New Development Driven Map Drawing (DDMD) project : rebuilding Kalkaat

Considering the previous experience of DDMD I will now implement it to a town from Warhammer old world called Kalkaat. This town is a major place in my campaign but there is little lore about it in the official documentation.

I've considered that at first, Kalkaat was just a milestone on the road to Marienburg. A simple relay-Inn among farms in the forest at the junction of the road and the haling way along the Reik River.

Yet, a particular stone nearby is considered a sacred since Sigmar's era.

Development Driven Map Drawing (part 6 : Expansion)

 This will most probably be the final expansion of this first project. I will ink it next and it will be done.

 

 

It was so interesting and inspiring to do. I would recommend to do the same. I know there is so much I can still improve in my technique. Any advice or example will be more than welcome before starting a new project.

Development driven map drawing (part 5: Fortifications)

 As the town densifies on, riches and population are attracting bandits and looters. Firstly watch towers are built then a stockade to protect the perimeter. At least, the southern bank for now.

As the population grows, the number of deceased people increases as well. What once was considered as an holy place in the wood is now turned into a cemetery.

Northwest of the town, a stone-pit is dug in the cliffs to provide it with stone.

Development driven map drawing (part 4 : Densifying)

 Thanks to several feedback I got from the previous work, I kept on developing the town.

One clever remark mentioned that building a bridge costs a lot. So the city should first grow on one bank only. As a consequence, I have densified the buildings on the first bank. As the population keep growing, the city house are now almost stacking up on each other. The fields are now pushed a bit further clearing some more woods.

Development driven map drawing (part 3 : First Buildings)

 With the fording being a mandatory waypoint in the area, people will soon set up nearby : first an inn, then shops, workshops and houses. As the people live around, natural shortcuts are drawn.

The increasing demand for food makes the people clear more land for agriculture and fields grow around. A water-powered mill is built on the river bank to grind the wheat.

Of course the fording is soon not enough so more wood is chopped down to build a bridge.

Some may prefer isolating, or they may have found a richer soil elsewhere. As a consequence, remote farms flourish in the area.

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What would you build ? What would be your next step ? Please answer in the comment section.

 

 

 

 

 

Development driven map drawing (part 2 : transportation paths)

 Before setting up, people are moving. Thus have I materialized a couple of paths across the forest. Arbitrary coming from the four main directions, I considered a mandatory crossing point of the river at the fording.

Development driven map drawing (part 1 : landscape)

 Considering that cities do not pop out of nowhere, I am carrying out an experiment with my map drawings. I will try to build the map as the city would be built from the very beginning.

Let's consider at first this standard landscape :

 Only rivers flowing from the mountains through a vast forest...

Stay tuned to see how people will settle this area. Meanwhile, feel free to give your idea on what it should look like. You can even download the map and work directly on it.