[Abandoned] American Heartland

[natty dread]

Uh crud I didn't think about that... obviously.

Here, you can have one of these:

ok, here's what I'm thinking. All Cities start neutral (equivalent to their value, maybe starting at 2 for the +1's). We add the rule +1 for every 3 farmland territories "with at least 1 city" and add a city in West Virginia so that players can reap it's farmland bonus.

Hm, that could work. However, that makes all of the bonuses dependent on the cities. It will make them heavily contested... so you may want to code all regions that are adjacent to cities as starting positions to ensure their even distribution.

[BGtheBrain]

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[The Bison King]

This is awesome. Thanks for correcting Kentucky.
You may want to change Newport to Covington.
Covington is the 5th largest city in Kentucky and is over double the size of Newport.
Im impartial to Florence though and you could throw in a tribute to the landmark the....

Florence Y'all Water Tower - This can be seen from the interstate and is a recognizable landmark for anyone who has driven up or down I-75

Maybe make a little mini one on the map.

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Well on my most recent version I actually took the territory out all together. However I may still add it back in. If I do so I will add it back in as Covington.

And yeah I've seen that water tower, and am aware of the lovely little factoid that it used to say "Florence Mall" until the city made them change it because they weren't allowed to advertise on public property.
Do you live in Covington? Florence?

[BGtheBrain]

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[The Bison King]

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Ok I suppose it's about time I start working on this again. Permitting that there actually is support and interest for this map.

[natty dread]

You didn't add the "must hold city" thing to the farmland bonuses...

[The Bison King]

You didn't add the "must hold city" thing to the farmland bonuses...

Not yet. I will though. I also still need to add a city in West Virginia.

[AndyDufresne]

Ok I suppose it's about time I start working on this again. Permitting that there actually is support and interest for this map.

I think a heartland map could work, but I've never heard of West V. being part of the heartland. It seems like the heartland is shifted East quite a bit. Though Heartland is always a pretty ambiguous term, since a lot of states claim (or want to claim) they are part of such an area.

Best of luck.


--Andy

[The Bison King]

Ok I suppose it's about time I start working on this again. Permitting that there actually is support and interest for this map.

I think a heartland map could work, but I've never heard of West V. being part of the heartland. It seems like the heartland is shifted East quite a bit. Though Heartland is always a pretty ambiguous term, since a lot of states claim (or want to claim) they are part of such an area.

Best of luck.


--Andy

Yeah, I don't know what you'd call West Virginia part of. Appalachia I suppose. I kind of think it's sort of it's own thing down there.

[Industrial Helix]

Maybe it's me but I'm waiting on a more pretty version before I can sticky this and stamp it.

[natty dread]

Maybe it's me but I'm waiting on a more pretty version before I can sticky this and stamp it.

I think the map looks fine enough for a draft stamp. Also I believe Bison King has shown that he is capable of taking the graphics to a sufficient level... but this is just my opinion.

However I would say the legend should be corrected to reflect the gameplay change about the cities (see above), because without that change the gameplay doesn't make any sense...

[The Bison King]

Maybe it's me but I'm waiting on a more pretty version before I can sticky this and stamp it.

I think the map looks fine enough for a draft stamp. Also I believe Bison King has shown that he is capable of taking the graphics to a sufficient level... but this is just my opinion.

However I would say the legend should be corrected to reflect the gameplay change about the cities (see above), because without that change the gameplay doesn't make any sense...

And I still need to add that city in W. Virginia. After that it should be ready.

[chapcrap]

I don't support the name of this map. It isn't a true representation of the Heartland.

http://wikitravel.org/en/Midwest_%28United_States_of_America%29

Other than that, I think the map looks pretty good.

[isaiah40]

And I still need to add that city in W. Virginia. After that it should be ready.

Morgantown

[The Bison King]

And I still need to add that city in W. Virginia. After that it should be ready.

Morgantown

I was thinking Charleston because it's the capital and the biggest city.

[isaiah40]

And I still need to add that city in W. Virginia. After that it should be ready.

Morgantown

I was thinking Charleston because it's the capital and the biggest city.

That will work, just connect it to Pittsburg and Lexington

[The Bison King]

Done. and done.

Click image to enlarge.

Next up I think is adjusting the city values. They need some work. Also it's a little hard to tell apart the values, I think.

[natty dread]

This is the large image, right?

I have some concerns about numbers fitting on the small... Where do you plan to put the numbers in the cities?

[The Bison King]

This is the large image, right?

I have some concerns about numbers fitting on the small... Where do you plan to put the numbers in the cities?

plan on making the cities bigger.

[Industrial Helix]

Looking good! You need to put somewhere that rivers are impassable, presuming they are.

And the road bonus, should say whwether thay includes the cities on the path, I presume it does.

[The Bison King]

You know I was thinking about this idea and I could do more to hone in on a better descriptor of this region. I would like to keep "heartland" in the title cause I want to stick with the heart motif, like in the would cuts. Maybe something like American Heartland: East, or American Heartland: Rustbelt, or something like that.

[chapcrap]

I think that might be good.

I would vote for Rustbelt between those two.

[isaiah40]

I think this can be moved on up and onward!

[The Bison King]

Ok for a while I wasn't sure if I was going to keep working on this but I think I'm going to keep with it after all. Here's how I want to proceed. I want to work on this one state at a time. Right now I'll start with Pennsylvania, so now is the time for anyone who lives in, or has strong feelings, excessive knowledge, on Pennsylvania should speak up about territory names and the cities that are present, and their worth.


A note on cities. The cities I'll be including will be included purely on their population, importance in trade and business, and to a lesser extent historical, and cultural relevance. I'm not including Maybury because the best Apple Jam comes from there, it needs to be an important city.

[natty dread]

Ok for a while I wasn't sure if I was going to keep working on this

What's that you say?!??

WOW MAN, CHECK OUT THE COLOSSAL EGO ON THIS GUY!!!