Use Of Octahedron For Size 0 World Map? Richard Aiken (24 Jun 2024 10:31 UTC)
Re: [TML] Use Of Octahedron For Size 0 World Map? Timothy Collinson (24 Jun 2024 16:58 UTC)
Re: [TML] Use Of Octahedron For Size 0 World Map? Richard Aiken (25 Jun 2024 20:56 UTC)
Re: [TML] Use Of Octahedron For Size 0 World Map? Timothy Collinson (25 Jun 2024 21:25 UTC)
Re: [TML] Use Of Octahedron For Size 0 World Map? Vareck Bostrom (24 Jun 2024 17:19 UTC)
Re: [TML] Use Of Octahedron For Size 0 World Map? Charles McKnight (24 Jun 2024 17:23 UTC)
Re: [TML] Use Of Octahedron For Size 0 World Map? Vareck Bostrom (24 Jun 2024 17:42 UTC)
Re: [TML] Use Of Octahedron For Size 0 World Map? Richard Aiken (25 Jun 2024 21:00 UTC)
Re: [TML] Use Of Octahedron For Size 0 World Map? Timothy Collinson (25 Jun 2024 21:24 UTC)
Re: [TML] Use Of Octahedron For Size 0 World Map? Rupert Boleyn (25 Jun 2024 22:57 UTC)
Re: [TML] Use Of Octahedron For Size 0 World Map? Richard Aiken (27 Jun 2024 16:00 UTC)

Re: [TML] Use Of Octahedron For Size 0 World Map? Vareck Bostrom 24 Jun 2024 17:19 UTC

Traveller 5 already defines size 1 maps as being 12 pentagons rather than the usual pentagon-hexagon mix. These days, with computer support, it might be better to just define the actual shape of the asteroid or planetoid (I stole the real-world didymos here): 

https://1drv.ms/v/s!AhOy6SzueEkKlYB3gG79V9s4PjTpMA?e=p5gcWU

On Monday, June 24th, 2024 at 3:31 AM, Richard Aiken - raikenclw at gmail.com <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:

> Hey All,
> I'm creating a series of blank world maps for my next campaign, which will focus on exploring beyond the fringe of Charted Space. Having read that bodies with diameters below ~700 km *may* not attain a spherical form (and those below ~400 probably never do), I'm considering using a folded-out octahedron [d8] for my Blank Size 0 World Map, rather than the normal folded-out icosahedron [d20]. I think this would make a good reminder that the worldlet in question isn't boringly round.
>
> Thoughts?
>
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