Northern Hemisphere Map

[i]by the way the mountains were taken from the GB & Ireland Map[/i] Pwn'd. Although that map has what? two itty bitty sections of mountains? Mountains are hard. It would be nice if the head cartographer developed some standard mountains that could be used for most maps. You're doing great virt. Work on the gameplay and everything else first, lot's of time to get the graphics up to snuff.

I'm glad to hear that you are working on the game play first, though I'm afraid it is not my strong side and will therefore let others decide it. I will continue commenting on this map when you are ready to start with the graphics.

Well, some things work in some maps, and look awful in other. It's a question of style.

This is the texture that I have planned for the land: [url=http://www.yogile.com/a19nqeus#41m]http://www.yogile.com/a19nqeus#41m[/url] I realise that many of the small islands have not got any texture on them - this post is only for illustration purposes! As I said earlier, the main priority at the moment is gameplay, not graphics. I am hoping that tomorrow I will be able to upload some gameplay options and get comments on those.

Here are a few maps that explore slight variations to the gameplay of the current map - I'm sorry that the uploaded back-to-front :D - I have included the current map for convenience’s sake: [url=http://www.yogile.com/a19nqeus#41m]http://www.yogile.com/a19nqeus#41m[/url] N Hemisphere1 – This is the current map. N Hemisphere2 – This map explores the possibility of transferring [b]Iceland to the Arctic Region[/b]. This gives it 4 borders and 2 interior territories, thus justifying its status as a +4 Region. This therefore reduces the resultant UK & Scandinavia Region to +1. N Hemisphere3 – This map reduces the Arctic Region to +3 by [b]removing the connection link from Iceland to Greenland[/b]. The Arctic therefore only has 3 border territories and 2 interior territories. N Hemisphere4 – This map gives the Arctic the same configuration as in N Hemisphere2 (giving it Iceland), and [b]gives the resultant UK & Scandinavia Region to the Europe Region. Also, the Moscovia and Stalingrad territories are combined (forming Moscovia) and given to Europe[/b]. Europe is left with 6 borders and 3 interior territories, and given a mighty +6 bonus. [i]There is the possibility of removing the connection link between the Balkans territory and Libya.[/i] This would give Europe 5 borders and 4 interior territories. [b]The Saint Petersburg and Perm territories are also merged (forming Perm) and given to the Siberian Region[/b]. This gives the Siberian Region 4 borders and 0 interior territories, and therefore a +3 bonus. N Hemisphere5 – [b]This map completely redraws Africa[/b]. This makes the regions more obtainable – there are now 2 less Region borders. The rest of the map is unchanged (except for a consequent reshuffling of the colours ). Phew!! I made it! :P It must be noted that in some of these versions, there are no longer 81 territories. This should be easily rectified if necessary. [b]Please send your opinions on which aspects of the various maps should be employed[/b]! It does not matter if certain aspects from many of these suggestions are mixed together (for example removal of Tomsk in NH3 and removal of Iceland/Greenland Connection in NH2) – I only put them on separate maps to number them so that they could be easily discussed. [b][i]I value all opinions so please reply[/i]!![/b] Thanks

My favourite aspects are: Iceland to arctic. Europe expansion to include uk, Scandinavia, moscovia. I say that you should remove the Balkan/Libya link. Perm merged with stalingrad. New Africa looks better than the old one.

Mine are: New Africa layout. Iceland to Arctic. Not fan of an expanded Europe. But I still think that you should remove the Balkans/Libya link. My optimal layout is NH2. Suggestions: I think there could be an extra territory on the green region (Nigeria, Cameroon, CAR), if we need one later. It doesn't matter if the circles or the names are slightly out of the territory if it's clear where they belong. Another easy place where we can add a territory is East Canada, by splitting it in two, but it would add a border. I'd change CAR-->Congo, because it's easier to recognise and put on the map, and Khabarovsk, not Kabarovsk. Also, for QE Islands, maybe you could put the complete name in two lines? It's complicated to identify. Also, Stalingrad-->Caucasus. Last but not least, could you please redo the border between Colombia and Venezuela? It looks totally fake. No one has said anything about the Korea-Japan region to enhance the Asia zone...

Much cleaner!! Although everything does look a bit cramped, but that could just be the hosting site. Africa looks so much better. Sudan is still a bit, blobby, but since it's on the horizon, things do kind of elongate some. I think you should go with 4. Leave iceland in the arctic region. Leave Scandinavia and UK in with Europe. Then make Russia into one region. Though I would include Moscovia in the larger Russian territory and make the region border between Muscovia and Ukraine. And now that you've separated Iceland and UK into separate regions you could potentially remove the connection lines. Leave UK connected only to scandinavia and France. That would leave 5 borders for 8 territories. Canada doesn't seem to be set up well. I'd eliminate Newfoundland and just keep it at a 2 bonus.

How about you remove the Balkans/Libya link and add a Spain/Morocco link, maybe? That would keep the same amount of bordering regions in Europe and add one more bordering region to northwest Africa.

@Madagascarter: "How about you remove the Balkans/Libya link and add a Spain/Morocco link, maybe? That would keep the same amount of bordering regions in Europe and add one more bordering region to northwest Africa." An extra link to N. Africa would make it a very unattractive region.

As everyone seems to think that the new Africa is better, I'll go with that. I also think that Europe should remain as a +4 region, but be given the Expanded Moscovia territory, and that Russia should get the Expanded Perm territory. So that's Africa from NH5, Moscovia & Perm + removal of Tomsk from NH4, and Arctic from NH2.

How many territories makes that then? 77?

To recreate 81 territories, I propose the following splits: Gulf of Guinea --> Nigeria + Cameroon Caribbean --> Caribbean + Cuba Heilongjiang --> Heilongjiang + Cuba... This would make a new region with Japan. The following are last resorts, only one is needed: Siberia --> Siberia + Tomsk Algeria --> Algeria + Tunisia

Lol, I like Heilongjiang and Cuba :P I agree with all of them (with Korea, logically), but avoid giving a 3 to Caribbean region. I think it would make it very overpowered together with South America. About the 4th territory... maybe Quebec/Saskatchewan in East Canada, and make West Canada-->Alberta, for a total 3 bonus? Those are the biggest territories of the map, it will be less cluttered if one territory is added there. Also, I think that the Guinea Coast label could fit with its circle inside the territory, I find it weird looking like it is now. Minor stuff. Overall, I like it very much ^^ Good job!

I agree with you about Central America. I will keep it as a +2 Region by making the resultant smaller Caribbean territory an interior territory, making the connections from Cuba to USA and Cuba to Colombia. Although I agree with your point about the lack of crowdedness of Canada, I don't really want to add a territory to Canada, as it will require a change to the region's bonus. I would like to make these final territories interior territories to avoid changes to region bonuses. Or maybe a border territory if the bonus remains unchanged.