Early Morning AI Map Revisions. . .

The latest version of my semi-fictitious campaign area as revised by Ninja AI. Somewhat maddeningly, it continues to omit certain details, and get others wrong, even after repeated prompts to correct mistakes made to the file uploaded to Ninja at the start of the process. For all of that frustration, however, it finally managed to get the river courses and hex overlay correct. Generally speaking, I am pleased with the overall appearance of the map, but the devil is in the details.

-- Stokes

Comments

Archduke Piccolo said…

I like the look, but much would depend upon the role of the surrounding 'great powers'. If minimal, I would be inclined to reduce these to the margins, and devoting more hexes to the 'centre stage'. Of course, if the Grand Duchy is bent upon snaffling territory from the great powers, then the map ought to show the snafflible territory...

4:38 PM

caveadsum1471 said…

I like it, I guess you're employing a slightly bespecalled incompetent (but economical!) draughtsman on a high desk somewhere in the Duchy, or do you have to contract that out? We need to know!
Best Iain

2:32 AM

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