The Loading Dock

Image resolution - 3640 x 4900
Dimensions - (26 x 35)
DPI - 140

"There's a quiet energy to the industrial space as you wander down the echoing road. Muffled thumps of cargo being shifted, the whirr and fizz of tools being used, tired yelling muffled behind brick and sheet metal.

This place isn't the center of anything, but it is a hub of connections. It's a dim twilight with leftover neon etching shadows into the walls, and yet this place feels alive with energy as trucks with goods are attended to and warehouses with stock are assessed.

The closer you wander to the laboring workers, the stronger the stares. Have they got something to hide, or are they too accustomed to unfortunate interference?"

~ SlappinFace

Hi guys,

For this month’s final map, we’re diving into an urban commercial area with a touch of industrial influence. This time, the focus is on a loading dock behind a large commercial building—perhaps a supermarket or something similar.

It’s an ideal setting for gamemasters with players looking to track the movement of illicit goods or engage in high-stakes logistics.

If I were running a TTRPG scenario using this loading dock battle map, I’d also connect it with the following:

• Chinese Restaurant Kitchen

• Cyberpunk Butcher Shop

• The Grow House

• Container Warehouse

• In addition, the guy in charge of all the logistics runs the entire operation in a back office at the Pachinko Parlor

Map Variants

Before Delivery

An empty delivery dock. The massive truck hasn't yet arrived. This gives the players the time to scope out the area, strategize and maybe even set up that sniper's nest from atop one of the other buildings.

The Distraction (tile)

The garbage truck parked across the road from the loading dock gets set ablaze. This makes for a neat distraction that should get the goons over at the loading dock to come over to investigate.

Compactor Explosion (tile)

Something flammable was placed in the large compactor (maybe a gas cylinder) causing an epic explosion that's guaranteed to wipe out everything in the vicinity.

That's it for now folks! Let me know in the comments section below if you like this map. A little encouragement goes a long way in my world!

Peace,

~ Frag

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• Loading Dock - base map (watermark-free, full resolution, grid + grid-less formats)

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• Before Delivery

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Gold

• Everything above plus…

• The Distraction (tile)

• Compactor Explosion (tile)

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*PS: This cyberpunk battle map was made possible only because of all my Patreon subscribers. Thank you for your support as I work to get these maps out to the world.

"The loading dock sat in the heart of the industrial backstreets, bathed in the cold glow of neon advertisements flickering above. The night air was thick with the hum of distant machines and the low growl of hovercrafts zooming overhead, leaving behind trails of glowing exhaust. A massive delivery truck, its chassis covered in rust and grime, loitered at the bay, the dull clunk of its hydraulics echoing through the alley as it lowered its rear ramp.

The truck was unloading a sea of cardboard boxes, their surfaces marked with hastily scrawled symbols and cryptic labels, each one hiding its true contents beneath layers of secrecy. In the quiet of the night, a handful of workers—masked, silent, their eyes darting nervously—carted the boxes into the darkened warehouse, their movements swift and furtive. The goods weren’t the usual shipments for a legitimate business; tonight, the truck was delivering illicit merchandise, the kind that would vanish into the black market without a trace.

Shadows clung to the edges of the dock, and the faintest glimmers of light reflected off the wet pavement beneath. The air smelled of grease and old concrete, the quiet rustling of paper the only sound beyond the occasional hiss of a malfunctioning streetlight above."