hernando cortez wrote:There is something that just seems wrong about making new jersey the most valuable territory to hold in any map. especially one of NYC
this was my major stumbling block, considering that NJ is (for the most part) worhtless. all kididng aside, that part of NJ is considered part of the greater NY metro area, and there is so much contact between the shipping and manufacturing areas around Newark and good ol' NYC that, economically, it might as well be part of the city, not to mention the number of people who live in NJ but work in NYC. I know the same could be said for long island, but if i included that, the map would be impossible to read. and as it has been already stated, both the giants and the jets play in NJ, and they are both a NY team. plus, if there were no NJ, there would only be 5 continents, and that would suck. in addition, NJ enables movement from staten island to the bronx without having to go through clogged border territories of manhattan, brooklyn, and queens. think of it as the asia of NYC risk: its extremely difficult to hold, but necissary for the rest of the game.
with regards to the airport idea, i am def. going to keep it, as it is bridges the whole map and will make for some interesting situations. however, i think i will make newark connect physically with staten island so that defensive armies stationed there won't be trapped by land on all sides.
Update:
apples are gone. i didn't really like them anyway, but it was worth a shot.
now i'm working on procuring a better program to beef up the grahpics for the next version. plan on an improvement.
took away the ferry route from rockaway beaches to coney island, and i might do the same for the ferry between SoHo and staten island. we'll see.
with regards to the manhattan situation, i am really against inflating the size of the island and increasing its value. obviously (in real-world, economic and social terms) manhattan is more valuable than any other territory on the east cost. however, considering that (in the classic game, for example) europe is way more valuable than africa, the sizes have not been changed to reflect that. i will look more closely at the map i am drawing from to better name the "provinces" (if we want to be technical, what is called "downtown" is really chelsea and the lower west side, SoHo is really greenwich village, the lower east side, chinatown, and little italy, midtown is really yorkville, and harlem is a combination of harlem, washington heights, and spanish harlem) but this many names will not fit in the space provided, so they will have to be generalized, just like "mongolia" in classic is really mongolia, manchuria, and korea.
thanks to everyone who has made HELPFUL comments, i will have the next version ready (if i get through with all my schoolwork) by monday.
-mike
(SmacD)
. It looks like you did that in paint. If its the case, try to get a graphic program like photoshop, that would make it easier to work on, and give better result. Other than that it looks like there are plenty of obstacles which would make a great map. Keep working on it!
