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@DespotDoug said in Imperious Leaders AA50 map files:

@Imperious-Leader
Really like your map that you have put together here. I’m thinking of the Phase 1 Final Map with Malta and Azores. The time is much appreciated!

Two questions:

1. When we go to have them printed, can we scale them a little smaller than the files are intended or will this cause issues to your knowledge.

2. Help me understand why you add Malta and Azores. They are not on the original game board. You have also chosen to add names to a number of islands, particularly around the boot of Italy, but also Ceylon that make them seem like you can land units there, but then only Malta has a symbol signifying it is a country that can be occupied.

Thanks!

1. The map uses lots of vector graphics (text, borders, symbols, etc.), meaning no loss in detail at any scale (what your printer can manage is a another question). So yes: you should be fine scaling it up or down.

2. Named Island/Territory = This is a (separate) territory, can be occupied. Control Symbols seem to be the norm, but only in places where they don’t obfuscate the underlying terrain. I think Malta has one to clarify that it is UK-owned even though it is in a SZ containing a bunch of Italian real estate.

@dracolich said in Imperious Leaders AA50 map files:

-No Azores-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal_during_World_War_II
In 1944, Portugal signed an agreement with the United States allowing the use of military facilities in the Azores. American forces constructed a small and short-lived air base on Santa Maria Island. Portugal managed to remain neutral despite extraordinary pressures from both sides. So it should not be considered a US territory in 1942 or 1941… players could choose to invade it… but without the “Neutrals” mechanic introduced in Axis 1940 it should be difficult to judge the outcome of this action.

The Azores are Neutral in IL’s 50HE map, unless mine is outdated. He includes them, I think, because of the potentially pivotal strategic role they could serve were they to come into play through some neutral mechanic.

yeppers…

@djensen any chance we get a sticky for 3D models, free and otherwise? These collections need curation…

For anyone who hasn’t seen m_bergman’s incredible (and free!) collection on thingiverse yet, please go check it out- Hundreds of accurate 3D models in 1:200 scale, including armor, trucks, and misc. combat vehicles from 1940-present day.

Pack 1: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:232248
Pack 2: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:310476
Pack 3: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:539511
Pack 4: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1138822

I got sextons, priests, and hummels off the company hardware today. I further shrank these by 30-40% to get closer to 1:300 scale:

@Johnson73 I have this problem when my adblocker is on

@barnee said in Complete PBF Newbie seeks grizzled vet with a heart of gold: teach me to PBF via triplea? AA50?:

@vodot Hi vodot

In case you’re not aware of it here’s a link explaining pbf play.

[link text](https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/43/how-to-play-online-and-pbem-videos

The 2nd post(Deltium) has written rules. You could make a couple junk gmails and set a game up against yourself to get the hang of it if you can’t find an opponent.

Thanks- I’m the proud owner of several junk gmails, so I’ll give that a try :)

Looking for someone to teach me how to PBF via triplea. Personality and patience much more important than skill level :)

I’ve played a bunch (hundreds, maybe?) of AI games (mostly AAR and PoS) on triplea about 6 years ago, so I (at least at one point) knew the interface well; but I haven’t played in a while and never against a human opponent on triplea, or via forum at all. I have triplea installed and running, with all the relevant maps downloaded.

I would eventually like to work my way up to G40 (just bought it for F2F!) but figure Anniversary is the place to start.

I’m on PST time in the united states. I’ll play almost exclusively on breaks at work, so I can take a turn or perhaps two max per day, with none on weekends or American holidays. Looking to start this particular game sometime after new year’s (company shutdown 12/22-1/1).

Thanks for looking!

@General-Veers said in The Polar Express:

@vodot Need to make a North American map that can be used for the French & Indian War (or Seven Years’ War), American Revolution and War of 1812 that features Mackinac Island controlling the strait linking Lake Michigan with Lake Huron. For the 1812 scenario Britain will already be set up to take the fort on the first turn.

haha awesome

@Navymule awesome!

@Quirky-Turtle let me know what you figure out; I’m also thinking about a foldable/stowable option for this and I have tjoek’s glorious map in hand at 36" x 78".

EDIT: has anyone tried building a G40 “topper” for a (large) generic plastic folding table, like one of these: https://smile.amazon.com/Cosco-Deluxe-Fold-Molded-Folding/dp/B00DOZTM3O/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1545257945&sr=8-8&keywords=folding+plastic+table&refinements=p_72%3A2661618011

I’m envisioning a big sheet of plywood with a wooden skirt of typical design, with recessed or elevated playing surface and surrounding dead zones around the outside for dice/pieces/beer/elbows… but with a “shell” on the underside that snugly fits around the perimeter of the plastic folding table top inside it. Part of the rationale for this would be that my family could still use the underlying table for things that aren’t related to me being a giant nerd… and it would potentially be cheaper/easier to build, given that the underlying table would be subsidized by the family budget. ;)

EDIT2: @seancb has had this idea: https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/29375/table-space-for-global/17
This is a little more crude than I had imagined (he actually screwed the plywood down into the top of the table, I think), but apparently it worked. Stability is my only concern- the danger of partially inebriated friends is real.

@Tjoek It looks awesome. I have access to fancy plotters at work, and I did this on a 36" roll of heavyweight photo paper with a satin finish on maximum quality. It took half an hour, and it is a thing of beauty. I’ll try to get some pics at home.

@CWO-Marc said in Tjoek's 1940 Global Map file (Updated May 30th 2018):

@vodot said in Tjoek's 1940 Global Map file (Updated May 30th 2018):

@Tjoek this is incredible. Printing this out as I type. Now to find a sheet of 36x78in plexiglass…

In case this info helps, here’s how I obtained the 36" x 96" sheet of plastic that my customized table (which has an extended-width version of the Global 1940 map board) needed. I found a local plastics company whose merchandise lines were described on their website, and I determined that the best option was a material called non-glare Acrylite P-99; the company had various sizes in stock, and one of them was originally sized by the manufacturer at 48" x 96" x 1/16" thickness. The 96" length was already correct, so all the plastics company had to do for me was to cut the sheet to the correct width. They then shipped it to me by delivery truck, rolled up into a tube about two feet in diameter with a sheet of cardboard wrapped around it to protect it. They even included the slice they had removed. They only charged me ten bucks for the custom cutting, and they did a nice job; the sheet went straight onto the table without needing any work on my part, other than my peeling away the manufacturer’s thin temporary film which protects the acrylic from scratching during storage and shipment.

Thanks for the tip @CWO-Marc- I actually have 48x48" polycarbonate sheets available to me as well (#engineeringrocks), so I’ll probably pop a couple sheets on the bandsaw and call it good. I’m ok with a physical seam at the Europe/Pacific divide :) I have a teak table that should work as a platform; now I just need a big plywood sheet to set the map on. Maybe one day I’ll have a table to rival some of you crazies with bunkers?

@Tjoek this is incredible. Printing this out as I type. Now to find a sheet of 36x78in plexiglass…

I made these without seeing the two threads below; I’m obviously not the first foray into amateur/custom 3D-printed minis! Anyone looking at these should check out these two older threads as well:
https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/28327/custom-facilities-project
https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/30693/air-base-naval-bases-hbg-shapeways

Update: Well, in some ways these turned out better than I expected, but in most ways, much worse: the desktop 3D printer in my pod has a ton of jitter so that even the bits that should have been a piece of cake (like the ICs) came out pretty terrible; each layer has some arbitrary XY shift on the order of 0.1-0.2mm which is a ton at this scale. On the plus side, however, very little support ended up being needed to build the tricky bits- even the watchtowers stood up alright. If you’ve got a 3D printer that normally gives you pretty good results, I say give these a try and see what happens.

I’ll post again once the shapeways-representative prints come off the company printer :)

I’ve got a desktop 3D printer in my cube here at work, so while I wait for the (apparently backlogged) jobs on the fancy printers I’m printing a test run of the miniature-style pieces. Will post results. I expect the ICs to look great, and the others to look… terrible or completely malformed. Those watch towers are not designed for a single-extrusion printer at all.

@djensen this has been incessantly happening for a week or so

@djensen and you’re supposed to be able to do it retroactively? Let me check again.

PSSSSSH there is is. I SWEAR it was not there a minute ago :)

I can’t see the “Enter tags…” line when I go to edit my topics.

@DanishArmy YG is solidly in the “RE-introduce” yourself category :)

Welcome to A&A .org!

@knp7765 Awesome compendium!