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sashabilton of Axe Initiative Games asked me whether I had a tavern floorplan lying around to use as a battle map for an upcoming Raiders Guild adventure. I remembered an old CC2 floorplan I had drawn ages ago and quickly converted it into a battle map, using a Symbol Set 2 style. I think it turned out nicely. Click on the image to download the 25mm scale battle map.



You can also download the CC3 source file.

So we played DnD on Friday...



... and it was pretty fun for what it was, i.e. a cliché-ridden, tactically-oriented, note-quite-role-playing game. Lots of jokes about the system (and the world it would create) flew across the table, and we had fun using the variety of powers even our 1st level characters had. Most players didn't get much into the role-playing mood, something I deplored a bit, because without it DnD 4e just seems an inferior version of a tactical dungeon crawl game like Descent.

We played two encounters, the opening one from the Keep on the Shadowfell adventure, and one from the free DnD Game Day introductory scenario. The maps created with CC3 and DD3 looked nice and worked well. Looks like we might continue the game to complete at least the introductory scenario - hopefully with a little more in-character play.

Grimur Fjeldsted has produced a very nice combination map from Symbol Set 1: Fantasy Overland symbols and the latest Cartographers Annual issue parchment backgrounds:
http://www.mapventures.com (just see the first map in the list).

I am very happy how the final result looks, it highlights the quality of both products.

I've never been a great fan or creator of dungeon floorplans - the concept of the "dungeon" in a fantasy rpg has not been especially appealing to me for a long time - but there is no arguing the new functions in CC3 do make for very visually pleasing floorplans.

( Take a peek for an example )