Greater Boston - 1852 V4 P3

by **Bruceswar** on Tue Aug 27, 2013 4:12 am

Map Image:

Drafts:
Version 3
Version 2
Version 1
Draft

Map Name: Greater Boston 1852
Mapmaker(s): Bruceswar
Number of Territories:47
Special Features:No Regions to hold. All color cordinated.
What Makes This Map Worthy of Being Made:Boston is a great city and well this will be a cool map for many reason to come.

by **Bruceswar** on Tue Aug 27, 2013 4:13 am

I am not posting this in the drafting room yet as it is not a working draft just yet, but it is the start of my next project.

by **queen victorious** on Tue Aug 27, 2013 6:24 am

Bruceswar wrote:I am not posting this in the drafting room yet as it is not a working draft just yet, but it is the start of my next project.

looks cool - i love boston! why 1852? (is that a really dumb question?) x

by **Bruceswar** on Tue Aug 27, 2013 6:39 am

That is just the map I used as a template

by **koontz1973** on Tue Aug 27, 2013 7:20 am

Bruce, you will have to be very careful, the regions can get very small so you may not have room for name and numbers in the large map, let alone the small one. You have a huge border so think about making it a lot bigger and also fudge the borders a bit.

by **Aleena** on Tue Aug 27, 2013 10:29 am

great start - looks even better then the last version you showed me..

by **Bruceswar** on Tue Aug 27, 2013 11:36 am

koontz1973 wrote:Bruce, you will have to be very careful, the regions can get very small so you may not have room for name and numbers in the large map, let alone the small one. You have a huge border so think about making it a lot bigger and also fudge the borders a bit.

You are correct. I am going to have to figure it out carefully. I think I can get it done.

by **Gilligan** on Tue Aug 27, 2013 11:48 am

I would love to see this. :mrgreen:

by **Bruceswar** on Tue Aug 27, 2013 11:54 am

Gilligan wrote:I would love to see this.

I might could use some XML help at some point.

by **koontz1973** on Tue Aug 27, 2013 12:11 pm

Bruce, I know you have a start here but I want to get you to think about this.
Siege of Boston
I really think that this would be a far better map as it will allow you to make the game play better than the normal average map. Graphically it would be a lot like you have it now but you would end up with a tighter map (smaller area covered), make it more relevant to the site (we all like killing armies all the time) and also I believe it would allow you to explore something different as a map maker after Baltics and London.

by **Bruceswar** on Tue Aug 27, 2013 12:21 pm

koontz1973 wrote:Bruce, I know you have a start here but I want to get you to think about this.
Siege of Boston
I really think that this would be a far better map as it will allow you to make the game play better than the normal average map. Graphically it would be a lot like you have it now but you would end up with a tighter map (smaller area covered), make it more relevant to the site (we all like killing armies all the time) and also I believe it would allow you to explore something different as a map maker after Baltics and London.

I do like that idea... but wait till I get a working draft up to see what I have in mind.

I think you will like it. This map is not going to be simple.

by **Bruceswar** on Tue Aug 27, 2013 9:57 pm

quick name change... Not set in stone but a place holder for now.

by **Bruceswar** on Wed Aug 28, 2013 2:55 am

What are the magic numbers are far as territories go? 48? 52? Something like that?

by **Aleena** on Wed Aug 28, 2013 10:49 am

think the magic number is originally based off a 8 player map - as we move forward into 12 players map (will you make this a 12 player map?) then the magic numbers will be different...

by **Bruceswar** on Wed Aug 28, 2013 10:55 am

Aleena wrote:think the magic number is originally based off a 8 player map - as we move forward into 12 players map (will you make this a 12 player map?) then the magic numbers will be different...

No this likely will not work too well for 12 players.

by **koontz1973** on Thu Aug 29, 2013 7:29 am

Depending on the number of neutrals you have on the map, you only need 36 open spots to have 12 players I would think. 36 open spots means each player in a 12 player game starts out at 3 regions.
Magic numbers are half way down and would not really change for a 12 player game.

by **Bruceswar** on Fri Aug 30, 2013 12:28 am

koontz1973 wrote:Depending on the number of neutrals you have on the map, you only need 36 open spots to have 12 players I would think. 36 open spots means each player in a 12 player game starts out at 3 regions.
Magic numbers are half way down and would not really change for a 12 player game.

Right I was not thinking about 12 players... Seems to small of a map for 12 players...

by **koontz1973** on Fri Aug 30, 2013 12:39 am

Bruceswar wrote:Right I was not thinking about 12 players... Seems to small of a map for 12 players...

Right now we work on 24 for 8 players having 3 regions each, the only difference now is that I believe is this will not change but to get 12 players into a game, you would need 36.

by **Bruceswar** on Fri Aug 30, 2013 1:10 am

koontz1973 wrote:
Bruceswar wrote:Right I was not thinking about 12 players... Seems to small of a map for 12 players...

Right now we work on 24 for 8 players having 3 regions each, the only difference now is that I believe is this will not change but to get 12 players into a game, you would need 36.

Right but 3 is not much to start with... 4 is still not much but better...

by **koontz1973** on Fri Aug 30, 2013 2:17 am

Bruceswar wrote:
koontz1973 wrote:
Bruceswar wrote:Right I was not thinking about 12 players... Seems to small of a map for 12 players...

Right now we work on 24 for 8 players having 3 regions each, the only difference now is that I believe is this will not change but to get 12 players into a game, you would need 36.

Right but 3 is not much to start with... 4 is still not much but better...

But a lot of maps, you only start with 3 territs. It is the minimum we work from. The list of maps that will be bared from the 12 player game is really small.

by **Bruceswar** on Fri Aug 30, 2013 2:30 am

I do not see why any map should be barred from 12 man games. If someone wants to play doodle earth... then they should be able to. Their own death and not mine.

by **Bruceswar** on Fri Aug 30, 2013 5:22 am

Version 1:

Lots of work to be done. Name and Number test on the large version.

by **Aleena** on Fri Aug 30, 2013 8:56 am

Keep up the good work - love how it's coming together...

by **koontz1973** on Fri Aug 30, 2013 9:11 am

Bruce, remember I mentioned about the size issues, well they are already here in the large map so the small one will be even worse. Right now you have names over laping other territs, names outside of territs, numbers are not even sitting comfortable in one or two territs.

Seriously I would consider making the focus more on Boston itself and some of the surrounding counties. Nothing wrong with making the focus small but if you want to keep this area covered, you will need to start thinking about the unused space, fudge some borders, merge some counties