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Sevens Sisters Ark Expansion

The players in JamesCORP’s Mutant: Year Zero campaign have expanded their Ark! See my previous post here: https://monkeyblooddesign.co.uk/2020/10/16/sevens-sisters-ark/

The upgrades we talked about in the previous post have started to be constructed so we now have the additions of:

  • Sundial
  • Temple. The temple is built in a newly excavated area ready for the group’s further expansion of the Ark.

Check out some screengrabs of the new additions:

The Whole Seven Sisters Ark
The Sundial
The Temple

You can check out the live-streamed games here: https://www.twitch.tv/jamescorp, And this is where you can see the map reveal, and the players picking their hovels ๐Ÿ™‚

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/767558174?t=00h47m36s

Thanks to James and his players!

You can also subscribe to the YouTube playlist here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZdcO9C8ZuNs8jU_6bVUkzmRjVtCFJKR8

Over and out, Glynn

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Sevens Sisters Ark

I love post-apocalyptic games. I plan to create my own one day when I get chance. So , I was really excited when James approached me about drawing a map for his Mutant: Year Zero campaign. I’ve run MYZ myself, as a one-shot session for my no-longer-very-face-2-face group, so I understood the gist of the setting.

The visual goal was an Ark–a sanctuary for the player’s characters. It would be based on the actual underground station of Seven Sisters in Tottenham, North London. It needed to have locations for the relevant NPCs and be in a 3D/isometric style usable on VTT. Isometric works best for this as it has a consistent grid for placing tokens.

We would also include ‘upgrades’ to the map such as watchtowers, windmills, generators, lighting, and such for unlocking by the players as they level up their Ark. The basic map would not show these upgrades. I also wanted the map to have an old blueprint feel… (ah! the smell of ammonia!). Drawing in isometric really takes me back to my technical drawing and draughting days!

The thing I love about doing maps like this is having free reign to add some fun little details.

Anyway, feast your eyes upon the Seven Sisters Underground Ark for James.

Check out the live-streamed games here: https://www.twitch.tv/jamescorp, And this is where you can see the map reveal, and the players picking their hovels ๐Ÿ™‚

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/767558174?t=00h47m36s

Thanks to James and his players (hey, pookie!) for the opportunity!

You can also subscribe to the YouTube playlist here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZdcO9C8ZuNs8jU_6bVUkzmRjVtCFJKR8

Over and out, Glynn

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Nostalgic Look Back at DDO: Stormreach

I woke up today thinking about my time playing Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach (DDO). I played the shit out of that game. My real-life friends were online playing and I played with lots of great folks on the European servers.

Siis, Wandy, Mystle, Sorcey, MetaWiz, Doub, Eme, Tarnis… the list goes on. Good times.

I like Eberron as a setting and loved the Warforged class to make Sorcerors. I almost always created female characters… not sure why. If anyone played on the European servers (Aureon, then merged to Keeper, and later merged to US servers as well iirc).

I used the following characters in The Argonaults and The Muppets guilds:

  • Adliandantus Enariol (Wizard)
  • Jyenna DeBastion (Fighter, Two-handed)
  • Tallya DeBastion (Paladin)
  • Kallisย ‘Chosen of Tymora’ (Cleric)
  • Natiana Longthorn (Ranger/Fighter thingy)
  • Kyessa DeBastion (Ranger)
  • Pilchard Halibut III (Warforged Sorceror)
  • Rhuin Ravenhammer (???)
  • Pentagon Spiderwell??? (Barbarian)
  • Tessya Debastion (Bard)

I also remember that over that year or so I became a recluse. I didn’t answer the door because I was on a Raid, or in a quest. Looking back, for all the fun I had, I also withdrew a little. It was an escape from a stressful day job though, as while I was doing that, I wasn’t stressing about upcoming meetings or rescuing troublesome projects.

Roleplaying at the table, via VTT, or virtually in-game, it’s a great escapism.

Anyway, here are some screenshots for nostalgia ๐Ÿ™‚