Map Preview #1: If Lightning Was Desire

I'm releasing a preview of the map for the first combat (Combat 1: If Lightning Was Desire—check it out in the Early Access PDF if you haven't yet). 

This is a Control sitrep, an excellent introduction to Lancer's combat style and design principles. It's 32x24 hexes, with deployment zones in the corners and control zones around the four branches of an intersection. Sizable buildings provide cover, but the zones themselves are fairly open.

Complicating things further: three turrets left behind by the area's original residents, capable of targeting both PCs and NPCs alike. There's no easy way to cross over to the other side's zones without dealing with a turret or weathering its fire.

Map assets are from Starlight Furnace, a fan favorite for Lancer encounters. The visual design is for isometric maps, but I find these work for standard 2D terrain as well. Turret and size icons are from Game-icons.net.

This is a lo-res preview. Hi-res PNG will be included with the final release.