Hello fellow SDers! I have decided to write a little bit of a magazine for Scenario Designing (please tell me if I should continue).

IN THIS ISSUE

1-Map tips
2-ES scenario winning interesting stuff
3-Eye-candy NEW - Ruined Harbour

Map Tips
Here are some simple map tips that can make a big difference in your scenario. First of all, look at making your map design easier. You'll notice when you download scenarios in the best of AoK, you'll find that the maps are usually 2-4 player size (with a few exceptions).

Look at Ingo van Thiel's "The Quest" and "The King's Best Men". There are a lot of bodies of water, rather small, but it's noticeable. Use water in your scenarios, and spiff them up, that's probably an easy thing to do. Secondly, put GAIA flowers underneath trees! This is the simplest thing to do and it looks really nice... as long as you don't put too many flowers in...
Texture mixing. Go to AoK Punk and look at Shadows' texture mixing article.

ES winners info.

Take a gander at these. You'll notice Gordon Farrell used NO elevation in his scenario!

Canute's saga. It was the winner. I think it won because it was unique. Unique = 5.0 at AoKH .

RUINED HARBOUR

Place some water. Place GAIA/buildings/ruins on the edge of it. Add a shipwreck or two, some shallows and flowers, plants, rocks/sea rocks. add a "crane" (lumber camp with shipwreck) or maybe a naval workshop (AoK Punk map design article).

Sorry I didn't have much time towrite this...

-Ultima_Knight