Conquer Club

Themes Debate (Another Category)

I ended up with seven that I felt comfortable with. Everything is open for debate, including the themes themselves, but arguments against the current themes should have lists along with them of how their suggested theme set would go.

The Whole World - No matter how odd their presentation, these are maps of the entire world as we know it.

Continents - These are maps of entire real world continents.

Countries - These are maps of a single real world country.

Regions - These are maps of a real world region, although they may not be set in their modern time period.

Fictional Geography - These are geographical maps of made up regions.

Battles - These are maps of wars that took place in the history of the world or are simply representative of giant battles in general.

Abstract - These are maps that don't fit anywhere else. They may be board games or simply unusual themes.

Whole World
Classic
Doodle Earth
Duck and Cover
Extreme Global Warming
World 2.1

Continents
Africa
Asia
Australia
Europe
North America
South America

Countries
Ancient Greece
Brazil
Canada
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Malta
Portugal
Scotland
USA

Regions
Alexander's Empire
Arctic
Bamboo Jack
BeNeLux
British Isles
Cairns Coral Coast
Caribbean Islands
Great Lakes
Hong Kong
Iberia
Indochina
Middle East
Mongol Empire
Montreal
Philippines
Puget Sound
San Francisco

Fictional Geography
Age Of Merchants
Age of Realms: Magic
Age of Realms: Might
Discworld
Feudal Wars
Middle Earth
Midkemdil
Tamriel

Battles
American Civil War
Battle For Australia
Battle Of Actium
Berlin 1961
Circus Maximus
D-Day: Omaha Beach!
Pearl Harbor
Siege!
WWII Eastern Front
WWII Iwo Jima
WWII Western Front

Abstract
CCU
Chinese Checkers
Conquer Man
Crossword
King of the Mountains
Madness
Rail USA
Solar System
Space
USApocalypse
U.S. Senate
Valley Of The Kings
8 Thoughts

Benelux is 3 countires together i think is a region than as is indochina

Lone.prophet wrote:Benelux is 3 countires together i think is a region than as is indochina

Thanks for clearing that up, figured I was wrong when I placed them.

Edit: Updated main topic to reflect this.

i dunno about civilwar USApocalypse they are regions/countires too

Well civil war is definitely designed to be about the civil war. A lot of wars are regions too. Battle For Australia falls into a similar category.

We could add a real world regions at war category, but that's both wordy and I'm not sure 4 or more would fit into it.

USApocalypse is a bit too far out for me to want to put it into a real world regions category.

i see your point though maybe put them in both

Lone.prophet wrote:i see your point though maybe put them in both

I'm actually willing to put lots of things in multiple categories, but my top adviser, who shall remain nameless, led me to believe that was a bad idea.

I think... I don't remember if they were for that or not now.

I remember an argument against being that the point of these was to not end up with lots of big lists full of things that could be taken more then one way.

Coleman wrote:
Whole World
Classic
Doodle Earth
Extreme Global Warming
World 2.1

Continents
Africa
Asia
Australia
Europe
North America
South America

Countries
Ancient Greece
Brazil
Canada
France
Germany
Iberia - move to regions
Ireland
Italy
Malta
Portugal
Scotland
USA

Regions
Alexander's Empire
Arctic
Bamboo Jack
BeNeLux
British Isles
Cairns Coral Coast
Caribbean Islands
Great Lakes
Hong Kong
Indochina
Middle East
Mongol Empire
Montreal
Philippines
Puget Sound
San Francisco

Fictional Geography
Discworld
Middle Earth
Midkemdil
Tamriel

Battles
Age Of Merchants - fictional geography
Age of Realms: Magic - fictional geography
Age of Realms: Might - fictional geography
American Civil War
Battle For Australia
Battle Of Actium
Berlin 1961
D-Day: Omaha Beach!
Duck and Cover - Whole world ???
Feudal Wars - fictional geography
Pearl Harbor
Siege!
WWII Eastern Front
WWII Iwo Jima
WWII Western Front

Abstract
CCU
Chinese Checkers
Circus Maximus - battles ???
Conquer Man
Crossword
King of the Mountains
Madness
Rail USA - countries
Solar System - regions
Space - fictional geography
USApocalypse - countries
U.S. Senate
Valley Of The Kings - regions
8 Thoughts

suggested changes above in bold

geography is just not confined to this planet

i think some have to be put in 2 categories

And to rebelmans suggestion, valley of kings isnt a region in how the map is set up here

Lone.prophet wrote:i think some have to be put in 2 categories

And to rebelmans suggestion, valley of kings isnt a region in how the map is set up here

yeah abstract probably wins for that one

Coleman wrote:

Lone.prophet wrote:i see your point though maybe put them in both

I'm actually willing to put lots of things in multiple categories, but my top adviser, who shall remain nameless, led me to believe that was a bad idea.

I think... I don't remember if they were for that or not now.

I remember an argument against being that the point of these was to not end up with lots of big lists full of things that could be taken more then one way.

yeah but than again who shall say something like duck end cover is it a battle or a region?

maybe make region more specific so you have allot of small lists.

and than you can place thins in multiple (prob 2) categories

Some definitions for Geography
1. The scientific study of the Earth's surface and its various climates, countries, peoples, and natural resources.
2. The physical characteristics, especially the surface features, of an area.

I guess under definition 2 space and solar system could move...

Maybe I should just make USA a category. We have 4 or 5 that would fit better there... And at least two more up and coming.

yeah like i said make quite allot of categories so you can put multiple if nececarily under different categories while you still have small lists

like

earth
europe (include every europe countries)
asia
other regions
Fictional

but than even more

Space and science Fiction arguably merits its own category

Coleman wrote:

Lone.prophet wrote:i see your point though maybe put them in both

I'm actually willing to put lots of things in multiple categories, but my top adviser, who shall remain nameless, led me to believe that was a bad idea.

am i your top advisor??

if i remember correctly i kept saying that putting a map in several categs is silly. and if i also remember correctly most of you shot me down for that

Most of these look good

Except
Circus Max - Ain't no battle!
AOM -> Isn't a battle
American Civil War -> US maps.
Berlin isn't a battle either. It was after WW2 and part of the Cold War - no battle just lots of aggression!!

THe other thing is "Region" is a bit weird - it seems to be either "Lots of countries but not quite a Continent" AND "An area that's not big enough to be a Country"

<offtopic>
I still find it amusing when DiM (who's first language isn't english) can spell better than most of the english speakers here!!!
</offtopic>

C.

my comments are in bold. the maps with no comment are ok.

Coleman wrote:
Whole World
Classic
Doodle Earth
Duck and Cover - it's not the whole world so this should fall under battles or regions. i'm more inclined towards battles
Extreme Global Warming
World 2.1

Continents
Africa
Asia
Australia
Europe
North America
South America

Countries
Ancient Greece
Brazil
Canada
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Malta
Portugal
Scotland

Regions
Alexander's Empire
Arctic
Bamboo Jack
BeNeLux
British Isles
Cairns Coral Coast
Caribbean Islands
Great Lakes
Hong Kong
Iberia
Indochina
Middle East
Mongol Empire
Montreal
Philippines
Puget Sound
San Francisco

United States - remove this category because it's useless since all the maps here can be put in other more suitable categs.
American Civil War - battles
Pearl Harbor - battles
Rail USA - regions
USA - countries
USApocalypse - abstract
U.S. Senate - abstract

Fictional Geography
Age Of Merchants
Age of Realms: Magic
Age of Realms: Might
Discworld
Feudal Wars
Middle Earth
Midkemdil
Tamriel

Battles
Battle For Australia
Battle Of Actium
Berlin 1961
Circus Maximus - abstract
D-Day: Omaha Beach!
Siege! - abstract or fictional geography
WWII Eastern Front
WWII Iwo Jima
WWII Western Front

Abstract
CCU
Chinese Checkers
Conquer Man
Crossword
King of the Mountains
Madness
Solar System
Space
Valley Of The Kings
8 Thoughts

yeti_c wrote:
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I still find it amusing when DiM (who's first language isn't english) can spell better than most of the english speakers here!!!
</offtopic>

C.

considering the fact that i started learning english since i was 9 (i'm almost 26 now) and the fact that for the last ~10 years i've been using it daily i can safely say i have more english experience than many 12-15 year olds that roam these forums.

oh and i'm usually careful about my spelling which most people aren't.

except for that horrible mistake that will haunt me for the rest of time when i said:

DiM wrote:spellchack done!

Kindof agree with DiM on USA - either that or put everything that's US in there...

Great Lakes, Civil war, Puget Sound(?), San Fran

C.

DiM wrote:

DiM wrote:spellchack done!

He he he - But look at people like Gimil... he's 18 and spells like a 6 year old!?

C.

yeti_c wrote:Kindof agree with DiM on USA - either that or put everything that's US in there...

Great Lakes, Civil war, Puget Sound(?), San Fran

C.

then if he puts all that under usa why not make an europe categ and put all the european countries plus circus maximus d-day alex empirebenelux british isles iberia berlin actium east + west front.

i think removing usa is better.

How about sub-categories?

Global
Classic
Doodle Earth
Duck and Cover
Extreme Global Warming
World 2.1

Continental
-Europe
Europe
Ancient Greece
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Malta
Portugal
Scotland

-Americas
North America
South America
Brazil
Canada
American Civil War
Pearl Harbor
Rail USA
USA
USApocalypse
U.S. Senate

.
.
.
and so on...

I think that's basically what yeti_c was saying...