Circus Maximus [Quenched]

[Marvaddin]

How about some little backgrounds for the numbers?
And only now I realized, only 30 countries, right? Isnt it a bit less than could be? 5 countries to each player in a 6 players game... Eliminate someone will not be the challenge we should expect by the one way only.

[rocksolid]

I figured this image was for positioning of numbers and readability. It is true the colours didn't come out true, not sure why.

I've never been a fan of number backgrounds - I feel they just clutter maps, except where they're necessary to make the numbers visible, which isn't the case here.

Back near the beginning of the thread, the first real image I did of the track had 48 countries, but upon Jota's suggestion I subsequently reduced it to 30 because he seemed right in saying that that would more likely give the game the sense of speed and edge-of-your-seat-wet-your-pants excitement that I was trying to get with this map. It could well mean early eliminations, but that's sort of intended - with overly cautious players, a 48-territory no-bonus map is more likely to lead to looong games than a 30-territory one.

[Jota]

I figured this image was for positioning of numbers and readability.

I think that seeing the colors of the numbers is usually important to tell how readable they are against colored backgrounds. That said, the backgrounds in this particular map are very unlikely to cause any problems in that regard. And the positioning looks good.

[fluffybunnykins]

looks good to me, no need for little circles

[AndyDufresne]

Quenching

The Final Forge period has concluded for the Circus Maximus Map. All objections have had their time. The Foundry and I hereby brand this map with the Foundry Brand. Let it be known that this map is now ready for live play (barring any Lack vetoes).

Conquer Club, enjoy!


–Andy

[Phobia]

lol andy is on a quenching roll today

[AndyDufresne]

Expect more to come tomorrow also!


--Andy

[Haydena]

This map is great rock, tried a real time and found that it lasts a while!

There's something about it that makes it fun to play, I just like the running commentary I can give when I wipe someone out.

[fluffybunnykins]

Hey Rock
Joined my first game on this board. It's a three player & the other two seem to adopting the strategy "lump as many armies as poss onto one, er, square (?)", While I'm going for a more spread-out approach.
It's only the first round, though...
Thanks!

[howie]

Just joined a game, very uniqe am looking forward to it.

[General Roy]

I'm actually playing the map, and think it's interesting. I think, though, that there should be "continents", i.e. if a player is able to control all three lanes in a zone, he should for instance get 1 troop extra. I am beginning to suspect, though, that the best strategy in the game is just amass all your troops in one region and wait until you can strike multiple rounds. Trouble with that is, of course, that you don't get any spoil, and may lose in the end.

[Moonj64]

I just joined a game like this and after looking through this discussion some, I'm dissapointed that I didnt try and find a game that had spoils. Though it seems like the game plays well with fog of war.

[darthzartan]

I was doing my first attack of the day, first roll: fine, second roll on same place: ILLEGAL ATTACK??!! and it ends my attacks for this turn (as punishment?). I have played this map before without a problem. Pretty big glitch. Not using this map ever again. To bad, its a great map.
The move was:
Attacking from DIOCLETIAN middle lane to ELAGABVLVS outer lane. Upon 2nd attack roll glitched.
If this was just my own misunderstanding of the rules, forgive me and flame away.

[natty dread]

It's not the map's fault.

viewtopic.php?f=506&t=111195

[darthzartan]

Well that explains that, thanks. Hurray, I'm not insane!

[darthzartan]

That lost turn looks like its going to cost me a win. DAMN YOUS COMPUTERS ANG JUNK!

[CavTrooper]

I think you have captured the essence of the roman chariot race...its anybody's game at anytime, position and timing are essential...being in front, not always the best place to be! Nice job, going to play it now if I can!

[Playing4Food]

This is the only map of its kind. If you can move in both directions then it would not be a Circus Maximus

[DoomYoshi]

So, in appreciation of Circus Maximus, I have decided to copy some Wikipedia history for you, with dates as reigns.
Honorius - (393-423) Honorius is widely considered as one of the worst of the emperors; it was during his reign that Rome was sacked for the first time in 800 years.

Gratian - (367-383) Gratian subsequently led a campaign across the Rhine, the last emperor to do so, and attacked the Lentienses, forcing the tribe to surrender. That same year, his uncle Valens was killed in the Battle of Adrianople against the Goths – making Gratian essentially ruler of the entire Roman Empire.

Flavius - the name of a dynasty or a general, never an emperor

Elagabalus - (218-222)

Elagabalus, barely 14 years old, became emperor, initiating a reign remembered mainly for sex scandals and religious controversy.

Later historians suggest Elagabalus showed a disregard for Roman religious traditions and sexual taboos. He replaced the traditional head of the Roman pantheon, Jupiter, with the deity Elagabalus, of whom he had been high priest. He forced leading members of Rome's government to participate in religious rites celebrating this deity, over which he personally presided. Elagabalus was supposedly "married" as many as five times, lavishing favours on male courtiers popularly thought to have been his lovers, and was reported to have prostituted himself in the imperial palace. His behavior estranged the Praetorian Guard, the Senate, and the common people alike. Amidst growing opposition, Elagabalus, just 18 years old, was assassinated and replaced by his cousin Severus Alexander on 11 March 222. The plot was devised by his grandmother, Julia Maesa, and carried out by disaffected members of the Praetorian Guard.

Elagabalus developed a reputation among his contemporaries for extreme eccentricity, decadence, and zealotry. This tradition has persisted, and with writers of the early modern age he suffers one of the worst reputations among Roman emperors. Edward Gibbon, for example, wrote that Elagabalus "abandoned himself to the grossest pleasures and ungoverned fury". According to Barthold Georg Niebuhr, "The name Elagabalus is branded in history above all others" because of his "unspeakably disgusting life".

Diocletian - (244-312)

Born to a family of low status in Dalmatia (Roman province), Diocletian rose through the ranks of the military to become roman cavalry commander to the Emperor Carus. After the deaths of Carus and his son Numerian on campaign in Persia, Diocletian was proclaimed emperor. The title was also claimed by Carus' other surviving son, Carinus, but Diocletian defeated him in the Battle of the Margus. Diocletian's reign stabilized the empire and marks the end of the Crisis of the Third Century. He appointed fellow officer Maximian as Augustus, co-emperor, in 286.

Diocletian delegated further on 1 March 293, appointing Galerius and Constantius as Caesars, junior co-emperors. Under this 'tetrarchy', or "rule of four", each emperor would rule over a quarter-division of the empire.

Caligula (unknown color) - (37-41) There are few surviving sources about the reign of Caligula, although he is described as a noble and moderate emperor during the first six months of his rule. After this, the sources focus upon his cruelty, sadism, extravagance, and sexual perversion, presenting him as an insane tyrant.

Ballista (unknown color) - no such emperor

Asclepius - a Greek god

Julian (355-363) - Julian was a man of unusually complex character: he was "the military commander, the theosophist, the social reformer, and the man of letters". He was the last non-Christian ruler of the Roman Empire, and it was his desire to bring the Empire back to its ancient Roman values in order to, as he saw it, save it from dissolution.

Imperius - a character from Diablo

So, there's a lot of work to be done on this map. It needs a re-revamp. Abolish all the non-emperors, and make the emperors organized chronologically. Finally, assign colors to the final two regions and make the flags' clearer. This is of urgent necessity and prime importance. This is a highly sensitive and topical matter which requires utmost attention to detail.