Atlantis

might be easier to make a new test map. and rename the current one :)

Atlantis is now in Beta. Please be sure to thank Cireon & Matty for all their exhaustive research & input, patience, guidance & expert eye for graphics. Nice one guys! This is your map, anything you want to alter / change, let me know?

I have no idea why this HUGE map is coming up as a Small map with 0 Territories & 0 Regions in the Create Game page. [img]https://www.the-inkstore.co.uk/map_resources/Screenshots/create.jpg[/img] Aaaaah! A button I missed "Recalculate"... sorted! :blush:

[b]City region names:[/b] - NE, SE, SW, NW temples: perfect - Orichalcum Temple: bit weird, why not just repeat the territory name? - Respite: It seems this region is about (respite and) recreation (Dionysus Theatre (DT), Hippodrome (HD), Water Gardens (WG)) - Recreation: it seems this region is about gatherings and recreation. Not perfect names these two. (Agora (AG), Amphitheatre (AM), Bouleuterion (BN)) I don't have a better idea however, @@Cireon, do you maybe have an idea for these? Back in the days we called them 'gardens' and 'government district'. They aren't so bad, but not perfect either. - Maritime plaza: this could also be called recreation :S I don't know a better name again. - Academic quarter: Good. Maybe Academic campus? - Market town: I like it - South Gate Affluence: I don't get the 'affluence' part. If we ditch the maritime plaza, maybe use the 'plaza' word here. If not, not sure what to do here. - Training Grounds: We used to call them barracks, but training grounds works better I think. - Navel base: good. Not sure about the 'base' part. Maybe Navel quarters. But I think you actually know this better then me ;) I'll let you choose. - N promenade: Ok - N gate traders: not bad, but I think North gate artisans fits better. - The two ports: South port and North port feels better. I mean, the whole port area is in the east, and although the northern is probably doing most of the shipping, I defenitely think there's shipping in a traders port. [b]Outer region names:[/b] - Fishing grounds: perfect. - Farmland: perfect - Southern Trade Routes: ok I guess. - Forests: perfect - Western trade routes: ok I guess - Western lake: Maybe south-western lake? - Sacred ground: :( Not sure what's better though. The problem is not that this name doesn't fit this region - it does so wonderfully. The problem is that there's so many sacred grounds on this map... Maybe sacred valley? - Mountain plateau: perfect - Mountain river path: good. Maybe rocky river path is better? - Northern grasslands: in it self a good name, but given the symmetry of the others, maybe northern trading routes? - Highlands: perfect - North shores: perfect

This needs Cireon's response.

I'll try and review these tonight!

[quote=Matty] [b]City region names:[/b] - NE, SE, SW, NW temples: perfect - Orichalcum Temple: bit weird, why not just repeat the territory name? [/quote] Agreed [quote=Matty] - Respite: It seems this region is about (respite and) recreation (Dionysus Theatre (DT), Hippodrome (HD), Water Gardens (WG)) - Recreation: it seems this region is about gatherings and recreation. Not perfect names these two. (Agora (AG), Amphitheatre (AM), Bouleuterion (BN)) I don't have a better idea however, @@Cireon, do you maybe have an idea for these? Back in the days we called them 'gardens' and 'government district'. They aren't so bad, but not perfect either. - Maritime plaza: this could also be called recreation :S I don't know a better name again. - Academic quarter: Good. Maybe Academic campus? [/quote] For the last one, maybe just "campus" to keep it short. Definitely like the word "campus" in there though. In either way, I like to point out that all of these take up a quarter of the circle, so maybe we can use the word "quarter" to come up with some better names. Respite -> Pegasos Quarter (after the hippodrome, which is the main feature, so named after the legendary horse) Recreation -> Metis Quarter (based on the Agora, the political center of the city, so named a titaness of wisdom and cunning) Maritime -> Gareme Quarter (based on the marine, so named after the sea nymph of calm seas) Academic -> Polymatheia Quarter (based on the university, named after the muse of knowledge) We can also take the quarter names less themed, and take the 4 gods of wind directions: Caicias -> Northeast Euronotus -> Southeast Lips -> Southwest Skeiron -> North west [quote=Matty] - Market town: I like it - South Gate Affluence: I don't get the 'affluence' part. If we ditch the maritime plaza, maybe use the 'plaza' word here. If not, not sure what to do here. - Training Grounds: We used to call them barracks, but training grounds works better I think. - Navel base: good. Not sure about the 'base' part. Maybe Navel quarters. But I think you actually know this better then me ;) I'll let you choose. [/quote] Let's go with "South Gate Plaza", I like that name. I am good with the other ones, since I think we should reserve the quarters for the other circle. [quote=Matty] - N promenade: Ok - N gate traders: not bad, but I think North gate artisans fits better. - The two ports: South port and North port feels better. I mean, the whole port area is in the east, and although the northern is probably doing most of the shipping, I defenitely think there's shipping in a traders port. [/quote] North Gate Traders: agree with Matty's comment, though I think we should go for symmetry and call it the North Gate Plaza. Alternatively, we could give the gates more interesting names. What about the Artisan's Gate Plaza? Ports: I think we should go with "Harbour" instead. We are still missing a bunch of inner city regions, right? Happy to comment on those as well, but it's getting a bit late and it's really hard to link the region names to the actual bits on the map :P [quote=Matty][b]Outer region names:[/b] - Fishing grounds: perfect. - Farmland: perfect - Southern Trade Routes: ok I guess. [/quote] Let's do "Southern Plains" instead of "Southern Trade Routes" [quote=Matty]- Forests: perfect - Western trade routes: ok I guess - Western lake: Maybe south-western lake? - Sacred ground: :( Not sure what's better though. The problem is not that this name doesn't fit this region - it does so wonderfully. The problem is that there's so many sacred grounds on this map... Maybe sacred valley? [/quote] Again, Western Plains? Can we do something interesting with the lake? Maybe name it after a lake nymph? Limnades is the nymph of lakes. Naiads is the group of all fresh water nymphs. Agree on Sacred Valley. [quote=Matty] - Mountain plateau: perfect - Mountain river path: good. Maybe rocky river path is better? - Northern grasslands: in it self a good name, but given the symmetry of the others, maybe northern trading routes? - Highlands: perfect - North shores: perfect[/quote] Northern grasslands -> Northern Plains I like Rocky River Path.

I'm not sure my input is desired - but the last one, rather than "Rocky River Path" I thought River Stone Path might be a decent suggestion.

[quote=Cireon]We are still missing a bunch of inner city regions, right? Happy to comment on those as well, but it's getting a bit late and it's really hard to link the region names to the actual bits on the map :P[/quote] Did I miss some?

Agreed with SethHrab, [i]River stone path[/i] may be a bit less cheesy then [i]rocky river path[/i]. Though maybe pluralize it? River stones path? Hmmm, not sure.

[quote=Matty][quote=Cireon]We are still missing a bunch of inner city regions, right? Happy to comment on those as well, but it's getting a bit late and it's really hard to link the region names to the actual bits on the map :P[/quote] Did I miss some?[/quote] Yeah I am pretty sure you did East Port West Main Gate I think. It feels like there's more missing, but those were the two I could find.

I took both ports at once, so I didn't forget 'East port'. I totally forgot west main gate, you're right at that. The name is ok though. Note: I seperated the regions logically with enters, so it should be relatively easy to find the regions if you look at it the way I listed them. I agree with everything Cireon said above, except for: [quote]Respite -> Pegasos Quarter (after the hippodrome, which is the main feature, so named after the legendary horse) Recreation -> Metis Quarter (based on the Agora, the political center of the city, so named a titaness of wisdom and cunning) Maritime -> Gareme Quarter (based on the marine, so named after the sea nymph of calm seas) Academic -> Polymatheia Quarter (based on the university, named after the muse of knowledge) We can also take the quarter names less themed, and take the 4 gods of wind directions: Caicias -> Northeast Euronotus -> Southeast Lips -> Southwest Skeiron -> North west [/quote] For these I don't really disagree, I'm just not sure about them.

Could do any of the following: Path of the River Stones River Stone(s) Pass(age) River Stone(s) Run instead of river could use creek or stream.

9P Caps gameplay issue. I've currently got CA in a 9 player game. If I take that region it belongs to, I am landlocked from any attacking path to another capital. all other capitals don't have this problem. they can take their region with an attacking path available. I haven't had a look at an alternative suggestion for 9 player caps yet. i'll take a look later. [spoiler][img]http://oi68.tinypic.com/2uhmz9f.jpg[/img][/spoiler] *edit.. a suggestion is to change CA to GM. but then it becomes a favourable capital to have. I suppose it's fine where it is, and the strategy of taking a region will be to take that north region instead, nvm. I think it's fine :) , I made a mistake in my game

So could you Matty / Cireon make a concise list of Region names that you both agree on and I'll change them to what you decide?