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Re: Medieval Marketplace (A Common Castle Builders Project)
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Sun, 20 Oct 2002 03:01:50 GMT
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Sounds fine to me.  We can always change it later if problems arise.  It
sounds flexible enough to start with.  One thing we do need to address is
city walls and street width.  Say 16 studs for the street and same for walls
with a 2 stud set back on the wall, in order to have an alley behind
building along the wall?  Maybe the gate should be centered on a 16x16 plate
so that the street attachs easily?  Any thoughts?

Josh

PS No problem about the medieval spelling thing. :-)  I have driven it into
my head.  Had some embarrassing moments in college, being a history major
and all.



In lugnet.castle, Alan Findlay writes:
What I see developing here are two competing but complementary ideas. One is
for a "marketplace" - generally an open place that has been filled with
basically temporary type structures, with enough room for pedestrian
traffic. The second is for a "market/town street", with permanent structures
of one or two (maybe even three!) floors containing shop/home.

Here are some proposed guidelines, which are presented for discussion (i.e.
other views are welcome):

Marketplace:
- Baseplate standard: 16x16;
- temporary style structures of one level (an "attic" level might be workable);
- front offset of ~3-4 studs - allows for pedestrian traffic between facing
stalls;
- back offset of ~1-2 studs - for back alley access for merchants;
- if not a full-width stall, a side offset of ~1-2 studs;
- if a corner stall, front off-sets of ~3-4 studs on both sides, back
off-set of 2x2 studs minimum.

Market/Town Street:
- Baseplate standard: 16x16;
- Baseplate variations: 16x32 for longer buildings, or regular back-to-back,
OR 32x32 for longer buildings, back-to-back;
- permanent style structures of one or two (or maybe even three) levels;
- 1 stud front off-set (so baseplates can be connected with brickplates);
- back off-set of ~1-2 studs for back alley;
- no side off-set or overhang;
- ~2 stud front overhang allowed;

I doubt I've covered all aspects, and the above list actually looks bigger
than I thought when it was all in my head.

So, what do you like about the above list? What don't you like? What
additions/subtractions/improvements/etc would you suggest?

Well, that's me two cents worth.

Alan

PS Josh, thanks for correcting the spelling of the subject line :)




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