Town Maps?

Tommy Brownell · September 12, 2009, 06:24:28 PM

Any good resources out there for town maps?

Looking for something I can maybe print and key for my upcoming survival horror mini campaign.

jadrax · September 12, 2009, 06:25:45 PM

So your after a Modern Day map?

Tommy Brownell · September 12, 2009, 07:49:46 PM

Quote from: jadrax;330387So your after a Modern Day map?

Yeah, preferably in the sense that it isn't already all keyed with locations and the like, and less "city" and more "town".

jadrax · September 12, 2009, 08:01:18 PM

You would think that would be really easy to find, but I can't find anything suitable on google.

Koltar · September 12, 2009, 09:02:38 PM

Buy either one of these two boxed games and you can make the town the way you like it : ZOMBIES!!! or WHEN DARKNESS FALLS. Both are made by Twilight Creations out of Kentucky.

The town tiles are meant to be used randomly in the game and already marked off in a 1 inch square grid. The scale you might have to fudge a smidgeon, but it is pretty close to D20 scale.

- Ed C.

Tommy Brownell · September 12, 2009, 10:48:09 PM

I was thinking less "battle map" and more "realistic town layout", but I hadn't considered that use for Zombies!!! tiles...I may have to bust my copy out and try that, be the first time I got any use out of it in years.

Koltar · September 12, 2009, 10:50:32 PM

If you find a copy of WHEN DARKNESS FALLS - it has the advantage that you get 5 or 6 modern day miniatures with it somewhat apprpopriate for a Horror type RPG.

- Ed C.

Caesar Slaad · September 12, 2009, 10:54:30 PM

Hum. There's google maps.

In terms of product, there was Modern Backdrops for d20 modern:
http://enworld.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=2187&it=1

Though it has lots of personalities and histories.

Nazgul · September 12, 2009, 11:43:20 PM

I couldn't find any on line besides Google maps and the Moder Backdrops that Cesar posted.

I'd say your best bet, if you don't want to use those, is to go through your old rpg stuff and see if any of them have maps in them.

Also, if you have any video games with a decent map to them (Such as Silent Hill, good map of that in game).

Cannibalize your old stuff.

Koltar · September 12, 2009, 11:56:54 PM

Small town - right?

How about this place ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayberry

...and:

http://www.telovation.com/articles/andy-griffith-show.html

A map of Mayberry:
http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/dc269/mayberry_city_map_large.gif
If you save it to your computer , you might have to resize or crop things some.

From this web site:

http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/anewsome/private/mayberry_maps.htm

- Ed C.

Jeffrey Straszheim · September 13, 2009, 12:19:28 AM

We've actually done Skype gaming w/ Google Maps open for all the players. "OK, so the shots come out of the big white building on the end of the street." It was interesting, although I'm not sure if I'd do that regularly.

aramis · September 13, 2009, 01:01:47 AM

ordinancesurvey.co.uk
mapquest.com

Both serve up pretty good maps, including buildings.

Tommy Brownell · September 13, 2009, 01:02:21 AM

Quote from: Koltar;330488Small town - right?

How about this place ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayberry

...and:

http://www.telovation.com/articles/andy-griffith-show.html

A map of Mayberry:
http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/dc269/mayberry_city_map_large.gif
If you save it to your computer , you might have to resize or crop things some.

From this web site:

http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/anewsome/private/mayberry_maps.htm

- Ed C.

...

I am totally unleashing zombies in Mayberry now.

You.

Are.

Awesome.

Tommy Brownell · September 13, 2009, 01:03:33 AM

Thank you all for the awesome tips...in this particular instance, I do believe Mayberry is getting hammered with zombies.

Koltar · September 13, 2009, 01:10:17 AM

Tommy - I saved that key to the town map by doing a cut & paste using microsoft word.

Just for amusement , you might want to do a web search on "RKO 40 Acres" which was the industry nickname for the studio backlot used for all of the Mayberry exterior shots.

The same sets were used 10 years earlier as "Metroplis" in the Adventures of SUPERMAN TV series and as any small town that Superman/Clark Kent visited.
The same sets were also used the first year of "STAR TREK" for some planet town sets they visites - and in "City On The Edge Of Forever". Kirk's big date with Edith Keeler - they walk right by Floyd's Barber shop. You can see the window sign very clearly in the episode.

- Ed C.