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#1 JabbaVonHutt Aug 13, 2010 8:29:34	I saw the DS cloth map that was awarded as a prize at GEN CON. Any chance WotC will make it available for purchase? For those who haven't seem it here's a link with pictures: (Scroll down on 1st page) www.enworld.org/forum/4e-discussion/2880...
#2 tashalatora Aug 13, 2010 8:41:09	Wow, that's even nicer than the original cloth map from the 2nd boxed set!
#3 mouthymerc Aug 13, 2010 8:55:24	Very nice.  I'll settle for the original one I have for now, but I would be interested if they did release the new version for retail.
#4 visanidethdm Aug 13, 2010 9:01:50	I'd definitely buy it for anything below 20$.
#5 Oninotaki Aug 13, 2010 9:34:49	I want them to sell that map very much.I have all the original maps, including the 1st cloth map, but that one just looks amazing!
#6 bruul Aug 13, 2010 11:07:48	That is awesome!  I want.
#7 morskittar Aug 13, 2010 11:16:57	Having lost my original I've seriously considered paying the ridiculous amounts the revised boxed set goes for on eBay. An updated version?  I'd buy multiples.  For stupid hide-from-the-wife amounts of cash.
#8 smeej Aug 13, 2010 11:28:56	I cannot stress how hard I would purchase a cloth dark sun map. It's been hurting me for days not having one. I know my paper one is going to fall apart
#9 morskittar Aug 13, 2010 11:38:39	I cannot stress how hard I would purchase a cloth dark sun map. It's been hurting me for days not having one. I know my paper one is going to fall apart   I bought a second campaign guide as much for the map as to have something to loan to players if need be.  I have a weakness for awesome maps.
#10 big_goon Aug 13, 2010 11:58:49	Anybody know how to help preserve the original map? Is it possible to laminate the thing at a reasonable cost? (like cost less than the purchase of a new book & map) I suppose scanning the thing for personal backup wouldn't be a bad idea either, but I hope WotC provides a digital copy for download instead.
#11 morskittar Aug 13, 2010 12:13:02	Anybody know how to help preserve the original map? Is it possible to laminate the thing at a reasonable cost? (like cost less than the purchase of a new book & map) I suppose scanning the thing for personal backup wouldn't be a bad idea either, but I hope WotC provides a digital copy for download instead. The Creature Compendium download has maps, but they're awfully low-res.
#12 Silverblade_The_Enchanter Aug 13, 2010 13:32:07	Anybody know how to help preserve the original map? Is it possible to laminate the thing at a reasonable cost? (like cost less than the purchase of a new book & map) I suppose scanning the thing for personal backup wouldn't be a bad idea either, but I hope WotC provides a digital copy for download instead. The Creature Compendium download has maps, but they're awfully low-res. hell yes I want a cloth map! anyone remember the TRAIL MAP  series bakc in TSR days? Waterdeep, Kara-Tur etc, came in a sort of pouch, huge maps awesome stuff
#13 Cyber-Dave Aug 13, 2010 14:26:29	Hell yes I want to be able to buy that map!
#14 masato Aug 13, 2010 17:07:29	Hell yes I want to be able to buy that map! co sign!!
#15 commissar Aug 13, 2010 18:26:52	I too would buy the heck out of that thing.
#16 bruul Aug 13, 2010 18:30:04	Wizards if you are reading this.  If you sell us a cloth Dark Sun map you will make LOTS of money.  I would pay as much a the price of a book to get one.
#17 Aaron_Highcolor Aug 13, 2010 21:00:56	I'd buy one!
#18 Philip Aug 13, 2010 22:44:55	Not selling, but I recieved one at GenCon, luv the map but those dark sun arena encounters were brutal.  You had to win at least 6 of them, without taking too many extended rest and if your party wiped it was almost impossible to get your map.  They had 4 lvl 3 encounters 2 lvl 4 encounters and 1 lvl 5 encounter The lvl 4 encounter was so brutal that the gm had to be in a very non agressive mood for any chance of survival (or you needed to be either really lucky, have a perfect party for the encounter, or know the fight before hand). I heard the lvl 5 encounter was brutal without a perfectly balanced party (didn't need to play it, since I already had the points for the mat at this time, but would have liked to if I didn't have other events to try).
#19 Tectuktitlay Aug 13, 2010 23:38:12	Hell, yeah I'd buy a cloth map of Athas!!!!!!!!
#20 nhaazaua Aug 15, 2010 12:04:06	Well I broke down and put mine up for sale.  New minis to paint is worth more to me than the map, although it was fun getting it.
#21 fun_elemental Aug 16, 2010 2:16:27	I want one. I want one enough to be irraionally irritated at Wizards for making them and not letting me buy one. Which makes no sense.  I mean, if they had never made those maps, I wouldn't be upset at Wizards.  However they did make those maps, I don't have one, and the fact that I can't fix that lack somehow makes me upset. So it is a PR goodie so good that it is toying with my emotions and stoking negative PR in my heart by being out of my grasp, and on a whole its mere existance makes me less happy with Wizards as a company. Did I mention that I want one.  A lot.  Irrationally so.
#22 Phobos Aug 16, 2010 11:25:53	I saw the DS cloth map that was awarded as a prize at GEN CON. Any chance WotC will make it available for purchase? For those who haven't seem it here's a link with pictures: (Scroll down on 1st page) www.enworld.org/forum/4e-discussion/2880... I got all excited, then realized it's the same map that comes in the book... so unless there is a preference for cloth over paper, eh.
#23 morskittar Aug 16, 2010 11:36:42	Well I broke down and put mine up for sale.  New minis to paint is worth more to me than the map, although it was fun getting it.  Congrats on your future pile of cash!
#24 mouthymerc Aug 16, 2010 17:51:47	Well I broke down and put mine up for sale.  New minis to paint is worth more to me than the map, although it was fun getting it.  Congrats on your future pile of cash!     I like it, but not that much.  I'll settle to wait to see if they release a retail version and use my 2E Revised version in the meantime.
#25 Oninotaki Aug 16, 2010 23:11:10	I want one. I want one enough to be irraionally irritated at Wizards for making them and not letting me buy one. Which makes no sense.  I mean, if they had never made those maps, I wouldn't be upset at Wizards.  However they did make those maps, I don't have one, and the fact that I can't fix that lack somehow makes me upset. So it is a PR goodie so good that it is toying with my emotions and stoking negative PR in my heart by being out of my grasp, and on a whole its mere existance makes me less happy with Wizards as a company. Did I mention that I want one.  A lot.  Irrationally so. I feel the exact same way! Stupid Wizards better sell that map in the non to distant future!!!
#26 Artifact Aug 16, 2010 23:59:34	Cha-ching!! That's the sound a cash register makes make when a sale is made.  Haven't actually seen (or heard) a manual in a while; now it's more like Beep! Boop! ;).
#27 Finarvyn Aug 17, 2010 11:48:33	I still have my cloth one from the 1990's, but I'd love one of these! That's an awesome map!
#28 marduck Aug 17, 2010 12:30:58	I should buy one for sure if they release it. In the meantime, I will scan it (or wait for a pdf version form WotC), and print it on a carpet, there´re lots of companies who make it for not too much money. I do have the revised edition box, so I do have he cloth map, I love it, 15 years of use and it still looks good, I never used the paper map of the original boxed set since then :D
#29 Alphastream Aug 18, 2010 9:14:51	It should be available as a prize at PAX in a few weeks. I will be running the arena and hope to see some players come away with that very cool map. It is a very nice map.
#30 dragonstar_the_green Aug 18, 2010 19:00:25	That is awesome, but I'd rather have a Forgotten Realms cloth map. I'd be willing to buy that over a giant Orcus mini... And to the person who asked about the cost of laminating their map, I had the encounter map from Scepter Tower of Spellguard laminated at my local office supply store for less than $5.00. Totally worth it.
#31 big_goon Aug 19, 2010 21:16:42	And to the person who asked about the cost of laminating their map, I had the encounter map from Scepter Tower of Spellguard laminated at my local office supply store for less than $5.00. Totally worth it. Sweet! I didn't know it was that cheap. Totally going to check that out now... thanks! Although I also like Marduck's carpet idea
#32 timwil Aug 03, 2011 15:51:28	Well, another 4E Dark Sun map is now listed on eBay: cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&i... I remember the one listed last year selling for almost $200.
#33 ennervance Aug 03, 2011 20:15:26	Not sure how essential the cloth part of the map is - Gale Force 9 has an authorized Dark Sun world map, in vinyl wet-erase. I picked one up and love it, even with the slightly hefty $40 price tag. Caravan routes, hidden ruins, and more are much easier to note, track, then remove for the next campaign.
#34 Prom Aug 04, 2011 22:01:43	I like the idea of a cloth DS map, it will be the price that has to be right.
#35 dreamdarwin Oct 27, 2011 11:52:57	Been some time on the thread, but I actually have my cloth DS map from Gencon 2010.  I should probably consider selling it!
#36 jespley Oct 28, 2011 15:47:41	I was dreaming about these and realized that since it is supposedly exactly the same image as the paper one that we could print our own cloth maps.  See this service and I'm sure that there are other ones.  The question is whether there is a high resolution digital image of the map. www.uprinting.com/rolled-canvas-printing...
#37 Alphastream Oct 28, 2011 17:28:06	The image is the same one as the pdf they provided with Dragon 391. The article was "Traveling the Sandswept Roads" and had several downloadable versions.