I’m playing with how to best add some cushion to this part - open to suggestions. Sometimes I just lay a piece of leftover neoprene on it.
Dice bounce nice on the neoprene and stay off the floor. It also feels nice and has enough give to allow things to slide but be picked up easily. Wouldn’t definitely go with neoprene again as a surface covering.
I made the drawers open to the inside of the table so you can stay hunched over the action while accessing and stowing stuff away. 50/50 on whether I would keep this if I were to do it again. If I were doing it again, I might try to build customer drawers form scratch using actual drawer glides, but that was beyond my ability when I first did this, so I just used clear plexiglass boxes with aluminum pulls mounted on them. It’s nice having them clear, and I was happy with how the pulls came out, but without glides they can be a little fussy sliding in and out of their slots.
I originally designed the table so that I could put a cover surface back on top when not in use, but find I don’t really ever do that, so if I were to do it again, I might not mess with that part (I never even finished staining those as you can see in the pictures).
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Axis & Allies Community Map Files
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Thanks for the acknowledgement, YG. You forgot the most important fix (at least for the people who live on Iwo Jima) � their island is no longer upside-down in the Pacific! :-D
YG, you’ve been the visionary behind this map project over the years, so thank you for the innovative ideas, and for always striving to make the map better.
Technical note: This map file is sized 72"x33" at 300dpi.
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Thanks for this one guys.
Certainly too late, but if anyone is willing to correct a few names here is the best accurate names for each Territories in Siberia, I found this by looking upon DK’s AA50 inspired map.
Chelyabinsk (Tankograd) is a more WWII fitting name for this TT between Urals and Yenisey.
Tunguska can be replaced by Altai, as a more appropriate region to pass from China to Novosibirsk, USSR, or Mongolia.Another simpler switch: Yenisey become Evenkiysky and Evenkiysky becomes Yenisey.
However, it does not solve Yakut SSR and Sakha issue, being one and the same region and political entity.
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Here is the switch and a different way to solve Sakha issue.
This erase Tunguska for a more realistic Altai being frontier to China, Mongolia and Novosibirsk.
However, Tunguska TT being south of Yenisey TT on this map is not a bad choice, but not as accurate as Altai.Pushing westward Yenisey is also a way to rightly mark the north-western end of 1940 Pacific map.
As read elsewhere, Axis partners agree to stop at Yenisey river. West of Yenisey was for Germany and east for Japan.
So, it was a kind of agreement that Urals TT is to be Germany while Yenisey TT to Japan.
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These maps are above and beyond great! Is there any experience blowing these up to the 96x45 size? I would imagine they should look fine but wanted to hear from experience.
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I would also like to know how well this image scales up. Maybe not quite as large as carsonbparker mentions, but perhaps 80x36 or something similar.
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I am trying to view these and or get a copy of these from my work computer. I do not have access to Mediafire. How else can i get a copy or better yet at least view the image to see if its what im after.
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carsonbparker and Navymule, the map should scale up just fine… the resolution might drop to the 200dpi range, but it should still print a crisp image.
Here’s a low-res shot of the map…(without ghost boxes)
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Is there a way to get this file without having to deal with mediafire?
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Is there a way to get this file without having to deal with mediafire?
What a pain.What exactly is the problem you’re having with mediafire?
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@Young:
Is there a way to get this file without having to deal with mediafire?
What a pain.What exactly is the problem you’re having with mediafire?
Disregard, I was clicking “view” and it was putting me through the ringer. I assumed “download” would do the same. I got it now.
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@Young:
Is there a way to get this file without having to deal with mediafire?
What a pain.What exactly is the problem you’re having with mediafire?
Disregard, I was clicking view and it was putting me through the ringer. I assumed download would do the same. I got it now.
Ya, the view file option doesn’t seem to work for these files on Mediafire… hit this link to see a bigger selection of maps. https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=41411.0
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Hi all,
the maps are just awesome!!!I’m working on a map variant myself and I was wondering if someone would mind sharing the psd file?
I need to edit country-attribution (nation colors) and other smaller things.
thanks so much for you help!
cheers,
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Has anyone run into issues with getting items with these maps on them printed? Isn’t the work copyrighted? Or have they given folks permissions to print them?
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Larry Harris was at YG’s tournament with maps printed….no problems…you’re good to go printing them
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Has anyone run into issues with getting items with these maps on them printed? Isn’t the work copyrighted? Or have they given folks permissions to print them?
I think you’d only run into trouble if you tried to sell them after printing them.
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That makes sense. Some printers (like The Game Crafter), won’t let you print things if you don’t have permissions to use any of the art…and this map being created from the real map meant I might not be able to print it. I modified the coloring slightly so I could do an overlay and it made it through…its a bummer though that I would have to make my own version of the map to sell prints. Oh well. (I made a custom map based objective tracker for AA50).
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Is there any blank 1940 maps so i could mess around with it?
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LMFAO. Blank? Thats funny
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no as in a map without the colors but with the map, borders, seazones, but having it like black and white.
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Young Grasshopper would you consider adding my Azimuthal Equidistant G40 map to your list? I recently posted it in here.
demaris
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