Mapping with cashews and fried rice.

Starting out with this meant getting a bit of background and perspective.

“Kowloon Walled City was a densely populated, largely ungoverned settlement in Kowloon City, Hong Kong. Originally a Chinese military fort, the Walled City became an enclave after the New Territories were leased to Britain in 1898. Its population increased dramatically following the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong during World War II. By 1987, the Walled City contained 33,000 residents within its 2.6-hectare (6.4-acre) borders. From the 1950s to the 1970s, it was controlled by Triads and had high rates of prostitution, gambling, and drug use. In January 1987, the Hong Kong government announced plans to demolish the Walled City. After an arduous eviction process, demolition began in March 1993 and was completed in April 1994. Kowloon Walled City Park opened in December 1995 and occupies the area of the former Walled City. Some historical artifacts from the Walled City, including its yamen building and remnants of its South Gate, have been preserved there.”  – Wikipedia

In addition to this I dug into the history and stories surrounding this place. Definitely going to be fun! Well, for whoever is running it...

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Anyway, as I mention in my first post, this is going to be subsurface, with a cenote for the large court yard. It'll be 11 "stories" high, with a "ground"level, a couple of worn down buildings up top and three "subsurface" levels. I'll leave it up to other GMs to sub levels if they want. 


So I started with this map:

After cleaning up the edges in GIMP, I then started looking at the current site, I twisted what I had to match. Matching it topographically will only come into play for the surface location and environs, and how the underground rivers flow. After that I slapped another layer over it and pencil lined all the building. After wards I capped the streets and filled them in. And that leaves us here:

I'm going to print this out with out the filled in roads and start tracing it. I think I know where to find a light box that'll make tracing go alot faster. If so, I'll scan it in and let ya'll see.

Right now, my hands a bit cramped, so I'm calling it a night.