Re: Re: Apple Lane, the Sun Dome Temple, and Yelmalio

From: Greg Stafford <Greg_at_...>
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:17:18 -0700


donald_at_... wrote:
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>
> In message <h5lpbu+827h_at_...
> <mailto:h5lpbu%2B827h%40eGroups.com>> "Jeff Richard" writes:
> >> >1) Approximately how many days' walk is it from Apple Lane to the Sun
> >> >Dome Temple in the southern region of Dragon Pass?
> >> According to the map in Dragon Pass it is about forty miles by
> >> road. Now that scale understates distances by about 10% so say
> >> 45 miles. That's a couple of days walk for a fit adult. Could be
> >> done in one if it was urgent. Alternatively if there is no rush
> >> it might stretch to three.
> >
> >Without looking at the map, 40-50 miles sounds about right (Colin has
> >made a properly scaled map that would give us exactly the distance, but
> >that's on the other computer).
> >
> >However, the speed of travel is probably slower than that, as the only
> >road between those places takes quite a long detour to the west. The
> >Colymar Wilds and Starfire Ridges are nearly impassable to outsiders
> >and the Thunder Hills are filled with bandits (aka friendly herdsmen).
>
> That detour makes up about 10 miles of the 45.
>
> If Colin's map is showing 40-50 miles as a straight line then the
> scale on the map in Dragon Pass is 50% understated. Or has some major
> distortions.
>

 Are we going to rehash the scale again?

The board game of Dragon Pass is about 5 miles per hex.

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