Eastern Hemisphere is set in 1910...

As far as a WWI map in the style of Qwert's military WWII maps, I haven't seen many posts about that. There's been some interest in Gallipoli.

Zeak-

Do you mean the new borders look pixely? They were drawn pretty fast and I can smooth them out. I'm assuming you'd like to see the thicker borders on the entire map?

I'll lower the opacity on the regions and see what happens.

Regarding the blue dots - no, they aren't necessarily intended to ...

So, my pattern appears to be isolated major overhauls rather than regular updates. I'll work on that; the next draft ought to come a lot quicker. Here's #4:

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/BrianHoef/FourthUpdateLarge.jpg

Changes:
-Moved and upgraded the legend
-Added a ...

Love the map, not so much the newer grayer draft. The parchment-style was easier on the eyes.

Regarding the Irish Question, I say don't add Ireland. It doesn't really add to gameplay and it's not historically helpful. Ireland wasn't independent until after WWI; the system you have for other ...

I really like this; I'd play these maps now.

A:1
B:1
C:1
D:1

Regarding the Rockies map being "too blue," it just made me think cold and wintry, which is appropriate. I wouldn't call it a problem.

Bottom of this page: http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1410

The "Svizzera Schweiz Suisse" subtitles are a little faint/blurry for my tastes. But the titles look a lot better in general.

No, that's right; that area was called Iberia at this time. I'm not entirely certain when the convention switched to the Iberian Peninsula, but I've seen it as it's written here on dozens of maps of the ancient world.

Ships being able to attack each other is an interesting thought, Qwert. As I'm looking at this, I can't think of many situations when I'd want to hold the ships. Basically, it would only happen if a) I already had control of a vast territory and I wanted the four army bonus, which would be far less ...

A has my vote.

I love it, not that I'm biased or anything. I think that's three to two in favor.

Frankly, I'm not a huge fan of any of the backgrounds. Reasons:

Gray - too bland, too dark, too boring, and the other countries' borders just look like obscure lines you dropped in for no apparent reason; I had to read the posts to figure out that they had a purpose.

Red - makes me think of the ...

five-month bump, guys. unless the creators come back to the thread, I don't think your comments will get very far...

Rocky and Squirrel:

I like the idea of expanding the playable area into Russia. I'll add some more territories around the black sea for the next update, and I'll experiment with relocating the eastern starting positions.

To answer previous questions:

why are there different coloured regions if ...

Qwert - I have two ideas for you that I think will solve a lot of the issues that have been raised. Like you, I think both of these things are obvious either way, but everybody has to be able to understand them.

First, I think you should put a blue dot in the town bonus legend, perhaps right before ...

I don't mean to send you completely back to the drawing board, but if you're going anyway...

Have you contemplated a map of Greater Virginia, including the state proper and its former possessions in Kentucky, West Virginia, and D.C.? I'd personally play the map either way, but it occurs to me that ...

And here's the third update:

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/BrianHoef/ThirdUpdateOilPainted840x525.jpg


Changes:

-Made the non-color-coded land solid-color, and softened its borders
-Made the oceans solid-color
-Changed the system of color-coding from semitransparent ...

The US Armed Forces also includes the Coast Guard, FYI.

Rules:

-Empty spaces are not territories; only pieces are.
-Rooks can attack pieces that are directly adjacent forward, backward, left or right, as well as pieces separated by only empty spaces in those directions (however, a rook cannot attack a piece if there is another in the way).
-Bishops can ...

The Huns were no longer particularly relevant in AD 476. Attila had been dead for over two decades and the empire was generally defunct.

Regarding the implications of relative powers in the map, I offer two responses:

1. The point of this map is that there are no continents, no bonuses tied to ...

I'll switch Mercia to Northumbria and East Anglia to Essex. Better?

It seems like an interesting map to play on; reminds me of one of the Halo multiplayer maps. Big problem I notice right away: you can't have people starting on either a graveyard or a mine. The mine players get no initial bonus, while the graveyard players do. That'll make the first few turns wildly ...

Working on that image business...if Andy or anyone else has some particular suggestion for the impending graphical revision, please post it. I'm primarily thinking I'll solid-color the territories that are currently terrain-realistic so it's not as busy, solid-color the oceans for the same reason ...

I think the easiest thing to do would be to rearrange the pieces, into an actual in-game format. Use two of the classic openings; consider googling:

Sicilian Defense
London System
Stonewall Attack

Or look through whichever of these catches your eye:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki ...

I'll switch the Sweden border in the next update. It'll free up the options in Scandinavia too.

As far as Alexandria is concerned, I'm not really certain how to fix this. I've thought about:

A. Putting in a Saharan trade route from Libya to one of the north African territories, probably ...