Against the Peacock Throne
by Diamond
by Diamond
October 2017 Challenge : A Word, A Quest
October's challenge required Guilders to create a map from several theme words. Diamond explained...
Think of all the classic fantasy and science fiction that revolves around the quest motif - our heroes have to trek through the wilderness (or a city, or a space station, etc etc) in search of a fabled object of power, or a way to dispose of same; or maybe they're looking for a reclusive hermit who's actually a powerful mage. Maybe they're looking for a lost city. Maybe they're hunting for exotic and rare animals in a dark jungle.
Now that you have a refresher, here's how this will work: below, you'll find a list of 30 words. Pick AT LEAST five (5) of those words, and draw a map depicting an epic quest that revolves around those words. The style, subject matter (as long as it somehow includes those five words), and setting is completely up to you.
Now that you have a refresher, here's how this will work: below, you'll find a list of 30 words. Pick AT LEAST five (5) of those words, and draw a map depicting an epic quest that revolves around those words. The style, subject matter (as long as it somehow includes those five words), and setting is completely up to you.
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| Dragon |
Gun | Sword |
Star | Cave | Road | Tavern | Hidden | Dark |
Legendary |
| Gem | Midnight | Alone | Empire | Piercing | Temple | Axis | House | Wandering | Port |
| Master/Mistress | Knowledge | Silver | Peacock | Freezing | Gold | Eye | Fortress | Child | Victory |
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| Poll position |
Map title/creator | Map thumbnail (click to go to thread) |
| 5th place (tied) | Map Retrieved from a Smuggler's Corpse, by NoneTheWiser |
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| 5th place (tied) | Quest of the Drunken Master, by tilt |
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| 4th place | Quest for the Zjed'Uhn Diamond, by ladiestorm |
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| 3rd place | The Story of Golthra and Iriana, by Mouse |
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| 2nd place | Juando, the Dragon Island, by Greg |
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| 1st place | Against the Peacock Throne, by Diamond |
Congrats to Diamond who wins his ninth gold compass!! Free sunglasses to everyone else to protect our eyes from the bling.
November 2017 Challenge : Survive!
Will you live to map the tale of this month's challenge? Diamond writes...
A little late for Halloween, but Wingshaw came up with a great challenge:
OPTION I
Design a fortress for a handful of survivors to withstand a zombie apocalypse. Most of the world has already succumbed to the zombie virus, and now there are only pockets of humanity left to resist the onslaught of the living dead (and each other).
For this challenge the zombies are gonna be the classic type from TV and movies: reanimated corpses that seek out living humans to devour. They usually attack in groups, can move at near human speeds (if they are otherwise reasonably intact), cannot swim (but can float) and can only be killed by destroying the brain. They are attracted to loud noises and movement. People who are bitten by a zombie will die and reanimate after a period of between a few minutes and 24 hours.
This challenge has a lot of scope for freedom and interpretation:
You could map an existing location converted into a zombie fortress...
You could map a zombie-related location from fiction - eg The Walking Dead's Alexandria or Shaun of the Dead's Winchester Pub
You could map a zombie fortress as though the undead apocalypse happened in another era (eg medieval zombies, future-world zombies)...
Whatever else your fertile (and juicy...) brains can come up with
OPTION II
This option is the same as the above, but instead of zombies each participant gets to choose what hideous beasties, terrible monsters, or ghastly ghouls their survivors are going to encounter, from mythology, folklore, fiction or imagination. For example, werewolves, vampires, demons, goblins, the 'zombie' super-things from "I Am Legend", skeletons, ghosts, etc.
You can choose either the 'classic' zombie survival fortress of Option One, or opt for whatever other survival scenario you can come up with - Option Two. The choice is yours.
OPTION I
Design a fortress for a handful of survivors to withstand a zombie apocalypse. Most of the world has already succumbed to the zombie virus, and now there are only pockets of humanity left to resist the onslaught of the living dead (and each other).
For this challenge the zombies are gonna be the classic type from TV and movies: reanimated corpses that seek out living humans to devour. They usually attack in groups, can move at near human speeds (if they are otherwise reasonably intact), cannot swim (but can float) and can only be killed by destroying the brain. They are attracted to loud noises and movement. People who are bitten by a zombie will die and reanimate after a period of between a few minutes and 24 hours.
This challenge has a lot of scope for freedom and interpretation:
You could map an existing location converted into a zombie fortress...
You could map a zombie-related location from fiction - eg The Walking Dead's Alexandria or Shaun of the Dead's Winchester Pub
You could map a zombie fortress as though the undead apocalypse happened in another era (eg medieval zombies, future-world zombies)...
Whatever else your fertile (and juicy...) brains can come up with
OPTION II
This option is the same as the above, but instead of zombies each participant gets to choose what hideous beasties, terrible monsters, or ghastly ghouls their survivors are going to encounter, from mythology, folklore, fiction or imagination. For example, werewolves, vampires, demons, goblins, the 'zombie' super-things from "I Am Legend", skeletons, ghosts, etc.
You can choose either the 'classic' zombie survival fortress of Option One, or opt for whatever other survival scenario you can come up with - Option Two. The choice is yours.
Head for the challenge folder and stake your
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