Japanese Garden

Battle map dimensions - 13 x 19 = 2600 x 3800 (at 200 dpi)

Scale - 1 sq = 5 ft

Alrighty folks, time for another battle map drop! The last map for October is the Japanese Garden.

The Japanese Garden is important because it fills in the gap between several other battle maps, namely:

• Koi Hotel
• Sky Bridge
• Yakuza HQ
• Yakuza Bathhouse

Location

If you prefer to go with my conceptual narrative, the Japanese Garden resides within the Koi Hotel's atrium, beyond the tall glass facade. Here's a screenshot as a reminder. 

The garden contains a cliche cherry blossom tree right at the center and a small Shinto shrine against the northern wall. These kinds of small shrines can be found all across the city of Tokyo, Japan, hidden behind the maze of side streets. I wanted to portray the same feeling with this map but had to make it larger for playability’s sake.

Map Variants

Without further ado, here are the variants for the Japanese Garden map pack.

Zen Garden

For those who prefer a more open space with less cover or want to stage a scenario with some sort of martial arts master, this would be the variant to use.

Obsidian Ring

This map variant idea was provided by my dear supporters over at Discord and then inspired by Ghost in the SHell: SAC_2045’s storyline. In particular, the character “Takeshi Shimamura”.

The idea is this: the players discover a cult group who worships a powerful netrunner deity (identity unknown). There are inconspicuous altars set up across the city that these zealots “plug in” to be “as one” with the deity. They call themselves "the Obsidian Ring". 

Is this a harmless religious cult or is there something more nafarious at play? This cyberpunk cult theme will trickle through future maps, so stay tuned for that!

Shoutouts

I’d like to quickly thank all my Patreon supporters over at the Discord server for helping to come up with map variant ideas on this one. You guys have always had my back. Thank you!

Frag Maps YouTube Channel

Before I go, I’d like to quickly share my YouTube channel with you all. It only has a few videos at the moment but I plan to be showcasing more of my art processes here in the very near future.

If you want to see how I draw these cyberpunk battle maps, subscribe and tell gaming group about it.

https://youtu.be/RWX6G5QaRLo

Patreon Supporter Downloads

Bronze

• Japanese Garden (watermark-free, full-resolution, grid + grid-less formats)

Go to Bronze downloads section

Silver

• All above +
• Zen Garden

Go to Silver downloads section

Gold

• All above +
• Obsidian Ring

Go to Gold downloads section

To all who are new here: this battle map was brought to you by my Patreon subscribers, for without their support I would not be able to work on these maps full-time. Thank you again so much, for your continued support.