THE TOWER

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Ascend The Tower. Inspired by the megatowers of Dredd and Cyberpunk 2077, this board is intended to be used in all manner of gigs and scenarios, or even an entire campaign!

Over 100 individual apartments layouts, numerous businesses and points of interest, and multiple large Set-Pieces (think unique dungeons/raids) serve to create a tower of the dark future with a distinct set of socio-economic strata. It is hard to do justice to the map with just pictures, so download it and see for yourself!

Warning: This map will likely be difficult for computers to run due to the large size and density of detail. If you prefer/need individual gameboards rather than 1 mega-board, the sections of The Tower will be uploaded as individual boards for ease and convenience.

Keeping playability in mind to preserve functionality as a VTT board, this board was designed in high density sections, that each can act as their own board within the board. Below, please see a list of all The Tower’s sections and the details they contain!

Underground Parking
Even in a densely packed Megatower the rich, powerful, lucky, or dangerous need a place to store their rides. Luckily The Tower accommodates this with a guarded underground Parking Garage for a steep price of course. Perfect for secret meetings, handoff, or ambushes!

• 3 Stories
• Street Level Entry
• Guarded/Monitored Entry
• Mechanical Room
• Elevator and Stair Access to tower interiors

Entry Foyer

While the imposing presence of The Tower can be seen for miles, the entrance itself impresses just as much with its brutalist motifs. Grand and overhanging, the entry serves to efficiently funnel its thousands of occupants quickly and efficiently to the building elevators and stairs.

• 2 Stories
• Large street entry staircase from street
• Garage Access from the year
• Tower management offices, onsite security barracks, and netrunner vault
• Fenced in grounds and mechanical air-handlers for the tower
• Woefully insufficient terminals to pay rent or lodge complaints to management. (Hope you have an inside connection) 
• Scanning and facial recognition scanners. (Don’t get blacklisted now)

Market Level/Hab Unit 1

Shit rolls downhill, or falls in the case of the tower. Metaphorically and realistically the bottom of the tower, Hab Unit 1 is in the most disrepair and tends to have much lower socioeconomic populations and transient occupants. Luckily the entrance isn’t too far if they have to be evicted. Home to a burgeoning hotbed of popup shops in the center square, where they say you can find anything, or at least a connection to get it for you.

• Movie Theater Set-Piece

• • • 3 Full Size Theaters
    • Braindance Gallery
    • Server room
    • Ticket foyer and bar
  • Central Market with varied sellers, buyers, and businesses
  • Recreational Facilities: Soccer, Basketball, Tennis
  • Upper gantry walkways
  • Various small restaurants and stores
  • Eclectic mix of apartments, with a large number of vacancies

• Points of Interest:

• • Mysterious server and observation room behind wall of garbage
  • Pay for use bathroom facilities
  • Flophouse
  • Quarantined Room with Mysterious growths
  • V’s Apartment recreated (perfect home-base for your party)
  • Shady apartment ripper doc
  • And more!

Hab Unit 2

Work tirelessly to scrounge enough money, and you might be able to afford an apartment on Hab Unit 2. Home to the ever popular Cobra Nightclub & Casino, Hab Unit 2’s occupants enjoy a bit more peace and safety, even if that’s because Cobra’s security personnel heavily discourage anything that would scare away potential customers.

• Cobra Nightclub and Casino Set-Piece

• • • Nightclub stage and dance floor
    • Backstage, green room, and dressing room
    • Grand Bar and slots
    • Private Club booths
    • Casino Floor
    • Invite Only Poker Game (Think Soprano’s)
      • Weapon/Coat Check
      • Catering and Lounge
      • Game Room
      • Escort Rooms
      • Casino Boss’ Offices
  • Various apartments and businesses

• Points of Interest

• • Gun Store
  • Indoor Shooting Range
  • Boxing Ring
  • Arm’s Dealer apartment
  • Private Escort apartment
  • Netrunner’s Server room
  • Dive Bar
  • Med Center
  • Mechanic
  • Rogue AI summoning

Highway Bypass

Even the investors of The Tower didn’t have enough sway to stop the local construction conglomerate’s plans for a highway through their lot. Leading to the compromise of the highway being built straight through the middle of the tower. Flanked on either side by businesses, the bypass is the perfect place to stage a daring convoy hijacking, assassination or more. Due to ongoing corporate litigation, the area below the bypass has become a homeless shanty town, with both parties denying  responsibility for maintenance.

• Highway Bypass Set-Piece

• • • Enclosed and Elevated Highway shoots straight through the tower
    • 6 Lane divided highway with inner and outer pathways
    • Car crash point of interest
  • Homeless encampment among the trash piles below the bypass

• Warehouse Set-Piece

• • 3 stories of shelving and storage
  • Vertical Lifts
  • Bathroom and break area
  • Loading bay
  • External hovercar/areodyne bay doors
  • Cryogenic/Cold Storage Upper warehouse with external loading bay
  • Private hovercar/areodyne lift and storage bay
• 2 Levels of Multistory office spaces
  • Only the first floor of offices are furnished/detailed to add setting, but prevent keep focus on the bypass, rather than rows of identical cubicle.

Corpo Heights

Affording a high level of comfort and safety the occupants of this level had to sell their soul, or more, to the various corporations they work for. Just as any corporate would tell you their is very little distinction between work and personal life and Corpo heights epitomizes this. With a mix of offices and apartments Corpro is basically a new age company town. They say keep your enemies closer, and that’s just what the corps do in The Tower, with your competitor just yards away it’s the perfect place for espionage and subterfuge. 

• Biotechnica (or whatever) Set-Piece

• • • Mechanical Room
    • Entrance Foyer and separate employee/contractor lifts
    • 4 Story Tropical Research Biosphere (Bio-rectangular prism?)
    • Terrestrial Research Lab
    • Aquatic Research Lab and Biosphere
    • C-Suite Office/Meeting Room

• 4 Story Office Complex Set-Piece

• • 2 Adjacent Corporate Office (1 large, 1 Small)
  • Small Office
    • 3 Occupied Stories
    • Abandoned, locked upper story with server
  • Large Office
    • Cubicles, Bathrooms, Custodial Closets, and Private Elevator
    • Meeting Room, Break Room
    • Entire floor server room with alternate access route
    • C-Suite Office Level (with nicer bathroom naturally)
• Points of Interest
  • Multiple small offices and more upscale apartments
  • Med Center
  • Escort Apartment
  • Various grocery stores
  • Fancy Speakeasy Bar
  • Fancy Upscale Bar

Temple Level

As the tower levels rise, so does the prestige and opulence of those who inhabit it. Near the very top of the tower you’ll find an entire open-air forest/garden of trees and plants. True leisure experiences are rare, but the Temple level offers just that for guests of the hotel above, or those from below willing to pay. An oasis of calm and green among the chaos and gray of the city.

• Temple Garden Set-Piece

• • • Shinto architecture inspired central temple
    • 4 garden sections with different areas for meditation
    • Viewing platforms out across the city

• Server Farm Set-Piece

• • Mechanical Air handlers outer section
  • External Vent access points
  • Large expansive inner section server farm
    • Dark and maze-like, perfect for cat&mouse gigs, or puzzles.

Cloud Level

At the very top of the tower you will find Hotel Cirrus. Only those of great prestige, influence, or wealth will find themselves in its luxurious halls. Whether to avoid being seen, or to see the right people, Cirrus is known for its exclusivity and privacy. Alongside the hotel lies a rooftop mansion owned by a mysterious top exec, whose shortlist parties are often considered a once in a lifetime opportunity for connections and opportunity.

• Cirrus Hotel Set-Piece

• • • Outdoor Cabana Bar with private beach, lawn, and pool for relaxation
    • 11 Hotel Rooms
    • Balcony Lounge Overlook
    • Areodyne/Heli Landing Pad
    • Laundry/Custodial Room
    • 2 Story Premier Restaurant with Bar
    • Full Commercial Kitchen and Freezer

• Rooftop Mansion Set-Piece

• • 2 Story Entertaining Hall
  • Patio, lawn, and infinity pool
  • Whiskey Lounge
  • Vault (with secret data vault)
  • 2 Catering Kitchens
  • Private Stair Access
  • Private Areodyne/Heli Landing Pad
  • Private Security and Netrunner barracks 
  • Dining Room
  • Powder/Bathrooms
  • Full Kitchen
  • Private Suite
    • Bathroom, Office, Gym
    • Guest Suite

All items bespoke, aside from Blackwolf Majik’s amazing roulette and poker tables, which can’t be beat.