The Book of the Lair of the Mole Men (a C3G Map proposal)

[davidlhsl]

Just built the map. Here are some pics.

Top overview

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Side overview

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Looking down the river

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Looking down the side

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Another view (actually the same) down the side

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Closeup of the middle

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There's a pit! Where's the pendulum?

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Here's a view from the start zone

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View from high ground

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Issues withdrawn - best to wait to play a battle first.

Here are the blind spots from high ground, also considering approaches from right

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I'll run a battle with the following:

Team A: Batman / Catwoman / Deadpool / Iron Man / Hawkgirl
Team B: Incredible Hulk / Huntress / Flash / Martian Manhunter

[Scapemage]

Looks great! Thanks for reviving this map!

[davidlhsl]

Battle Report (forces same as described above)

Round 2: Flash hits 3 wounds on Batman / Hawkgirl scores 1 knockback on Flash
Round 3: Huntress hits 2 wounds on Hawkgirl / Ironman hits 3 on Hulk
Round 4: Martian Manhunter (MM) lands 1 on Hawkgirl / Batman hits Hulk 1 with evasive strike / Hawkgirl lands massive 5 wounds on MM / Huntress 1 wound on Hawkgirl / Ironman 1 wound on Hulk
Round 5: MM knocks out Hawkgirl / Huntress targets Batman, Deadpool's quip forces attack on Deadpool, 3 wounds on Deadpool / Hunk KO Ironman (Hulk is rolling 11 dice at this point)
Round 6: MM KO Batman / Hulk KO Deadpool = note: this is the 4th turn in a row that Player 2 knocked out units that had an order marker, so Player 1 lost 4 turns in a row!
Round 7: Hulk lands 5 wounds on Catwoman + 1 for knockback / Catwoman hits 2 wounds on Hulk
Round 8: Catwoman KO Hulk, and Hulk had all remaining order markers
Round 9: Catwoman has strayed several times (esp. vs Hulk), but Huntress lands the game-ending blow

Most of the action took place on the 5 rows of the map closest to Player 1, as Player 2 was able to cross the battlefield pretty quickly.

[davidlhsl]

Second battle with the same figures resulted in a win for Player 1; with Batman, Deadpool, and Catwoman surviving.

Again, most of the action centered on the two summits on the near side (towards Player 1) of the battlefield. However, the middle and far end of the map did prove useful. For example, Hawkgirl took 3 wounds, so flew to the back of the field (towards Player 2) to "charge" her swoop attack. Having two summits (high ground) per end also allows separate battles, and it takes time to move from one summit to the next.

When I first set up the map, I was worried that the map would simply encourage ranged forces to camp at the summits and simply stare down the battlefield at the opponent waiting for someone to move. However, the split nature of the high ground and the tight nature of the map makes crossing the field reasonable (though still risky). I also find that there was plenty (as in TONS) of maneuvering around the summits during battle. I like this map.

[Hahma]

Thanks for sharing the pictures and battle reports Davislhsl It looks like there are some good LOS blockers and shadow spaces down in the center to help against the high points where ranged attackers will camp. Having fliers to clear out the high points while the ground troops make there way through the middle would be fun.

Considering all the rock, dungeon and shadow spaces, I can really see some good uses for this map with Mole Man and his Moloids.

[japes]

Just discovered this map and it looks pretty cool and everyone seemed to like it but it appears to have slipped into a forgotten abyss. Was there a reason. I ask b/c I don't have VS but was interested in building this.

[A3n]

Originally Posted by japes

Just discovered this map and it looks pretty cool and everyone seemed to like it but it appears to have slipped into a forgotten abyss. Was there a reason. I ask b/c I don't have VS but was interested in building this.

Cavalier left our group due to time commitments.

After a quick read through it has been built, & has had a battle report. I think we just need 1 more battle report & we can push it through.

[IAmBatman]

Post it in Playtesting and see what happens.

[japes]

Sorry not fully aware of the map stream but does there need to be a pdf before it gets pushed out to Public Playtesting or do most people build it off of VS.

[A3n]

Nope the PDF is the last thing. It's equivalent to the carding phase in a character design.

EDIT: If some needs a PDF to test then you can use this.

[Yodaking]

I wonder how the mole machine would play on this map.

[Yodaking]

I'm going to build this map and see if it is something I can run a few of my GIJoe tests on. Just a bit concerned with all the changing elevations and water blockade being too much of a hindrance for an all non-flying army. If I opt to use it, I'll fill out a Map PT report.