GameBear's Maps

[GameBear]

Originally Posted by MegaSilver

Well I know I can't win now.

Originally Posted by Robber

I am now shooting for second place...

Ha. Based on my track record in Heroscapers contests, just making it past the first round will be an accomplishment for me. These contests always elicit an impressive flurry of creativity from the community. I am looking forward to seeing all the new maps.

[dok]

Originally Posted by Robber

I love the "Imperfect symmetry" offered in the map. The top layer is completely the same, but underneath is completely different.

Yep; that's a Gamebear special that the rest of us struggle with, but he makes look easy.

Originally Posted by GameBear

Ha. Based on my track record in Heroscapers contests, just making it past the first round will be an accomplishment for me. These contests always elicit an impressive flurry of creativity from the community. I am looking forward to seeing all the new maps.

Yes, your struggles are not Unuuk unique in that regard.

Still, knowing Rÿchean, he might pick something other than the contest winners to put on the tables at GenCon. I wouldn't be surprised if I end up doing a bunch of practice games on Scavenger's Folly this July.

[GameBear]

New map: Infiltrator. 1 DD + 1 FA + 1 TT
Glyphs: 2 Pit Traps, 2 random glyphs

I had been doing so well: I had reduced my site visits to once every couple weeks (limited to a glimpse at the map section and a scan of the blogs), and I hadn't touched VirtualScape in months. Then, while browsing Week@Heroscapers, I was tripped up by just two words: "Map Contest".

Nyys provided the inspiration for this map with Blockage. I designed a version using two dungeon sets back in May, but was not quite satisfied. Mombo101's map contest motivated me to revisit the idea, resulting in Infiltrator.

This map is designed for Heavy Snow and Normal Ice.

[dok]

Gamebear, you've got the jpeg in the download, not the pdf.

Now that is an unusual startzone layout. I can immediately think of some armies I'd love to play with that layout, as well as some I'd be afraid to play.

Can I ask what the motivation for the pit traps was? I feel like I'm missing something.

[Typhon2222]

GameBear, hitting "Download" yields a small JPG image for me, not the build instructions.

Looking forward to checking it out.

EDIT: that pesky dok beat me to it.

[GameBear]

Originally Posted by dok

Gamebear, you've got the jpeg in the download, not the pdf.

Thanks; fixed.

Originally Posted by dok

Can I ask what the motivation for the pit traps was? I feel like I'm missing something.

Just trying to make a relatively flat map a little more interesting. If nothing else, the trap changes the walking distance to the glyph on the right (effectively 8 spaces instead of 7), and impacts the path options along that side. Beyond that, I was envisioning situations where a player might have to decide between moving onto that space for engagement/proximity reasons or settling for a less desirable hex to avoid the trap.

[mad_wookiee]

I like it. I agree about the flatness - that area needs something. It's tough to get an interesting number of elevation changes out of a single D&D set without using an excessive amount of expansions.

Oddly enough, I've been playing around with a map that places a single figure in the opponent's start zone on a pit trap glyph. It's nowhere near ready for prime time though.

[dok]

Originally Posted by mad_wookiee

Oddly enough, I've been playing around with a map that places a single figure in the opponent's start zone on a pit trap glyph.

"Prisoner"? "Captive"?

[Freezie]

Originally Posted by dok

"Prisoner"? "Captive"?

DW7K?

[GameBear]

New map: Grip of Darkness. 1 DD
Glyphs: Ulaniva, Wannok, 2 random treasures

I decided to try something a little different for Typhon2222's challenge. Heat of Battle placement rules (players take turns placing a card’s worth of units) are probably more appropriate for this map.

[Dignan]

That's a cool looking map, GameBear. It's a bit unorthodox, but it looks like it would be fun to play on. There is no place to hide, that's for sure.

[mad_wookiee]

I'm impressed - great use of a single BftU. Lots of facepunching going on.