dok's maps - updated 7/24

[dok]

It's a Trap!



D&D x1.

Concrete Jungle:



Uses D&D, Marvel, and FotA.

Sculpture Garden:



uses RotV and FotA.

Blacktop:



uses D&D, Marvel, and RttFF.

Eggbeater:



uses D&D, Marvel, and RttFF.

Hard Eight (v4):



uses D&D, Marvel, and RttFF.

Helix Series:

Spoiler Alert!

Swamp Helix 7.3:



uses FotA, SotM, RttFF, and Marvel.

Shadowy Helix:



uses FotA, D&D, RttFF, and Marvel.

Earlier versions include Jungle Helix 5.1, which uses FotA, SotM, RttFF, TJ, and Marvel, Swamp-Jungle Helix, which uses SotM, Marvel, TJ, and FotA, and Double Helix (the original), which uses RotV, RttFF, and FotA. Swamp Helix 5.0 was rejected for review by the BoV. Older versions of the helix maps are available on request.

Vesuvian 2.0:



RotV + VW.

Vesuvian:



Other elevated molten lava maps:

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Lava Fountains:



Uses D&D, Marvel, and VW.

Jotun's Causeway:



Uses (less than) 1 RotV, 1 FotA, 1 VW. I've also made a Marvel Version.

Nature Trails 3.1:



uses SotM and RttFFx2.

Gen Con Map Contest submissions:

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Submission 1: Fiery Passage:



Submission 2, Frozen Crossing:

Kitty Corner:



uses SotM, D&D, and TJ.

Tournament-Worthy Asymmetric Map Workshop maps:

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Speed Bump:



Uses D&D x2 + TJ.

Birnam Wood to Dunsinane:





Uses RotV, TJ, RttFF, and FotA.

Other maps:

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Steamship:



uses RotV and FotA.

Broken Skyline Remake, Swarm/Marvel version:

[The Silver Surfer]

Nice! I like it. I'll have to try it out some time later.

[Dr. Weirdscaper]

That's odd,

I was expecting it to go much higher.

[Melwing17]

I like the map- not so much digging the name, though. Seems a bit more like... Stairway to Platform.

[dok]

Originally Posted by Dr. Weirdscaper

That's odd,

I was expecting it to go much higher.

Heh... I was trying to make it tournament-friendly. Still, a stairway going up level after level, such that double-spaced figures could climb all the way up, could be really cool... just saying.

Originally Posted by Melwing17

I like the map- not so much digging the name, though. Seems a bit more like... Stairway to Platform.

Yeah, I have to credit ollie for the song-as-map-name concept. I was looking for some stairway-themed name, and really, it's the most obvious one.

[dok]

I just very slightly edited the map, to reposition two of the little hills closer to the center of the map.

aaand, I changed the name.

[ollie]

Originally Posted by dok

Yeah, I have to credit ollie for the song-as-map-name concept. I was looking for some stairway-themed name, and really, it's the most obvious one.

Gimme Three Steps? Though it would be better if the song was called Gimme Three-and-a-Half Steps, I suppose.

Nice looking map; I'm looking forward to giving it a try.

EDIT. Looking more closely at the picture, it seems like there are a few impossible battlements on the lowest level---they need hexes to attach to and I don't see them.

EDIT2. I can't download it for some reason---I couldn't do your version of Halfway Up The Downs either; I wonder what's up.

[dok]

Originally Posted by ollie

Gimme Three Steps? Though it would be better if the song was called Gimme Three-and-a-Half Steps, I suppose.

Damn, you're good. I bet you're handy to have at a pub quiz during those match-lyrics-to-song-title questions.

Originally Posted by ollie

Nice looking map; I'm looking forward to giving it a try.

EDIT. Looking more closely at the picture, it seems like there are a few impossible battlements on the lowest level---they need hexes to attach to and I don't see them.

Ah, OK, I get it. Yeah, I'll go in and zap those tonight. Virtualscape isn't very good at correcting battlement placement.

Originally Posted by ollie

EDIT2. I can't download it for some reason---I couldn't do your version of Halfway Up The Downs either; I wonder what's up.

I'm stumped. I'd guess it was my version of distiller, but that can't be it since you were able to open one of my files when it was e-mailed to you. I must be doing something strange/different in my uploading, but I haven't a clue what it could be. Anyway, I'll e-mail you a copy after I fix it.

[ollie]

Originally Posted by dok

Damn, you're good. I bet you're handy to have at a pub quiz during those match-lyrics-to-song-title questions.

If that's true it's because of the huge fraction of my life (and money) that I've spent in pubs picking up all the random useless bits of knowledge! In pub quizzes I usually find that the bits of trivia I know don't match the questions very well---I either know enough to write a short essay on the topic rather than a one word answer (the unfortunately scarce math questions for example) or don't have the slightest clue what is going on (the unfortunately common which-minor-celebrity-did-something-not-that-interesting-this week questions, say.)

Originally Posted by dok

I'm stumped. I'd guess it was my version of distiller, but that can't be it since you were able to open one of my files when it was e-mailed to you. I must be doing something strange/different in my uploading, but I haven't a clue what it could be. Anyway, I'll e-mail you a copy after I fix it.

I suspect that it is something between me and the site. I'll try and do some more downloading before taking it to the admins and see if I can spot a common thread among the problems. As you say, I've had no trouble at all with the stuff you emailed directly. I'm using Safari on a Mac if any more technically savvy people than me have any ideas what might be happening.

[dok]

I added a new map, Birnam Wood to Dunsinaine.







Uses TJ, RttFF, and FotA, as well as some glyphs from other sets.

The glyph set is the same as the ones used for "halfway up the downs".

The real innovation of this map, in my opinion, is that I'm starting the entire defensive force on the ground level. They have the stairway, so any forces can be put on the castle walls, but the defense will have to scramble to get up there. Meanwhile, the offense can claim glyphs and get in position for its attack.

I'm sure someone can do a better job arranging the massive amount of terrain in this map, but I'm pretty happy with the overall design and think it could make for an interesting game.

[S1R_ART0R1US]

Wow, looks really interesting. I like the name choice as well.

I like the sides of the castle too, which give you options beyond just storming the front.

[Sokol]

Both maps look great, dok!