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Today I present to you a map that traces historical bridge construction. I was particularly inspired by the Roman approach, which built incredibly durable structures (I still regularly walk across a 1900 year old Roman bridge).

Here you can find a nice animation that shows the construction of a Roman bridge

Roughly summarized:

• Heavy wooden piles are driven into the riverbed (from boats that also had heavy equipment on board).
• The piles are then connected with wooden boards, with rubble and clay in between to seal it. Then the area separated from the river is emptied (I assume with pumping systems or lots of workers with buckets).
• Then the foundations can be laid.
• This is repeated on the other side of the river, connecting the pillars and laying the bridge road over them.

Gameplay Ideas:

• Use it as a quest hub and pivotal point for a quest series in which your players have to advance the construction of the bridge. Have them supply and defend the works and carry out missions nearby.
• Or fill your world with life with this map. If your heroes keep traveling back and forth between places, you can use a new phase of bridge construction for encounters each time. This way, your players can see that your world is alive and is developing independently of their actions.

I wish a lot of fun on this map! :)

-Your AtaraxianBear

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