Hello everyone, and happy New Release Monday! Today, I am bringing you the next map in the CoS Reloaded series for The Refugee Camp from Arc C.
If you're not yet familiar with this wonderful (and massive) overhaul of Curse of Strahd, you should check out the free guide here. This particular chapter is covered in this section.
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I created a few core variants for this map to hopefully increase its versatility in your games. These variants include:
Camp Exterior
Camp Interior (Showing off the interiors of each tent). This also removes the tree tops as well.
No Camp (I removed the camp totally, just leaving an open field in front of the Vallaki walls). This variant is great if you're running an attack on the walls or even a siege (Maybe Wintersplinter is trying to wreck the walls!)
For the map itself, I wanted to make things look bleak and desolate. You'll find broken-down wagons that are being chopped up to use for firewood, so those refugees don't need to seek wood from the nearby woods. This also gives the sense that this was a one-way journey for them, and there is "no going back".
I added one (sort of) well-to-do tent as I love the imagery of a family who might have had money back in the Village of Barovia, but over the years, they have lost everything. I also added a coffin in a cart as well for some extra storytelling elements. Is there a body in that coffin? Did someone die on the journey there, and do they need a place to bury them? Might be an extra favor to ask the party if they are allowed entrance into Vallaki. Perhaps they can implore the priest of St. Andral to allow for a proper burial.
And of course, everyone's favorite "Auntie" is at it again! Selling and distributing her Dream Pasteries to create chaos and addiction among an already troubled people. I added a few empty pie containers inside some of the tents to show this.
There are no great warriors amongst them, but there are a few hunters who have set up a make-shift lookout on top of some larger boulders overlooking the southern forest's edge. Here, they keep watch for the wolves that have been terrorizing them throughout their entire journey to Vallaki.
Lastly, I have removed the camp on one of the variants, so you can just use it as an open field map for a possible siege encounter!
Click the download link below for your tier to download all the map files.
Public Download
The Foundry / Champion Tier Download
The Foundry / Champion Tier Printable PDFs Download
The Grand Library Tier Download
The Grand Library Tier Printable PDFs Download
The Great Hall Tier Download
The Hearth Tier Download
I am loving seeing the CoS Relaoded collection grow with each month! There are still so many more locations to cover, and I plan to hit them all.
Later this month, I'm going to be releasing another map for the AWESOME Lothburgh series (being created by Lunch Break Heroes). This is such a super fun setting that is being worked on, and let me tell you... The LOVE that has been poured into this setting over the years will 100% be shown in all aspects of this once it hits Kickstarter. You can follow the pre-launch KS page here.
I also have another swamp location planned for the end of the month and am working on some exciting releases planned for May as well, including the next Saltmarsh map! Lots going on in the workshop on my end, but it would not be possible without all of YOU. Thank you so much for your continued support, which makes all of this possible.
Cheers friends,
DM Andy