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Conquest of Nerath's map

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#1
Daybreaker
May 28, 2011 20:58:12 So I'm looking at the ads for this "Conquest of Nerath" board game, and I notice that there seems to be a map of the core D&D world, or at least a large part of it. There's the Nentir Vale up in the northwest, and some other recognizable places scattered about.

Is this official?
#2
Neutronium_Dragon
May 29, 2011 14:14:21 It probably reflects the overall layout of the world on an unofficial level, but it isn't official, and some parts are clearly abstracted and/or altered for the sake of making a board game work.

You can still use it as a general representation though. Unless and until there's a full campaign-setting publication, this is probably the best we'll get.
#3
Daybreaker
May 29, 2011 16:51:39 Thanks, that's about what I was thinking. I've been trying to make an effort to keep my campaign as close to official as I can, which means that I find WotC's deliberate vagueness on things like geography to be both useful and frustrating.
#4
sembian_book_trader
Jun 03, 2011 1:04:08 I agree I want to see a world map of the Core World, or at the very least a map of the regions that the books are taking place in. The vaugeness actualy makes me want to avoid using the world just becuase I like to have a solid structure when going into a game. I don't know I guess I like established settings that can be tweaked a bit rather than settings that are vauge and can be totaly reinvented from game to game.
#5
Book5
Jun 06, 2011 23:34:37 :huh: Off the wall, is there a Second Life® recreation of any Campaign Setting? I fondly look foreward to using a Oblivion~esqu version of mine. Speaking of which..... Drat! Gotta run to the store. Frankly? I know very little about the 4E Core World. I have always always always used a homebrew setting. My most developed is here on WotC. A Wonderful World (by the one true shea). My brief forays into Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms have been as players. Of course :wink: I placed *Sty Rn* just south of Dark Sun, and on the other side of Never Never Land :waxing: Ravenloft has it's mists of fear.....and Mine has the mists of wonder!
#6
sirtristansongsteel
Jun 07, 2011 20:30:48
Thanks, that's about what I was thinking. I've been trying to make an effort to keep my campaign as close to official as I can, which means that I find WotC's deliberate vagueness on things like geography to be both useful and frustrating.

This. I wanted to say that. Though I have not been DMing for some time, I share the pain of the vagueness, even if it also has some nostalgia to it from the time I started playing D&D and I did not really care about which kingdoms were to the north and which were to the south.

By the way, does anyone have the scanned map? I tried googling it but none of the images I got were quite good enough.
#7
Marandahir
Jun 26, 2011 0:44:51 Interestingly, the map is considered official for the D&D Core World by WotC according to the Q&A about the board game.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 Daybreaker May 28, 2011 20:58:12	So I'm looking at the ads for this "Conquest of Nerath" board game, and I notice that there seems to be a map of the core D&D world, or at least a large part of it. There's the Nentir Vale up in the northwest, and some other recognizable places scattered about. Is this official?
#2 Neutronium_Dragon May 29, 2011 14:14:21	It probably reflects the overall layout of the world on an unofficial level, but it isn't official, and some parts are clearly abstracted and/or altered for the sake of making a board game work. You can still use it as a general representation though. Unless and until there's a full campaign-setting publication, this is probably the best we'll get.
#3 Daybreaker May 29, 2011 16:51:39	Thanks, that's about what I was thinking. I've been trying to make an effort to keep my campaign as close to official as I can, which means that I find WotC's deliberate vagueness on things like geography to be both useful and frustrating.
#4 sembian_book_trader Jun 03, 2011 1:04:08	I agree I want to see a world map of the Core World, or at the very least a map of the regions that the books are taking place in. The vaugeness actualy makes me want to avoid using the world just becuase I like to have a solid structure when going into a game. I don't know I guess I like established settings that can be tweaked a bit rather than settings that are vauge and can be totaly reinvented from game to game.
#5 Book5 Jun 06, 2011 23:34:37	:huh: Off the wall, is there a Second Life® recreation of any Campaign Setting? I fondly look foreward to using a Oblivion~esqu version of mine. Speaking of which..... Drat! Gotta run to the store. Frankly? I know very little about the 4E Core World. I have always always always used a homebrew setting. My most developed is here on WotC. A Wonderful World (by the one true shea). My brief forays into Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms have been as players. Of course :wink: I placed Sty Rn just south of Dark Sun, and on the other side of Never Never Land :waxing: Ravenloft has it's mists of fear.....and Mine has the mists of wonder!
#6 sirtristansongsteel Jun 07, 2011 20:30:48	Thanks, that's about what I was thinking. I've been trying to make an effort to keep my campaign as close to official as I can, which means that I find WotC's deliberate vagueness on things like geography to be both useful and frustrating. This. I wanted to say that. Though I have not been DMing for some time, I share the pain of the vagueness, even if it also has some nostalgia to it from the time I started playing D&D and I did not really care about which kingdoms were to the north and which were to the south. By the way, does anyone have the scanned map? I tried googling it but none of the images I got were quite good enough.
#7 Marandahir Jun 26, 2011 0:44:51	Interestingly, the map is considered official for the D&D Core World by WotC according to the Q&A about the board game.