Map-a-Monday 2011 - completed

[Kris]

Thanks for all the comments (and XP) guys

Anyway, here are all the maps for March ...making thirteen in total - which means that I'm a quarter of the way through the (planned) yearlong project:

WEEK 10

WEEK 11

WEEK 12

WEEK 13

 

[Kris]

I'm still at it ...so here's all of April's maps:

WEEK 14

WEEK 15

WEEK 16

WEEK 17

...it really is quite surprising how fast the months fly by.

 

[Rhun]

These are great! Thanks.

 

[TheClone]

Yay. They'll be used in my "under dark demonic dungeon thing"

 

[Kris]

And another month goes by...

WEEK 18

WEEK 19

WEEK 20

WEEK 21

WEEK 22

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[Kris]

Here's the maps for June (as always battlematt versions can be found on the blog):

WEEK 23

WEEK 24

WEEK 25

WEEK 26

So as you can see, that's six months of Map-a-Monday, and although I stated in the original post that I was going to try and keep it up for a year, I'm now considering either stopping here, or perhaps scaling it back to one a month (or something like that) - so that I can concentrate on other things.

I haven't decided for definite yet, so if anyone is using them and would like me to continue, then let me know (because if folks are really that interested in keeping them going, I might be persuaded to continue as normal ).

 

[TheClone]

I'm thinking on using them for a kind of "maze level" of my mega dungeon for my upcoming campaign. A level full of aberration monsters flooding in through two portals and as long as you don't shut them down, you have to fight new monsters on every passage through it and since it's the second top level this will happen often. And for that I need some kind of random floor plans and since your tiles look really good they'll most probably be first choice.

 

[Kris]

Sounds interesting.

Do you think you would piece any of the small images together for your own 'DM map' ahead of time, or just go with a totally random layout?

Also do you plan on using any of the battlemat scale printouts too (or are these largely redundant)?

...flooding in through two portals ....

...hmmm so (for you at least) a couple of portal/magic circle tiles might be a good addition to the set

 

[TheClone]

Portals might help, though it's fairly easy to add them by myself (thus accepting that hey won't into the look & feel smoothly).

I will put the pieces together in advance, at least mostly, because I need some special features for the map. It will have an entry point (stairs or such) on each side, a broad stair to lower levels in the middle, I want those portals more on the outskirts so they're not like to be stumbled upon and I want to block a direct way from the entry point to the middle stairs, so the PCs will have more battles to fight. So I have to do it in advance.

I'm not sure whether I'll use the smaller ones or the battlemat scale. I will dm this online, it won't matter that much. Will be a question of what fits easier into map tool and whether that is okay concerning file size, since my internet connection is fairly slow. But if I would dm this at the table, I'd be very happy to have them battlemat scale. It's just easier to do than resizing it on ones own. Same as having a grid or as in your case being able to tell where each grid is. This is even more of ap ain in the ass than having to resize on most maps. And I think for you as a author both are relatively easy todo (though it surely doesn't come for free). And maybe hopefully one day I'll be able to dm for some people at the table again and then I'll be happy to have some proper sized random dungeons handy.

 

[Mark CMG]

I'm using some of your caverns this week (or in coming weeks if the players take a left turn as they so often do). I'll try to get some decent pictures. Thanks!