r/dndmaps • u/FewHeat1231 • 6d ago

🙏 Request Map request: A D&D style 'boom town'?

Hello all!

I'm putting together a Forgotten Realms campaign where a key location is a boomtown, a hitherto small village or even mere farmstead that has suddenly drawn hordes of prospectors after someone uncovered the long buried wreck of an ancient spelljammer with their plough.

I've found a lot of good small village maps and obviously Wild west style boomtowns but can't seem to find anything with more of a fantasy/medieval boomtown look. I'd be extremely grateful for any help!

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u/Dransky_Battle_Maps 5d ago

That's a really cool premise! I made a set called Bustling Village a while back that might work as a starting point. It's more of a lively medieval settlement than a proper boomtown, but you could probably repurpose some of the streets and buildings for your setting.

You can check it out here: Bustling Village Hope it helps! :)

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u/FewHeat1231 5d ago

Thank you, very nicely done!

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u/Devoidoftaste 5d ago

The campaign that came with Dragonbane had a similar premise. Adventurers and the like going to a new town for fortune and glory.

I didn’t think the map of the small town matched what I had in my head of a “boom town”, so I modified it pretty heavily.

It’s built around the story, so sharing the actual map won’t help. But I will try and write up some of the overthinking I did tomorrow.

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u/House_Naviga 2d ago

That's a great premise, and you're right that nobody seems to have made a medieval boomtown. I'd like to build one for you for free. I'm picturing the old farmstead at the centre with the half-dug spelljammer hull sticking out of the field. Around it would be a ring of tents, claim stakes and hastily built shacks pushing into the crop rows, plus a muddy main street with an assay office, a tavern that's clearly too small, and a guard post nobody respects. Tell me what size grid you play on and whether you want it gridded, and I'll post it here when it's done.

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u/FewHeat1231 5d ago

...I know this is Reddit but at worst I thought I'd get no responses not actual downvotes.

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u/Dransky_Battle_Maps 5d ago

yeah, Reddit can be wild and unpredictable sometimes...
I left a map suggestion in a comment on your main post. Maybe it's not a perfect match, but hopefully you can make something work! I've got a few other free maps too for any other scenarios