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aimlessgun
Oct 18, 2010, 06:48 PM
Hopefully many of you are familiar with A Song of Ice and Fire. If you're not, go read one of the most amazing pieces of literature in the last 10 years.

The Map
This is a base map of the Westeros continent. By which I mean, the resources and start locations are randomized, with the terrain/features placed by myself.

Download/install
Map is available via ingame mod menu, named Westeros Base Map (v3)

Details
Artistic license has been taken since the maps in the books are quite minimal. I have placed forest and hills lightly in some places where not indicated by GRRM's maps, in the interest of playability (wanted to avoid vast sections of land without any hammer tiles). The map is also stretched East to West a little, to allow for some more feature definition and because Westeros is incredibly tall and thin, which the map dimensions available in Worldbuilder cannot support.

Map is 80x80, though the actual landmass fits in a rectangle 37x80. Recommend 8-12 civs.

Some screens:

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/955/west1.jpg (http://img834.imageshack.us/i/west1.jpg/)

Dorne

http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/5931/west2.jpg (http://img28.imageshack.us/i/west2.jpg/)
Riverlands/Vale

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/5880/west3.jpg (http://img39.imageshack.us/i/west3.jpg/)
Some of the North


Suggestions/improvements/disagreements welcome.

Dark_Jedi06
Oct 20, 2010, 05:05 PM
Seems I was beaten to the bunch, as I was planning on make a Westeros map myself. :D

Is this part of a larger mod in the works (hopefully)? I'm not sure what the current dimensions are, but I think it would be possible with a huge map to add in Braavos, the Lands of the Summer Sea, etc.

Edit: This (http://www.cartographersguild.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=15988&d=1250579063) is by far one of the best iterations of Westeros if you're interested.

aimlessgun
Oct 20, 2010, 10:21 PM
Man that is a nice map in the link.

I believe you could add Braavos etc. Would obviously have to unstretch Westeros. I actually don't know how (or is it possible?) to copy paste parts of maps in worldbuilder though...Anyways unless there are some official maps that I'm not aware of, it would be highly speculative right?

I have a lot of random ideas for a ASoIaF mod, such as some serious delving into city states to convert them into bannermen, which are your main source of military etc and somehow capturing the whole feudal system, but alas I lack programming skills, so I doubt I'll have time to teach myself :/

six blade knife
Oct 22, 2010, 01:45 AM
I'm now playing with is map and I just find it awesome !
thanks for the good work aimlessgun ! :goodjob:

I read all the books of RR Martin yet available in france and it's a pleasure fighting and expanding all over westeros :woohoo:

aimlessgun
Oct 22, 2010, 11:49 PM
I'm now playing with is map and I just find it awesome !
thanks for the good work aimlessgun ! :goodjob:

I read all the books of RR Martin yet available in france and it's a pleasure fighting and expanding all over westeros :woohoo:

Great to hear, thanks :D

six blade knife
Oct 23, 2010, 01:57 AM
but I think it would be possible with a huge map to add in Braavos, the Lands of the Summer Sea, etc.


this would be great too !

ljofthemm
Oct 26, 2010, 09:42 AM
Hello All,

I haven't created my own mods/scenarios since Civ 2... So I have decided to bite off more than I can chew. I really want to create a Song of Ice and Fire scenario, but to make it as it deserves to be made, I will need some help from some experienced modders. If anyone is interested, send me a message either here or on steam (ljofthemm1111).

Darkglasses
Sep 04, 2011, 12:19 AM
So I haven't been playing Civ 5 for too long and wanted to check out what available mod maps there are. I found this Westeros map and as far as I can tell I have downloaded it using the ingame mod menu. Now I can't figure out how to actually play this map.

Can anyone help?

gulger99
Nov 16, 2011, 07:47 PM
Probably b/c of upgrades over the last year, the westeros map doesn't work. I found one from the song of fire and ice scenario and might take a swipe at making it work decently.

DefoesRightBoot
Nov 30, 2011, 06:00 AM
If you're looking to make one, you could do worse than refer to this map ==> http://kevinhatch.com/media/kh-asoiaf.pdf which is pretty well researched.

Thomas Ash
Apr 09, 2013, 10:47 PM
Direct download link for Macs?