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Castle Crawl Redux!

Posted February 21st, 2012 at 01:42 PM by kolakoski
Updated February 28th, 2012 at 06:54 PM by kolakoski

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Here is the rebuild of Castle Crawl!, as promised.

It is even better than The Lost City of Ashra!, IMHO. It is certainly more difficult for any party of heroes, as it contains Cyprien & Sonja, 2 Werewolf Lords and 3 squads of the Wolves of Badru. (Of course, the Map may be used for other scenarios than this one, such as the aforementioned The Lost City of Ashra!)

The Gang of Four will undoubtedly play with a 15 Round time limit and around 600 points (heroes only), but you all can play any number of Rounds with any number of points.

Pure Heat of Battle rules will be used for setup. Units may be places adjacent to any other units on the Map.

Below is an arbitrary list of "appropriate" (no...

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Castle Crawl!

Posted February 17th, 2012 at 01:09 PM by kolakoski

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[This is the first in a series of maps inspired by the "Spirit" of the dungeon crawl.]

There are 16-hex start zones in Asphalt and Concrete outside the Castle. The elevated areas jutting out on the far right and left (Dungeon 7-hexers), within the Castle, may also be used as start zones.

The main idea here is for there to be two competing parties of adventurers. Any of the "classic" scenarios (kill-'em-all, escort, capture the flag, etc.) may be played on this Map. Use of the rules for Giants in The Giant Grove of Utgar! will re-create the "Wandering Monster" or the Dungeon Master-directed Monster aspects of the classic dungeon crawl, without the former's randomness or the latter's arbitrariness, while preserving the environment's general hostility.

"On the adjacent card table (placed on either end) the teams' cards will be placed on opposite sides. In the middle will be placed

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The Spirit of the Dungeon Crawl

Posted February 16th, 2012 at 12:20 PM by kolakoski
Updated February 21st, 2012 at 02:49 PM by kolakoski

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No, this is not the name of my newest scenario. Rather, it is what I will seek to create in a series of scenarios, as outlined in a recent post:

"Ghostship, in Heroscape, since "nobody really dies," the DM device is not necessary to invoke the "Spirit" alluded to earlier. Simply take the mechanics of The Giant Grove of Utgar! and adapt them for a Dungeon Crawl. Specifically:

"When placing Order Markers (OMs), at the beginning of each Round, 1 (and only 1) OM (other than the X) must be placed on one of the Giants . . ."

For "Giants" read "Wandering Monsters." As for

"If the campaign is designed for the good player, and there's no way for the evil players to progress (what a great idea - two directions for the campaign) . . .",

The Lost City of Ashra! and The Giant Grove of Utgar! can be taken together as the beginning of just such...

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The Divided City!

Posted February 13th, 2012 at 11:15 AM by kolakoski
Updated February 13th, 2012 at 02:56 PM by kolakoski

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This Map was produced by tearing down Sacrifice! to the Sand, and rebuilding. It was inspired, in part, by my vague impressions of an old comic book Conan story, post-Howard I believe, concerning a city-sized temple with 2 factions at war for generations, while, at the same time, hiding from some hideous monster behind their respective gates. If anyone remembers it, and can tell me its name, or can come up with a better name and/or a scenario for it, I'd appreciate it.

The Entrance to the Divided City

Who are those guys in the distance?

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Nameless Map/Scenario

Posted February 9th, 2012 at 04:45 PM by kolakoski

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[Why is it coming out bold? Is it just my machine?]

Having had a root canal (good dentist, difficult procedure) yesterday afternoon, I decided to do a free build, taking pictures as I went, and posting them in the thread for that purpose. However, using my wife's cell phone, after completing the Map, I accidentally deleted all the build up pics.

I posted anyways, but it's not the same. Here's a copy:

"This was to be a display of the free building process, but I accidentally deleted the pictures prior to completion.

After placing the start zones, I laid down all my Grass, then all my Rock (and the lava Field/Molten Lava), then all my Sand (and Trees), then all my Dungeon (except the 24-hexers), then most of my Road/Castle Ground, and, finally, Jungle, Water and Shadow (and Battlements). This Map has no name or scenario to go with it, although it is similar to Sacrifice! - A Journey to the Center of Valhalla in terms of being...

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