Friday 5 December 2014

A map begun...

The weekend at last and what a busy one.Anyway it's Friday night and two days work free awaits. I have been musing on a map and name for my Hyboria inspired campaign. Using free resources on the web I have begun with this-
I have yet to add borders of kingdoms/countries to the map. I have named it Guyleria after Deryck Guyler. Here is a picture of him (he's the one in the middle) with other famous wargamers-
I loved the picture of his painted Ancient Flats that I saw in the T V Times as a boy. I also recall with affection his TV characters from "Please Sir" and other sitcoms from the 1960/70s. So Guyleria it is...

5 comments:

  1. A fitting tribute to him! (Never knew he was a wargamer - you learn something new every day)

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  2. It's Corky! I had forgotten he was a wargamer, though now I seem to remember he had a Roman Legion? He was a dab hand on the washboard too.

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  3. Making maps is one of my favourite parts of gaming. You're off to a good start. Nice to see a tribute to Derek Guyler. I remember him from Please Sir! and Sykes.

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  4. A great idea , I look forward to further developments , Tony

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  5. Could I be right in saying that the 'wargamer' on the left of the picture is a 'young' Phil Barker?

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