03-20-2018, 07:27 PM | #1 |
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Opinions wanted: Arena Design
I'm in the process of sketching out a new arena, but am in some uncharted waters so I figured I'd ask for advice.
I've never done a square arena before. In 1x scale terms, do you guys think 18x18 or 24x24 would work better? My gut says one is way too small, and the other is way too big...but the building blocks I'm working with are in 6" increments, so that's what I got.
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03-20-2018, 11:01 PM | #2 |
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Re: Opinions wanted: Arena Design
Those are the outer dimensions? You could go with the 24x24 and add some garages and pits and back-of-house stuff along the edges. 1. to shrink down the playable area to what you think is appropriate and 2. to give the option for some RPG stuff in the future.
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03-20-2018, 11:40 PM | #3 |
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Re: Opinions wanted: Arena Design
18x18 is pretty small, IMHO. that's about 1/3 of a single map arena.
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03-21-2018, 12:01 AM | #4 |
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Re: Opinions wanted: Arena Design
I'd go with 24". The larger size gives you more options for interesting features.
For comparison, Aladdin's Castle is 21" square (right in-between) and it's a pretty tight area to maneuver through.
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03-21-2018, 08:08 AM | #5 | ||
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Re: Opinions wanted: Arena Design
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Wasn't aware of Aladdin's Castle, but that makes a perfect point of comparison. Playtesting with 24" it is, and if it does end up being too big I've got josephrey's idea to fall back on. Thank you all!
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03-21-2018, 03:16 PM | #6 | |
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Re: Opinions wanted: Arena Design
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A suggestion: With arenas, it isn't the overall size which is important, so much as the length of the lines-of-sight. One example: One of NOVA's older arenas is designed such that every arena gate is out of LoS from every other gate; it then takes 2-3 turns before folks can start shooting at each other, which leads to questions about "which direction is my opponent going to go".
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03-21-2018, 05:11 PM | #7 |
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Re: Opinions wanted: Arena Design
One question is how many players you're going to have.
18 x 18 might be ok if you're only looking at 2-4 players. (The original Harshman Stadium from the pocket box was only 21" x 16") Its probably still a bit tight for 4 players. If you want to be able to handle more than 4, definitely 24 x 24. I've run 8 in the Rainbow Bay Blast Furnace at conventions and its smaller than that at 1x. The big thing is to put some stuff in to break up lines of fire a bit (and to make people maneuver).
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03-21-2018, 06:50 PM | #8 |
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Re: Opinions wanted: Arena Design
I highly recommend picking up the Arena Book and L'Outrance and looking through the arena designs for ideas. (Aladdin's Castle and Rainbow Bay are both in the Arena Book.)
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03-21-2018, 07:04 PM | #9 |
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Re: Opinions wanted: Arena Design
I used to live north of Fresno.
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03-21-2018, 09:51 PM | #10 |
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Re: Opinions wanted: Arena Design
Sweet! Show us when it's done, please!
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