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Subject:	Re: Formally Announcing: The Medieval Marketplace, A Common Castle Builders Project
Newsgroups:	lugnet.castle
Date:	Thu, 31 Oct 2002 17:34:43 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Kevin Wanner writes: > > ----Building Area: > > > > The road is integrated into the shop’s baseplate. The standard road width > > is 8 studs, therefore, there must have a 4 stud deep offset from the front > > of the baseplate to the front of the shop. There must also be a 1 stud > > offset on the back of the shop for an alleyway. Otherwise, there is no side > > offset required. We recommend you include a one stud offset if you would > > rather not have you shop butted against another. The maximum building area > > is 11x16 studs. > > I think that the road should be made with 16x32 tan basplates, set > between the shops facing each other. With a required 2 stud offset in the > back for the alleyway, so a figure could use the alleyway. Another 2 stud > offset from the front so that they arn't right on the road with a tan plate > to make a path to the shop. Then you could have an overhang in the back of > 1 stud and an overhang in the front of two studs. Doing it this way you get > a little more room because then the max building area without an overhang > would be 12x16 and with overhang it would be 15x16. Where now without the > overhang the max building area is 11x16. This would also solve the problem > of a cart being as wide as the road and would make the road look used. What size carts are you using? I asumed most people would be using 4-wide carts, and with two market stalls facing each other the road is 8 studs wide. With two market stalls back to back the alley is 2 studs wide. Just wondering if maybe you forgot to double the size of the offsets when you thought about how wide the road and alley were. Jason

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		Re: Formally Announcing: The Medieval Marketplace, A Common Castle Builders Project
(...) I have two different size carriages one that is 4 studs wide with out wheels and so it makes it 6 wide, and the other one is 8 with the wheels. (...) If that 4 wide has wheels then the cart is only 2 wide by it self. (...) no I didn't forget (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)

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		Re: Formally Announcing: The Medieval Marketplace, A Common Castle Builders Project
After creating a experimental shop on a 16x16 baseplate I came up with a few problems and I know some of them have been said befor. (...) I think that the road should be made with 16x32 tan basplates, set between the shops facing each other. With a (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)

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