Use this thread to let other participants know what hexes you’re keying.
For now, I think this can be pretty informal – feel free to share your selection by screenshotting the map and drawing your boundary, or by listing row-column pairs. There are over 112,000 hexes to go round, but it’s probably better to start small and then expanding outward.
If there’s lots of interest and/or uncertainty, I may pre-divide the map into regions and use a google spreadsheet to track who’s working on what. Regardless, I’ll maintain a central map keeping track of everyone’s selections.
If you’re not interested in being in an anthology, feel free to ignore all this and submit your Antarctica-related work anyways :).
FAQ:
- Can I change the terrain in a hex?
- Yes, but please keep track of what you changed so that I can update the main map file. Feel free to add new terrain types, as well. For consistency, things like roads, towns, landmarks, and dungeons should live on a separate ‘layer’ and not override base terrain (unless a city is a metropolis occupying the whole hex).
- Can I remake my part of the map in hex kit, hand-drawn, etc?
- Definitely.
- Is there lore or an implied setting?
- Nope! Try not to write lore that implicates other regions (unless coordinating with another participant), and try to stay within one or two steps of ‘standard dungeon fantasy’. Also, if you can incorporate aspects of being on the south pole (long days in summer, long dark in winter, etc), that would be cool as hell, but isn’t required.
- How densely should I stock the hexes?
- Up to you! It’s a gigantic map, so don’t feel pressured to put something in every hex.