Amateur Night at the Tavern - My Thoughts are Bigger than the Paper
Yep, stairs in the center and three open passageways of the paper.
I am certainly not ready for ink and it's "once and done" rules ;)
I'm not sure how to make the lower right room stand out more, short of cutting it by half a hex to the south and the west sides. Eh, work in progress.
That being said, I did order some larger sheets of graph paper and may need to order some more small sheets from across the pond at the rate I'm going...
For the lower right room, you could always have it descend below the level of the southern hallway - so it's layered beneath. You'd need stairs down into that chamber - or stairs up to the southern hallway - but you'd give the map a little bit of variety in 3 dimensions.
Looking good Erik. I found once I'd got about a dozen I could start putting them together to make dungeons and then draw more to fill in gaps. Just drawing bits of maps is a great way to generate ideas too.
My next Kickstarter should be starting in about 1 week and will be for larger A4 and A5 pads. Here's a preview link but it still needs a few tweaks and some images: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1730454032/1676796981?token=b770aa51
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For the lower right room, you could always have it descend below the level of the southern hallway - so it's layered beneath. You'd need stairs down into that chamber - or stairs up to the southern hallway - but you'd give the map a little bit of variety in 3 dimensions.
ReplyDeleteLooking good Erik. I found once I'd got about a dozen I could start putting them together to make dungeons and then draw more to fill in gaps. Just drawing bits of maps is a great way to generate ideas too.
ReplyDeleteMy next Kickstarter should be starting in about 1 week and will be for larger A4 and A5 pads. Here's a preview link but it still needs a few tweaks and some images: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1730454032/1676796981?token=b770aa51