A custom board game map and train ticket cards for Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly (UK), inspired by the Ticket to Ride Board Games published by Days of Wonder (with whom I am not affiliated).
Links to the board and ticket files can be found below (the latest versions can be downloaded from GitHub).
For best quality printing it is recommended a 300 DPI version of the board is used, but smaller versions are also available for viewing or other purposes:
| Description | 300 DPI (24MB) | 150 DPI (9MB) | 75 DPI (3MB) | 25 DPI (<1MB) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Board 1 large sheet | PDF PNG | PDF PNG | PDF PNG | JPG PNG |
| Board 3x3 A4 sheets |
Only one 300 DPI version of the destination tickets is currently available:
| Description | 300 DPI (18MB) |
|---|---|
| Destination tickets 6 A4 sheets |
The Makefile is released under the GNU General Public License, version 2.
All other content is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share
Alike 3.0 Unported license (see LICENSE.md) unless otherwise stated (see
Sources below).
- Copyright © 2020 James Hogan james@albanarts.com
- Background maps contain Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right
- Original Scilly flag by Steve Duncan
- Original locomotive by Panther
You need the following fonts installed to open or build the designs:
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Kaushan Script Regular (fontlibrary.org)
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Anton (fonts.google.com)
You need the following software packages installed to build the designs on Linux:
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Inkscape (at least version 1) is required by the
Makefileto convert the SVG files to PNG.Ensure
inkscapeis in your$PATH. -
Imagemagick (specifically the "
convert" utility) is required by theMakefileto convert the PNG to a PDF.Ensure
convertis in the$PATH. -
pdfposter is required by the
Makefileto tile the large PDF onto multiple pages.Ensure
pdfposteris in the$PATH. -
TeX Live (specifically
pdflatex) is required by theMakefileto add margins and cropping marks to the tiled PDF.Ensure
pdflatexis in the$PATH.
The default Makefile targets generate a tiled A4 PDF of the board in
outputs/Cornwall-300dpi-a4.pdf, and a paged set of destination tickets in
outputs/cornwall_tickets-300dpi.pdf:
$ makeTo open cornwall_tickets.svg you first need to generate the background from
ticket_background.svg. This can be done with the "prepare" Makefile
target:
$ make prepareOther Makefile targets are as follows:
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allAll outputs at all DPI levels.
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boardJust the board PDF at the default DPI level.
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ticketsJust the tickets PDF at the default DPI level.
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pngPNG files for each of the above DPI levels.
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pdfPDF files of the above PNG files and corresponding A4 tiles for printing.
Specific output targets are as follows, where XX is the DPI, either 75,
150, or 300.
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outputs/Cornwall-XXdpi.pngA PNG of the board at the specified DPI.
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outputs/Cornwall-XXdpi.pdfA single page PDF of the board at the specified DPI.
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outputs/Cornwall-XXdpi-a4.pdfA tiled multipage PDF of the board at the specified DPI, for A4 printing.
I've tried to use free sources wherever possible. The originals can be found in
the originals/ directory. Modifications can be found in the modified/
directory.
The following table lists all the sources, more details below:
| Source | License | Attribution |
|---|---|---|
| Puffin | PD | Aki G. Karlsson |
| Dolphin | PD | cactus cowboy |
| Lighthouse | PD | 'The History of Plymouth', Richard Worth, 1890. |
| Ship | PD | |
| Flag of Cornwall | PD | Jon Harald Søby |
| Flag of Devon | PD | Greentubing |
| Flag of USA | PD | US Federal Government |
| Map of Cornwall | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right |
| Map of Isles of Scilly | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right |
| Flag of Isles of Scilly | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Steve Duncan |
| Steam Locomotive | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Panther |
| Kaushan Script Regular | OFL | Pablo Impallari |
| Anton | OFL | Vernon Adams |
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The graphics on the sea (Puffin, Dolphin, Lighthouse, Ship) are taken from publicdomainvectors.org in SVG form and are claimed to be in the public domain.
The only changes are colour changes to the lighthouse (Lighthouse) and the ship (Ship).
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The Flag of Cornwall, Flag of Devon, and Flag of USA are taken from Wikipedia, and are placed in the public domain.
They have been modified to make them circular. They are then used as the icons for the towns and cities on the board and the destination tickets.
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The Map of Cornwall, the Map of Isles of Scilly, the Flag of Isles of Scilly and the image of a Steam Locomotive are taken from Wikipedia, and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
The maps have been simplified using Inkscape and the colours have been altered. They are then used as the background maps for the board and the destination tickets.
The Flag of Isles of Scilly has been modified to make it circular, with the stars moved so they remain visible. It is then used as the icons for the islands on the board and the destination tickets.
The outline of the Steam Locomotive has been traced. It is then used as the locomotives on ferry routes on the board, and in the table of scores for different route lengths on the board.
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Most of the text uses the Kaushan Script Regular font, but the scores on the tickets use the Anton font. Both are released under the SIL Open Font License.