Aladron Continents: Thamal

Finally finished the huge continent of Thamal, situated east of the land of Umarald (which serves as the setting for the Centuria game).

The original map can be seen in the lower left corner as a reference. The sheer scale of the continent was a bit challenging and at first progress appeared to be very slow...

Thamal is the continent of origin for the gothic civilization so the westernmost parts are intended to provide a suitable landscape with mountains, fjords and other terrain elements to create a European-style small kingdoms setting. Going rather free-style from there, a massive mountain range was decided to divide the rest of the continent into a northern and southern section as well as three vertical sections.

The end result is a continent with large jungles, massive mountains and several inland lake regions providing ample material for exploration and discovery of unknown civilizations. Humans are intended to inhabit the northern and western parts while the south and east is home to giants, trolls and other creatures which makes it difficult for humans to gain a foothold.

Bigger, better, photoshop cramp

Next up on the mapping duty is the continent of Thamal. Actually it is only about half of a planet-wide continent but it is non the less big. The Waipuku paintjob took a few weeks and being larger than the region of Umarald felt like a challenge. Thamal - well Thamal is bigger than Waipuku. About four times as big actually, so it is taking its toll...

Still, it is taking shape so here comes a teaser image with the Umarald map thrown in for comparison!

Aladron Continents: Waipuku

Just finished the first continent of the planet Aladron outside of Umarald. It is Waipuku - a great landmass in the tropical zone mostly covered by jungles, large deserts and some open plains. The continent is the ancestral home of the waipuku people, from which it gets its name. It is also the ancestral home of the orcs who battle the humans for control over the lands.

Nations, history and trivia is all unofficial for now, with the exception of what is outlined in the Age of Knowledge Rule Book. Prioritizing getting some color on the other continents a thorough description will therefore have to wait - and also the continent will feature in an upcoming test campaign that will give it more life over the coming months.

New Year and a New World

First of all, Centuria wishes everyone a Happy New Year!

Secondly, to give a hint of things to come here is a picture of some work in progress:

Its the continent of Waipuku in the making. Several hours in Photoshop remaining but expect a finished map to appear in a not too distant future. Then for the other (even bigger) continents... Ah, well lets take a break to celebrate 2016!

Creating a world

The two continents of Umarald not big enough for you? Well, here comes a first-time image of the entire planet of Aladron! The size of the earth is marked with blue background for comparison and you just might find the already described parts in the center if you look real close!

Linking up!

As a new test campaign dawns, placed in the Void, we introduce some more advanced Electoos - so go ahead and link up to a device of your choice for a better experience!

The updated rules can be downloaded from the downloads page.

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A Roof-top Challenge

Ongoing test play of the Age of Information yesterday featured a mission where the players where required to access the top floor of a large skyscraper. Finding the rule book equipment lacking alternatives the options available where elaborated with drop pods and gliders. Taking advantage of the great opportunity of full control over the rule book the latter have now been added to the gear chapter. How drop pods should be represented remain an issue to be considered.

Also some new drugs made it to the list as well. A cyberpunk world can never have enough drugs it seems...



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