Ok, lets go for some playability coments.

there are 42 non-neutral starting territories, just like classic, which is good. however, the +1 legion bonus can lead to an unfair game-winning advantage for the first player in 1v1 games. we can correct this by changing the bonus to +1 for each legion ...

Afffff, talking about the tilt is getting boring. Im not really considering to approve it, because:

As a resident of the United States, that looks quite odd to me. Perhaps we just don't think Brazil looks weird tilted because we don't live there and don't see the map due North all the time ...

It is a real shame if Marv is holding us all to this... (perhaps we could change the names on the map and call it the map of 'Ancient Chelmsford'.. so we can get rid of the Super Veto.... joking.. half joking.. I understand the tradition of ultimate control for the original creator in spite of the ...

Hey all

About the tilt: although its not something really offensive to national feelings, I dont like when my country's shape is presented in... hmmmm... non traditional forms. As you can guess, I have drawn tons of Brazilian maps with my own hands since when I was a young boy (school homeworks, of ...

Main problems: some of the side notes have wrong info (like Rio having 1 million people, lol, its more like 5-10 millions) that we would need to correct
well, this map is set in 1900 - when there were just 1 million people. i stand by my map.
Then you should know that Acre was not part of ...

Hey, all.

I just didnt reply earlier because Im in a trip, meeting my girlfriend (Brazilian HOT woman, like Patroclus would say, lolololol). Im even having some problems to connect to the net here where I am. But, lets talk about whats important.

Im very impressed, mostly by entries A and B ...

Haha, got a vote... And its not mine. Im happy already

Very good entries...

Some little comments:

A: Very dark, and all areas being the same colour is not helping it. Loved the legend.
B: Good one, no major problems beyond the flag colours contrasting too much to the dark general aspect.
C: This is really colourful, lol. A bit less colour and maybe ...

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Oh, about territories names, they can be changed, but of course I will take part in this, helping to analyse the accuracy of the new manes, compared to the old ones. The winner of the contest will have my total cooperation to this.

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Do you want us to check with you before we even submit ...

Hi all!

I was so busy the last days that this is the first time I visit this thread. Im very happy because it attracted the attention of so many skilled map makers... Im sure the final revamp will be great!

Oh, about territories names, they can be changed, but of course I will take part in this ...

Hey, people. For now I read almost all the posts, so I will place some opinions.

First, about graphics:
I liked the A3 and D3 size the most, too. The variations added to attackers are great, and the horses are very good too.

Some other things:
- I think the defenders deserve a more beautiful ...

This post is just to say that Im back. Tomorrow I will read all the comments about playabilty to discuss, and of course place my opinion about the graphics... But Telvannia is really great at graphs, so I dont know I will have many complaints, lol

I'm glad to have you back in the Foundry, Marv. Been some time, hasn't it? I'll watch for now, and then once you're further along I'll stop by and comment.

Stick around, why don't you?

And Im very honoured by having a good friend like you here in the foundry... Maybe we should play some games ...

t-o-m wrote:[another map's name] - imperial attack

hmmmmm... Imperial Dragoons Attack!
I like it
But I doubt Telvannia would like... well, I think we can find another name...

About where the graphics came from... I have no idea... lets ask Tel.

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/240/siege43dv1.png
With demo-army numbers

Previous Version

What You Need To Know
1a.Starting Territories - 42
1b.Total Territories - 68
2. Continents -
3. Other Gameplay Features - Autodeployed bonuses, neutral starting territories ...

As for the ionic bonds, I can readily see situations where a person would attack the opposing ion just to use as a buffer against getting attacked from that ion.

Hahahaha, really... What makes me to remember... that ion also has borders... But of course the smart player will conquer all of them ...

Well, maybe you can get support to continue on it, they are quenching some really bad maps recently, so I wont say you I doubt you will suceed. But after your kind comment about basic chemistry becoming plausible game mechanics, I spent 5 minutes to read more carefully the map description, ... just ...

Just to say, the idea of another classic could be good, although not necessary... but this your version is REALLY bad. Hmmmm, thinking better... I think I wouldnt like any change in the classic map, lol.

If classic is not designed to be played by 8, well, dont play it with 8 people, lol. Anyway ...

Just to say, in my opinion there are 2 things that never will be good ideas, they were tried several times, but the whole concept is bad:

1 - keyboard
2 - periodic table

I think this is far from being a map, its really just an idea. Well, of course you can continue, but I think there is no way its ...

Its the first time I see this map. I didnt read all the pages.

My comments:
- first, I dont see any great new idea in this map due to these ness things. Do you think someone will really do a pact to have an enemy to bombard a ness? There are 6 of them. If you have one, the best way is just take the ...

Is it to be quenched already?
I never saw this one before, and wont read 30 pages, but Im just thinking if you could do something better about the impassable. In most cases the simply exist, but do almost nothing to playability. Some regions are easily holdable, like East and Indian, while others ...

The idea is very interesting... making necessary attack neutrals to grow up, not specific, but any neutrals... it will probably be fun with fog, lol.

Im just wondering if the goal is to create a fictional map... Holland never had a land portion like that in SA. And the Spanish empire is much ...

I was about to ask the same thing.

Well, the idea is creative, I have no doubt, and the mechanic really looks like an archery tourney... The single negative point is, I bet games on this map will 98% become non-ending build games. Each player will have too many armies before he can be a threat to any other player... and spending ...

Very good map until now, Im impressed.

The changes I would suggest:

- eliminate Jurong - Bukit route (the blue area is already a hard one)
- adjust some bonuses:
blue to 6
dark green to 5
red to 4 (maybe)

Congratz.