Sorry for the delay, but I've finally got it done. As requested on a previous poll, I've now made a 64x68 "Dam and Lake" board.
64x68 Dam and Lake.board(Click to embiggen)
Bonus points go to the first person to skid a vehicle or 'mech off the dam. And double bonus for the first to push another unit off the dam and into the water.
The lake is, at its deepest, depth 6 water, with the dam being 7 levels high. The dam comes with a gun emplacement at each end, and a pair of fortress-class towers, for mounting anti-air and other defensive weapons, and the dam's surface is treated as prepared positions for infantry. I may have been remembering
The Dambusters a little. Across the bottom of the map is a major road, with a bridge over the dam's outflow, and a rest area to the east. Two more minor roads run around the sides of the lake, connecting at the top by way of a smaller bridge, with occasional viewpoints looking out over the lake. At the east end of the dam are the maintenance facilities, while to the north-west of the lake is a small settlement. There are also two small farms with orchards to the west of the lake. There is also a small island, on which is a hotel, looking out over the lake.
As usual with my maps, the hills are liberally covered in scattered woods (either because I'm British, and used to that, or just a general tendency to produce 'European-style' maps), although there are gaps between which ensure that the terrain is not entirely impassable for ground vehicles.
Tactical considerations when fighting north/south for defenders would be how to divide forces between east and west, as most ground units would have to remain on their starting bank. When fighting east/west, the crossing points would become choke points, with the dam becoming especially important if the bridges are taken out (although jumping 'mechs can obviously skip over the river feeding the lake from the north. Because of the woods, it's quite likely that combat will become a series of ambushes and attacks taking advantage of gaps in the woods, although the lighter-wooded west bank might offer some.
There is a possibility that I'll make another one, with a gap in the dam and the resulting lower lake level, given that there were some requests for that.
(And I've been continually adding an extra 'n' to the end of dam, then having to delete it.)
Hope y'all like it!
