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The Royal Cartographer
A tabletop RPG set in the fictional world of cartography where players compete with each other or work together to create maps that represent their shared regions while representing different cultures, occupations occupying similar spaces and giving them differing histories but all sharing physical geographyA new gaming system is introduced by describing a game map building competition between characters. In this case, an RPG set in the world of cartography where players collaborate on creating custom-made regional land maps with unique cultural/political influences that often share geographical features despite their individual stories and backgrounds being represented differently through these personal histories drawn together for collective mapping purposes under the supervision by a Royal Cartographe.Each player creates an area map from scratch, using various materials such as historical sites or legends to represent different cultures in each region while incorporating physical terrain with political influences shaping its boundaries between distinct occupations and ethnicities occupying similar spaces within this geographical framework but giving it their own individual histories which are intertwined by the common ground of shared geography.
Price:
$14.00
Rating:
5.00 (from 29 reviews)
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