LUCKE13's Maps - New map 2/15/13: Obsidian Summit

[LUCKE13]

Here is my latest BOV-compliant map. I wanted to try a bilaterally symmetrical map for a change. I decided to use BftU and FotA because I feel those are the most available sets at this point, and I wanted more people to be able to make the map. I hadn't planned on the V-shaped road when I started, but it evolved that way so I went with it. The games we have played on it have been very fun. Enjoy!



Required Sets: BftU x1, FotA x1







Stay tuned...my next project is an asymetrical ROTV/TT BOV-compliant map. I will post it after we play some games on the latest revision.

[LUCKE13]

In the spirit of the holiday season, I present my newest map: Jack Frost. This is my first real attempt at creating a balanced BOV-compliant asymetrical map. Enjoy!



Required Sets: RotV x1, TT x1

[Shedim Kabal]

If you weren't planning to already, you should enter Jack Frost into the Beast of the East map contest.

The asymmetry is really muted by the color balance, but organically. And the glyph locations are well thought out. Seems like a really good map for wyrmlings. Of course, facing Zelrig's gotta be fretful with that footprint, but that's what Big Red is for I hear.

[LUCKE13]

Originally Posted by Shedim Kabal

If you weren't planning to already, you should enter Jack Frost into the Beast of the East map contest.

Thank you for refering me to this contest (+rep). I hadn't noticed it, and have entered per your recommendation.

Originally Posted by Shedim Kabal

The asymmetry is really muted by the color balance, but organically. And the glyph locations are well thought out. Seems like a really good map for wyrmlings. Of course, facing Zelrig's gotta be fretful with that footprint, but that's what Big Red is for I hear.

I appreciate the praise!

Re: Z-bomb...I thought about him when I built this, and actually played against him on this map before posting it. Like you say, this layout makes him dangerous, but the small footprint also makes it easier to get to wherever he is perched.

[LUCKE13]

This is another BOV-compliant map, created specifically for Typhon2222's 1x BftU Challenge. It quickly became obvious that I was going to have to bend some of my normal map-building rules to make a map out of only a single BftU...so I bent the map.



Required Sets: BftU x1







Update: Around the Bend tied for 2nd overall in Typhon2222's 1x BftU Challenge!

[Typhon2222]

Reserving two visible hexes of grass to mark the glyph locations is a lovely touch.

[LUCKE13]

Originally Posted by Typhon2222

Reserving two visible hexes of grass to mark the glyph locations is a lovely touch.

Thank you. I like not having to refer to the build instruction to know where to put them. Vendetta and Jack Frost are also built in this way, and I plan for any BOV-compliant maps that I create to follow suit.

I've also strived to clearly define start zones in this way, but the 1x BftU challenge made that very difficult due to the lack of available materials.

[LUCKE13]

This map was created for Typhon2222's BftU + TT Expansion contest. Vendetta worked so well I decided to model this map after it. The LOS blockers create interesting options in this one.



Required Sets: BftU x1, TT x1

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[Killometer]

Nice looking map. I was hoping that it was heavy snow/normal ice, and I was glad when I saw that in the download-it will make it rough going to claim the height, and will make the low ground an attractive, speedy alternative.

But (there's always a but ) there are 2 small changes I would consider making (and ever-present caveat, these are just Theoryscape suggestions at this time):

First is I would get rid of the water tile that's on level 3 adjacent to the 6-hex glacier. I think that opening up that one additional corridor will really help movement around the map a lot.

Second is that I would swap the two SZ spaces that are 6 flying spaces from the water tile I recommend moving (whether you move it or not) to the level 1 snow spaces that are adjacent to the SZ. That promentory makes a very tempting Raelin perch how the SZs are set up right now.

[LUCKE13]

This map was created for Typhon2222's BftU + VW expansion contest. I've taken comments I have received from others about my other maps and implemented those ideas in this new creation.



Required Sets: BftU x1, VW x1

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[LUCKE13]

This map was created for Typhon2222's BftU + TJ Expansion contest, but is actually based on a theme I have been wanting to use ever since I finished the Hunger Games series of books (which are really good).

This is my first split start zone map, and I feel it fits the theme perfectly. The large cache of glyphs in the unprotected middle is a tempting bounty for those daring enough to get caught there. On the other hand the edges offer cover and height. Which to go for first? Much like the book, I suppose that would depend on the strength of your figures.

May I present...Cornucopia!



Required Sets: BftU x1, TJ x1

Build Instructions

[Typhon2222]

You are an aesthetic genius for reserving grass spaces for glyphs. You manage to do it on every map, and it's a masterful touch.