cmgames Map Thread
 

I thought I would go ahead and jump on the 'collect all your maps in one thread' bandwagon.

~Z


The Best Of:

Banteay

http://www.heroscapers.com/community...anteay_cQ2.jpg
Requires: 1 BftU + 1 TJ


Disobedience

http://www.heroscapers.com/community...dience_pl3.jpg
Can be played as KtA or CtF
Requires: 1 BftU + 1 VW


Riven II

http://www.heroscapers.com/downloads//riven_ii_M2l.jpg

This is still one of my favorite maps. Modified from the original to fix some major problems.
Requires: 2x BftU +glyphs


High Water Mark

http://www.heroscapers.com/community...r_mark_28G.jpg
I designed this to give the Microcorp Agents a little love.
Requires: 1 SotM, 1 BftU, 1 TJ, + 1 additional hex


Le Dormir du Val

http://www.heroscapers.com/downloads..._fDn_thumb.jpg
This was my first 'designed' map. It became the root of the 8-player 'The Flooded Plains' map.
Requires: 1 RotV, 1 RttFF


Pinwheel Island

http://www.heroscapers.com/downloads..._WZU_thumb.jpg
I mostly play HS in a group of three. This is my first 'designed' three-player map.
Requires (as depicted): 2 RotV, 1 VW, 1 TJ, 5 additional 7-hex sand, 115 additional water tiles or 2 lexan water mats
Requires (with substitutions): 1 RotV, 1 VW, 1 TJ, 144 additional water tiles or 2 lexan water mats


Flogging for Two

http://www.heroscapers.com/downloads..._WLY_thumb.jpg
This is a modification of Piherculis's three-player 'Fulcrum Flogging' map. Modded to be a two-player map.
Requires: 1 RotV, 2 RttFF, 4 single tiles


Raw & Untried:




Slightly Playtested - OK so far:



From the 1 x BftU Challenges:



Other not-so-good maps:



Maps for KublaCon (8-player):



Half-Maps & MOPs:



Amusements &c.:

Re: cmgames Map Thread
 

Your maps look very interesting, but it would be nice it the images opened up into something larger so a person could get a better look at them.

Re: cmgames Map Thread
 

Give me a moment. I'm still working on getting them all up. I'll be tweaking and fiddling the layout all week probably.

~Z

Re: cmgames Map Thread
 

Sorry, I wasn't trying to rush you or anything on your thread. I am constantly fiddling with my own map thread. Come to think of it, how do you add the "Spoiler Alert" tag and button?

Re: cmgames Map Thread
 

Enclose what you want hidden inside a spoiler tag:
(open square bracket)spoiler(close square bracket)
Stuff you want hidden.
(open square bracket)/spoiler(close square bracket)

~Z

Re: cmgames Map Thread
 

Thank you!

Re: cmgames Map Thread
 

How many road sets does Flogging for Two require? I own two, but I can't tell if it's two or three...

Re: cmgames Map Thread
 

Two. It is in the build instructions, but maybe I'll put the reqs on the OP too.

~Z

Re: cmgames Map Thread
 

Yay, cmgames has a map thread. About time! :cheer:

I cannot wait to play on Riven. Great way to squeeze everything possible out of a mere 2 BftU's! Innovative design, with the long central shadow rift. And I love the use of the sand for starting zones and only for starting zones, so they're visually distinct. (My Yea Though I Walk uses the same trick.)

It's clear that ranged parked on the heights will enjoy huge firing arcs. But if so, you can stick to the shadowy defenses of the central rift, and sneak up on them from behind! Looks like great fun.

Re: cmgames Map Thread
 

I like the simplicity of Riven. Are the shadow tiles down the middle playable or are they considered negative space? If they are not playable, can figs still fly over them?

Re: cmgames Map Thread
 

Well, they are terrain tiles, so there should be no reason that they would not be "playable". It's a deeply shadowed crack riven through the surrounding crags. Because it is only one tile wide, the first player to get a fig down that alley can hold the ground pretty well. Get your fig just past the middle and you then have access to the treasure glyphs from below (for your other figs) while the guard is partly hidden by a corner of the canyon.

One drawback is that double-space figs cannot get the treasure glyphs. This has led to some fancy footwork where one hero goes and grabs the glyph and brings it out to where a double-spacer can get to it, then drops it for the big hero to pick up later. Very OM wasteful.

~Z

Re: cmgames Map Thread
 

I'm glad you decided to use Riven at your upcoming KublaCon event, cmg. I'm sure it'll get great feedback.