tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post8478019420008068208..comments2024-03-27T23:28:19.341-07:00Comments on Telecanter's Receding Rules: A Familiar PatternTelecanterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07238356788092725244noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-85260821837779769122013-11-16T21:28:18.887-08:002013-11-16T21:28:18.887-08:00If you examine the Traveller maps, you will see th...If you examine the Traveller maps, you will see that they are icosahedrons covered with hexagons, with a pentagon at each vertex. Thus, they are effectively the same as the shape in question.faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-86463200902696281302013-11-16T03:37:07.063-08:002013-11-16T03:37:07.063-08:00There's a nice story about the guys that disco...There's a nice story about the guys that discovered buckminsterfullerene phoning down to the maths department to see if there was a special name for the shape and after describing it the reply from the maths professor was "well, there is a fancy name for it but what you've got there, basically, is a football".<br /><br />However, that's not the shape used for Traveller maps, which are just plain icosahedrons.<br /><br />Taking the tesseract idea to the extreme, it could make a new plan of either the outer planes or some bubble multiverse where the various faces are mini-planes interacting with their neighbours via gates represented by the edges. Or a set of stargates linked from point to point along the edges.Nagorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10805769538648631984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-61169710685197888272013-11-15T10:43:13.647-08:002013-11-15T10:43:13.647-08:00@Darnizhaan: That's a better idea than mine! ...@Darnizhaan: That's a better idea than mine! It could be a kind of simple tesseract, with rooms looping back to the start of the dungeon. One of the problems I had with my Tumbling dungeon was visualizing it in my head, this pattern would help a DM with that. I'd probably make the entrance a ladder down into one of the pentagons and have the different pentagons themed, so it was clearer to players when they were revisiting the same rooms. You could also put some kind of sculpture of the soccer ball in the dungeon in case they get stuck enough to get frustrated, as a clue to what the dungeon's shape is.<br /><br />@faoladh: Thanks, I didn't play Traveller enough to see those. It makes sense as probably the simplest way to map a globe for a game.<br /><br />@Zak: That link's giving me "no results found" even when I'm logged in. I tried searching a few other ways but couldn't find the conversation. Bummer, I would have like to seen what you all talked about.Telecanterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238356788092725244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-62097501039474776092013-11-14T21:35:56.905-08:002013-11-14T21:35:56.905-08:00We talked a bit about it....https://plus.google.co...We talked a bit about it....https://plus.google.com/u/0/s/%22zak%20smith%22%22soccer%20ball%22Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-67230150590497446052013-11-14T19:04:52.078-08:002013-11-14T19:04:52.078-08:00It's the basic pattern behind the Traveller wo...It's the basic pattern behind the Traveller world maps, which simplified a globe to the faces of an icosahedron, making it a set of twenty triangles covered with hexes and pentagons at the vertices.faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-42988711146303299872013-11-14T12:41:16.678-08:002013-11-14T12:41:16.678-08:00I don't know about an angel, but it could be u...I don't know about an angel, but it could be used to make a dungeon map.<br /><br />http://castletriskelion.blogspot.com/Darnizhaanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15005189125696185700noreply@blogger.com