S1R_ART0R1US's Maps: New 9/1/2010

[S1R_ART0R1US]

9/1/10: Sunken Boneyard


Ronin's use of BftU in his map Fire and Bone inspired me to use the dungeon tiles as "bones" My idea here was that the bones of a dwarf army seeped down through the swamp. The map uses 1 BftU and 1 SotM. Download here.

8/7/10: Blazing Caverns 2.0


I didn't like the even ground lava in the original I made, so I moved some things around. 1 BftU, 1 VW. Download here.

7/28/10: Just Around the Corner

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Link here. I like the look of VW and BtfU, but there just aren't enough tiles to make a wide map. So, I increased the distance forces would have to travel to get the glyphs by (IMO) cleverly using void space. Uses 1BtfU and 1VW

7/19/10: Blazing Caverns

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Link here. I really like the concept I went after in Through Hell and High Water, but per Jexik's suggestion below I made the mountain not as extreme. I also wanted to create a map with the shadow/water/lava tiles on the same level to help the chainfighter/wyvern/warforged. I really like the look of this map, but I'm still playing around with it to try and make the play area more open-right now commons can easily block paths. It uses 1 BftU and 1 VW.

10/7/08: Straight and Narrow

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Link here. I designed this map for Cavalier's Lexan Mat Map Contest (His mats are sweet-makes it that much easier to get a game going). It uses 1 FotA, 1RotV, 1 TJ and one water mat.

8/31/08: Through Hell and High Water:

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It uses 1 SotM, 1 VW and 1 M:tCB. It's a symmetrical map with glyphs on low height and lava fields, and a large mountain that is hard to climb for double-spacers, less so with single-spacers. The glyphs offset the height advantage of the water mountain, but I think they might be too close, even though they are farther apart from one another than on Ember Canyon Road. Also, it has a good sized footprint, being rectangular and relatively small. The lava also looks like a face, but I didn't realize this until I finished

Build Instructions are here.

5/17/08: Ruins of Huk-Na-Ju

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A former human fortress taken over by the Marro until a hidden volcaneo emerged. It is an asymetrical map, divided by the castle walls. I think I should add glyphs on the swamp water tiles at the edges to draw some action away from the center. It uses 1 SotM, 1 VW, and 1 FotA.

Here are build instructions for anyone interested: http://jonismart.googlepages.com/RuinsofHuk-Na-Ju.pdf

4/9/08: Gateway to Valhalla

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Here is my first map. I wanted to create a map where range would not have complete control. The map is relatively small and there are many LOS blockers to shelter melee units. I played on it and often units get tied down so I changed it slightly. It doesn't have a name though, so suggestions would be appreciated. It uses 1 MS and 1FotA.

http://jonismart.googlepages.com/Pre...2ndedition.pdf

??/?/??: Frosted Swamp

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I created this map because the contrast of the swamp terrain and snow tiles looked very good. I forgot to put the starting zones in the pdf, but they are the 24-hexers. Most of the snow is height and the high points are in the middle, close to the glyph, making the glyph difficult to hold. For double-spaced figures, the only height for them is close to the starting zones. It uses 1 SotM and 1 TT.

http://jonismart.googlepages.com/FrostedSwamp.pdf

??/?/?? (I think from 2008): Untitled

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Here's the .pdf-no image available. I was playing around with this map for awhile, but I abandoned it because...I forget. I think it was because things move too fast. It uses 1 SotM, 1Rttff and 1 VW.

Feedback much appreciated.

[miniandmee7]

There both nice maps......first one preferred

[S1R_ART0R1US]

Originally Posted by miniandmee7

There both nice maps......first one preferred

Thanks; I don't know how the second one looks in real life since I don't have TT, but the first one looks good.

[miniandmee7]

Originally Posted by S1R_ART0R1US

since I don't have TT

join the club

[S1R_ART0R1US]

New map added. Feedback appreciated.

[RoninValentina]

Frosted Swamp looks pretty awesome. I think it'd be fun to play. Maybe we could try it out at Game Kastle next month, assuming we can get someone to bring a TT along for building.

[S1R_ART0R1US]

New map added and its pretty awesome, if I do say so myself.

[Jexik]

After reading the SotW, I decided to check out your threads.

I'm pretty surprised no one ever commented on Through Hell and High Water. It looks pretty good. I'm a little worried about what powerful fliers like Nilfheim or the Marvels might do in the watery area against melee units, but I do like that it's in an opportunity for Drudge and Microcorp to use their abilities. Lava is one of my favorite terrain types as well, and is definitely my favorite in a more competitive game. I'm curious to see if the footprint could be maintained and the heights lowered a bit if you took out the Marvel set, but still have it fit the original vision for the map.

I've been looking around for maps that I might use in my tourney that people probably haven't played as many times before. This might make it in.

[S1R_ART0R1US]

New map!

[Fedex worker]

I like Blazing Caverns. You should submit it to DM7A's Map Contest.

[S1R_ART0R1US]

New maps: an old one I found and a new one that uses dead space to separate start zones-the newest thing in mapmaking since split start zones.

[Killometer]

I really like to looks of Right Around the Corner and Blazing Cavern.

Blazing Cavern looks like it might benefit from fixed glyphs. The two I'd like to try it out with would be Wound on the water and +1 Attack on the lava. Because Wound is most valuable at the end of a round the action around it would fluctuate, and since +1 Attack is always valuable a lot of units would be taking a lot of risks on the lava to try to control it.

My favorite part of RAtC is the glyph on the peninsula between the two start zones.

Do you know why your pictures aren't showing up? Fortunately I downloaded the maps, and I was able ti see the pic of each with its build directions.