Pit o' Blades Arena (Hex Map)

Someone on the Cartographer's Guild forum was asking if anyone could knock them up some free "Arena" maps. Feeling charitable I decided to put an hour or two aside and knock this up (Hex map so no use to me or my campaigns).

I envision this being built in some brutal area where they're particularly proud of their arena, kinda Mad Max Thunderdome-esq.

Features of the map

- Blue Hexes are starting zones from four locations, players are lead from a tunnel under the boardwalk that leads out into the arena.

- In the middle is a giant spinning blade, giving it's name to the arena. Depending on your "magic" or "technology" I figure this could either be done by magic, clockwork or even some underground Oxen type getup.
- Anyone in the central red Hex "Kill Zone" when it is the blades "turn" in the Initiative Combat queue has to do some form of Agility/Acrobatics/Jump check depending on the game you're playing; the blades hover at about knee height so ducking under it isn't an option (unless the GM wants it to be a little easier, but maybe requiring an Awareness check or something *shrugs*). Failure will of course incur some damage.
- The blades are razor sharp and move quite fast, at a speed of one full rotation per round (presuming a round = 1 minute), which will force TWO attacks from the center blades. The second attack should be spaced by the GM once the initial Initiative check has been rolled, having an even number of arena combatants taking their turns on either side of the second blades attack.
- Possible feature might be allowing people with an exceptional agi/acro roll jump ONTO the blades and ride them to another location in the arena for a nice dramatic effect.

- If you wanted to be extra mean then the center "Kill Zone" could be a slope with difficult terrain or something

- The outside red Hex tiles are secondary "Kill Zones". Under the floor boards crowds gather with their own weapons; swords, spears, pointy stabby things, etc. and will attack people who move into/are moved into those squares as a free attack (there is a similar grill/grate looking into the arena as the one overhead so that spectators can watch). People also watch from up top looking over the railing.