EC: Sprawling Slums Complete!
Get ready to elevate your city-building experience with our latest release: EC: Sprawling Slums! This incredible 21-tile set lets your city burst beyond its boundaries, offering dynamic expansion opportunities that cater to an ever-growing populace.
With EC: Sprawling Slums, you'll find tiles featuring houses on both sides of the city walls, perfect for creating a bustling, s̶q̶u̶a̶l̶o̶r̶ 'lived-in' feel. Plus, we’ve included mountain edge versions and tiles with lower-class houses, allowing your city to sprawl in any direction you choose.
It is now accessible to all backers of the Epic Cities Add-on, added to Bundle 3, the Epic Cities Collection and also available in our online store.
Map Making Competition
Matthew from MiniWarGaming is hosting a competition on our Discord Server! Show off your cartography skills and creativity by designing a unique map using the online map maker.
How to Enter:
Create a digital map using the Hexton Hills map-making app (https://map.hextonhills.com/).
Your map can be any theme you like but must be between 50 to 400 tiles to qualify.
The use of map features (such as defining regions) is optional but encouraged to make your map stand out.
Use the Export Image function to export your map.
Post the image in this channel.
Modifying the map image afterward is not allowed (we'll probably host a different contest for that).
Judging Criteria:
Winners will be selected based on originality and the attractiveness of the map.
Prizes:
🥇 First Place: The MiniWarGaming Forge (https://miniwargamingforge.com/) will print your map in either FDM or Resin (winner's choice) at 50%, 75%, or 100% scale (winner's choice).
🥈 Second Place: $100 gift card to the MiniWarGaming Forge.
🥉 Third Place: $50 gift card to the MiniWarGaming Forge.
Deadline: J̶u̶l̶y̶ 4̶t̶h̶ Extended to July 18th, 2024, at noon Eastern time.
App Development
CHOO CHOO 🚂🗺️ The Map Maker train never stops - you can expect some of the following changes and features soon:
Mega Hex compatibility
Names and Annotations
Order tiles alphabetically, by code, by amount. Etc in tile select menu
Render preview to the selected tile
Ability to remove empty rows/columns
Reference Image upload
Group Banners
What's next?
We're keeping up the momentum with the upcoming release of EC: Upper Class Districts in just a couple of weeks! This luxurious set is sure to elevate your city to new heights. But that's not all—following this release, we'll unveil the grand finale of Campaign 01: the magnificent Elven City mega tile. Stay tuned for these exciting additions!
After that?... Well we'll be looking at launching Campaign 2. Here's a little something from the workshop to wet your appetites.
Kaboom! Fresh off the printer.
Yes, we'll be venturing into future with Campaign 2, exploring a little more of the setting we initially investigated with the Wasteland Set. And don’t worry, we're not leaving fantasy behind. Expect more details about Campaign 2 soon, along with images of some of the highest quality models we've ever produced.
We're excited and we hope you are too!
as always,
Keep it Hexy,
Dan and Jax