Stories of the Undead Inferno Expansion - Released!

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(12-19-2010 11:30 AM)Gothicincarnation Wrote:  This looks really cool. Can't wait till it's done and we can take a good look at it.

I do have a suggestion though: have you considered making a second floor Tile? i.e. making the ground floor the main L-board, than instead of making walls red, make a separate smaller tile of just the 2nd floor that can be either laid on top of the first, or set just to the side of it for the 2nd floor. (Or if you are me, raised up on pillars and set over the board so it really *is* a 2nd story...)

Personally, I think it will add more room to your board, and allow for people to play literally on multiple levels. and add (pardon the pun, but it is intentional, LOL) a new dimension to the game.

Additionally it will eliminate any confusion as to who on the 1st and 2nd floors... unless you were considering, that for game play purpose, there was "no more" 1st floor beyond what was shown... and that I personally don't like. If I can get to the 2nd floor I should be able to get to all of the 1st too...

Just a suggestion... feel free to ignore it.

Rendering multiple floors will add a lot to an already large workload. That first board alone took me 20-25 hours to make, and I have a full time job as well.

As far as stacking them I think that would get in the way and probably knocked over a lot. I'm sure it would require supports in the middle of the board and make them ever harder to manuver. I also assumed that most people would print them out on 11x17 paper so it would be very floppy anyway.

I did initially think about rendering a second story and placing it along the side of the board as you suggested, but decided against it as it would be more confusing with using guns and zombie hunger constantly looking back and forth to see where your hero would be if he were on main board. (If that makes any sense) Also, some scenarios require the use 6 or 8 boards which would only make that worse.

The way it is set up isn't really confusing. The red walls make a complete box. If you're in it then you're on the 2nd floor, and if you're not then you're on the 1st. They should rendered well enough to figure it out by a glance by looking at the doorways and whether or not they have stairs.

The idea is that the people on the first floor have barracded all their rooms up, thus not allowing entry. I don't see how that's a stretch considering heros can't move through regular walls to begin with. The way I see it is that it gives move strategic options without changing the setup of the board.