USA

http://home.comcast.net/~bob.battle.scar/Images/USAv2.jpg

Ok, now here's where I introduce proposed changes to the map. I'm not done with the minimap, but I wanted to allow people to see what my intentions are for the region bonuses are.

So, this would be a great part in the discussion for people to say if you like the idea of changing the map or not. If you think there should be two USA maps, or just one remade one, or just the old gameplay with new graphics.

Personally, I don't like the gameplay of the old one. The gameplay in this latest version is an initial change just to see what people think and to hopefully get people writing their thoughts.

wow and wow !!!!
Glanru you have out done yourself!
This is a better game play map!
Keep the ols one cause some people like it.
Make this United States, the other one is called USA.

i agree that the game play is much improved. my only argument is that the center region should be worth 3 so that it is more desirable so that someone might actually try to take it even though it's impossible to defend.

the mountains will be improved. I'm being a bit of a dictator here, but the map won't go up until i think mountains look perfect. cause that's one of the worst aspects of the original. It will be a difficult task.

I'm not a fan of the texture on the gray area but it's not bad or ugly so it meets the quality standards for the site.

Update, with mountains made by LizoLB.

http://home.comcast.net/~bob.battle.scar/Images/USAv2_update.jpg

I still need to figure out what I am going to do graphically about the four corners problem. They will not be able to attack diagonally through the corners.

What I'm thinking for region names:

West
South
Southeast
Northeast

I need names for: yellow, purple, teal, and magenta.

I think it looks great. But I would change the red territory to Southwest, since their not "The South".

Maybe you could call the yellow region "The Badlands".

I think the purple region is the "Great Plains".

you're lines are so much smoother than the old version. and the mountains that LizoLB made are far superior to the ones on the old map.

This is the best USA Risk map in the world. Every site has one, but this is the best.

I love how you made it look like a painting

What about the Appalachian Mountains??

Those are mountains? I thought those were hills, they are so small. Mountains shouldn't be added to a map too look good, they should only be added for game play as impassables (unless you're using an elevation layer as texture, but that's a far different story and they don't look like mountains when you do that). 

The elevation isn't high enough to prevent attack from Virginia to West Virginia, or anything north of there. N. & S. Carolina to Tennessee is a plausible place to put mountains, except that it would ruin game play. Same thing if mountains were put in between Virginia and it's neighbors. 

Now, if I wanted a region to have been Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, then I would have added the Appalachian Mountains so that you would only have to defend South Carolina and Maryland.

The same goes for rivers, I didn't put the full Mississippi or Ohio Rivers, nor did I include other main rivers like the Missouri. Rivers that aren't used as actual territory boundaries can be confusing and/or look bad. And, they should only be present so far as they act as impassables.

I would argue that Missouri Kansas Colorado and Nebraska should give you a 3 bonus instead of just 2... You must gain all 4 territories and keep them all guarded.. While Wisconsin Illinois Iowa and Minnesota give 2 and only gaurd 3/4... You are also gaurding against 7 other territories compared to against 4 from the other... Just a thought.

i agree that it should be worth 3. i thought i had mentioned that to glanru. he is pretty resistant to the idea so I am glad that you brought it up.

I didn't even know the map was done until yesterday...

I agree the bonus should be 3

The issue is: do you want one region to be the single most popular region? If it's a 3 bonus, everyone will want it, and it will end up easier to defend than people think. Two things worth further consideration:

-You always need one region that someone can just sit in with less threat of attack. There is no Asia on this map. The large regions are all corners, and thus desirable and hard to just sit in without threat of attack. If someone had all their armies on one territory, the middle region would be a great place for that one territory. 

-You need alternatives when going East to West and West to East. The map is already bottle-necked too much as it is. If this region was a 3 bonus, it would hamper fun game play.

Tis true

i need to actually play this map a few times before i can say anything more.