AYP's Maps - Multiplayer Map! Echidna's Garden

[All Your Pie]

Newest map:

Echidna's Garden: 3 RotV, 3 FotA, 2 RttFF, 1 TJ

Instructions
Note: Glyphs are on level 1 water.

After toying around with castle and jungle sets, I eventually let the concept balloon outwards into this terrain-intensive free-for-all extravaganza. Truth be told, this board is not a very efficient use of materials, and you might be able to substitute something else for 1 of the RotV sets with only minor visual changes.

Red Shift: 1 SotM, 1 FotA, 1 VW

Instructions

While tooling around with possible adjustments to Iconoclast, I ended up with a map that had the same terrain requirement and some similar design sensibilities but that struck me as too different to simple be called an iteration on the original.

Iconoclast: 1 SotM, 1 FotA, 1 VW

Instructions
Treasure Glyph trap: The figure triggering this trap may not move normally for the rest of the round.

Backstory:

Spoiler Alert!

On this night, like many others, the duke's secluded gallery was abuzz with activity. Once more, another expedition he had funded had come back triumphant, bearing the extravagant lucre and ineffable statuary of plundered tombs. Like many relics before them, these priceless artifacts would soon be filtered into the duke's private collection, but not before they could be displayed--after all, what use were they if they did not invoke envy in the hearts of his fellow nobles?

The centerpiece of this particular exhibition was a stunning display. Twice the height of a person, it depicted an abstract humanoid shape encircled by cloth and waves. The shape leaned on one arm, with the other hand reaching skyward, its fingertips the statue's tallest point. Below the hips it sank into a stone base of stone made to look swirling so convincingly the eye struggled to trace its lines. The light from the vaulted glass ceiling framed the sculpture perfectly, though it entirely failed to signify its exact material. Granite? Marble? Perhaps had he had time, the duke could have discerned this later.

Beneath the pretentious merry-making and defilement, a rumble shook up through the building. Some long-lost power lashed out at the world as though the statue were furious at its displacement. The partygoers shrieked in panic as the floor cracked open, revealing red-hot fissures that yawned ever-hungry. The ground outside softened and grew rank, verdant countryside and pristine gardens turning to pools of muck and slime. Countless priceless trifles were shook from walls and pedestals to shatter on the ground while the centerpiece itself sank, disappearing into a fissure along with the bodies. With a final crack, the ceiling caved in, completing the gallery's destruction.

Now it lies still, an unnatural blight upon the world. But the remnants of the power that brought this destruction still sleep among the rubble...

For this contest, I wasn't sure how to bring out the theme in the map's build as a whole. This battlefield represents a once glamorous estate now collapsed and blighted under the weight of a powerful curse. I'll post the full backstory here once I finalize the submission.

Old maps under the cut. These are largely going for visual or thematic elements, and are not recommended for competitive play.

Spoiler Alert!

Somnus Reef



This map was inspired by a castlevania game I have. In the game, most of the level is underwater, which is impossible to represent in heroscape. Instead, I simply made bits of the reef rocks poking out of the water with sandbars on the sides. Requires 3 or 4 mastersets because of all the water.

Optional Rules:
At the end of the round, roll the 20-sided die for each of your figures in a water space. If you roll a 15-19, the opposing player may move that figure up to 5 spaces so long as these spaces are water spaces. If you roll a 20, destroy the figure. This is suppost to represent sudden currents.

Tristis Pass



Another map inspired by castlevania. It's hard to take a good virtualscape picture of this. Three 24-hex spaces create an overhang with a hole in the middle. Also requires 3-4 mastersets.

Trinity Keep



This is my favorite map. I've played on it several times and it's a blast. It features a V-shaped bridge leading up to an open keep. Glyphs opposite the keep and the glyphs of Ivor and Valda under the bridges reduce the value of it. This map requires 2-3 mastersets, Road set, and Castle set.

Volcarren Temple



I wanted to do maps featuring elemental terrain in an underground setting. I do not have the dungeon set yet, however I think it came out well. For the upside-down glyphs, I usually use Lodin, Gerda, Crevcor and Ulvania. Requires, 1 masterset, possibly 2, the road set, castle set, and lava set.

Tundra Cave



My other elemental map. This map uses heavy snow, making it difficult to reach the glyphs in the foreground. The glyph surrounded by icebergs is hard to see, but is the thorian glyph. Requires one master set, road set, castle set, and tundra set.

[Killer Lawnmower]

Trinity Keep looks like it would be fun to play.

[S1R_ART0R1US]

Tundra cave

Tritis pass looks cool-I'm a fan of overhangs and using terrain itself as LoS blockers.

[flameslayer93]

I like Trinity Keep, it looks pretty fun to play.

[All Your Pie]

Necromancy time!

Stone and Flesh:


PDF File: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?s7675i8knieu1og

Recently I've been making what I hope are more tournament-friendly maps, with better limitations on the terrain. I may have several of these Virtualscaped, so I may post more soon. Also, I've got a PDF file now, and I'll PFD my earlier maps if anyone is interested. The glyphs under the bridges are Ulvania and Crevcor. This map is 1 SotM and 1 FotA.

I have not played on this map yet, but I plan to do so soon.

[Kaiser Cat]

Originally Posted by All Your Pie

Necromancy time!

Stone and Flesh:


PDF File: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?s7675i8knieu1og

Recently I've been making what I hope are more tournament-friendly maps, with better limitations on the terrain. I may have several of these Virtualscaped, so I may post more soon. Also, I've got a PDF file now, and I'll PFD my earlier maps if anyone is interested. The glyphs under the bridges are Ulvania and Crevcor. This map is 1 SotM and 1 FotA.

I have not played on this map yet, but I plan to do so soon.

Reminds me of two of my own maps (Hive-in-a-Box and Purification Plant), but more competitive.

[All Your Pie]

Originally Posted by Kaiser Cat

Reminds me of two of my own maps (Hive-in-a-Box and Purification Plant), but more competitive.

I did take some inspiration from Hive-in-a-Box, actually.

I'm a little worried there isn't enough cover to balance melee vs. range, but that is yet to be seen.

[All Your Pie]

I played a few games on Stone and Flesh.

The first four were a ranged army versus a melee army. The armies struck even at 2 wins each, though the melee army won convincingly each time it suceeded while the range army only barely won during one of its wins. The Hive does not quite want to sit on its base, but this is impossible to notice once the map is complete. It takes two turns for most figures to reach either glyph, though the common glyph was neglected because both armies contained only unique figures. Dominating either bridge is pretty difficult, and even once all figures are cleared off it it's easy to reach from the ladders or the other bridge. fitting figures under the overhangs is pretty difficult, and you may have to remove the bridges in order to put figures down there. LoS through the hive is interesting, but doesen't seem to have an advantage either way.

The second games were a mix of commons and uniques. One army was Stingers, SBN, NGS, Marro Warriors, and Raelin. The other was Cyprien/Sonya, Deathstalkers, Deathreavers, and Dumutef. The marro army one both times, probably because they got the common attack glyph in both games with NGS. The rats can't clog the map up all that easily and the deathstalkers didn't have much trouble getting around, despite being double-spaced. Getting figures off the glyphs isn't as easy as it is on some maps, but it was doable - NGS only managed to stay off the glyph the whole game because at most only one deathstalker went after him at a time.

Overall the map feels pretty balanced to me.

[All Your Pie]

Two new maps...

Northwind


Not much to say here. I've been experimenting with Castle/Glacier battlefields, and I think this is the best so far. Again, I have not played it, but I plan to do so soon.

PDF File: http://www.mediafire.com/?4oovhe29459456a

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Maw


Now I really like this one, but I don't have so much as a single dungeon set, let alone two, so I really can't play it. I'd love for someone to build this and see how it plays.

PDF File: http://www.mediafire.com/?4oovhe29459456a

[All Your Pie]

New Map:

Acerbatus


Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?fz05efj61x58384

Requires one RotV and one FotA. I have played on this map. The pillar and elevated areas in the corner are not quite as dominant as they seem. There are no glyphs on this map, as I could not think of a place I could put them without blocking paths or making them accessible on the first turn, both of which I'm strongly opposed to.

[The Deadliest Warrior]

I like your maps -- they are quite unique and look nice even in the way they simply look -- do you think you could get me the build instructions for Somnus Reef, I'm interested in playing on that map! If you could do tha I'd appreciate it and give you feedback.

[All Your Pie]

I could definitely get the PDF later tonight. Really though, it's not terribly complicated and you could just build it fron the picture.