Judge Dredd: Order Out Of The Chaos
Introduction: In this second post providing some detail of my Judge Dredd RPG campaign - which is available to play through my GM For Hire service - I'm setting out my Sector 1 map detailing a number of notable locations. Please note that this is by no means an exhaustive map as it does not include the countless Citi-Blocks in the Sector; instead, these locations will be added to the campaign map as the players explore the Sector. Updates to this post will be added to reflect a few notable Citi-Blocks and the newly discovered locations that are uncovered during the course of the campaign (keep scrolling to the "Updated Map" section to find out more on these additional locations).
First of all, here's the video trailer for the campaign!
And here's the video tour of the Sector!
Sector One, Central: Built upon the ruins of the old New York, Sector 1 is the beating heart of Mega-City One. With The Grand Hall of Justice, Statue of Justice and Academy of Law all situated within its boundaries, the sector is the hub for all Justice Department operations. This fact makes the state of lawlessness gripping the sector in the hours after Cal's death all the more shocking.
Visual Guide: The following four images provide a visual guide to Sector 1, but for the full map (so far), please keep scrolling down for more!
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| Visual Guide Overview |
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| Sector 1, North Quadrant |
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| Sector 1, Central Quadrant |
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| Sector 1, South Quadrant |
Full Breakdown: The following map shows many of the key locations in the Sector. Note that the key numbers differ from those on the visual guide. A full breakdown of all locations can be found below.
- Grand Hall Of Justice
- Statue Of Judgement
- Sector House 1
- Academy of Law
- Iso-Block 1
- Weather Congress
- City Hall
- Resyk
- Madison Square Garden
- Power Tower
- Speaker’s Square
- Jean Genet Plaza
- Aftermath Square
- Fountain of Yooth
- Movie Special Effects Museum
- Mega-City Zoo
- The Five Points Mega-Stadium
- Mosgrove & Thung
- Moonray Tower
- Necropolis
- Smokatorium (2 locations)
- Church of Marvel
- DC Cathedral
- Empire State Building
- Globeiron Building
- Nu Face Clinic
- Inflataface Clinic
- Hottie House 7
- Donnie Trump Towers
- Tisch Hospital
- Ash Hospital
- Palais de Boing
- Botanic Gardens
- Central Mega-City Library
- Mega-City Art Gallery
- Mega-City Chamber of Horrors
- Mega-City Museum
- Mega-City One Exhibition Dome
- Aggro Dome
- Trans Atlantic Tunnel
1. Grand Hall of Justice: The hub of all Justice Department operations in Mega-City One and home to the newly-appointed Chief Judge Griffin. Sector One Judges rarely require to attend the Grand Hall of Justice, although as one of the city's finest lawmen, Judge Dredd operates from here more often than he does from Sector House 1. The Hall of Heroes and the Black Museum can be found here, as can the Justice Department's central computer, MAC.
2. Statue of Judgement: Built in 2099, this monument to the heroism of the Judges of the Justice Department, it dwarfs the smaller Statue of Liberty which stands in its shade. The annual Justice Day Parade is held in the square below. The insane Chief Judge Cal plunged to his death from the statue (hours before the campaign begins).
3. Sector House 1: See the previous post for full information on the Sector House.
4. Academy of Law: The place where all Judges receive their training - all fifteen years of it! After aiding Judge Dredd in the rebellion against Cal, Judge Tutors Griffin and Pepper moved from their positions in the Academy of Law to positions of Chief Judge and Deputy Chief Judge respectively.
5. Iso-Block 1: As big as a city block, this heavily fortified prison is where the Sector's perps usually end up spending long years of their lives. Each perp's windowless cell is referred to as an "Iso-Cube".
6. Weather Congress: Atmosphere Control is based high in the sky above, but Weather Congress deals with the admin side of things; they take requests from Judges to change the weather in extreme cases, but most of the time they apply the citizens' daily vote to pick the desired weather. This is almost always bright sunshine.
7. City Hall: The hub of civic administration for the city, the civic computer - known as "Barney" - which handles taxes and traffic (among many other things), can be found here as can the current Mayor, Jim Grubb. Grubb has only just been released from the Psycho-Cubes after Chief Judge Cal wrongfully imprisoned him.
8. Resyk: "We use everything but the soul!" Mega-City One's recycling facilities can be found in most Sectors, but Sector One is home to one of the largest operations. All waste - including bodies of the recently deceased - end up here where they are recycled to be reused in other products.
9. Madison Square Garden: An indoor arena which is a tiny venue when compared to the Five Points Mega-Stadium.
10. Power Tower: Mega-City scientists bored deep into the earth to tap into the power at the core. At its essence, the Power Tower is a plug on a controlled volcano which generates vast amounts of energy to fuel the power-hungry Mega-City.
11. Speaker's Square: One of the few places in the city where a citizen can legally rant and rave about anything they please (including the Judges). Those who disagree must wait until the speaker has finished before they take their turn. Anyone becoming violent or argumentative may be arrested.
12. Jean Genet Plaza: A hangout place for Mega-City One's trendiest Juves. Also known as a hotspot for gang rumbles.
13. Aftermath Square: *Just announced for construction*, no current information available.
14. Fountain of Yooth: A large and elaborate fountain found in a plaza, ten straight sheets of rain fall in various cascading arrangements from an ornate roof. One of the Sector's most valued and beautiful civic areas.
15. Movie Special Effects Museum: After citizens tired of computer generated images, film producers built many large robotic creatures to bring a sense of realism back to their movies. Unfortunately, like most of Mega-City One's fads, it was short-lived, but unlike most, is remembered in this museum where many of the creatures are displayed as exhibits. It is a source of anger for the museum's patrons that it was turned down for inclusion in the Sector's "museum quarter", a sure sign that once again, film is regarded by snooty-nosed artists and critics as a lesser form of art.
16. Mega-City Zoo: One of earth's largest menageries of alien life, many of them cute, a notable contingent dangerous, and some are both!
17. The Five Points Mega-Stadium: Home to the Manhattan Masters aeroball team, bitter rivals to Sector 3's Harlem Heroes, match days are often the scenes of mass-riots between rival fans - of whom there are over 200,000 when the stadium is at full capacity! Also used for concerts for the biggest megastar singers.
18. Mosgrove & Thung: "If we don't have it then you probably don't need it!" is the slogan of this, the biggest of Mega-City One's department stores. It has been known for patrons to become unable to find their way out of the confusing corridors of the store.
19. Moonray Tower: Cleared for construction, no current information available.
20. Necropolis: Where the city's mega-rich can avoid their fate in Resyk, their bodies instead chemically preserved and stored in ornate vaults for as long as their fortunes can finance their continued remaining there.
21. Smokatorium: The only places in Mega-City One where smoking is legal. There are two such facilities in Sector One.
22. Church of Marvel: A place of worship for followers of the Marvel religion. Attracts childish and often imbecilic followers who typically dress themselves in the colourful garb of their religion's icons.
23. DC Cathedral: A place of worship for the comparatively drab followers of the DC religion. Followers tend to be more serious minded and grim than those of the rival religion of Marvel.
24. Empire State Building: Relocated from city bottom, the Empire State is in a state: a crumbling haven for criminal scum such as the notorious Judge killer Whitey who operated there previous to his capture by Judge Dredd in 2099.
25. Globeiron Building: The iconic "Flatiron" building was destroyed during the Atomic Wars. The architect who built this tribute missed the whole point of the "iron" aspect of the original, opting to build a structure consisting of globes mounted upon globes, reminiscent in look but not in scale of the Grand Hall of Justice itself.
26. Inflatace Clinic: A face-changing clinic.
27. Nu-Face Clinic: Another face clinic, this one specialising in anti-ageing procedures.
28. Hottie House 7: One of the Sector's finest eateries, many Judges like to stop by to buy Eddie's signature Hotties!
29. Donnie Trump Towers: The central offices for the Trump Tri-News and the Trump Tribune, the city's most notoriously scandalous and factually unreliable holo-news and newspaper outlets. Justice Department has threatened to close down the whole operation countless times in the past, but they have towed the line in more recent times, most notably during Cal's reign.
30: Tisch Hospital: One of Sector One's largest hospitals, accessed from Verhoeven Mega-way.
31: Ash Hospital: The other of Sector One's largest hospitals, in direct competition with Tisch Hospital, it is also accessible from Verhoeven Mega-Way.
32. Palais de Boing: A building which enables those who use the miracle plastic "Boing" to let off steam. Encase in a sphere of Boing, users can make use of a number of games and facilities, including being fired around like a ball in a pinball machine!
33. Botanic Gardens: The city's greatest collection of earth and alien plant life. Some species are known to be dangerous and are closely controlled.
34. Central Mega-City Library: With a huge database of human history, this building is open to the public, but the contents of what is available are heavily-vetted by the Justice Department. It is situated beside City Hall as, through a network of underground cabling, the database is hooked up to Barney.
35. Mega-City Art Gallery: Home to some of the Mega-City's finest examples of modern art including Bellini's E=MC2.
36: Mega-City Chamber of Horrors: Full of robotic attractions dedicated to history and fiction's most grisly criminals.
37. Mega-City Museum: One of the city's tallest structures, this houses the world's largest collection of pre-Atomic War records and exhibits. Justice Department closes monitors those who return for repeat visits to the sections which concern democratic governance.
38. Mega-City One Exhibition Dome: The place for all sorts of exhibitions, most notably for concerts, wedding shows, and Unemployment & Hobby Fares.
39. Aggro Dome: Under construction, no current information available.
40. Trans-Atlantic Tunnel: A tunnel which links Mega-City One to Brit Cit under the Black Atlantic (via the underwater town of Atlantis). A hotspot for smugglers, traffic flowing in and out is under constant observation by the Justice Department, but the sheer volume of traffic means that the constant flow of criminal activity utilising the tunnel cannot be entirely curbed.
Updated Map with additional locations:
41. Andy Warhol Block: The city's premier "Art Block", a Citi-Block full of the most successful and wealthy artist's residences and studios.
42. Vinnie Van Gogh Block: This Art Block is inhabited by the poorer and typically more troubled artists of Sector One.
43. Tracey Emin Block: The last of the Art Blocks, this one is inhabited by those who consider themselves at the cutting edge of the avant-garde art scene. They are despised by the inhabitants of Warhol and Van Gogh who claim Emin Blockers routinely create pieces which they deem to be lacking in talent and not to be categorised as "proper art", which, in Mega-City circles, is saying something indeed.
44. Chrissy Pratt Block: Residence of gang leader Charlie Stone.
45. Morgan Freeman Block: Notable for having a well-drilled and highly efficient Citi-Def militia.
46. Bill Hicks Block: Residence of Judge Down.
47. Babs Windsor Block: Residence of Judge Hemlock.
48. Charlie McGee Block: Residence of Judge Bunsen.
49. Hughie Heffner Block: Residence of Judge Antioch.
50. Edward James Olmos Con Apts: Residence of Judge Smoke.
51. Rab Rinder Condos: A wealthy Block which enjoys low crime rates thanks to its close proximity to Sector House 1.
52. Upper Times Square: One of the city's busiest avenues (built directly above the original which is now in the Undercity), this partly open-air shoplex is a vibrantly-lit carnival of neon, an open cathedral celebrating consumerism.
53. Dick Burton Block: Another wealthy block which benefits from a low crime rate due to its close proximity to Sector House 1.
54. Bob Mortimer Block: A short, squat block which stands in the shades of its neighbour, the tall, thin Victor Reeves Block. Residence of Judge Benitez. Notable for its "Daft Kids" Juve gang who, due to splitting their operations between Reeves and Mortimer, serve as a rare example of a functional inter-Block gang.
55. Victor Reeves Block: A tower shaped Block more reminiscent in shape to the former New York's ancient skyscrapers, Reeves and Mortimer Blockers share a kinship, which is evidenced by the number of connecting Pedway and Mega-Ways between the two blocks.
56. Matthew Lucas Block: Lucas Blockers are notoriously fickle in their loyalties, often trying to ingratiate themselves to Reeves and Mortimer, but also enjoy flirting with nearby Davy Walliams and Noel Fielding Blocks.
57. Davy Walliams Block: Notable for hosting "Mega-City One's Got Talent" shows. Because of the ritual exploitation and humiliation of participants, Justice Department have been trying to find methods of closing this production down, but the Block authorities have been resisting doing so as the show is a huge money-spinner for the Block.
58. Noel Fielding Block: Blockers are known for favouring black eyeliner and distinctive floral print fashion-wear, including knee-pads.
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